PewDiePie is at the top of the list of the most influential stars in the UK

Recently, the list of 100 Influencers (the most influential person) in the UK has been officially published in the prestigious newspaper The Sunday Times. This ranking is determined using an algorithm generated by the CORQ platform based on audience size, growth rate and engagement based on social network activities over time. And the leader is none other than a very familiar face to world gamers: male Youtuber PewDiePie. With a large fan base of the world’s top like him, this achievement is completely deserved and understandable.

PewDiePie real name is Felix Kjellberg (SN 1989), is a streamer, vlogger from Sweden. PewDiePie’s Youtube channel attracts thanks to his extremely funny gaming videos and comments, he is also considered the most famous gamer in the world. Currently PewDiePie owns a Youtube channel with more than 100 million followers. He used to hold the record of YouTuber had the most followers in the world before being beaten by the Indian channel T Series. His videos play all kinds of games, from horror to comedy, from PC games to mobile games. Estimated annual income of PewDiePie from Youtube channel is up to nearly 7 million USD.
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It is so famous, but during his career, PewDiePie has many times encountered controversy and heavy criticism from the online community. Specifically, at the beginning of 2017, male YouTuber received fierce criticism when he uploaded a video with two men holding a sign: “Death To All Jews”. Jew). This video was strongly condemned by the online community and was taken down not long after. In another, PewDiePie wore a brown military uniform and nodded in support to footage of Hitler speaking.
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In 2018, he caused controversy again when he called fellow YouTuber Lilly Singh an idiot and a crybaby after she spoke out about gender and pay equality.

The 30-year-old married his longtime girlfriend – vlogger Marzia Bisognin in a lavish ceremony in London last month. He recently used his platform to raise money for charity.
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Recently, PewDiePie held a grand wedding with a cost of up to 3.5 billion dong

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Second on the list is Olajide William Olatunji, a rapper and amateur boxer, also known as KSI. The most influential woman on the list is blogger Saffron Barker, coming in at number five. The biggest share Dominating this list are beauty influencers.

Accordingly, the 10 most influential stars are:

1. Felix Kjellberg – PewDiePie
2. Olajide William Olatunji – KSI
3. Craig Thompson – Little Ladd
4. Billy Wingrove and Jeremy Lynch – F2Freestylers
5. Saffron Barker
6. Joe Sugg – ThatcherJoeVlogs
7. Chelsea Clarke – Beauty CC Clarke
8. Callum Leighton Airey – Calfreezy
9. Joshua Bradley – Zerkaa
10. Colin Furze – colinfurze​