PEWDIEPIE finally loses World’s Most Popular YouTube Channel Battle to T-Series
Last updated on: 18 March,2019 07:43 pm
The growth of T-Series is attributed to India’s online growth, which counts to half a billion users.
(Web Desk) - The rise of T-Series has proved controversial in some corners of the YouTube community, who see it as a reflection of YouTube’s increasing commercialisation in recent years.
Critics claim the video-sharing platform is turning its back on independent creators in favour of large corporations that hold greater potential for generating revenue.“It’s incredible to see how media companies like T-Series are flourishing in this space.
Whilst YouTube continues to be a pivotal platform for influencers like PewDiePie, media companies have really doubled down on the platform this year,” Denis Crushell from social video analytics firm Tubular Labs recently told The Independent“T-Series and its sister channels now see well over 4 billion views per month, making it YouTube’s most viewed media company globally.”
The growth of T-Series can be attributed to India’s online growth, which now counts close to half a billion internet users in the country.
Despite encouraging his fans to help him in his bid to remain the number one channel, Mr Kjellberg claimed he is not bothered by the Indian channel.
“I don’t really care about T-Series, I genuinely don’t, but I think if YouTube does shift in a way where it does feel more corporate, [then] something else will take its place,” he said. “I think people enjoy this connection so much, I think something else will just show up, if it feels too corporate.
”Both channels now have more than 89 million subscribers at the time of writing. Projections from statistics website Social Blade suggest T-Series will pass 100 million subscribers by June.
The takeover comes just three days after a terrorist in New Zealand urged people to “subscribe to PewDiePie”, just minutes before entering a mosque in Christchurch and opening fire on people inside.
Mr Kjellberg said he was “absolutely sickened” by the mention of his name by the gunman and did not post a video to his channel on Friday “out of respect for the many families in New Zealand” affected by the tragedy.
At least 50 people died in what is the deadliest terror attack in New Zealand’s history.