INTERESTING PewDiePie Facts for Kids (2024 Updated!)
PewDiePie is arguably the most famous YouTuber in the world! With a subscriber count of over 100 million people, his work on YouTube has seen him win awards, connect with millions of poeple across the globe, and build a digital career that is over a decade old.
In this article, we’re going to take a closer look at some facts about PewDiePie, his career as a YouTuber and digital presence, and more. Let’s get right into it.
What Was PewDiePie’s Early Life Like?
PewDiePie was born Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, in Gothenburg, Sweden to a corporate executive father and a chief information officer (CIO). He was interested in visual arts and being creative from the time he was a child, and often spent his time drawing video game characters. PewDiePie was also a huge video game fanatic, going so far as to skip school to go to a cyber cafe with his friends to play games.
After graduating high school, he went to the Chalmers University of Technology to study industrial engineering, but dropped out because he was no longer interested in his course. Although many believed he dropped out to help his YouTube career, PewDiePie later clarified that he thought that leaving college to pursue an internet career was stupid!
Since he was interested in furthering his YouTube career, he sold prints of his artworks to buy himself a computer so that he could make videos for the internet.
Now, let’s get into the fun facts about PewDiePie.
10 Fun and Interesting Facts About PewDiePie for Kids
1. PewDiePie’s YouTube channel originally had a different name!
It’s interesting to note that PewDiePie’s YouTube channel was originally called Pewdie! He named it Pewdie because he thought the word “pew” reminded him of the sound of lasers, while “die” reminded him of dying. However, he forgot the password to his account and got locked out, which meant he had to reset his details and open a new account. This was how his current name, PewDiePie, was born.
2. PewDiePie’s parents weren’t supportive of his YouTube career in the beginning.
After he dropped out of university, PewDiePie’s parents refused to support him financially, and weren’t very supportive of his YouTube career as well. Since he needed money to survive, he worked at a hotdog stand, continued to sell prints of his artworks, and even worked as a harbor captain.
At the time, creators on YouTube did not make money from their videos, but posted regularly on the platform solely as a creative outlet. It was only around 2015 or 2016 that creators like Pewdie and various others began earning revenue from their videos.
3. PewDiePie’s early YouTube videos were about video games.
His first YouTube videos featured commentary on video games like Call of Duty and Minecraft. However, PewDiePie was known for videos on more obscure video games in the horror and action genres. His oldest YouTube video is titled “Minecraft Multiplayer Fun” and at present, has over 22 million views. It was uploaded in 2010 and featured commentary in Swedish! PewDiePie would later go on to speak only in English.
4. Between 2013 and 2014, PewDiePie was the most subscribed to creator on YouTube.
Although PewDiePie has more than 100 million subscribers in 2024 and is one of the most popular creators on the platform, he was also one of the most famous and popular creators on YouTube a decade ago. He reached 5 million subscribers in February 2013, and went on to become the most subscribed-to creator by August of that same year.
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His subscriber numbers were even higher than the channel Smosh, and he won the Guinness World Record for being the most subscribed YouTuber that same year.
5. PewDiePie starred in a comedy horror reality web series called Scare PewDiePie.
Scare PewDiePie first premiered on YouTube Red, currently known as YouTube Premium. Each episode featured PewDiePie exploring a set that was based on and designed to mimic the horror video games that he often talked about on his YouTube channel.
The series featured ten episodes, and was renewed for a second season, but was later cancelled after PewDiePie was involved in making racist and anti-Semetic jokes.
6. PewDiePie has gone on multiple hiatuses.
Towards the end of 2020, PewDiePie announced that the nature of his channel was going to change, and that he considered himself to be retired from YouTube. His first hiatus lasted for over a month, though he returned and continued to make content for YouTube. He later went on to take repeated breaks from YouTube.
7. PewDiePie currently lives in Japan.
At present, PewDiePie lives in Japan! He previously lived in England, but moved to Japan after going there on a trip in 2018. He bought a house in 2019 with his wife after they got married, but did not make their move permanent.
However, their Japanese home was robbed towards the end of 2019, and their move was postponed further after travel was restricted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He finally ended up moving to Japan in 2022 with his wife.
8. PewDiePie is married to Marzia Bisognin.
PewDiePie met his wife Marzia through a mutual friend. They began dating back in 2011, and she later moved from her hometown to Sweden to live together.
However, they later moved to Italy, and later to Brighton, England, to live together. They later got engaged in 2019, and got married in 2019. After moving to Japan in 2022, they had their first child! Their son was born in July of 2023.
9. PewDiePie is one of the most controversial creators on YouTube.
Although his subscriber count is large and his content is extremely varied, PewDiePie is also known for being one of YouTube’s most controversial creators. The reason for this is that he has frequently made racist and inappropriate comments about various ethnic groups, people, and places. His comments over the years have seen him receive a ton of criticism and negativity from fans, journalists, and media outlets.
10. PewDiePie is one of the highest-paid YouTubers in the world.
Back in 2014, PewDiePie earned between $140,000 and $1 million from YouTube revenue alone, not including sponsorships. In the years that have since followed, he has earned between $12 million and $15 million annually.
Conclusion
In this article, we took a closer look at the YouTuber PewDiePie, and his work. He is one of the most famous and widely known YouTubers in the history of the platform. With an online career that is over a decade old, fans have seen his content change and evolve over the years, and his numbers have only continued to grow over time. We hope you learned something new from this article! If there were any fun facts that we missed out on, leave them in the comments below.