American YouTuber, Kai Cenat has reclaimed his title as the most subscribed Twitch streamer, exceeding Ironmouse’s previous record of 362,252 subscribers.
Twitch confirmed to Forbes the pop culture and gaming streamer Cenat broke the all-time subscriber record Monday night by garnering 327,000 paid subscriptions, which Cenat said on social media has grown to more than 340,000.
Speaking to the milestone on Twitch, Cenat said, “Whatever you think that you want to do you can literally can do it but chat, it is very important you got to keep God first.”
He later added, “You got to just keep going chat, no matter how tired you get whether you’re a teacher, whether you’re a doctor, whether you play basketball. No matter how tired you may get you got to just keep going. That’s how he greats that’s are the great.”
Cenat launched his “Mafiathon 2” stream on Nov. 1, a “subathon” in which he streams a live video of himself continuously with the aim of garnering more subscribers to reclaim his record.
Cenat named his “Mafiathon 2” subathon after his fanbase, which he calls the “Kai Mafia,” and billed it as the sequel to the first “Mafiathon” that helped him break the Twitch subscriber record for the first time last year.
Moreover, Cenat’s milestone might not have come to fruition if he had transitioned to the streaming platform Kick, as he revealed he was offered the opportunity. He claims the company had a $60 million offer on the table, which was disclosed to him ahead of his first “Mafiathon.”
“I still feel like if I went, I wouldn’t be here right now,” he said in reflection.
Subscribers on Twitch pay content creators a monthly fee to receive perks like custom emotes and ad-free viewing, which differs from following a creator for free (Cenat has 14.1 million followers, making him the fifth-most-followed creator on the platform).
By Ezinne Okorie.
