Tag: PewDiePie
MrBeast overtakes PewdiePie as most-subscribed YouTube creator
Image: MrBeast (Twitter) YouTube genius and 21st-century philanthropist Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has surpassed Felix Kjellberg, better known as Pewdiepie, as the most-subscribed YouTube creator ever. According to Dexerto, Donaldson sailed past Kjellberg's 111,846,079 subscribers just after 4 p.m. EST on Nov. 14. Swedish creator PewDiePie became the most-subscribed YouTuber…
Millions of Brits want to become online stars, survey shows
Image: Mr Beast/YouTube A study of 2,000 adults found 29 per cent would give up their current career to become a successful full-time online star. Of those polled, seven in 10 regularly use social media accounts and spend an average of two hours a day scrolling. But this doubles to…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Reddit to go public
Social media platform Reddit has announced that it has started the process to sell its shares on the stock market. In a confidential filing, it did not reveal how many shares it planned to sell or the price of the shares. In August, the company said it had raised $700m (£528m) in new funding, valuing…
Revealed: The Most Popular Gaming Accessories of 2021
PewDiePie remains the world's number one streamer, ahead of Ninja The best-selling gaming accessories last year were wired gaming headsets, wired gaming mice and gaming chairs The top gaming headset used by streamers is the ASTRO Gaming A50 wireless headset The most-searched-for accessories are Razer headsets, Playseat gaming chairs and SteelSeries headsets The accessories with the biggest jump in searches around Christmas…
YouTube success revealed: Top 50 vloggers earn average $23 million a year!
With over 103 million subscribers, PewDiePie, above, earns around $50 million a year YouTube’s top child stars attract an average of 19.1 million views on each video, which is eight times more than the top gamers on the platform The average length of the most popular vlogger videos on YouTube…
YouTuber PewDiePie ‘sickened’ by mention in New Zealand shootings video
YouTuber PewDiePie has said he is “sickened” that the alleged shooter in the New Zealand mosque attacks said his name during a live-streaming of the shootings. In the video which suspect Brenton Tarrant shared live on Facebook, a voice is heard saying: “Remember lads… subscribe to PewDiePie.” The attack on two mosques in Christchurch has…
Hackers take over Google Chromecast devices to support YouTuber PewDiePie
PewDiePie (Hannah McKay/PA) Hackers have taken control of Google Chromecast smart TV devices around the world in a stunt to raise awareness of cyber security and to promote YouTuber PewDiePie. They claim to have gained access to more than 70,000 Google Chromecast devices – used to stream content on a TV…
YouTube Rewind 2018 is the site’s second most disliked video
YouTube’s annual recap video celebrating the biggest videos and trends of the year has become the second most disliked post in the site’s history. The YouTube Rewind 2018 video, which was only uploaded to the site last week, has already amassed more than seven million dislikes, placing it behind only Justin Bieber’s 2010 music video…
PewDiePie gets a South Park cameo
PewDiePie, who is one of the most well known faces on YouTube is getting a cameo in an episode of South Park, to the bewilderment of everyone over the age of 20. The YouTuber, real name Felix Kjellberg made his name by videoing himself screaming whilst playing computer games - and apparently this is something…
