The court trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard made huge waves on the internet. Hundreds of thousands of viewers followed the case through various livestreams. YouTube streamer Ludwig “Ludwig” Ahgren recently admitted that he used the trial for content.
Many Twitch and YouTube streamers took advantage of the live broadcast of the court trial between Depp and Heard. They also showed the stream on their channels and watched it together with their viewers while interspersing their own reactions.
The six-week event made such a big splash that it became almost the new meta on Twitch alongside pool and cooking streams. Now, on June 1, the trial came to an end, and the day after, Ludwig spoke about accusations from his community.
A clip on Twitch also caused a stir. In our video, you can learn the story of the platform’s most popular clip:
“That’s sad for me to see, that’s embarrassing”
What was the trial about? Broadly speaking, it was supposed to clarify who abused whom in the marriage between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Various pieces of evidence and even wild audio recordings were shared during the trial. On June 1, the trial ended with Depp winning.
What did Ludwig say? The streamer was accused of using the court trial for content. He did not deny this and openly stated, “I used this case for content.” He then referred to his YouTube statistics, which revealed how many viewers watched his streams.
Ludwig showed that his most successful YouTube stream peaked at 85,546 viewers. He topped this record with the last live broadcast of the trial, achieving 87,538 viewers. He then exclaimed, “That’s sad for me to see, that’s embarrassing!”
Furthermore, he admitted that he did not stream the case to give it more attention but to benefit from it and compared himself to a car. People would have followed the trial anyway, so they simply “sat in his car” and followed the spectacle together with him.
You can see Ludwig’s entire statement in this video:
He did praise himself a little bit: “Maybe this is a bit cheeky, but of all the vehicles you could have chosen, this car was probably not so bad.” Ludwig argued that he tried to comment on the court trial “normally,” without insulting Amber Heard or showing a counter in the stream that counted how many times she cried.
However, Ludwig concluded: “Maybe it was wrong of me to address it at all. Selfishly, I grew from it. You know. And maybe that’s a bad thing.”
Other streamers who followed “Depp vs. Heard”
Even well-known Twitch streamers like xQc, Asmongold, and Pokimane sat with their audiences watching the live broadcast from the courtroom. Particularly the MMORPG streamer Asmongold covered the trial extensively and very actively.
He also regularly shared reactions on his YouTube channel and filled it with them. The videos often garnered more clicks than his MMORPG videos, often reaching at least 500,000 to 1 million views.
On the last day of the trial, Asmongold had an average of 147,500 viewers, with a peak of 448,161 concurrent viewers. That’s more than some Nintendo Direct or PlayStation presentations generated in the past.
If you want to learn more about the court trial and the Twitch stories, you can find that in our article on MeinMMO: After whirlpools and cooking shows, the latest Twitch meta is a court trial between 2 superstars
