Time to binge watch your favorite PewDiePie videos.。
The Swedish gamer -- who recently topped Forbes' highest paying YouTube star list -- said he will delete his channel Friday after officially hitting 50 million subscribers. 。
Credit: twitter/screenshot。The news comes less than one week after PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, joined a handful of creators in voicing his frustrations with YouTube over video views declining and subscribers suddenly disappearing.。
SEE ALSO:Why YouTubers are so mad at YouTube, again 。The general theory is that YouTube has a new algorithm that has caused glitches. Although some in the internet community have come up with a conspiracy theory that YouTube boosts ads on the “trending” tab and videos with more likes and comments. 。
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Maker Studios, the digital entertainment network PewDiePie is a part of, stated Wednesday that PewDiePie Markiplier, JackSepticEye, KickthePJ, Cryaotic and more will live stream Friday and Saturday to raise money for RED, an AIDS charity. It's supposed to kick off on Friday on PewDiePie's channel.。
Some speculate PewDiePie may be building buzz around deleting his channel to draw people to the channel for the charity stream. 。
PewDiePie, after all, has been known to prank viewers before.。 But in his tweet, PewDiePie said he plans on deleting the channel at 5 p.m. GMT (12 p.m. ET and 9 a.m. PT). 。But in his tweet, PewDiePie said he plans on deleting the channel at 5 p.m. GMT (12 p.m. ET and 9 a.m. PT). 。
Maker Studios did not respond to 。