As a result of an early 2017 controversy regarding allegations of anti-Semitism in several of PewDiePie's videos, the Disney-operated Maker Studios ended their partnership with him, dropping him from their network. Throughout his time on YouTube, PewDiePie has produced content that has been praised as genuine and unfiltered, but also been received as abrasive, and in some cases, met with controversy.
After dissatisfaction with the network, he signed with Maker Studios, having his channel under Maker's sub-networks Polaris and, later, Revelmode.
PewDiePie soon gathered a rapidly increasing online following, and in July 2012, his channel surpassed one million subscribers.Įarly on, PewDiePie was signed under the multi-channel network Machinima. In order to fund his videos, PewDiePie began selling prints of his Photoshop art projects and working at a hot dog stand. After failing to earn an apprenticeship with an advertising agency in Scandinavia, he then decided to focus on creating content for his YouTube channel. The following year, he dropped out of Chalmers after becoming disinterested with his degree field, much to the dismay of his parents. In 2010, during his time at the university, he registered a YouTube account under the name PewDiePie.
He is known for his Let's Play commentaries and vlogs, as well as his following on YouTube.īorn in Gothenburg, Sweden, PewDiePie originally pursued a degree in industrial economics and technology management at Chalmers University of Technology. Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg ( SHEL-burg Swedish: ( listen) born 24 October 1989), known online as PewDiePie ( PEW-dee-py), is a Swedish web-based comedian and video producer.
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