On Monday around 11:16 PM EST, Cenat blew the record of 326,252 captions on Ironmouse’s channel. His current subscriber count – which stands at over 342,000 at the time of writing – is still rising, more than twelve hours after he broke the record. As of this writing, Cenat is still livestreaming his Mafiathon 2 event – a 30-day 24/7 livestream – and he just woke up.
Here’s the record-breaking moment as it happened live.
Warning: This clip is very loud and contains explicit language.
After losing his crown to Ironmouse in September, Cenat quickly organized a sequel to his popular Mafiathon event as a way to regain it. Mafiathon 2 launched on November 1 as a month-long 24/7 feed that allowed fans to keep up with the streamer’s antics and, more importantly, increase the live-updated, ever-present on-screen subscriber count. Disaster struck early Cenat’s house was destroyed and Twitch briefly banned his channel, but the hiccups did little to curb the enthusiasm of his voracious fanbase.
As reported by DexertoIn the stream, TikTok creator NPC Miles Morales took control while Cenat slept, a fake wedding, a tour of Snoop Dogg’s mansion in Los Angeles, a video call with Serena Williams (facilitated by McDonald’s for some reason) , new music from former Migos frontman Quavo, and performances from a rotating cast of musicians like Kodak Black, GloRilla and DDG over the past two weeks. Former at one point iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove showed up to support.
Warning: This clip is very loud.
Cenat and Ironmouse have apparently remained friends while trading subscriber records. After Ironmouse broke the record, Cenat congratulated the Vtuber while promising to make a comeback. Iron Mouse responded during a Rolling Stone interview, in which he said, “Records are meant to be broken. I think it’s unbelievable and amazing when he comes back and breaks it off because you just have to keep going and moving forward. I think it’s great for his community; it’s great for the streaming community as a whole.”
Regarding this latest development, Ironmouse joked about the possibility of Cenat reaching 1 million subscribers during Mafiathon 2’s month-long livestream.
Both streamers have used their record-breaking streams to raise money for humanitarian causes. Ironmouse broke the record during a fundraiser for the Immune Deficiency Foundation, and 20% of the money raised from Cenat’s ongoing stream will go towards opening a school in Nigeria.