Who is Pewdiepie?

27-year-old Felix Kjellberg is the man behind the PewDiePie persona, and he is unquestionably the largest YouTube creator ever. It isn’t even close – Kjellberg has 53 million subscribers for his main channel, which is well ahead of HolaSoyGerman, the channel in second place with 31 million subscribers. As a fun little aside, those channels are the only two that have managed to beat JustinBieberVEVO’s 27 million subscribers. The disparity between first and second place should better put things into perspective: PewDiePie is a force to be reckoned with on YouTube, and his legion of fans have made him one of the biggest internet celebrities ever. His channel seems to widely appeal to the post-Millennial generation or, to put a finer point on it, teenagers aged 13 to 18. Before him, people only made videos of themselves and others in the context fo making people laugh or spreading some news.  Then came gaming. Sure, his oldest video dates back to 5 years but he’s been around for longer. He deleted many of his old videos. Like most YouTubers, he deleted his oldest videos. This was an impossible field at the time due to the lack of people on YouTube and resources. For example, finding a good screen recorder, mic, and a camera. But he did it, and he did it well. His commentary format is now used by hundreds of thousands of gaming YouTubers.

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