Everyone has at least heard once or twice about PewDiePie also known as a the entrepreneur of Youtube. PewDiePie started his journey on October 24, 1989, in Gothenburg, Sweden when he was born to his mother and father, Johanna and Ulf which both were executive chiefs. PewDiePie at a young age loved playing games on his super Nintendo in his room or at internet cafes where he would game all the time having a extreme interest with anything gaming which only grew during his adolescence. During Felix Arvid last year of high school he saved up all the money he had earned from selling art at his grandmother gallery to buy his very own computer and made a Youtube channel named PewDie. This channel did not last long as he had shortly after forgot the password leading him to make a new channel which was when he that recognizable brand name PewDiePie. Felix Arvid had made his first popular video by playing a horror game where he screamed his way through the game boosting his popularity and the games popularity this was when he realized he had something on his hand.
PewDiePie had made 1 million subscribers in early 2012 and by 2013 became the most popular channel. PewDiePie stayed at the top where he had partnership with Disney in 2016 which lasted to 2017 until he had a small controversy where they ended their brand deal. PewDiePie had decided to start a partnership which a chair brand where he would finally use the brand he had built up to make a branded chair which was a high quality chair which he uses in every video. PewDiePie had retired after 2019 when he lost his placement as the channel with the most subscribers and decided to focus on his family.
This is a brief history on the story of PewDiePie a Youtube legend who made a name in history as the most popular internet celebrity up until 2019.
This is pretty interesting! It’s cool that an error, him forgetting his password, led him to recreate his account name which is known by so many people! I do not play any video games and I also am rarely on YouTube but I still know who he is! Even though he was only on YouTube for around seven years, he made such an impact! I am sure his videos are still making him a profit to this day even though he is not actively creating videos anymore. I like how his childhood interests led him to a very fruitful career. It is also nice that he recognized a good place to step back from YouTube and focus on his family. He is a good example of how you can take something that is already popular (like playing video games) and put a unique spin on it (recording yourself playing the video game) which opens up new opportunities!
This was very entertaining to read about and brought back a lot of memories from when I was younger. It is incredible to see how much growth can be seen in the YouTube community! It is also very inspirational to see that not only did PewDiePie rise to be a very successful and influential YouTuber but that he also remained at the top for quite some time.