PewDiePie

Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg ( SHEL-burg, Swedish: [¹feːlɪks ¹arːvɪd ɵlf ²ɕɛlːbærj] (listen); born 24 October 1989), known online as PewDiePie ( PEW-dee-py), is a Swedish YouTuber and comedian, known for his YouTube video content, which mainly consists of Let's Play videos and comedic formatted shows. After registering his current YouTube channel in 2010, Kjellberg primarily posted Let's Play videos of horror and action video games. His channel experienced a substantial growth in popularity over the next two years, and in July 2012, it reached 1 million subscribers. As his channel grew, his style of video content became more diverse, with uploads including vlogs, comedy shorts, formatted shows and music videos. On 15 August 2013, Kjellberg became the most-subscribed user on YouTube, being briefly surpassed in late 2013 by YouTube Spotlight and several times in early 2019 by Indian record label T-Series before being fully overtaken by the company. From 29 December 2014 to 14 February 2017, Kjellberg's channel was the most-viewed YouTube channel. As of August 2019, the channel has received over 102 million subscribers and 23 billion video views, ranking as the second-most subscribed and eleventh-most viewed on the platform, as well as the most subscribed and viewed channel to be operated by a single individual. Kjellberg's popularity on YouTube has caused him to become one of the most noted online personalities. Due to this popularity, his coverage of indie games has created an Oprah effect, boosting sales for titles he plays. In 2016, Time named him one of the world’s 100 most influential people.