YouTube Fan Girl Magazine 2014 / 2015

The King of The Web Felix Kjellberg AKA PewDiePie

PewDiePie

Born

Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg

(1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 23)

Gothenburg, Sweden

Residence

United Kingdom

Nationality

Swedish

Other names

PewDiePie

Alma mater

Chalmers University of Technology

Occupation

YouTube celebrity, video game commentator

Years active

2010-present

Employer

Google, YouTube

Known for

PewDiePie video game commentaries

Partner(s)

Marzia Bisognin (2011–present)

Early life

PewDiePie was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2008, he graduated from Göteborgs Högre Samskola. He then went on to pursue a degree in Industrial Economics and Technology Management at Chalmers University of Technology, but left the university in 2011 to focus on his YouTube career.

YouTube career

PewDiePiePresentationHosting

PewDiePie

Genre

Video game commentary

Language

English, Swedish, Italian

ProductionPublicationDebut

2 October 2010; 2 years ago (2010-10-02)

Website

www.youtube.com/pewdiepie

History

PewDiePie created his YouTube channel in April 2009. In 2012 PewDiePie's channel began to grow, reaching 1 million subscribers on 11 July 2012, and 2 million subscribers in September 2012.In February 2012, PewDiePie ran for King of the Web, an online contest. He lost the overall title, however still became the "Gaming King of the Web" for the 1–15 February 2012 voting period.During the following voting period, PewDiePie won and donated his cash winnings to the World Wildlife Fund.[ PewDiePie has also spoken at Nonick Conference 2012. In October 2012, OpenSlate ranked the PewDiePie channel as the #1 YouTube channel by terms of "SlateScore".

In April 2013, PewDiePie's channel grew to 6 million subscribers, as reported by the New York Times. PewDiePie later won the award for Most Popular Social Show, competing against Jenna Marbles, Smosh and Toby Turner, as well as the Swedish Social Star Award, at the inaugural Starcount Social Stars Awards hosted in Singapore in May 2013.He had also introduced the nominees for Most Popular Game during the live broadcast of the awards show. In June 2013, the channel grew to 8 million, and subsequently 9 million subscribers. Throughout 2012 and 2013, PewDiePie's channel has been one of the fastest growing on YouTube. PewDiePie's playthrough of The Last of Us was documented for leaving the usually vocal gamer, speechless at the ending. In July 2013, he overtook Jenna Marbles as the second most subscribed YouTube channel, and surpased the leading channel, Smosh, in August 2013 In July 2013, Kjellberg was the first to create a video of the sequel to AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity using the Oculus Rift platform. He was also the first to create a playthrough of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, which began on August 29, 2013, twelve days before its September release date.

Channel format

PewDiePie's channel main focus is his commentary and reactions to various games as he plays through them. He is known for playing horror and action video games, most notably Amnesia: The Dark Descent and its related mods. Unlike conventional walkthroughs, his 'Let's Play' videos are devoted to "sharing gaming moments on YouTube with my bros " His channel also supports independent game developers, which often provides a substantial boost in sales to the game featured in the playthrough PewDiePie also began posting weekly vlogs starting from 2 September 2011.Appearances in other works

PewDiePie had a cameo appearance in the season 2 finale of the web series, Epic Rap Battles of History, as Mikhail Baryshnikov A snippet of his videos appeared in a music mashup created by Joe Penna, better known by the alias, MysteryGuitarMan It was also announced that PewDiePie will be a guest judge on the second season of the web series Internet Icon.He has also made cameo appearances in SmoshGames by the YouTube duo Smosh, Your Grammar Sucks by Jacksfilms, and YouTubers React by the Fine Brothers.

Public image

PewDiePie often refers to his fans as the 'Bro Army', made up of his He typically performs a 'Brofist' at the end of each of his videos At the Social Star Awards, PewDiePie deliberately went to greet his fans personally despite security warning him against doing so

PewDiePie's channel is under Maker Studios, which is a multi-channel network that drives the growth of the channels under it His channel also appeals strongly to younger viewers, a group Google refers to as Generation C for their habits of "creation, curation, connection and community

Personal life

PewDiePie is originally from Sweden, although he later moved to live with his girlfriend, Marzia Bisognin (whose online alias is CutiePieMarzia), in her native country, Italy. He moved to the United Kingdom in July 2013 for better internet connection.] PewDiePie is the son of former KappAhl CIO, Johanna Kjellberg, who was 2010 CIO of the Year in Sweden.

Charitable actions

PewDiePie is involved in charity work for the World Wildlife Foundation and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. PewDiePie also began a "Water Campaign" charity, where his fans could donate money, in honor and celebration of reaching 10 million subscribers. As of 16 August 2013 (2013-08-16)[update], the charity has raised $201,877 of a $250,000 goal.Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for PewDiePie

YearAward ShowCategoryResultRecipient(s)Ref2013

Starcount Social Star Awards

Most Popular Social Show

Won

PewDiePie

[17][18]

Sweden Social Star Award

Won

[19]