Latest Update: PewDiePie's Total Wealth ( Updated) Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, PewDiePie has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What is PewDiePie's Net Worth?

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PewDiePie is a Swedish video game commentator, streamer, and internet celebrity who has a net worth of $45 million. At various points in recent history, the channel has been the most-subscribed channel on YouTube, and he has been the highest-earning YouTuber in the world. His YouTube channel typically features videos that show him playing various video games.

PewDiePie was born Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, in Gothenburg, Sweden on October 24, 1989. His parents are Lotta Kristine Johanna and Ulf Christian Kjellberg. His father is a corporate executive, and his mother is an award-winning Chief Information Officer.  He has an older sister named Fanny. In high school Felix would skip school to play video games. He graduated high school from Göteborgs Högre Samskola. He was originally focused on pursuing a degree in Industrial Economics and Technology Management at Chalmers University of Technology. However, he found himself uninterested in the courses, so he dropped out. He did not drop out to pursue a YouTube career, as has been widely reported over the years. While he was not interested in his school courses, he did have a passion for Photoshop and a continued love of video games. He sold photoshopped images to save enough money to buy a computer.

Felix joined YouTube on December 19, 2006. His original channel was actually called "Pewdie." He explained his choice of the word "pew" as the sound a laser makes. His early videos consisted of Felix playing Call of Duty. He also mixed in some vlogging videos. For a time, he forgot/lost the password to his Pewdie channel, so he launched a new one called PewDiePie on April 29, 2010. On the PewDiePie channel, he focused on Call of Duty, Minecraft, and various other horror/action games. For example, he would play short clips of his best CoD kills with entertaining commentary and edits. For his Minecraft videos, he would post "Let's Plays," where one would simply play the game.

PewDiePie isn't just YouTube's biggest star in terms of video views; he's also perennially one of the highest-paid personalities on the site. In 2013, we here at CelebrityNetWorth revealed that PewDiePie was thehighest-paid YouTube staron the planet with earnings of $12 million. In 2014, his earnings topped $14 million. In 2015, he earned $9 million. In 2016, PewDiePie made a cool $15 million. In 2017, he made $12 million. In 2018, he made $15.5 million. In 2019, he earned $13 million. As of this writing, PewDiePie charges $450,000 for a single sponsored video.

Total it all up, and PewDiePie has made more than$73 millionpre-tax off his YouTube empire since 2013. In an interview, he confirmed that his net worth is "much much" higher than $20 million.

His typical video shows him playing the game and commentating on what he sees and experiences while also showing his reactions to what he is seeing on the screen. PewDiePie often refers to his fans as the 'Bro Army,' made up of his 'Bros,' and he typically performs a 'Brofist' at the end of each of his videos. Subscriptions to his YouTube channel have grown astronomically since he launched the channel in 2009. PewDiePie has also spoken at Nonick Conference 2012. In October 2012, OpenSlate ranked the PewDiePie channel as the #1 YouTube channel in terms of "SlateScore". In April 2013, PewDiePie's channel grew to 6 million subscribers. He moved to the United Kingdom in July 2013 for better Internet connectivity.

Ultimately, PewDiePie's financial journey is a testament to their success.

Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.