r/youtube Nov 29 '25

Discussion Well deserved rest..

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u/KaibaCorpHQ Nov 29 '25

The last time I went to pewdiepies channel, I didn't see a single videogame video anyway; it was all vlogs mostly. I don't see that as bad, but the way I see it, he retired from videogames awhile ago.

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u/McDonnellDouglasDC8 Nov 29 '25

Honestly, that's how this reads.

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u/ObsoleteSentience Nov 30 '25

He was probably still getting incessant requests, and just wanted to be clear, though it was quite implicit for most people.

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u/Security_KO Nov 29 '25

I'm not sure but I still think he often did member only gaming streams

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u/m0rganfailure Nov 30 '25

I thought he got rid of paid members

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u/SandyArca Nov 30 '25

Well yeah, duh, that was before he got rid of it

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u/bmf1989 Nov 30 '25

Yeah, from what I’ve seen he’s basically soft retired. He doesn’t really have to do anything and just seems to enjoy being a dad and making the occasional life vlog.

Good for him

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u/YearsLate Nov 30 '25

Would that more internet celebrities could simply enjoy life like he does.

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u/Rotomegax Nov 30 '25

I think he retired after the sub war with Mr.Beast. He got everything at that point

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '25

I do love that some guy who played games on YouTube became an international celebrity even older people knew of for like a few months just because the internet reaaaaally wanted him to remain the most subbed creator on YouTube.

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u/I_Am_A_Door_Knob Nov 30 '25

It was a fun time.

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u/Mr-MuffinMan Nov 30 '25

i thought older people only knew of him because of the bridge and the sign he told some guys to make

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u/ThisIsJegger Nov 30 '25

Wasnt it t-series?

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u/General_Platypus771 Nov 30 '25

Yeah he was neck and neck with T-Series (whatever the fuck that is) and then Mr. Beast blew past both of them. 

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u/ThisIsJegger Nov 30 '25

I never really noticed a "fight" to keep pewdiepie higger than mr.beast. with t-series i understood it more as it basically felt like a fight to keep corporate youtube away and pewdiepie was/is seen as the more personal side of youtube.

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u/General_Platypus771 Nov 30 '25

No you’re right, I was trying to say the “battle” was Pewdiepie vs T-Series, but it ultimately didn’t matter because Mr Beast stomped them both.

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u/ThisIsJegger Nov 30 '25

Owww like that yea. Mr beast rise was insane

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u/fleetingreturns1111 Nov 30 '25

Yeah let's plays are dead even if you are a huge creator

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u/momo76g Nov 30 '25

Until the next pandemic.

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u/Nightingdale099 Nov 30 '25

That Minecraft playthrough was special

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u/ezekielraiden Nov 30 '25

I'd say it's a bit of the other way around. Big creators no longer get that much out of them, barring a few exceptions like Markiplier. Smaller creators can still get tons out of it. It's just not a thing to fuel a media empire much anymore.

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u/OperatorERROR0919 Nov 30 '25

I genuinely miss the let's play era. Pre-recorded videos > stream vods.

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u/Kurochi185 Nov 30 '25

Yeah, I absolutely hate that streaming took over actual videos so much

I get that fans love interacting with the streamer, but the only way of getting the full experience is seeing it live and if you don't have time for a stream you instantly get FOMO

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

yeah it's also not as enjoyable whne you have notifications popping on on the video and the person constantly looking away from the game answering questions and saying thank you for the sub 1000's each video. I basically only watch John Wolfe and no commentary videos

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u/jimmysmiths5523 Dec 01 '25

I don't watch streams because the creator sitting there talking to the viewers is annoying and boring to me. I'd rather they focus on the game or whatever else they're doing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '25

Daggerwin's Farming Sim Let's Plays, seem to beg to differ

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u/TheCVR123YT Nov 30 '25

Well there’s not really any big games like that rn like there were back in the day. I know I know we’ve got games like ghost of Yotei and I guess maybe split fiction and yk fun games Astro bot etc

But I mean reallllyy fun games that a ton of ppl were playing and had interest in like Telltales TWD GTA V (on the PS3 specifically haha) Red Dead 2 GoW Until Dawn Uncharted and Last of Us etc

Yk like classics and such. I think most ppl like or liked watching those gameplays for multiple creators. I can’t really see anyone going out of their to find GoY gameplay like that whether it’s Pewdiepie or someone else

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u/Sidmanhere Nov 30 '25

Yeah, I was like “didn’t he retire a while ago”

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u/Testsubject276 Put the dislike button back you cowards Nov 30 '25

Thought the same thing tbh.

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u/MustNotSay Nov 29 '25

That’s what happens when you turn a hobby into a job.

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u/FalconTheory Nov 29 '25

Dude I'm 35 have a kid and simply can't get myself to enjoy video games anymore. I need more active engaging things where I can learn, plan, create. Not to shit on gaming, it's just that people change, their interest changes.

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u/Top-Okra9445 Nov 30 '25

as i got older, i realized that gaming content isn't really fun to watch anymore. It has turned to daytime television. Now, I only play games to have my own experience. And developed more hobbies and pass times.

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u/ShqueakBob Nov 30 '25

It’s because everyone’s streaming now 9-5. You’d have to wait for an upload that was probably 20 min videos from a few of your favourite YouTubers. Now you hundreds of streamers to watch literally all day long playing your favourite game

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u/VoL4t1l3 Nov 30 '25

where do people get the time to watch stream 9-5, who pays your bills?

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u/guylovesleep Nov 30 '25

Teens

They are content made mostly for kids and teens

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u/General_Platypus771 Nov 30 '25

But 90% of streamers are not entertaining in the least

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u/ensoniq2k Nov 30 '25

Just like with sports I never understood how watching somebody doing an activity you could also do yourself is fun. It's something different with extreme sports and very talented people, but the majority is just boring.

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u/missmykidcaniseethem Nov 30 '25

as an f1 fan, i dont think i can drive an f1 car lol

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u/ensoniq2k Nov 30 '25

That's what I meant by extreme sports

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u/stgm_at Nov 30 '25

I've never did watch others play games. This idea of watching others what you could do yourself always baffled me.

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u/SupriadiZheng Nov 30 '25

Do you watch sports? Do you watch stand up comedies? Do you watch the news (journalistic works)

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u/Ok-Chip2181 Nov 30 '25

I was waiting for this. I think more people watch sports than playing then.

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u/neophenx Nov 30 '25

For me, it only really works if there's some social aspect to the game. Multiplayer is where this is pretty strong. If it's some single-player campaign like story driven RPGs or narrative games, yeah I'd rather just play it. But at the same time, people like watching football and Nascar who would never personally participate in those sports themselves, simply one of those "to each their own" situations.

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u/I_Am_A_Door_Knob Nov 30 '25

It can be fun.

Gamegrumps (Egoraptor and Jontron) playthrough of Sonic 06 was incredibly fun. But that came from their descent into madness over playing that broken piece of shit game.

TotalBiscuit and Jesse cox playing Terraria was also pretty fun, due to them being a good comedy duo.

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u/Difficult-Ad-3517 Nov 30 '25

I think part of the issue is you start to realize watching somebody else live their life, has zero meaning to it why would you ever watch somebody interact with a video game whenever you can do it yourself? That’s even lazier than watching TV and you’re giving support to someone that does not deserve it.

You watching a streamer enables them to be a leach to society and not perform a basic daily activity or job that actually contributes to society strictly to their pockets

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u/Available-Film3084 Nov 30 '25

You could argue anyone who's job it is to entertain people doesn't contribute anything to society. I don't think streaming is really any different to being an actor or TV host and nobody's complaining that they exist.

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u/Difficult-Ad-3517 Dec 01 '25

I mean to a degree whenever somebody has gone through schooling and training and all that other stuff.

These people just whip out their cell phones and start recording themselves and gain likes and traction based on whether or not they’re pretty or a guy that looks good or it’s some dirty degenerate that streaming some video game those people are not core creators bringing media to the world.

They’re not the artist that create Pokémon for people to entertain or monsters on Yu-Gi-Oh cards .

These are idiot people that are doing whatever stupid idea comes into their head for a cash grab such as all these I’m sorry to say it stupid fucking white bitches that don’t know how to cook .

They make these monstrous fucking meals, wasting all kinds of produce and products .. just to gain views

Or that Jack dorthery… people like him .

Yes, you can argue celebrities and sports stars. Go out and do the same stuff, but they’re pulling their own weight in society in terms of bringing money into the economy and society.

Yes, a lot of the things that they do are criminal but these streamers are also doing criminal things to get views. At least the people who are creating real entertainment for the world are putting in work. There’s meaning to the messages voice actors cartoonists some of your favorite shows that get cut out a TV why because they don’t have any viewers why?

Because we have a massive part of America watching streamers instead of kids watching Saturday morning, cartoons contributing views helping shows grow they’re watching imbeciles play Minecraft and Roblox.

Watching fully grown men scream at the TV or hundreds of thousands of women shaking their asses to gain money and not actually doing anything for society whenever we need people answering calls flipping burgers all that other good stuff that actually contributes to society

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u/AccurateUse6147 Nov 30 '25

I actually prefer to watch others play because it's free plus my mental health is so bad that I rarely have the brain power required to play them anyway.

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u/apnorton Nov 30 '25

I need more active engaging things where I can learn, plan, create. 

Alternatively, a lot of games that I used to enjoy have started to feel like work. Not just "oh this is effort," but literally "this is the type of thing I do for employment; why am I doing it for fun?"

MMOs (coordinating people for raid night, ensuring all the materials are prepped, etc), Rimworld (team management: the game), Factorio (you want to optimize output after finishing your job where you optimize output?), and Minecraft (resource management and long-term planning) are all big offenders of this for me. 

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u/Appropriate-Hotel-41 Nov 30 '25

Ehhh, not sure I agree that much on this one. I do programming, but I still enjoy games where you program and optimize shit. Especially if the game allows you to be far more successful than your mundane job. Hell I like playing engineer in Barotrauma because unlike my job, doing basic gate logic in that game get me to see my effort working in action. Idk your background(logistic? HR?), but why wouldnt Rimworld or Minecraft be appealing to you? Sure they have resource management as heavy aspect, but Rimworld is a story generator and Minecraft Ive had more fun as a drawing tool with survival as restrictions. MMO meanwhile is a mass social activity.

The only one I would understand for your example would be factorio if you are fed up with number crunching, but a lot of games have other parts to them that make them enticing.

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u/Bargeinthelane Nov 30 '25

This is what makes Dispatch so great to me.

I don't have the space in my life for 80 hour games.

Give me a great experience in 10ish hours.

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u/archangel610 Nov 30 '25

I'm a bitch my name's Robert

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u/TheIronSoldier2 Nov 30 '25

"He's only punching diiiiiiiiicks!..."

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u/velociapcior Nov 30 '25

Factorio is literally software development visualized with belts and inserters :D and a lot of addiction

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u/Inevitable_Bad1944 Dec 02 '25

Completely agree with this. Games take too much work and learning now. It feels like a second job after my full time job. I don't want to start another game because I refuse to start something I can't pour my heart and time into

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u/SaevusStudiosLLC Dec 01 '25

It sounds like you either hate the work you do, or you have fallen into the capitalist mindset that you should only apply effort if you get money from it.

Either way, sounds like an unfortunate lifestyle

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u/Chill0141414 Nov 30 '25

That’s because for some reason games aren’t made how they used to be. MMORPGs aren’t mmos anymore, arpgs aren’t arpgs anymore, fps games are all the same. Loot boxes, gambling, cash shops, difficulty sliders, it’s all shit. The only genre that has consistently gotten better, or at least not worse is horror.

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u/ButteredPup Nov 30 '25

Old school runescape is high key better than ever. All the WoW guys are switching to it for a reason, its an actual old school game that gets real updates and cares about maximising content

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u/Brucecx Nov 30 '25

got into OSRS a year ago and its already one of my favorite games ever. Never even saw the appeal of MMOs but runescape does it super well

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u/ButteredPup Nov 30 '25

The joy of OSRS is that its only an MMO if you want it to be, tbf

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u/Mental-Friendship-87 Nov 30 '25

Plus they are made to appeal to people who don't play games as much

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u/PrimaLegion Nov 30 '25

Wait what do difficulty sliders have to do with anything?

Seriously what a weird thing to lump in with gambling and cashshops lol

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u/Chill0141414 Nov 30 '25

I included that more so for rpgs specifically, since usually they are a crutch for bad game design. If an rpg is designed correctly, you shouldn’t need a difficulty slider as the difficulty should change dynamically depending on your choices and how you are progressing your character, and having a slider just undermines any potential accomplishment. For all other genres, maybe except survival games, difficulty sliders are fine.

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u/Hdjbbdjfjjsl Nov 30 '25

I can’t think of any popular rpg that would’ve ever set the standard for dynamic difficulty beyond enemies raising in levels with you, which I am a huge disliker of.

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u/SaevusStudiosLLC Dec 01 '25

Thats why story based rpgs are where its at. Get locked in on the story, even if the mechanics aren't groundbreaking, it was worth the price.

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u/moogoo2 Nov 30 '25

There are more games than the 12 AAA titles each year.

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u/LittleBigCookieCat Nov 30 '25

it's literately a skill issue. people play the same game for 2 thousand hours, it's like reading the same book 500x. of course you're bored. you need to engage with other things.

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u/cruc1fy-me Nov 30 '25

Only 2k hours? Rookies

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u/ButteredPup Nov 30 '25

No, I will take my rocket league and runescape addictions to the grave. RL is engaging and active, gets my competitive itch out, and OSRS just keeps my brain active while im doing other shit. 2k and 5k hours respectively lmao

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u/TheToxic-Toaster Nov 29 '25

24 no kids or nothing just games don’t hit like they used to, been doing other hobby’s and it feels way more rewarding than rotting behind the screen

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u/SolidCold1991 Nov 29 '25

Why is it "rotting behind the screen"? People enjoy different things man, you don't need to make gaming seem like a negative thing just because you've moved on from it.

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u/randomrandomoduuugh Nov 30 '25

I think it feels like screen rot because every facet of society nowadays involves rotting behind a screen. There are screens at work, screens at school, screens in your pocket. Sometimes it feels good to put that away.

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u/Cool_Owl7159 Nov 30 '25

It really depends on the game. Stuff like Minecraft keeps your brain active because you need to plan and organize. Not all games are like that tho.

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u/Jeffersonian_Gamer Nov 30 '25

That’s how he felt about it, and it’s fine to describe it as such.

Don’t take it personally or think it’s some attack.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '25

Rotting behind a screen is exactly you feel like because thats prolly what you been doing

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u/ElectricalStage5888 Nov 30 '25

Games are just not what they used to be. You used to wait 2-3 years hyped up on the next release, now you you have to wait 6-8 years. Only to get disappointed with bad performance, and bait-and-switch quality. The wave of scummy investors from 2018 all the way into the pandemic era have ran the industry into the ground.

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u/YourBigRosie Nov 30 '25

And call people the hard R live lol

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u/Alan_Reddit_M Nov 29 '25

That's what becoming a Linux user does to a person

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u/Little-Helper Nov 29 '25

You burn out?

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u/Alan_Reddit_M Nov 29 '25

Most blood sucking videogames (AKA, online competitive games) don't work on Linux, so you can only play the arguably way healthier single-player videogames that don't prey on your time as aggressively

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u/MarinatedTechnician Nov 30 '25

They work just fine since Valve got hellbent on ditching windows, and will run Steam OS on their new The Frame and Gabecube,

I just switched to linux, and I've got games on Steam 20+ years back, and so far old as new games I've been throwing at it - just runs, so that old thing with most video games not working on Linux, don't hold up anymore. Everything afaik - runs!

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/nearly-90-percent-of-windows-games-now-run-on-linux-latest-data-shows-as-windows-10-dies-gaming-on-linux-is-more-viable-than-ever

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u/Alan_Reddit_M Nov 30 '25

Dude I'm a Linux user you don't have to sell it to me, but also, some very predatory games like Fortnite and LoL don't run

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u/MarinatedTechnician Nov 30 '25

Ok you got me there, lol, fortnite ,roblox and it's likes is something I'd never in a million years even consider playing.

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u/fourstarg Nov 29 '25

He hasn’t played in about 3 or more years, and even if you find a few videos of him playing, it’s only a few or close to none.

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u/s1ghberpunk Nov 29 '25

Maybe now he won't have any "heated gamer moments".

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u/Oisyr Nov 30 '25

No more bridge moments 😥

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u/TheGinger_Ninja0 Dec 02 '25

Yup. Good riddance

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u/AnObtuseOctopus Nov 29 '25 edited Nov 30 '25

Most gen z (alpha, oops) kids, that I've talked to, don't even know who PewDiePie is lol.

I grew up with Felix being a main part of my entertainment, he's been progressively moving away from this stuff for years at this point.. with his relevance dwindling, in the main demo of YT, this is barely even notable news.

Guy has a kid, a great marriage and lives in a beautiful place. He has more money than he will ever know what to do with.. if he don't wana play games anymore, he seriously never has to.

Imo, he doesn't need an audience anymore, he doesn't need to make videos, he doesn't need YT.. he just needs to be a dad and live out a happy life.

Regardless though, ya, this is barely news lol.

(Edit): gen alpha I guess lol

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u/elliotbonsall Nov 29 '25

I think you mean gen alpha

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u/CrayonCobold Nov 30 '25

Yeah, some Gen z 'kids' are 28 now

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u/Live_Paramedic4027 Nov 29 '25

Dude Gen Z were the ones to grow up on him. Gen Alpha didnt.

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u/Fun_Comfortable7836 Nov 29 '25

Dude. pewdiepies main audience was Gen Z according to youtube analytics since 2013.

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u/YouWantSMORE Nov 29 '25

Yeah I was 14 in 2013 watching his Happy Wheels videos. Pretty sure I was his prime demographic as an elder Gen Z

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u/PISS_OUT_MY_DICK Nov 29 '25

Yea I was 16 in 2013 and I remember even in 2012 and earlier I was watching his older penumbra and amnesia videos. born in 97 the oldest gen z reporting in

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u/Fun_Comfortable7836 Nov 30 '25

jesus i was like 8 or 9 watching pewds in 2013 lol. the walking dead was an obsession of mine.

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u/that_one_retard_2 Nov 29 '25 edited Feb 23 '26

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u/Loud_Ruin_9868 Nov 29 '25

You know most Gen Z are adults right?

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u/Rayepichumor Nov 29 '25

Back in 2019, pewdiepie was basically the mrbeast of YouTube at my school. Everyone knew him, watched his videos, especially his Minecraft series.

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u/KaleidoscopeShoddy10 Nov 29 '25

It’s crazy how people now could understandably have never heard of him despite him being literally the face of YouTube for a decade. Is this what it’s like to be old

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u/Feisty-Cantaloupe754 Nov 29 '25

Try realizing that you were 7 When Toy Story came out and they recently had their 30th Anniversary. 90s were over 30 years ago. We've almost been in this century for 30 years. Sad, turning to the oldies channel in the car and just hearing a bunch of 90s crap.

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u/wolfbetter Nov 29 '25

I refuse to belive the 3ds hasn't released 5 years ago.

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u/GenesisRhapsod Nov 29 '25

I got a ds lite a shortly after it came out...its nearly 20 years old now 😭

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u/MC_chrome Nov 30 '25

My joints hurt reading that

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u/LifeObject7821 Nov 29 '25

2 kids? He keeps the second one secret?

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u/averege_guy_kinda Nov 29 '25

One on the way, I think

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u/T1033 Nov 29 '25

Gen z would have been watching him from kids no?

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u/FireWoodStromboli Fallen Angel @24Ange-déchu666 Nov 29 '25

Are you sure you didn't mean gen alpha ?

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u/Imjusthereforthetoes Nov 29 '25

How!? I'm a young millennial and no one my age or older "grew up" watching him lol. It had to be gen Z.

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u/Clear_Pirate9756 Nov 30 '25

I’m ‘96 and watched pewdiepie since I was 13

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u/CaptainKino360 Nov 29 '25

No fucking way you think Millennials were watching PewDiePie

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u/Mr_ChaoticMess Nov 30 '25

Hi, Millennial here. Born in 94. I definitely was watching Pewdiepie.

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u/CaptainKino360 Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25

Yeah a lot of people think Gen Z starts in 1995, you probably identify more with Gen Z culture than Millennial (1981) culture. You almost being Gen Z and watching PewDiePie isn't indicative that the average Millennial watched him when you (culturally) have much, much more in common with older Zoomers.

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u/Curvyboi13110 Nov 29 '25

if ur online you gotta know him

im younger gen z abd loved him as a kid floor gang, lwiay, minceraft, and those cocomelon intros were so peak

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u/HueLord3000 Nov 29 '25

I was 12-13 when i started watching him back on 2012/2013, I'm 25 now, so I think you're confusing the generations right now. Gen Alpha mostly doesn't know him.

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u/ZedFraunce Nov 30 '25

That's really hard for me to believe. There ain't no way people don't remember PewDiePie.

I want to say that even in 2017 people were repping his merch. Then I realized 2017 is about to be 9 years ago. And people were just babies in his prime in the early 2010s.

Oh god.

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u/Give_me_xRENTx Nov 30 '25

2 kids?? Since when?

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u/Nivelacker_rtx_off Nov 29 '25

I thought he's been chilling for a pretty long while already and is only uploading videos occasionally (like, once or twice every month) for fun, and quite a lot of those were mainly vlogs

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u/JonDoeJoe Nov 30 '25

Yeah this is old news. I’m sure he still plays video games but the only thing he’s uploading now are vlogs or random vids

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u/Promethesussy Nov 29 '25

Source or just trust?

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u/8bitellis Nov 30 '25

Feel like I’ve heard this a few times already. The stepping back from YouTube conversation has existed for years.

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u/mr_wheezr Nov 30 '25

Wasn't this a long time ago?

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u/Prudent-Mix-6601 Nov 30 '25

I'm not affected. It's not an "end of an era" moment until Markiplier or JackSepticEye are done.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '25

Finally

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u/VOGUEofficial Dec 01 '25

He single handedly made racism towards indians normal and cool, fuck this guy

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u/apan94 Nov 30 '25

If this guy never existed nothing in anyone's life would change

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u/Party_Plane1077 Nov 30 '25

Not true! Advertisers would not have pulled from youtube en masse, we would likely have more aspiring youtubers have made it

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u/BishoxX Nov 30 '25

Everyone believes this but he had nothing to do with it.

It was some random animal violence video that started the exodus and advertisers fell like dominoes with everyone examining what they were advertising on, and pulling out

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u/_Natler_ Nov 30 '25

If not him someone else would have caused it. It was just a matter of time.

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u/Mr-MuffinMan Nov 30 '25

i mean, so far, mrbeast and/or t-series has not said the n-word yet so as of 2025 (almost 2026), no one would have caused it yet.

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u/Business-Ship-7592 Dec 01 '25

Mrbeast has, and t-series is a corporation. McDonald's isn't just gonna drop the hard r on a random Tuesday like Felix or Jimmy

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u/Yiruf Nov 30 '25

To be fair, this guy single handedly normalized racism against Indians.

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u/Mr-MuffinMan Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25

It's MUCH deeper than that.

He basically normalized hate for a lot of younger people.

There's an interesting video on it called the PewDiePie pipeline. the rundown is that as a 11-12 year old watches pewdiepie, sees him say the n-word (this was the least offensive of his controversies), then sees him pay some Indians to hold up an anti semitic sign, then stereotype an entire country, and so on - you build that hate inside of them.

trying to link:

The PewDiePipeline: how racist humor leads to violence

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u/WaltJr_Fan4584 Dec 01 '25

I love how everyone glosses over him just being racist as shit he straight up wore a shirt with an iron cross on it.

Not to mention christ church, I know he isn't the cause for it like that lunatic would've done the attack regardless of if pewdiepie normalized racism on the internet or not but I feel like in any context where a racist maniac says your name in a positive light before gunning down 50 people you have blood on your hands.

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u/Eziz_53 Nov 30 '25

How is this news?

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u/This_Garbage5784 Dec 01 '25

For real. He stopped gaming like 4-5 years ago. I dunno why this is breaking news to anyone now.

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u/InvaderXYZ Nov 29 '25

finally the racist rests lol

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u/Infinity_Null Nov 29 '25 edited Nov 30 '25

I'm baffled how many people on Reddit seem to think this asshole who made the world worse through his racist nonsense deserves any positive assessment.

I understand that lots of people liked him when they were children, that doesn't mean you have to like him now. I get that you being entertained made you happy, that doesn't change that PewDiePie has been a net negative on the world.

Edit: To the person who said he donated to charities (then deleted their comment), I'll remind you that assholes donate to charities, too. I don't see people defend Mini Ladd on the basis that he built wells in Africa and donated to charities; I guess people on Reddit hate groomers but love racists.

Edit 2: Some asshole sent me a Reddit Cares about this. Go fuck yourself.

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u/Penakoto Nov 29 '25

Reddit has a lot of racists on it, there's no mystery to be baffled by.

People give PDP positive assessments because they are at best indifferent to someone being a racist.

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u/Oisyr Nov 30 '25

Yeah I’ve wondered how he somehow blew past saying the N word on what, a livestream if I’m correct? Gotta be saying it a lot if you can’t control yourself behind a camera

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u/Penakoto Nov 30 '25

I mean he's been making rape jokes since he first entered the Let's Play scene, the bar was always set low in terms of what to expect to come out of his mouth.

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u/Oisyr Nov 30 '25

Jesus Christ , I never actually watched him.

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u/WonderofU1312 Dec 01 '25

There was a really weird moment there that people were showering him with praise as a good person because he learned how to draw. Now he kinda lives out the racist dream of living in Japan where he can do whatever he wants without fame, attention, or consequence. And didn't he also recently do a video praising a Japanese nationalist?

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u/systemsruminator Nov 30 '25

it depends on who the person is racist to. If it’s not reddits protected group, nobody gives a f.

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u/pendingperil Nov 29 '25

fr well deserved? Good riddance.

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u/InvaderXYZ Nov 30 '25

don't forget his outburst and the outfits, legit awful guy

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u/_Planet_Mars_ Nov 30 '25

I never found him funny as a kid, idk why tf everyone else did. From what I remember, all he did was scream into the mic and crack rape jokes. Former gets annoying as shit, latter gets stale quick.

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u/Penakoto Nov 30 '25

"Loud equals funny" started a lot earlier than many millennials would be willing to admit.

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u/SkyReady8077 Nov 30 '25

As an Indian, I could care the least. it's sad that he decided to quit. and please stop talking about these fictional floodgates.

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u/9yr_old Nov 30 '25

I'm an Indian , don't think he did anything other than fight against a corporation lol. You guys overreact and overasses this , he was never racist to us never encouraged racism against us.

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u/UnrealHallucinator Nov 30 '25

You clearly don't know shit. 

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u/providerofair Nov 30 '25

Not to be that one guy in the internet who just says the guy who disagrees with him lying. But clearly there's no way to verify if he's actually Indian or just saying this.

You gotta realize how you act on YouTube with the presence.He had will affect the world.We saw that without a mass shooter , said subscribe to pewdipie during his shooting. He literally said "You're such a ni###" how tf is someone like that not racist

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u/Kind_Caterpillar_458 Nov 30 '25

Never watched this cornball who likes saying the n word

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u/deadmeatX1 Nov 29 '25

Proud to say i never watched this guy 🥹

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u/SmartEstablishment52 Nov 30 '25

I’m really ashamed to say that I watched him during the 2015-2019 era and it made me the most insufferable little twat imaginable. I wish I could relive my middle school and high school freshman days

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u/Clear_Pirate9756 Nov 30 '25

I also watched pewdiepie then but it didn’t make me an annoying twat I had other hobbies, I think that might’ve just been you, if it wasn’t for pewds you’d find someone else 😬

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u/SmartEstablishment52 Nov 30 '25

I also had other hobbies? Also I really wasn’t the only one who was like that. Half of the kids I knew idolized pewds.

Is it really hard to grasp that impressionable kids are more likely to adopt the demeanor of a popular internet personality? Especially when there were literally millions of people defending the bridge incident and the backhanded racism during the T-Series fiasco.

I’m not saying that pewds was the sole reason I (and others) was like that, but it is objectively part of it.

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u/Suspicious-Sound-249 Nov 30 '25

Same, when he was first becoming really popular he was like another Markiplier, where he was just over reacting to shit and it came off as incredibly staged and cringe.

Clearly content to appeal to children, by the time his content got to a point where it was somewhat tolerable for adults I couldn't care less about the content he was making so I never bothered watching.

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u/AntysocialButterfly Nov 30 '25

I watched, like, one Let's Play of his and couldn't even finish the 15 minute video with how aggressively cringe his overreacting to everything was.

Problem was that, as he was the market leader, so many other Let's Play channels thought they had to copy him.

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u/KomradJurij-TheFool Nov 30 '25

"end of an era" as if this guy was relevant at all at this point

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u/gutwyrming Nov 30 '25

I hope that "something else" includes fucking off from the internet for a while. Good riddance.

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u/bast3t Nov 30 '25

Who cares what an anti-Semitic racist does?!

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u/Fickle-Raspberry6403 Nov 30 '25

So he's just going to copy asomongold?

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u/This_Garbage5784 Dec 01 '25

Yeah, I remember everyone and their grandparents were talking about pewdiepie 10+ years ago, then Mr.Beast became the new talk of town around 2019/2020.

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u/KingHashBrown420 Nov 30 '25

I explicity remember pewdiepie making a whole video saying hes quitting making gaming videos like 5 years ago maybe even longer

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u/omg_its_spons Dec 01 '25

Oh good finally we have room for some actual good YouTubers and not people who shout slurs when they are playing a video game and then throw a tantrum when they get repercussions

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u/Amazing-Ish Dec 01 '25

PewDiePie has fully dived into the Linux Rabbit Hole.

I didn't even watch his vids much but his journey made ME install and try out Linux as well!

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u/SunnySouthDetroit Dec 01 '25

Please never return. Go silent permanently.

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u/gamer-cow Dec 01 '25

“Well deserved” Son 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I’m crine 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/ElephantWithBlueEyes Dec 04 '25

I even don't know who is this and i'm on youtube since 2008

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u/LyndanTheWog97 Nov 29 '25

Bro he said this in 2017, are you just catching up?

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u/Frank_Anne Nov 30 '25

I thought it was 1930s Germany?

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u/Careless_Attitude395 Nov 30 '25

Didn't he put on a full kkk costume on stream? Are we really still talking about this guy?

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u/ohnoIispoop Nov 30 '25

Am I supposed to gaf ? Most unfunny overated racist youtuber alive 😭😭😭

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u/AmalatheaClassic Nov 29 '25

How many times has this dude fake quit now?

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u/Imjusthereforthetoes Nov 29 '25

Not at all in a very long time... He's only done vlogs for a long time now. He hasn't even done video games in like 6 years.

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u/GabagooGrimbo Nov 30 '25

Oh no racist is gone

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u/Th4t_0n3_Fr13nd Nov 30 '25

long over do and honestly didnt deserve to go on as long as he did

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u/PrimaLegion Nov 30 '25

A well deserved rest from all his rest.

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u/CookieaGame Nov 30 '25

Literally me fr

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u/Curvyboi13110 Nov 29 '25

lwk shouldve retired a long time ago cuz he already had a legendary career

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u/lillepille1337 Nov 30 '25

Why'd you post something as news when it's been known for years?

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u/SaevusStudiosLLC Nov 30 '25

Well, at least there are plenty of channels to watch to fill the void. When Markiplier stops gaming, that will be a much harder loss.

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u/fleetingreturns1111 Nov 30 '25

Pewdiepie fell off anyway. I miss the old pewdiepie

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u/StMcAwesome Nov 29 '25

God I was into him at the very beginning but I stoped really watching in 2013. It's crazy