How PewDiePie defeated the mainstream media and became the king of YouTube Although Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg has seen his fair share of controversy, the king of YouTube continues to celebrate success on the platform, gaining over 88 million subscribers and counting. PewDiePie\u2019s YouTube career began after he dropped out of college, finding his course in Industrial Management and Economics \u201cboring as hell.\u201d He went on to raise funds for a functional PC by selling hot dogs, which later spurned his series of \u2018Let\u2019s Play\u2019 videos that skyrocketed him to fame \u2013 including his legendary, 34-part \u2018Amnesia\u2019 playthrough. The Swede\u2019s content grew so popular that he became YouTube\u2019s most subscribed channel in 2013, beating out the likes of media giant \u2018SMOSH\u2019 in the process. While Felix\u2019s early years were fairly free from controversy, his use of a possible racial slur in his \u2018Most Handsome Faces of 2017\u2019 video and his subsequent \u2018It\u2019s Raping Time\u2019 video kicked off a slew of scandal, which was later heightened by his Anti-Semitic joke through freelance service \u2018Fiverrr.\u2019 This debacle caused Disney\u2019s Maker Studios to drop PewDiePie from their network \u2013 and even incentivized YouTube to cancel the second season of his original series, \u2018Scare PewDiePie.\u2019 A slew of articles criticizing the YouTuber for his joke went live in the process, including a massive piece from the Wall Street Journal that may have kicked off YouTube\u2019s adpocalpyse. PewDiePie went on to incite even more controversy after using a racial slur during a PUBG livestream, and later shouted out an Anti-Semitic YouTube channel in 2018. Despite the media\u2019s near-constant buzz around PewDiePie\u2019s controversies (with some outlets even linking him to the alt-right), his fanbase faithfully rallied around him in support, with other major YouTubers in the space coming up to bat for the YouTube king amidst the scandals. [Timestamp: 1:00 for mobile viewers] However, PewDiePie was later in the news for a different reason, altogether \u2013 he was soon to be surpassed in subscribers by Bollywood label T-Series, which swiftly became one of the most dramatic battles on YouTube. The fight between PewDiePie and T-Series has since gone viral, with the likes of MrBeast advertising for Pewds at the 2019 Super Bowl and Team 10\u2019s Justin Roberts buying out the largest billboard in Times Square. Some hackers have even infiltrated printers, Chromecasts, and other devices with messages asking users to subscribe to PewDiePie \u2013 proving that despite his controversies, the YouTuber manages to maintain a massively faithful fanbase to this day. While T-Series was originally projected to surpass PewDiePie in late 2018, the YouTuber has fended off his nemesis for nearly six months, and now sits at over 88 million subs thanks to his viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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