
PewDiePie YouTube Channel – 111M subscribers, 4.7K videos, joined Apr 29, 2010, with 29,023,845,912 views (as of June 2023).
PewDiePie, born Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, is a popular Swedish YouTuber known for his comedic Let’s Play videos. With over 111 million subscribers and 29 billion views, he is one of the most influential and recognized online content creators, especially in the gaming genre. His online presence has had a significant impact on video game sales and charitable fundraising efforts.
Rapid Growth and Methodical Content Building
Media writers have observed that PewDiePie’s rise to fame on YouTube was not due to a viral video but rather through methodical content building.
However, the growth of his channel has been described as rapid, propelled by the power of crowdculture, leading to global fame and influence in record time.
Early Milestones and Subscribers
By December 2011, PewDiePie’s channel had reached 60,000 subscribers, and it reached the milestone of 500,000 subscribers on May 9, 2012.
His daily video uploads and growing popularity led to a significant increase in views, with 71 million total video views and 25 million video views in February 2012 alone.
The channel reached 1 million subscribers in July 2012 and 2 million subscribers in September of the same year.
Fast-Growing Channel and Top Rankings
Throughout 2012 and 2013, PewDiePie’s channel experienced rapid growth in terms of subscribers gained, going from 3.5 million to nearly 19 million subscribers by the end of 2013.
Billboard reported that his channel gained more subscribers than any other channel in 2013. Tubefilter consistently ranked him at the top of the most viewed YouTube channels list during that year.
His channel earned 1.3 billion video views in the second half of 2013, with several of his gaming videos ranking among the most-viewed in the gaming category.
Milestones and Top Rankings
PewDiePie’s channel achieved several significant milestones, surpassing 5 million subscribers in February 2013, 10 million subscribers in July 2013, and 15 million subscribers in October 2013.
He briefly lost the most-subscribed title to YouTube’s Spotlight channel but regained it on December 23, 2013. The channel reached 20 million subscribers in January 2014.
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Viewership Records and Dominance
PewDiePie’s channel became the most-viewed channel on YouTube in August 2014, surpassing the Rihanna VEVO channel, and continued to dominate in terms of both subscribers and video views throughout the year.
His videos received over 300 million views per month in July 2015, and he became the first channel to surpass 10 billion video views in September 2015.
The channel’s popularity was aided by campaigns such as “subscribe to PewDiePie” and his subscriber competition with T-Series.
Continued Success and Awards
PewDiePie’s channel experienced renewed viewership and gained over 500 million video views in December 2018, thanks to online campaigns and the competition with T-Series.
Although briefly overtaken by T-Series in subscribers, PewDiePie remained a top creator and received numerous YouTube Creator Awards, including the prestigious Red Diamond Creator Award, becoming the second channel overall and the first run by an individual creator to achieve this milestone.
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Red Diamond Creator Award ( 100 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS )
The award is granted to channels that achieve or exceed 100 million subscribers. Drawing inspiration from the Diamond Creator Award, it showcases a play button triangle adorned with a prominent dark red crystal.
This prestigious accolade was included in the Creator Awards FAQ by September 1, 2020. Presently, there are seven channels that have successfully attained this remarkable milestone.
YouTuber ( Red Diamond Creator) | Year |
T-Series | May 29, 2019 |
PewDiePie | August 25, 2019 |
Cocomelon | December 12, 2020 |
SET India | March 28, 2021 |
MrBeast | July 28, 2022 |
Kids Diana Show | August 16, 2022 |
Like Nastya | August 25, 2022 |