PewDiePie reveals why he almost deleted his YouTube channel PewDiePie, YouTubeYouTube king Felix \u201cPewDiePie\u201d Kjellberg celebrated 10 years on the platform on May 5, acknowledging his decade of content with a thorough review of his older videos \u2014 where he revealed a surprising fact about an old prank. While PewDiePie has long been one of YouTube\u2019s most successful creators, internet stardom isn\u2019t all sunshine and roses, as he revealed during his May 5 review of videos uploaded throughout his career. Looking over his vlogs from 2015-2016, where he traveled to Los Angeles to film his infamous \u201cScare PewDiePie\u201d special, he revealed that he\u2019d been \u201coverworked\u201d by the network during this time. Kjellberg also brought up a meme from back then, where he\u2019d jokingly threatened to delete his channel \u2014 but, as it so happens, it wasn\u2019t actually much of a joke. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I said this before\u2026 I meme\u2019d it like, \u2018Haha, got you,\u2019 but the original idea was intentional, because I just was so done,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI was so overworked. It was way too much.\u201d That\u2019s not all: the YouTube star also revealed he\u2019d grown tired of the fame from his position as a top entertainer and claimed that he\u2019d missed his smaller audience from his earlier days in comparison to his explosive success. \u201cI was fed up with being so famous,\u201d he continued. \u201cI just realized I wasn\u2019t enjoying it. It was a time when I wished I had a smaller channel and no one knew who I was, kinda. I missed those times, back in 2012, when it was just me and my audience, and the acceleration and the hype. I felt like I had lost that.\u201d (Topic begins at 9:57 for mobile readers) Despite scoring a book deal and filming a YouTube Original series, PewDiePie has historically been adamant that fame and money are not equitable to happiness, as argued during his video reacting to critics upset by his wealth. Having reached a milestone 10 years on YouTube and a record 104 million subscribers, Kjellberg has seen both the good and the bad sides of being internet famous \u2014 but it\u2019s no secret that he\u2019s grateful for his fanbase, thanking them for spending an entire decade watching his content, all the way from horror let\u2019s plays to LWIAY years later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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