# Felix Kjellberg

> Felix Kjellberg, known online as PewDiePie, is a Swedish creator who spent a decade as YouTube's most-subscribed individual and then quietly walked away from the algorithm. He now lives in Japan with his wife Marzia and their son Bjorn, posting irregular videos about parenting, Linux, self-hosted AI, and life off the publishing treadmill.

- **Role:** Creator at PewDiePie (YouTube)
- **Organizations:** PewDiePie, Maker Studios (former), Revelmode (former)
- **From:** Gothenburg, Sweden
- **Nationality:** Swedish
- **Education:** Industrial Economics and Technology Management (dropped out, 2011), Chalmers University of Technology
- **Known for:** First individual YouTuber to surpass 100 million subscribers., Held the title of most-subscribed YouTuber for roughly six years., Two Guinness World Records, including most subscribed YouTube channel.

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Registers the YouTube channel PewDiePie.
- **2011** — Drops out of Chalmers University to focus on YouTube; begins dating Marzia Bisognin.
- **2013** — Becomes the most-subscribed channel on YouTube on 15 August.
- **2015** — Publishes the book This Book Loves You.
- **2016** — Co-founds and then dissolves the YouTube network Revelmode.
- **2018-2019** — Battles T-Series for the subscriber crown; eventually overtaken.
- **2019** — Marries Marzia Bisognin on 19 August in a ceremony at Kew Gardens.
- **2022** — Moves with Marzia from Brighton, England to Japan.
- **2023** — Son Bjorn is born on 11 July.
- **2024-2025** — Switches main daily driver to Linux; begins de-Googling vlogs.
- **2025** — Announces purchase of land in Japan to build a permanent home; builds a 10-GPU home AI lab.

## Achievements

- First individual YouTuber to surpass 100 million subscribers.
- Held the title of most-subscribed YouTuber for roughly six years.
- Two Guinness World Records, including most subscribed YouTube channel.
- Author of the New York Times bestseller This Book Loves You (2015).
- Star of the YouTube Red series Scare PewDiePie (2016).

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Announces plan to build a permanent home in Japan on land he purchased.
- **2025-10** — Publishes 'I built the ULTIMATE AI server', detailing a 10-GPU local AI rig.
- **2025-11** — AI 'council' video goes viral on Hacker News; cybersecurity press flag self-hosting risks.

## Links

- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PewDiePie
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pewdiepie/

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Last updated: 2026-05-20