PewDiePie Will Delete His YouTube Channel Today PewDiePie

[Cronovey]

There are 50 millions subs. You don't have to be subbed to view his videos, and yes by "a few hundred millions" i meant way more than 200M. I stand by the claim i made, and i'd also give you that that Brady is known outside of the US. A sub is more than "watching a game". It's close to "watching every game". I highly doubt there is a big disparity between Team Tom and Team Pew. I'd assume that 95% of the people in the US know who Brady is, while the rest of the world doesn't care.

In a global sense, american football is a small niche interest, in the same way that video games are a small niche interest. I just wanted to make a point about orlong's rant while lumping in a wrestler nobody knows with fucking madonna.

I think you underestimate how often American football fans watch their favorite team's games though. I definitely agree that the random name thrown in with all the legitimately well-known celebrities seemed a bit odd though, I was just pointing out that there were probably a number of individuals you could have chosen that would have made much better comparisons, and that the numbers point toward Tom Brady being a much more famous individual if you use viewership numbers just on his games alone, not counting his external media coverage in addition to his actual play.

At the point where you're trying to crunch the numbers on "how many millions of people know who this person is," I think it's well past time to admit that he's famous.

They're obviously both famous, but I'd say that it's within their particular audiences only. My overall point was that it was a poor comparison when you're trying to compare someone who is on a platform viewed across the entire globe to someone who is generally only televised in North America. Using these particular individuals where the former has the greater availability for viewing, the latter still ends up most likely being more "famous" if you were to quantify fame with a number of some sort. Most of this has to do with the density of their fans within certain areas as well as advertising and media attention (news footage, ESPN, etc compared to Youtube and social media primarily) and makes for a difficult comparison. If Tom Brady were to casually walk down the street in the US he'd probably be swarmed by fans who know who he is and what he looks like, while if Pewdiepie did the same it's highly unlikely to occur because of this, even if a comparable amount of people globally know who they both are.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Edit: Well he did it..... he deleted his 2nd channel. Whatever respect I had for him I sure as shit don't have anymore. All of it just to push for 50mil subs.

Well duh? Of course he wasn't going to delete his gigantic channel with thousands of videos that people watch every single day with let's-play series that people have grown to love and call "classics" (lol) over the years...

I might not be able to stand the dude, but come on. He's a champion of clickbait and it makes me equally irritated every single time I see one of his videos with "I'm quitting" or "It's over" or "I'm done" in my feed. No matter how many times I click "Not interested" and tell them why, his videos keep showing up...

[Alvito]

'Was' the highest payed YouTuber? Please enlighten me on who else on YT is earning $8-12 million/year? Who is making more than he is?

He still might be, I didn't say he wasn't.

[Eleccybubb]

like he will delete his channel he rakes in millions over it, it jsut another PR stunt to prolly get more views from the little kids he entertains.

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well if youtube fails they can always you know go out in the real world and get a real job like 90 percent of normal people do. atleast if you have a job IRL your benefiting society where as wtf does youtube benefit towards society apart from sub par content that isnt really worth watching like pewdiepie

Uhm considering the most popular youtubers make quite a lot of money I would say they are doing just fine. Also if youtube is making you a fuckton of money why would you want to get another job?

[Pivotal]

people honestly thought he was going to delete his channel? lmfao

[Cosmic Janitor]

1. He is filthy rich, even if he did, he would still be rich afterwards.
2. He is (in)famous, it would take a couple of weeks and he'd be back to a point where normal people would be filthy rich again as well.

No matter what he would try to prove by doing that, it would not apply to anyone else. He is so far above even the relatively popular youtubers, that he'd probably didn't even need to fear DMCA harrassment. The only thing his annoying ass is good for would be a campaign to get people to other platforms to finally break youtubes monopoly, but he would only be one of many neccessary for that.

[Powerogue]

damnn I really wanted him to delete his channel.. less cancer on youtube

I find it ironic that he criticizes Youtube for promoting clickbait, viral videos given the sort of titles he puts on his.

[Aflakk47]

I find it ironic that he criticizes Youtube for promoting clickbait, viral videos given the sort of titles he puts on his.

It's not about why it promotes clickbait, which in and of itself is a problem across the entire internet (See the main page of this very forum for prime examples), but the fact that YouTube is promoting it OVER content/channels you actively subscribed to and have shown interest towards.

[Powerogue]

It's not about why it promotes clickbait, which in and of itself is a problem across the entire internet (See the main page of this very forum for prime examples), but the fact that YouTube is promoting it OVER content/channels you actively subscribed to and have shown interest towards.

But then where would I be in life if Youtube hadn't recommended to me such prime channels as this one, completely out of the blue?

[Shadowferal]

And yet, i never heard of this person.

Me neither.

One of those non-issues that someone blew up on I guess. Like a balloon, it's just full of air.../shrug

[Deleted]

I recommend something called "video blocker" it lets you block channels and videos, meaning they will never appear on youtube, google, or in the search engine. For example if you put Channel X into it, you will never see content from that person ever again.

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181 Posts on this. Tools.

[Aflakk47]

But then where would I be in life if Youtube hadn't recommended to me such prime channels as this one, completely out of the blue?

Thanks for giving me a stroke in the first minute of a video...
I have found my fair share of good content through the recommended slot as well (Oh so many K POP video's have been found through letting YouTube auto-play Suggested Video's), but when YouTube starts recommending actual porn, there's an issue with their algorithm. We all use other sites to find that sort of content, it shouldn't be allowed on YouTube. While it is explicitly listed on the Community Guidelines forum ( youtube.com/yt/policyandsafety/communityguidelines.html ), it is not against the Terms of Service to do so.

Just as conveniently as what I posted on the previous page, Felix also made a video about this as well...
youtube.com/watch?v=rxPOFp45AIg

[Mehrunes]

PewDiePie is more or less Youtube's equivalent of Kardashians so nothing of value would be lost and not a surprise it was nothing more than attention whoring stunt.

Ha, that was the first time in a while Pewdiepie made me laugh. That damned Swedish troll, good show.

Same. But mostly because of the Polish subtitles.

[fluffhead]

But then where would I be in life if Youtube hadn't recommended to me such prime channels as this one, completely out of the blue?

This is now a Robbie Rotten thread

[Deleted]

PewDiePie is more or less Youtube's equivalent of Kardashians so nothing of value would be lost and not a surprise it was nothing more than attention whoring stunt.




Same. But mostly because of the Polish subtitles.

Your entertainment is not more worth than another persons entertainment. Reality hits you hard, bro.

OT: Youtube changes it's algorithms and moves in a direction of promoting large companies. Gametheory talked about it. As is, Youtube always changes. Unlike war.

[TriHard]

Everyone knew this was a joke to begin with, you gotta be rather dumb not knowing he meant his second channel.

[Powerogue]

What's wrong with the video? That does sound about right for worst thing done for a normal person.

It's actually a pretty good video if you've played MMOs that early on. He's right when he says everyone that enjoyed those games was also an asshole. I played Dark Ages(Nexon/Kru game) and made a profit off of finding AFK people and getting them killed so I could steal their stuff. Those games basically encouraged you to be an asshole and paranoid.

The only people that are upset by PewDiePie not deleting his channel are basically his haters, which he got to subscribe to him to push him over 50mill. I always find trolling haters funny, so I find this funny. I don't even watch much of his videos aside from ones where he just talks for real instead of acting for the camera.

Oh no I wasn't saying there was anything wrong with the video, the video is amazing, just bringing up that his titles tend to fall in that sensationalist clickbaity category. I would've used " 92% GETS TRIGGERED WATCHING (Impossible)" from his genital jousting video but I didn't want my post to get censored. :P

[Atrea]

I played Dark Ages(Nexon/Kru game) and made a profit off of finding AFK people and getting them killed so I could steal their stuff. Those games basically encouraged you to be an asshole and paranoid.

The best part of that game was how taking a simple screenshot and sending it to the correct person could basically ruin their character's potential growth.

Being able to prevent people from progressing their character in a meaningful way by exiling them from Mileth was one of the most schadenfreude thing I have ever done.

To those who are unfamiliar with what I'm talking about; Dark Ages was a game that lacked a full-time GM staff, and instead utilized community members to enforce the rules. This worked as predictably as you might imagine; most of these 'volunteers' used their powers to grief and bully other players.

One of these powers was the ability to prevent a player from entering one of the two player-run towns; one of which - Mileth - granted access to the ability to increase one's maximum HP/MP in exchange for exp. If you were exiled (banned until unbanned) from there, you couldn't progress.

[Krille]

Oh no I wasn't saying there was anything wrong with the video, the video is amazing, just bringing up that his titles tend to fall in that sensationalist clickbaity category. I would've used " 92% GETS TRIGGERED WATCHING (Impossible)" from his genital jousting video but I didn't want my post to get censored. :P

So you're saying that he should ignore any basics on how to attract more viewers because it's sensationalist? Welcome to the real world where sensationalist titles actually work on at least 50% of the population. I'm no fan of Pewdiepie, but he knows how to get viewers. And he knows how to make money while doing it, guy is a multi-millionaire.