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Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg is born in Gothenburg, Sweden
On the 29th of October in Gothenburg, Sweden, greatness was born.
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Felix Kjellberg creates "PewDiePie" YouTube Channel
The PewDiePie youtube channel was created on April 29, 2010.
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PewDiePie uploads his first "Let's Play" video
The Minecraft let's play was the first of hundreds of let's play videos PewDiePie would upload to his channel. The let's play became a staple on YouTube, thanks largley to PewDiePie.
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PewDiePie reaches One Million Subscribers
This would be the first of countless big milestones to come over the next several years.
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PewDiePie becomes biggest Channel on Youtube
PewDiePie passed Smosh to become the biggest creator on YouTube.
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PewDiePie appears in Two South Park Episodes
The show, which was PewDiePie's favorite show, featured him as a main part in two episodes.
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"PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist" launches on Mobile Devices
PewDiePie's first mobile game quickly became the top grossing mobile game less than two hours after it's release
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PewDiePie Appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The appearance on Stephen Colbert's show was the first instance of a youtuber being on a late night show.
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PewDiePie Releases his First Book
The Book titled "This Book Loves You" became a New York Times best seller.
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Scare PewDiePie premieres on YouTube Red
Scare PewDiePie is a show produced by the creators of The Walking Dead that was found exclusively on YouTube Red. The show was a massive success and one of the biggest YouTube original shows.
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Time Magazine places PewDiePie on 2016's 100 Most Influential People List
PewDiePie was named one of the 100 most influential people worldwide in 2016, something very few online influencers have accomplished.
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PewDiePie Reaches 50 Million Subscribers
PewDiePie was the first channel to reach the 50 Million mark. Even almost 5 years later, he's still one of only 25 channels to reach the mark. Even more impressive, the vast majority of those 25 channels are companies, not individual creators like PewDiePie.
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PewDiePie Reaches 100 Million Subcribers
PewDiePie became the first individual creator to reach 100 million YouTube subscribers. The next closet channel to 100 million at the time was still 40 million behind. -
PewDiePie is Awarded Guinness World Record
The Guinness world record for most subscribers by an individual male on YouTube with 109,000,000, was awarded to PewDiePie
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