PewDiePie: People were wrong to question my earnings

4,323 views · Published 26 October 2015 · 1:15 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: BBC Sounds · 2015 · Sports

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The YouTube megastar says he felt "shocked" when people began to question how much money he was making from posting gaming videos online.

PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, has more than 40 million subscribers online, and his videos have been seen more than ten billion times.

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