PewDiePie vs T-Series
2018–2019 rivalry between PewDiePie and T-Series, owners of the most-subscribed YouTube channels at the time
PewDiePie vs T-Series was an online rivalry between two YouTube channels, PewDiePie (run by Felix Kjellberg) and T-Series (run by the Indian record company of the same name), for the title of the most-subscribed YouTube channel. The rivalry began when T-Series's subscriber count began to near PewDiePie's in late 2018, who had held the title of most-subscribed YouTube channel since August 2013. The rivalry lasted for 8 months until PewDiePie was officially surpassed by T-Series in April 2019, a title T-Series would hold until being surpassed themselves by MrBeast in June 2024.
Many YouTubers voiced their support for PewDiePie, including Markiplier, Jacksepticeye, MrBeast, DanTDM, KSI, H3h3Productions and Logan Paul. Many of his fans, known as "9-year-old army", made efforts to gain subscribers for his YouTube channel in numerous ways, including organised marches and supportive YouTube videos. Supporters of PewDiePie often used the slogan "Subscribe to PewDiePie". The activism of some supporters extended beyond legal grounds; vandalism, hacking of websites, social media accounts, personal devices and the creation of malware had taken place to urge people to subscribe. "Bitch Lasagna", a diss track by PewDiePie against T-Series, and the use of anti-Indian remarks by some of his fans (which PewDiePie would later criticize), led to several prominent Indian YouTubers publicly opposing PewDiePie and backing T-Series with YouTube videos and response diss tracks.
T-Series temporarily overtook PewDiePie in subscribers on numerous occasions starting from February 2019, including taking a good lead from 27 March to 1 April, before PewDiePie made a viral comeback. On 28 April 2019, PewDiePie released a video calling for his supporters to end their efforts to keep him as the most subscribed YouTube channel after the Christchurch mosque shootings, where the terrorist mentioned his name before the massacre.
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