| Net Worth | $30,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Name | Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg |
| Date of Birth/Age | 24 October 1989 (age 29) |
| State/City of origin | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Height | 5'9 |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Occupation(s) | YouTuber |
Net Worth
Pewdiepie net worth is $30 million dollars. On August 15, 2013, Pewdiepie had the most subscribers on YouTube, briefly surpassed by YouTube Spotlight in late 2013 and then the Indian record label “T-Series” also took the lead a few times in early 2019.
From December 29, 2014, to February 14, 2017, his was the most-viewed YouTube channel.
As of August 2019, Pewdiepie’s channel has received 23 billion video views and more than 100 million subscribers, which made him the second-most subscribed to channel and the eleventh-most viewed.
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, who is famously known by his online pseudonym PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTuber. He’s also the most subscribed to channel on YouTube.
His gaming videos on YouTube have helped him to become a gaming personality.
The YouTube star reigns as YouTubes most subscribed channel with 91 million subscribers.
Because PewDiePie also enjoyed working with photo manipulation art programs like Adobe Photoshop, he was very close to earning an apprenticeship with a prestigious Scandivanian advertising agency.
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However, it was a good thing that didn’t work out, since he sold his photoshopped prints and purchased a computer to make videos for YouTube.
How Much Pewdiepie Make a Year
According to one article, PewDiePie earns $3,400 an hour and Forbes suggests that he earns nearly $12 million per year.
Time added him to “The World’s 100 Most Influential People,” In 2016, which could be due to his boosting sales of the games that he covers. PewDiePie has also collected donations for charities in the past while encouraging fans to make donations as well.
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How does Pewdiepie make his money?
The Youtuber known as PewDiePie earns most of his money from making YouTube videos. He is most popular for his video game commentaries, he calls, “Let’s Play”.
Although his content has gained him a huge following of subscribers and has been praised as unfiltered and genuine, the YouTuber has also been met with some controversy as well.
In fact, as a result of the controversy that took place in 2017, where allegations were implied of anti-Semitism in several of PewDiePie’s videos, the multi-channel network (MCN), “Maker Studios” that he signed with, canceled their partnership.
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However, Kjellberg criticized coverage of the situation and defended his content stating they are merely jokes taken out of context.
Introduction
PewDiePie is noted as the most popular YouTuber of all time, with a YouTube personality that gained him a nice Net worth of $30 million and still growing. The YouTube sensation has millions of subscribers, and more joining all the time.
He rose to fame after creating videos of the horror game playhouse and has since collected a massive following on YouTube with his battle with T-Series that continued for nearly six months.
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Early Life
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg was born in Gothenburg, Sweden on October 24, 1989, to Ulf Christian Kjellberg a corporate executive and Lotta Kristine Johanna a former CIO, who in 2010, was named CIO of the Year in Sweden. Felix also had an older sister named Fanny.
While growing up, Felix was interested in art and enjoyed playing video games.
After graduating High school in 2008 from Göteborgs Högre Samskola, Felix pursued a degree in technology management and industrial economics while studying at Chalmers University of Technology, but later dropped out as he felt he didn’t belong there.
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He then got a job at a Hot Dog stand and decided to try his hand at photography, but when he didn’t get an apprenticeship in Scandinavia with an advertising agency he applied for, he decided to sell his images and purchase a computer to make videos for YouTube.
Before long Kjellberg started gathering an online following that was rapidly increasing and in July of 2012, he surpassed one million subscribers.
Personal life
After dating Marzia Bisognin, for eight years the two finally decided to tie the knot and were married in Kew Gardens in London.
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Marzia is also an internet personality and fashion designer. The two now reside in Brighton, England, United Kingdom and recently launched a unisex clothing brand in 2018, called Tsuki.
The YouTuber has faced some controversy during his YouTube career.
PewDiePie was previously linked to Disney through a company that had a network of YouTube stars called, “Maker Studios,”
In 2017, Disney ended ties with PewDiePie after he released videos that contained anti-Semitic imagery and Nazi references, even though he said he didn’t support “any kind of hateful attitudes”.
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Not only did PewDiePie apologize later that year, for using the n-word in a live stream, but also apologized again after that for reposting a meme that mocked Demi Lovato’s suspected drug overdose hospital treatment.
Career
While competing for the world’s biggest YouTube Channel with Bollywood record label T-Series, which PewDiePie won with 99 million subscribers, hackers decided to help Kjellberg out and hacked into thousands of printers around the world printing out messages to support for PewDiePie.
This ended with PewDiePie posting a video message asking his fans to stop their movement- calling these stunts to promote his channel, “disgusting” and “disappointing”.
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PewDiePie’s funny and energetic game commentating with epic reactions is what made him a viral YouTube phenomenon as, in 2012, his channel became the most subscribed to YouTube channel with 5 million subscribers and currently he has over 3500 videos on his channel with more than 50 million subscribers.
His “Let’s Play” series has been made popular worldwide with many different segments and game series and he uses a bro fist as his signature, which he adds to the end of his videos.
Over the years his popularity grew and gained him a lot of attention from both fans and haters as well.
Therefore, he began creating videos dedicated to mean comments.
Interesting Facts
- After he uploads a video, within 24 hours, PewDiePie gets about 2 million views on it.
- While he was growing up, he used to draw pictures of Game characters.
- He is a major supporter of independent game producers.
- At first, he called his channel “Pewdie” then later changed it to, “PewDiePie”.
- In May 2013, the Starcount Social Awards in Singapore awarded him as Swedish Social Star.
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Highlights
- In 2015, Kjellberg released his own game “PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist”.
He also released a book called “This Book Loves You”. - PewDiePie won several gaming area YouTube accolades including the 5th Streamy Awards, Best Gaming Channel, Show, or Series.
- Forbes named PewDiePie the highest-earning YouTuber in 2016 when his net worth reached $15 million.
- Kjellberg gives back by donating to charities and collecting donations as well. His ‘Water Campaign’ project managed to raise more than $400,000.
- Following controversies over some of his videos, Kjellberg recently began adding some free speech videos to his channel.
Favorite Quotes from Pewdiepie
“My parents said that sitting at home playing video games all day won’t bring you anywhere in life.” – PewDiePie
“The thing that has made YouTube so successful is that you can relate to the people you’re watching to a much higher degree than the people you see on TV.” – PewDiePie
“When I started my YouTube channel in 2010, I never imagined that one day it would be the most subscribed channel in the world and that I would be a part of such a great community.” – PewDiePie
“Dropping the news to my parents that I was skipping my ‘dream education’ at Chalmers to sit at home recording videos while playing video games was not easy.” – PewDiePie
“With my channel, and what people associate with the Internet, most people think it goes viral, you become this huge thing super quick. I never had an explosion or a huge thing. It’s just been something that was progressively growing. It’s been building.” – PewDiePie
“It was so much easier to connect with my fans when I was smaller. I could answer every message, and I enjoyed doing that.” – PewDiePie
“My parents said that sitting at home playing video games all day won’t bring you anywhere in life.” – PewDiePie.
Tips for success from Pewdiepie
1.“Support from fans means more than just a random number.” –PewDiePie
2.“Money doesn’t make you happy. I’m just as happy now as I was five years ago.” –PewDiePie
3.“What’s cool about YouTube is that anyone can technically do it.” –PewDiePie
4.“I obviously didn’t start YouTube to make money,” considering how much I make, I try to live modestly, because I don’t want to – I want to live a normal life. I don’t want the money to change my life.” –PewDiePie
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