PewDiePie reveals that he\u2019s already \u201cretired\u201d from YouTube YouTube: PewDiePieFelix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg is YouTube\u2019s most subscribed independent creator \u2014 but it looks like his career as a full-time influencer has already hit a major turning point. While PewDiePie has long reigned as one of YouTube\u2019s biggest personalities, he rose to the top of the platform in 2018, after battling with Indian music label T-Series to become the site\u2019s number one self-driven channel. Boasting well over 107 million subscribers, Kjellberg\u2019s career is certainly something to behold; but his time grinding videos and live streams has already come to an end, according to his answer during a November 12 Q&A session. One fan asked the YouTuber if he\u2019d ever retire: a concept he claims he actually put into motion a few months ago. \u201cBruh, I never have to work again,\u201d he joked. \u201cI don\u2019t have to be here. Do you understand? I\u2019ve already retired, I just decided a couple of months ago. I\u2019m doing YouTube at a more low pace. I\u2019m sorry.\u201d \u201cThat means I am not uploading as frequently as I am,\u201d he continued. \u201cI just decided: F**k it. I\u2019m retired. Have you noticed any difference?\u201d Despite effectively \u201cretiring\u201d from the YouTube grind, he\u2019s very much still active on the platform, and opened up about what keeps him on the website in a subsequent answer to another fan query. While at first he joked that \u201cmoney\u201d was his main motivator, he quickly clarified by stating that he truly enjoys interacting with his viewers and creating content. \u201cI really enjoy interacting with my fans,\u201d he answered. \u201cI know that sounds cliche, and yes, it probably is, but it\u2019s true. I still read comments, I love making videos, I love filming videos. Let\u2019s be real here \u2014 Sive does all the hard work. I just get to do all the fun stuff.\u201d (Topic begins at 5:30) While PewDiePie has taken a few lengthy breaks in the past \u2014 and plans to take another one in January 2021 \u2014 it seems that the Swede has no plans to indefinitely leave YouTube at the present moment. Instead, he has \u201cretired\u201d from the ever-present grind that often results in \u201ccreator burnout\u201d \u2014 and it looks like his fans are loving it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PewDiePie reveals that he\u2019s already \u201cretired\u201d from YouTube YouTube: PewDiePieFelix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg is YouTube\u2019s most subscribed independent creator \u2014 but it looks like his career as a full-time influencer has already hit a major turning point. While PewDiePie has long reigned as one of YouTube\u2019s biggest personalities, he rose to the top of the platform […]<\/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-57483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57483","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=57483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}