It is a blow to the old number one of YouTube. As Dexerto, Pewdiepie pointed out, is no longer part of the top 10 of the most followed youtubers on the platform.
In fact, in June 2025, the Swedish content creator held the 11th place in the ranking with 110.8 million subscribers. In question, the rise of shorts, short format videos, which allow certain camaragraphs to quickly win many subscribers. A format that is completely absent from Pewdiepie.
The emergence of shorts
Therefore, the Kimper828 of South Korea, known for its videos around food, has evicted the Swedes and now occupies the tenth place in the most followed chains of YouTube with 110.9 million subscribers.
Pewdiepie was historically a channel in video games. The 30 years, then expanded their editorial line to offer more and more content in which he comments on YouTube News, produces vlogs or challenges. Content that had allowed him to reach the highest place on the podium of the most followed channels in 2023. He was then surpassed in 2022 by Mrbeast, who remains from the King of YouTube with no less than 408 million subscribers. Since then, the Swedish has only fallen into the ranking.
It is not surprising since the cameraman has drastically slowed his production rate since 2022, with his move to Japan. YouTuber now prefers to focus on your personal life. “I just want to do youtube as I did when I started, that is, for fun … So, I try to concentrate on what is fun on YouTube,” he explained to his subscribers in 2022.
Source: BFM TV
