If you spend a lot of time on YouTube, the name PewDiePie will appear frequently on your screen. And if you’re a video game fan, you can’t possibly have missed this name. Let us make it clear that the YouTube celebrity with the most subscribers is not Justin Bieber or Rihanna. Sorry for the disappointment, but this award goes to ‘PewDiePie.’ Although Justin Bieber has 24 million subscribers and Rihanna has 22 million, this guy has over 111 million subscribers to his YouTube channel. Surprisingly, he only posts videos of himself playing video games on his YouTube channel. For all the guys who are chastised about playing video games, know that you can earn a fortune off of it. We recommend that you contact PewDiePie if you have any queries about the matter.
The Ascension to Stardom
You won’t believe it if we tell you that this guy dropped out of school to pursue a career as a YouTube star. He established a YouTube channel after dropping out of college. On April 29, 2010, Felix Kjellberg launched his YouTube channel ‘PewDiePie’ with a Minecraft playing the video showcasing a zombie that had hatched in a Minecraft world. He began releasing playthroughs of ‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops,’ ‘Amnesia: The Dark Descent,’ and ‘Dead Space 2’ after a few months of this video. PewDiePie was known for playing horror and action video games in the beginning.
His popularity skyrocketed in 2011. For his video followers, he developed the single-topic blog ‘Fuck Yeah PewDiePie’ in October 2011. In just eight months, he uploaded almost 14,000 films to his YouTube channel. Playthroughs of roughly 40 games and 40 Amnesia custom stories were among the videos put in by his followers. Felix has earned the title of ‘Social Media Giant.’ We merely discussed his YouTube channel; he is also the king outside of YouTube! He has almost 7 million Facebook likes, 8 million Twitter followers, and 10 million Instagram followers, and we’re still counting!
His video characters are quite amusing. When we watch his films, we notice that our attention is drawn to the comments and emotions he makes when playing video games. As a result, his movies are classified as ‘Let’s Play,’ a series of screenshot-based videos chronicling a video game’s playtime. This usually includes the gamer’s remarks.
Let’s have a look at his subscriber graph. It will, without a doubt, amuse you. His channel had roughly 60,000 subscribers in December 2011 after he created it in 2010. He was invited to speak at the Nonick Conference in 2012 after reaching 700,000 members. He had 1 million subscribers by July of the same year, and it only took him two more months to achieve 2 million. Not surprisingly, OpenSlate placed the ‘PewDiePie’ channel as the top YouTube channel in October 2012.
When it came to his revenues, with so many members, he had commercial success as well! This individual gained $7.4 million in 2014, according to the Swedish tabloid ‘Expressen,’ and was designated one of the most important people on the Internet in 2015. He is undoubtedly worth it, considering the size of both his subscriber base and the amount of videos ‘Let’s Play’ produces (2,300 to be exact).
Because of his popularity, Kjellberg has appeared as a guest star in ‘South Park’ episodes. The animated comedy “South Park” aired an episode named “#REHASH” on December 3rd, 2014. It contained PewDiePie’s original footage. That is not the end of the story. Kjellberg’s book was also launched in December of 2015. This Book Loves You is a collection of graphic satires of inspiring phrases. Only Felix would say something like “Don’t be yourself, be a pizza, everyone likes pizza.” The New York Adults paperback bestseller list ranked this book first.
He is also well-known for his social services, in addition to all of them. He entered the King of the Web contest, a social media competition, in February 2012. The winners of this competition will get cash or merchandise prizes. He was dubbed the ‘Gaming King of the Web’ after receiving over a million votes. He donated the entire reward money to the ‘World Wildlife Foundation’ after winning a financial prize.
Since then, he has made numerous charitable contributions. From the money he earned as a YouTube partner, he donated nearly $34,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He even pushed his followers to donate to charity. He produced a video requesting his fans to give to Charity: Water Association after his channel reached over 10 lakh subscribers. The goal of this organization is to offer clean water to poor countries. The Bro Army’s initial aim was to raise $250,000, but by the end of the drive, they had raised almost $400,000.
PewDiePie’s Unique Qualities
The fact that he is adored by people of all ages and genders is the first thing that distinguishes him. A crowd of 1500 teens came in Manhattan for his book launch to catch a peek of him. According to http://www.rollingstone.com/, a 21-year-old woman stated she came from Texas around 4 a.m. after travelling 33 hours from New York.
That’s not all; she also recounts an old woman who was standing next to her and had flown in from Peru with her niece. Just for the record! Peru and Manhattan are about 5,554 kilometers apart. Now it’s time to meet Shane, a 16-year-old fan. Shane Flanagan arrived by bus from New Jersey the day before the event and camped outside under a patio umbrella. And there are advantages to that; he was the first on the line! As we previously stated, PewDiePie is adored all around the world.
PewDiePie (@pewdiepie) released a video on July 30, 2016 at 1:54 p.m. PDT.
His videos are another intriguing aspect. He laughs, screams, curses, and goofs around in his films as if he were hanging out with his best friend. Then, as if it were a live object, he would converse with the props that appear in the game. Do you want an example? He titled the first character he invented, a golden statue on a bookshelf, ‘Stephano,’ who had a French ancestor. It first appeared in the Amnesia story ‘Abduction.’ This thing became less courageous as time passed. The part where Stephano would advise PewDiePie whenever he was worried or distracted is the funniest part. PewDiePie, on the other hand, would instantly place Stephano on the nearest shelf and tell him to shut up after the advising session. The gamer didn’t get 4.1 billion views for anything in 2014!
Then, when asked about his $7.4 per hour salary, he explained why he is successful. It’s not easy to sit in front of a computer all day, play games, and yell. Though it appears to be simple, it is not. “People…thought it was unjust,” he says in his video “Lets Talk About Money.” They assumed I basically sat on my arse all day and yelled at the computer, which is true, but there’s a lot more to it.” He was speaking straight to the camera here, and he didn’t sound defensive or yelling. He came out as sincere and friendly. “If you believe someone is hilarious,” he continued. Refresh their video and view it as many times as you like. Because that is how we are compensated.”
Then there’s the well-known “Bro Army.” For individuals who are interested in learning more about Bro Army. Let us inform you: PewDiePie’s fanbase is known as Bro Army. Felix refers to his fans as “Bros.” Because the Bro Army revolves around PewDiePie, his admirers regard him as the group’s leader. People in this army are frequently brofisting, as PewDiePie would at the end of his videos deliver brofist to his supporters. He engages with his audience, unlike other YouTube stars who merely play games. Brother fist!
PewDiePie (@pewdiepie) posted a video on July 2, 2016 at 3:32pm PDT.
Beyond the Notoriety
Despite his celebrity, Felix is a contentious gamer. He had to deal with the wrath of other gamers who were offended by his content. Due to spam and hatred, he had to disable certain YouTube comments on his channel.
The word that PewDiePie’s Twitter account had been suspended spread like wildfire. PewDiePie unfollowed PewDiePie on Twitter on August 30, 2016, because he found the notice unpleasant. On the same day, he retweeted a satirical news site’Sky News’ tweet suggesting that he was unverified due to his ties to the terrorist organisation ISIS. He then joked that he and fellow YouTube gamer ‘jackseptic eye’ had been de-verified on Twitter because of their ISIS ties. His Twitter account was temporarily suspended the next day. Even though he had lost 8 million followers at the time, they have all returned and the account is active, however the blue tick mark remains gone.
Behind the Scenes
Felix Kjellberg was born on October 24, 1989, in Stockholm, Sweden. He was born to Ulf Christian Kjellberg and Lotta Kristine Johanna in Gothenburg, and grew up alongside his sister Fanny.
Felix was interested in the arts at school and would draw popular video game characters like Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog. His passion for video games began at a young age, when he would skip classes to play video games. He went to Chalmers University Of Technology to study industrial economics and technology management after graduating from Goteborgs Hogre Samskola. During this time, he dropped out of school to pursue his dream of becoming a YouTube sensation.
His parents were dissatisfied with this decision and refused to furnish him with any finances. To help support his videos, he started working at a hot dog stand. According to reports, his original channel name was “Pwedie,” but he forgot the password and so became “PewDiePie.”
Felix then made the news for dating Marzia Bisognin, a vlogger who focuses on food, fashion, and travel. They’ve been together since 2011. They now live together and even vlog together on occasion. Rumors about their breakup began to circulate recently, prompting her to release a photo of the couple, effectively clearing the air.
Estimated Net Worth
PewDiePie has a net worth of $40 million.