PewDiePie reveals 100 million subscriber Play Button in emotional video PewDiePie, YouTubeIt\u2019s no secret that Felix \u201cPewDiePie\u201d Kjellberg is YouTube\u2019 most subscribed independent creator, having reached his coveted 100 million subscriber milestone on August 25 \u2013 and now, he\u2019s finally received the platform\u2019s greatest award yet. YouTube unveiled their latest Creator Award on September 6, meant to congratulate both PewDiePie and his former nemesis, T-Series, on surpassing 100 million subscribers. While YouTube\u2019s usual slew of Play Buttons are gold, silver, or diamond, PewDiePie and T-Series received an extra-special \u201cRed Diamond\u201d Play Button for their efforts \u2013 a trophy that the Swede unboxed in an emotional video four days later. The 100M subscriber record has been surpassed, and that means we have the new creator award! Introducing: The Red Diamond Creator Award, named after one of the rarest colors of diamond. :gem::heart:\ufe0f @TSeries and @Pewdiepie, check the mail! :smirk: pic.twitter.com\/ZONYFEiVkk \u2014 YouTube (@YouTube) September 6, 2019 In his video, Kjellberg reminisced about his early YouTube career, reminding viewers that he almost quit uploading videos for good in order to focus on classes at University. Read More: Morgz leaks RiceGum DMs after YouTube diss – \u201cI had found what I was actually passionate about, and I wasn\u2019t ready to just let it go,\u201d PewDiePie explained. \u201cI knew a career on YouTube was so far away. \u2026it was always at the back of my mind, that there was a tiny chance that this could actually happen.\u201d Of course, the YouTube star never actually quit, and unboxed his massive award for reaching 100 million subscribers in an emotional segment where he thanked both his viewerbase and YouTube, itself. \u201cI know a lot of people wanted a custom reward, but I don\u2019t really care,\u201d he said of his award. \u201cThis is awesome. And, of course, thank you, YouTube. Where would I be without you?\u201d That\u2019s not all: PewDiePie also received a letter from YouTube\u2019s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, who congratulated him on his recent marriage to fiance Marzia Bisognin after eight years of dating. The YouTuber likewise announced that he would be celebrating the massive milestone by donating a whopping $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, an organization dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism and protecting communities from \u201cextremist threats of every kind.\u201d https:\/\/www.adl.org\/PewDiePie\u2019s journey to 100 million subscribers has been a long one, from his origins in horror games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent to his viral battle against T-Series earlier this year \u2013 and he\u2019s already beaten his \u201cRed Diamond\u201d milestone, reaching 101 million subscribers just two weeks later. Thanks to his dedicated audience, it looks like PewDiePie will reign as YouTube\u2019s king for quite a bit longer \u2013 and he\u2019s got a hefty trophy to prove it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PewDiePie reveals 100 million subscriber Play Button in emotional video PewDiePie, YouTubeIt\u2019s no secret that Felix \u201cPewDiePie\u201d Kjellberg is YouTube\u2019 most subscribed independent creator, having reached his coveted 100 million subscriber milestone on August 25 \u2013 and now, he\u2019s finally received the platform\u2019s greatest award yet. YouTube unveiled their latest Creator Award on September 6, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}