Cenk Uygur
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PewDiePie Deleting YouTube Channel?
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December 8, 2016
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193,236
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December 8, 2016
193,236
3,783
1,554
2.76%
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7:07Now PlayingPewDiePie (the most subscribed YouTuber EVER) is threatening to delete his YouTube channel once it hits 50 million subscribers because of a recent changes to the platform. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks breakdown the story and talk about YouTube. Watch PewDiePie's full video here
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"Felix Kjellberg, also known as PewDiePie — who is the most popular creator in the history of YouTube with 49.6 million subscribers and counting — has just made a rather remarkable vow: When he hits 50 million subscribers, Kjellberg said in a video on Friday, he plans to delete his channel. And it looks like he means it.
Kjellberg released the video, titled Deleting My Channel At 50 Million, in response to a wonky subscription box epidemic that has beset YouTube before and seems to be plaguing the platform anew in recent weeks. Many creators are complaining that their subscriptions have plummeted recently, and many fans have noted that videos are not showing up in their subscription boxes. YouTube, for its part, says that nothing out of the ordinary is happening on its end.
These issues seemed to make themselves manifest in Kjellberg’s recent daily vlogging project, which he abandoned mid-way through after noting that it took an exhausting toll on his psyche. However, in the new video (below), Kjellberg clarifies that a viewership drop on the vlogs also dissuaded him from forging onward."*
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