Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTuber known for his Let's Play videos and comedic formatted videos and shows.
26 Facts About PewDiePie
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PewDiePie has been portrayed in the media as a figurehead for YouTube, especially in the genre of gaming.
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PewDiePie's channel gained a substantial following and was one of the fastest growing channels in 2012 and 2013, before becoming the most-subscribed on YouTube on 15 August 2013.
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PewDiePie eventually semi-retired from YouTube, choosing to upload for fun, rather than as a career.
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PewDiePie was born to Lotta Kristine Johanna, and grew up with his older sister, Fanny.
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PewDiePie was interested in creating content on YouTube; after not earning the apprenticeship, he sold limited edition prints of his photoshopped images to purchase a computer to work on YouTube videos.
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PewDiePie cited most comments being spam and self-advertising and was not what he wanted to see.
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PewDiePie stated in a later video that disabling comments made him happier.
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PewDiePie co-hosted the series with Kenneth Morrison, better known as CinnamonToastKen, who is a video game commentator.
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PewDiePie had expressed his frustrations with the studio's parent company, Disney.
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PewDiePie did viral challenges, made fun of other YouTubers, and reviewed meme submissions from his fans.
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PewDiePie examined his older videos, and while noting the stylistic changes he had undergone, he expressed specific regret for his casual use of words like gay or retarded in a derogatory sense.
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PewDiePie alleged his intent was not against Jews, but to showcase how "crazy" the modern world and website were.
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Online campaigns to "subscribe to PewDiePie" greatly assisted Kjellberg's subscriber growth; his channel gained 6.62 million subscribers in December 2018 alone, compared to the 7 million subscribers gained in all of 2017.
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PewDiePie's channel was the second overall to reach the milestone, after T-Series, who passed the mark earlier in the year.
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PewDiePie continued to upload videos fairly frequently on the platform afterwards, albeit, inconsistently.
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PewDiePie begins each video introducing himself in a high-pitched, goofy voice, drawing out the vowels of his YouTube moniker, then delves into the videos.
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Shortly after, PewDiePie was surpassed by YouTube's Spotlight channel in subscribers.
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Online campaigns to "subscribe to PewDiePie" greatly assisted Kjellberg's subscriber growth; his channel gained 6.62 million subscribers in December 2018 alone, compared to the 7 million subscribers gained in all of 2017.
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PewDiePie's content has been described by various outlets as goofy, energetic, and filled with profanity, and his on-camera personality has been generally received as genuine, unfiltered, and self-aware by various outlets.
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PewDiePie has been cited by various publications as largely influential for digital content creation and Internet culture, particularly relating to video gaming subcultures.
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Video game media outlets, such as Polygon and The Verge, largely credited this newfound success to Kjellberg, with The Verge suggesting that the surge "proves that the 'PewDiePie Effect' is still real".
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PewDiePie stated he felt he made enough money from YouTube and found endorsing too many brands to be disrespectful to his fans.
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PewDiePie has raised money for the St Jude Children's Research Hospital, and began a "Water Campaign" charity, where his fans could donate money to Charity: Water, in celebration of reaching ten million subscribers.
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PewDiePie expressed that he was advised to donate to the ADL, and did not hand-pick an organization that he was passionate about, as he had done with previous donations.
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PewDiePie said he enjoyed the general anonymity that living in Brighton granted him.