let’s talk about the world’s most
successful youtuber welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 facts
about PewDiePie
it says the most subscribed YouTube with
12 million actually before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at some of the
things that make PewDiePie unique
eccentric and occasionally controversial
because you don’t make it to the top of
YouTube by being ordinary
if you don’t know WatchMojo that’s like
you don’t know Jesus number 10 his name
is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg my real
name given by my mama and Dada was
feelings let’s start with the basics
while many people know him as pewds or
even senpai this youtubers real-life
name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg yeah
it’s a bit of a mouthful but it’s
actually quite common in Sweden for
people to have two middle names Felix is
a Latin word that means happy and
successful which just so happens to
describe PewDiePie perfectly you may
also recognize the name from the Felix
Felicis potion in Harry Potter which
brings luck and success to anyone who
drinks it known as Felix phases which it
is more commonly referred to as luck so
maybe just maybe there’s a little bit of
magic behind PewDiePie success too
number 9 there is a meaning behind
PewDiePie
unlike the name his parents gave him the
name of Felix’s channel really doesn’t
have that much meaning behind it but it
does come with a bit of a funny and
relatable origin story in 2006 he
created the pewt Channel but had to make
a new channel when he forgot the login
information thus the great PewDiePie
channel was born then I forgot my
password to my peuta account it’s added
PI because I usually say to break it
down
pyew is to represent the sound a laser
makes D or Die is what happens when you
get shot by a laser and pi well feuds
just thought it sounded funny and he’d
already started saying it is a bit of a
catchphrase while gaming so why not all
who doesn’t love pie number eight he
dropped out of college surely much to
his parents delight PewDiePie was
accepted into Chalmers University of
Technology for a degree in industrial
economics and technology management this
was quite an accomplishment since you
needed excellent grades to get in but it
just wasn’t for pewds I dropped out of
high draft l University because I didn’t
like it to drop out at university to
pursue YouTube that just began stupid
I’m not that dumb all right before
completing his degree at Chalmers
PewDiePie dropped out to pursue his own
artistic endeavors to support himself he
worked at a hotdog stand
and he managed to sell enough of his
artwork to buy his early gaming and
broadcasting equipment and a lot of
people like to take this story as
something negative or like oh he did
that just goes to show that humble
beginnings and sacrifice can create a
legend number seven he has two licensed
video games it had always been a dream
of pewds to create his own video games
and in 2015 that dream came true with
the release of PewDiePie legend of the
brofist the game takes you on an epic 2d
adventure where you save bros ie
PewDiePie’s fans from the evil barrel
army you sure as hell will hate Paris in
2016 he released PewDiePie’s tuber
simulator which is a community game
where you create your own youtuber you
work to upgrade your office and become
number one on YouTube both games have
done extremely well receiving high
ratings and positive reviews number six
he’s very charitable it seems like the
whole world cares more about how much
money I make then I do myself and we did
raise a million dollars to charity and
very few articles picked up on that
pewdiepie has actually used his internet
powers and substantial influence for
good by raising money for charity he has
quite a few charities he’s passionate
about like WWF st. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital Save the Children and
product read in fact in 2012 he won the
title of gaming king of the web and
donated his cash prize to the World
Wildlife Fund I’m actually gonna donate
all the prize money that I
– Sharon T – an organization that I’m
sure a lot of you are familiar with in
2014
kids made a video announcing that his
channel with the help of the bro army
had raised 1 million dollars for charity
and that number has only continued to
grow I just love how we can turn this
stupid channel let’s be on his air bros
it’s pretty dumb making these silly
videos every day and turn that into
something that helps change the world
into a better place
number 5 he’s a published author he’s a
poet and you didn’t even know it
now maybe not a poet but he is hilarious
and published on October 15th 2015
pewdiepie released the magnum opus that
is this book loves you it has 240 pages
of inspirational quotes and advice which
are paired with creative visuals well
technically the book is a satire on
other inspirational books but it has
some fun words of wisdom like quote
don’t be yourself be a pizza
everyone loves pizza truer words have
never been put to paper the book even
made it to the number one spot on the
New York Times bestseller list for young
adult paperbacks number four he met his
girlfriend when she sent a fan email
Aires is a true modern romance if ever
there was one
back in 2011 marzia Besson Ian’s best
friend innocently sent her a link to
Felix’s videos marzia thought he was
hilarious so she decided to write him
and he wrote back the two started
talking through Facebook until Felix
saved up enough money to visit her in
Italy it was one of the craziest things
I have ever done in my life but it’s
also one of the best things I’ve done in
my life they had to travel a lot to see
each other but now they are a youtube
power couple happily living in the UK
Marcia has over 7 million subscribers on
her YouTube channel and she even has her
own fashion line number 3 he’s had to
move because of his fans just don’t come
to my house please Jake Paul isn’t the
only one having problems with fans at
his place though at least unlike Paul
pewds didn’t share his home address
publicly the bro army is often a force
for good
especially when it comes to charity
drives but other times their devotion to
PewDiePie can go a little too far there
have been multiple instances of fans
hunting down his address and then
showing up at his house you shouldn’t
show up to a friend’s place uninvited
let alone someone who doesn’t even know
you picture it like this I don’t know
who you are but I know that you found my
address online and thought hey I’m gonna
invite myself over
pewds has had to move more than once
because of this he’s even made of video
telling fans to leave him alone which
quite frankly should have gone without
saying number two he increases video
game sales if Puetz plays it people buy
it this is especially evident when he
decides to play indie games
pewds has been known to crash sites when
the bro army flocks to a game that isn’t
designed to handle so much traffic you
can thank him for putting a lot of games
on the map like surgeon simulator and
the addictive game flappy bird may it
rest in peace we aren’t talking about a
few dollars of increased sales either
when he played crypt of the necrodancer
it experienced an increase in sales to
the tune of 60,000 big ones before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions
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number one controversial content cost
him lucrative deals if you’ve ever
watched a PewDiePie video and you know
he’s got a habit of pushing the limits
it’s got him into trouble in the past
like in 2016 when he was accused of
anti-semitism after posting a number of
videos that either alluded to or invoked
Nazi and anti-semitic imagery and
messages I am sorry I didn’t think they
would actually do it
I feel partially responsible but just I
didn’t think they would while Felix made
an apology video the offending content
cost him his deal with Disney as well as
his YouTube read series in 2017
he used a racial slur in a live stream
of player unknowns battlegrounds which
led game developer Campo Santo to issue
a DMCA takedown of videos featuring
pewds playing their game Firewatch being
in the position I am I should know
better I know I can’t keep messing up
like this do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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successful youtuber welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 facts
about PewDiePie
it says the most subscribed YouTube with
12 million actually before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at some of the
things that make PewDiePie unique
eccentric and occasionally controversial
because you don’t make it to the top of
YouTube by being ordinary
if you don’t know WatchMojo that’s like
you don’t know Jesus number 10 his name
is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg my real
name given by my mama and Dada was
feelings let’s start with the basics
while many people know him as pewds or
even senpai this youtubers real-life
name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg yeah
it’s a bit of a mouthful but it’s
actually quite common in Sweden for
people to have two middle names Felix is
a Latin word that means happy and
successful which just so happens to
describe PewDiePie perfectly you may
also recognize the name from the Felix
Felicis potion in Harry Potter which
brings luck and success to anyone who
drinks it known as Felix phases which it
is more commonly referred to as luck so
maybe just maybe there’s a little bit of
magic behind PewDiePie success too
number 9 there is a meaning behind
PewDiePie
unlike the name his parents gave him the
name of Felix’s channel really doesn’t
have that much meaning behind it but it
does come with a bit of a funny and
relatable origin story in 2006 he
created the pewt Channel but had to make
a new channel when he forgot the login
information thus the great PewDiePie
channel was born then I forgot my
password to my peuta account it’s added
PI because I usually say to break it
down
pyew is to represent the sound a laser
makes D or Die is what happens when you
get shot by a laser and pi well feuds
just thought it sounded funny and he’d
already started saying it is a bit of a
catchphrase while gaming so why not all
who doesn’t love pie number eight he
dropped out of college surely much to
his parents delight PewDiePie was
accepted into Chalmers University of
Technology for a degree in industrial
economics and technology management this
was quite an accomplishment since you
needed excellent grades to get in but it
just wasn’t for pewds I dropped out of
high draft l University because I didn’t
like it to drop out at university to
pursue YouTube that just began stupid
I’m not that dumb all right before
completing his degree at Chalmers
PewDiePie dropped out to pursue his own
artistic endeavors to support himself he
worked at a hotdog stand
and he managed to sell enough of his
artwork to buy his early gaming and
broadcasting equipment and a lot of
people like to take this story as
something negative or like oh he did
that just goes to show that humble
beginnings and sacrifice can create a
legend number seven he has two licensed
video games it had always been a dream
of pewds to create his own video games
and in 2015 that dream came true with
the release of PewDiePie legend of the
brofist the game takes you on an epic 2d
adventure where you save bros ie
PewDiePie’s fans from the evil barrel
army you sure as hell will hate Paris in
2016 he released PewDiePie’s tuber
simulator which is a community game
where you create your own youtuber you
work to upgrade your office and become
number one on YouTube both games have
done extremely well receiving high
ratings and positive reviews number six
he’s very charitable it seems like the
whole world cares more about how much
money I make then I do myself and we did
raise a million dollars to charity and
very few articles picked up on that
pewdiepie has actually used his internet
powers and substantial influence for
good by raising money for charity he has
quite a few charities he’s passionate
about like WWF st. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital Save the Children and
product read in fact in 2012 he won the
title of gaming king of the web and
donated his cash prize to the World
Wildlife Fund I’m actually gonna donate
all the prize money that I
– Sharon T – an organization that I’m
sure a lot of you are familiar with in
2014
kids made a video announcing that his
channel with the help of the bro army
had raised 1 million dollars for charity
and that number has only continued to
grow I just love how we can turn this
stupid channel let’s be on his air bros
it’s pretty dumb making these silly
videos every day and turn that into
something that helps change the world
into a better place
number 5 he’s a published author he’s a
poet and you didn’t even know it
now maybe not a poet but he is hilarious
and published on October 15th 2015
pewdiepie released the magnum opus that
is this book loves you it has 240 pages
of inspirational quotes and advice which
are paired with creative visuals well
technically the book is a satire on
other inspirational books but it has
some fun words of wisdom like quote
don’t be yourself be a pizza
everyone loves pizza truer words have
never been put to paper the book even
made it to the number one spot on the
New York Times bestseller list for young
adult paperbacks number four he met his
girlfriend when she sent a fan email
Aires is a true modern romance if ever
there was one
back in 2011 marzia Besson Ian’s best
friend innocently sent her a link to
Felix’s videos marzia thought he was
hilarious so she decided to write him
and he wrote back the two started
talking through Facebook until Felix
saved up enough money to visit her in
Italy it was one of the craziest things
I have ever done in my life but it’s
also one of the best things I’ve done in
my life they had to travel a lot to see
each other but now they are a youtube
power couple happily living in the UK
Marcia has over 7 million subscribers on
her YouTube channel and she even has her
own fashion line number 3 he’s had to
move because of his fans just don’t come
to my house please Jake Paul isn’t the
only one having problems with fans at
his place though at least unlike Paul
pewds didn’t share his home address
publicly the bro army is often a force
for good
especially when it comes to charity
drives but other times their devotion to
PewDiePie can go a little too far there
have been multiple instances of fans
hunting down his address and then
showing up at his house you shouldn’t
show up to a friend’s place uninvited
let alone someone who doesn’t even know
you picture it like this I don’t know
who you are but I know that you found my
address online and thought hey I’m gonna
invite myself over
pewds has had to move more than once
because of this he’s even made of video
telling fans to leave him alone which
quite frankly should have gone without
saying number two he increases video
game sales if Puetz plays it people buy
it this is especially evident when he
decides to play indie games
pewds has been known to crash sites when
the bro army flocks to a game that isn’t
designed to handle so much traffic you
can thank him for putting a lot of games
on the map like surgeon simulator and
the addictive game flappy bird may it
rest in peace we aren’t talking about a
few dollars of increased sales either
when he played crypt of the necrodancer
it experienced an increase in sales to
the tune of 60,000 big ones before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions
[Music]
number one controversial content cost
him lucrative deals if you’ve ever
watched a PewDiePie video and you know
he’s got a habit of pushing the limits
it’s got him into trouble in the past
like in 2016 when he was accused of
anti-semitism after posting a number of
videos that either alluded to or invoked
Nazi and anti-semitic imagery and
messages I am sorry I didn’t think they
would actually do it
I feel partially responsible but just I
didn’t think they would while Felix made
an apology video the offending content
cost him his deal with Disney as well as
his YouTube read series in 2017
he used a racial slur in a live stream
of player unknowns battlegrounds which
led game developer Campo Santo to issue
a DMCA takedown of videos featuring
pewds playing their game Firewatch being
in the position I am I should know
better I know I can’t keep messing up
like this do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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