Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg
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Felix Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, became the most subscribed YouTuber in August 2013 when his channel overtook Smosh. Born in Gothenburg, Sweden on October 24, 1989, he graduated from Göteborgs Högre Samskola and studied at Chalmers University of Technology. He is a Swedish video game commentator who has expanded into writing, producing, and acting, appearing in shows like South Park and Scare PewDiePie. Together with his wife Marzia, he lives in Brighton, England, and has raised over $1 million for charity.
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Felix Kjellberg, born on October 24, 1989 in Gothenburg to Lotta Kristine Johanna Kjellberg, attended Göteborgs Högre Samskola before studying at Chalmers University of Technology. Before YouTube, he worked on a tennis court and as a harbor captain, and played tennis, golf, and sailing. His early gaming, including Dead Space, influenced his future commentary.
Kjellberg launched his YouTube channel under the alias PewDiePie in 2010, initially focusing on video game commentary. His breakthrough came on August 15, 2013, when his channel surpassed Smosh to become the most subscribed on YouTube. His outlandish editing style, profanity, and enthusiastic greetings made him a distinctive presence, especially playing indie games. In 2014, he promoted the horror film As Above, So Below by traveling through the Paris Catacombs and participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. He has collaborated with fellow YouTubers Cryaotic, Markiplier, CinnamonToastKen, and Jacksepticeye. His acting credits include voicing himself on South Park, appearing in Tomorrowland uncredited, and starring in the YouTube Red series Scare PewDiePie in 2016. He also cameoed in Epic Rap Battles of History as Mikhail Baryshnikov and appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In 2018, he appeared in the documentary A Self-Induced Hallucination.
Kjellberg met Italian vlogger Marzia Bisognin after she emailed him praising his videos; he flew to Italy to meet her. They began living together in Sweden, then Italy, before settling in Brighton, England. The couple, often called YouTube’s biggest power couple, have two pugs named Maya and Edgar. In 2015, Kjellberg experienced a severe panic attack due to overwork and poor diet, causing him to take a year-long hiatus from his Pewds Does Everything series. He also plays guitar and is a fan of Radiohead, particularly their album In Rainbows.
Surpassing Smosh in August 2013 made Kjellberg the first individual creator to hold the most-subscribed YouTube channel, a position he held for years. His Bro Army fanbase has rallied for charity, raising over $1 million combined for causes including children with cancer, clean drinking water, and school supplies. He popularized indie games through his Let’s Play videos, creating an Oprah effect on their sales. He has collaborated with and inspired creators like Jacksepticeye and Markiplier. He received the Red Diamond Creator Award and his legacy as YouTube’s first superstar remains unchallenged.
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Save the Children Is an Awesome Charity That Has Helped More Than 125 Million Children Around the World, Providing Everything from School Books to Food to Blankets and Shelter.
My Name Is Gloria Poopie and You’re Watching Pew News.
With My Channel, and What People Associate with 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 Has Progressively Been Growing. It’s Been Building.
My Parents Said That Sitting at Home Playing Video Games All Day Won’t Bring You Anywhere in Life.
Everyone Has Played Video Games at Some Point These Days, and Video Games Are Fun.
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.
I Just Want to Entertain; That Is My Main Objective and What Comes Before Everything Else.
I’m Just so Very Lucky to Be Able to Do What I Do for a Living, and Giving Back Is a Way for Me to Express My Gratitude. I’m so Lucky to Be in a Position to Help People, and That’s Appealing to Me.
I’d Like to Help Other YouTubers.
In the Very Few Interviews I’ve Made, It Doesn’t Matter How Long We’ve Talked to Each Other, the Headline Is Still Just About My Paycheck.
I’m so Central to YouTube Now, and That Puts Me in the Spotlight and Raises a Lot of Questions Like, ‘Why Is He so Big?’
I’m Not Out to Max My Income. I Think My Viewers Would Call Me on That Right Away If I Did.
What I and Other YouTubers Do Is a Very Different Thing; It’s Almost Like Hanging Around and Watching Your Pal Play Games.
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.
It Was so Much Easier to Connect with My Fans When I Was Smaller. I Could Answer Every Message, and I Enjoyed Doing That.
The Fact That Disney Bought Maker Studios Doesn’t Really Change Anything for Me.
When There’s Just so Many Games Out There to Play, Nintendo Games Just Went to the Bottom of That List.
I Make Funny Videos of Me Playing Video Games, and I Share Those Moments.
I Don’t Do Interviews.
Comments Are My Main Way to Communicate with You Bros.
I Just Want to Connect with You Bros. That’s All I Care About, Because You Bros’ Support Really Means Everything to Me.
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 to the People You See on TV.
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Kjellberg’s past jobs include working on a tennis court and serving as a harbor captain.
Tennis, golf, and sailing are hobbies Kjellberg enjoys.
Through his fanbase, Kjellberg raised over $37,000 for children with cancer, $450,000 for clean drinking water, and $250,000 for school supplies, totaling over $1 million in charitable donations.
Dead Space is one of the first horror games Kjellberg played.
Marzia Bisognin, known as CutiePieMarzia, became Kjellberg’s partner after emailing him about his videos. He flew to Italy to meet her; the couple lived in Sweden, then Italy, and now reside in Brighton, England with their two pugs, Maya and Edgar.
Kjellberg’s favorite video game character is Sho Minamimoto from The World Ends With You on Nintendo DS.
In a July 2015 video, Kjellberg explained that his year-long hiatus from Pewds Does Everything was due to a panic attack from overwork and poor diet.
As a Swedish game commentator, Kjellberg films his face and reactions to games.
Kjellberg works on his YouTube channel from England.
Kjellberg can play the guitar.
He previously worked on his YouTube channel from Italy.
Radiohead’s album In Rainbows is Kjellberg’s favorite; he once stated all his top five albums are In Rainbows.
Collaborators include Cryaotic, Markiplier, CinnamonToastKen, and Jacksepticeye.
Kjellberg is known for his enthusiastic greetings, playing indie games, and profanity. He promoted As Above, So Below 2014 by traveling through the Paris Catacombs and participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
Kjellberg calls his subscribers bros and the Bro Army. As of September 2015, he had over 39 million subscribers, surpassing Rihanna’s VEVO and briefly surpassed by YouTube Spotlight in late 2013.
A female goat named PewDiePie was named after Kjellberg in 2010.
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