Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg[‡ 3] (/ˈʃɛlbɜːrɡ/ SHEL-burg,[3] Swedish: [ˈfěːlɪks ˈǎrːvɪd ɵlf ˈɕɛ̂lːbærj] (About this soundlisten);[c] born 24 October 1989), known online as PewDiePie (/ˈpjuːdiːpaɪ/ PEW-dee-py), is a Swedish YouTuber, comedian, gamer, and philanthropist, known primarily for his Let’s Play videos and comedic formatted shows.
PewDiePie
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Kjellberg in July 2019
Personal information
Born
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg
24 October 1989 (age 31)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Residence
Brighton, England
Occupation
YouTuber
Spouse(s)
Marzia Bisognin (m. 2019)
Signature
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg Signature.svg
Website
pewdiepie.store
YouTube information
Also known as
Pewds
Channel
PewDiePie
Years active
2010–present
Genre
Let’s Play vlog comedy commentary
Subscribers
108 million
Total views
26.4 billion
Network
None (formerly Machinima and later Maker Studios)
Associated acts
Marzia Kjellberg Jacksepticeye Jack Douglass Markiplier Lilly Singh MrBeast James Charles
Creator Awards
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2012[a]
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers 2012[b]
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg 10,000,000 subscribers 2013[‡ 2]
YouTube Ruby Play Button 2.svg 50,000,000 subscribers 2016[1]
YouTube Red Diamond Play Button.svg 100,000,000 subscribers 2019[2]
Updated: 25 November 2020
Born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden, Kjellberg registered his eponymous YouTube channel in 2010, primarily posting Let’s Play videos of horror and action video games. His channel experienced substantial growth in popularity over the next two years and he reached 1 million subscribers in July 2012. Over time, his style of content diversified to include vlogs, comedy shorts, formatted shows, and music videos.
Kjellberg’s channel became the most-subscribed channel on YouTube on 15 August 2013. After being briefly surpassed in late 2013 by YouTube Spotlight, his channel firmly held the title until early 2019, when he publicly vied for it with Indian record label T-Series. The latter established a significant lead in April that year, and Kjellberg’s channel currently remains as the second-most-subscribed on the platform, having received over 107 million