PewDiePie is the YouTube account of Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, a Swedish video game commentator from Gothenburg. Kjellberg has found quick success on YouTube as his channel had amassed 309,000 subscribers by March 31, 2012 and by July 11, 2012 PewDiePie had reached the 1 million subscribers milestone. The PewDiePie channel was launched on April 29, 2010 and as of July 12, 2012 has over 253 million video views. In a presentation during EITB's Nonick 2012 Kjellberg stated his commentary of the game Amnesia: The Dark Descent, is, according to Kjellberg, what "defined him on YouTube". Along with playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Kjellberg has also played Slender. Kjellberg was also at DreamHack Summer 2012. Kjellberg gained over 1 million votes in the February 16-29, 2012 King of the Web contest and donated his cash winnings to the World Wildlife Fund. He has also started an online community of "Bros" that post fanart and promote his channel.
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