PewDiePie Net Worth (Money & Salary)

Discover PewDiePie’s Net Worth

PewDiePie’s net worth is $45 million. He is a Swedish video game commentator, streamer, and internet celebrity. The channel has been the most-subscribed on YouTube at various points, making him the highest-earning YouTuber worldwide. His YouTube content revolves around playing different video games, providing commentary, and showcasing his reactions while playing. With a fan base known as the ‘Bro Army,’ PewDiePie interacts with his ‘Bros’ and ends his videos with a ‘Brofist.’ He started his channel in 2009, and its subscriptions have significantly increased since then. PewDiePie has also spoken at Nonick Conference 2012. The PewDiePie channel was ranked as the #1 YouTube channel by OpenSlate in October 2012, with 6 million subscribers by April 2013. In July 2013, he moved to the UK for better Internet connectivity.

Highest Paid YouTube Star

PewDiePie is not only the most-viewed personality on YouTube, but also consistently one of the top earners on the platform. He earned $12 million in 2013, $14 million in 2014, $9 million in 2015, $15 million in 2016, $12 million in 2017, $15.5 million in 2018, and $13 million in 2019. To date, he charges $450,000 for a single sponsored video.

In all, PewDiePie has amassed over $73 million in pretax income from his YouTube endeavors since 2013. He mentioned in an interview that his net worth far exceeds $20 million.

Early Life

Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, known as PewDiePie, was born on October 24, 1989, in Gothenburg, Sweden, to parents Lotta Kristine Johanna and Ulf Christian Kjellberg. His mother is an esteemed Chief Information Officer, and his father is a corporate executive. He has an elder sister, Fanny. During his high school days, Felix would skip classes to indulge in video games. He completed high school at Göteborgs Högre Samskola and initially pursued Industrial Economics and Technology Management at Chalmers University of Technology. However, finding no interest in the curriculum, he left the university. Notably, PewDiePie discontinued his studies not to build a YouTube career, as is commonly believed. Despite disinterest in his academic pursuits, he retained a passion for Photoshop and maintained a love for video games, selling photoshopped images to save up for a computer.

YouTube

On December 19, 2006, Felix joined YouTube under the channel name “Pewdie.” He chose “pew” due to its resemblance to a laser sound. His early content comprised Call of Duty gameplay and vlogs. As he misplaced his Pewdie channel password temporarily, he established PewDiePie on April 29, 2010. This new channel featured content focused on Call of Duty, Minecraft, and horror/action games. For instance, he showcased his best CoD moments with spirited commentary and edits. His Minecraft videos included ‘Let’s Plays,’ where he simply played the game.

Early Success

PewDiePie introduced Amnesia gameplay videos at a certain juncture, which resonated with YouTube audiences and propelled his channel’s growth. By July 2012, he had reached 1 million subscribers, increasing to 2 million by September 2012. Subsequently, he signed with MCN Machinima and later moved to Maker Studios in October 2012.

YouTube’s Premier Star

During 2012 and 2013, PewDiePie experienced unparalleled growth on YouTube. In 2013 alone, his subscriber count surged from 3.5 million to 19 million. That year, he gained a new subscriber every second, totaling 1.037 per second. PewDiePie amassed 1.3 billion video views in that year, culminating as YouTube’s most-subscribed channel.

Assisted by Maker Studios, he launched a PewDiePie iPhone app. Despite voicing reservations about Maker Studios’ parent company, Disney, he eventually created a website and online store to complement the successful app.

In 2014, his channel obtained 14 million subscribers and garnered 4.1 billion views, surpassing other channels by a considerable margin. His monthly average video views in 2015 amounted to 300 million.

PewDiePie Net Worth (Money & Salary)

Data is from 2023 and 2024 and forecast data is for 2025 and 2026. We also expand the forecast data to 2027 and 2028.

 

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PewDiePie Net Worth (Money & Salary)