[298] After the first day, the fundraiser raised over $200,000, after YouTube doubled their goal of $100,000, and at the end of the livestream, they had raised a total of over $1.3 million with help from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [22] After receiving the cash prize of $6750 in April, he donated the entire amount to the World Wildlife Foundation. Chair and Piggeh. [231] Likewise, media outlets also adopted the name when referring to Kjellberg's fan base.
[308][309], On 31 October 2019, Kjellberg donated $69,420 to Team Trees, a fundraising drive taking action against deforestation by pledging to plant one tree for every dollar donated. The game was developed by Canadian game developer Outerminds in collaboration with Kjellberg. Here's the list of prominent people who have donated, including Elon Musk, Jeffree Star, and even the CEO of YouTube", "Boomer here who didnt realize you could leave a message. [174][175] Kjellberg began his hiatus on 15 January 2020, and returned on 21 February. [38] In October, OpenSlate ranked Kjellberg's channel as the No. The secret is that he loves to play these games and that he has fun doing it. [93] On 8 December, his channel reached 50 million subscribers, becoming the first YouTube channel to do so. [303], In celebration of receiving his 100 million subscribers Play Button in September 2019, Kjellberg announced in a video that he was donating $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an international Jewish non-governmental organisation.
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[42] Around the time his channel earned 700,000 subscribers, Kjellberg spoke at Nonick Conference 2012. [160][142] The complaint against PewDiePie allegedly stated that his songs were "defamatory, disparaging, insulting, and offensive," and noted that comments on the videos were "abusive, vulgar, and also racist in nature. [‡ 9] His early content mainly consisted of Let's Play-styled videos. He did viral challenges, made fun of other YouTubers, and reviewed meme submissions from his fans. [224] In September 2019, The Sunday Times ranked him first on their list of the UK's 100 most influential people online. [149] The outlet Zee News reported that Kjellberg "faced strong criticism for his comments on the heightened tension between Pakistan and India in [the] March 12 issue of Pew News". Why? [25], In 2018, Paul MacInnes of The Guardian wrote about Kjellberg's YouTube content; he noted that each week Kjellberg posted videos featuring one of three series formats, comparing this uploading pattern to television programming. slowbeef and Diabetus eventually called on their own fanbase to post comedic reactions to clips of PewDiePie’s content.
"[16] Andrew Wallenstein of Variety heavily criticized Kjellberg, following his channel becoming the most-subscribed on YouTube, describing his videos as "aggressive stupidity" and "psychobabble. The Bro often appears in PewDiePie fan art and cosplay (below left) as one of his recurring enemy characters in the series. (June 2020 [127] Kjellberg also began Pew News, a satirical series where he presents and discusses recent news stories while in-character, often as fictional characters named after CNN hosts, such as Gloria Borger, Poppy Harlow, or Mary Katharine Ham and sometimes, an amalgamation of these names. A Servant Grunt[19], one of the monster classes that appear in Amnesia, was given the name “The Bro” in another playthrough of the game. [94] As a satirical knock on the changing algorithms, Kjellberg made a video asking viewers to help the video reach 1 million likes, which it promptly did. He just ground it out, slow and steady, growing subscriber by subscriber. "[215] Vox wrote that "access to reposted PewDiePie videos and music" appeared to be available to some regional users. Kjellberg received a second Gold Play Button for the Jack septiceye2 channel in 2016.
[137], On 5 October 2018, Kjellberg uploaded a diss track against Indian record label T-Series titled "TSERIES DISS TRACK" (later renamed "Bitch Lasagna")[138] in response to their YouTube channel being projected to surpass his in subscribers. [178], Media writers have noted that Kjellberg's content has been largely built up "methodically",[20] as opposed to him having risen to fame through a viral video. "[230], ESPN noted in 2015 that Kjellberg typically performed a "Brofist" gesture at the end of his videos,[34] and often referred to his fan base as the "Bro Army", addressing his audience as "bros". "[19] Walker, among other reporters, have questioned and analysed reasons for his popularity. [85][86] According to Social Blade, on 29 December 2014, Kjellberg's channel amassed over 7 billion views, to become the most-viewed channel on the website. "[242], In 2019, Kjellberg's Minecraft videos led a surge of interest towards the game, which saw an increase in players.
", "If PewDiePie Is YouTube's Top Talent, We're All Doomed", "Can PewDiePie grow up without alienating his fans? Pewdiepie / Felix <3 ┏━━━┓ ┃┃┃┃┣┓ ┗┻┻┻┻┛ to all those bros out there ;), Pewdiepie, Stephano, Mr. [90], In 2016, PewDiePie experienced decreased viewership, which was similarly experienced by other content creators across the platform, due to change's in YouTube's algorithm. "[15], Known for his idiosyncratic sense of humor, the nature of his video content has been described by various outlets as goofy, energetic, and obnoxious,[18][19][20][21] yet genuine and unfiltered. Both videos were met with largely positive reception from the YouTube community and harshly negative reception from a majority of PewDiePie’s fans. [8][9] He was born to Lotta Kristine Johanna (née Hellstrand, born 7 May 1958) and Ulf Christian Kjellberg (born 8 January 1957), and grew up with his older sister Fanny. [295] The drive raised $152,239, surpassing a $100,000 goal.
Stephano is a tiny golden statue that originated in PewDiePie's Amnesia: The Dark Descent series, a character that only hardcore fans will remember.