YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE BUSINESS OF INFLUENCER MARKETING

News

PewDiePie becomes first gaming YouTuber to hit 18 billion views

PewDiePie becomes first gaming YouTuber to hit 18 billion views

Everyone's favourite statistical anomaly Felix 'PewDiePie' Kjellberg has crossed the 18 billion views markon YouTube. 

Kjellberg is the first gamer to cross that milestone, making his account the 6th most viewed channel on YouTube. He's surpassed by music channel T-Series, WWE, Ryan ToysReview, netd Muzik and SET India. 

He's also still the most subscribed creator on YouTube by a huge margin, after recently crossing the 63 million subs mark. The only channels to have more than that are YouTube's own music, gaming and sports channels.

Massive views

"We are super excited to support Felix as he crosses the 18 billion views mark, it's incredible to work alongside someone who is carving such a path in a new industry." Founder of Re6l Kat Peterson told InfluencerUpdate.biz.

Formerly known as Reelstyle, Re6l is the management behind PewDiePie. The company also represents Kjellberg's partner and fellow creator, Marzia Bisognin.

Get the latest news, interviews and in-depth analysis on Twitter and Facebook.


Tags:
Editor

Danielle Partis is editor of PocketGamer.biz and former editor of InfluencerUpdate.biz. She was named Journalist of the Year at the MCV Women in Games Awards 2019, as well as in the MCV 30 under 30 2020. Prior to Steel Media, she wrote about music and games at Team Rock.