YouTube megastar PewDiePie aka Felix Kjellberg quits video site

Popular Swedish vlogger Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg aka PewdiePie announced that he is quitting YouTube. He said that he is taking a break from the video platform Youtube because he is very tired. The Swedish YouTuber has 102 million subscribers and has proven to be one of the most popular vloggers on the platform.

PewdiePie took to YouTube to make the announcement and said, “I am taking a break from YouTube next year,” The Sun quoted him as saying. “I wanted to say it in advance because I made up my mind.I’m tired. I’m feeling very tired. I don’t know if you can tell. Just so you know, early next year I’ll be away for a little while.”

He also revealed that he will explain the reasons behind quitting the platform later, “I’ll explain that later but I wanted to give a heads up.”

Felix aka PewdiePie became a rage on YouTube when he launched his channel nine years ago. He has over 102 million subscribers. Born in 1989 in Sweden, he has also featured on Time magazine’s ‘The World’s 100 Most Influential People’. He has a  fan following of over 20 million on Twitter and Instagram as well.

PewDiePie’s popularity continues unabated in spite of the fact that he has been the subject of ongoing controversies. He had used the N-word during a live game stream but later claimed he didn’t mean to use the word in “a bad way”. He had also lost a deal with Disney all thanks to the nine videos that include anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery. PewDiePie had mocked Demi Lovato’s reported drug overdose and subsequent hospitalization in a meme. Most recently, he was banned in China for comparing President Xi to Winnie the Pooh.

In India particularly, Pewdiepie became a popular name after it locked horns with India’s music channel T-Series. He lost the battle to the Indian Giant.

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