- So Felix has decided to end the subscribe to
PewDiePie meme.
And when he did that,
we asked you whether or not we should stop making
PewDiePie vs. T-Series videos and,
this is what you said.
Alright then strap yourselves in because,
this ones got some huge numbers.
- vidIQ, vidIQ.com
- A quick check confirms that this one is
over as a contest.
T-Series is now two million subscribers ahead of,
PewDiePie.
Well on the way to 100 million subscribers.
As of time of this recording,
they collectively have 193 million subscribers.
Which puts them population wise,
almost on the par with the African country
of Nigeria.
But the problem with all of these numbers is,
that they're already out-of-date,
as soon as I say them.
So if we were to look back on the
PewDiePie vs. T-Series subscribers ranks.
Were would we start and were would we finish?
Lets take a look.
I think its only fair to use FlareTV as,
a starting point.
They're a 24/7 streamer live sub count.
Was the first and still running today and,
has many hundreds and millions of views,
if not a billion by this point.
They first started their stream,
way back on the first of September 2018.
As for when the race finished.
Well you could either pick the last date,
PewDiePie was in the lead or,
the date on which he officially ended the campaign
with his video.
Which was on April 28th and
that's the one we're going to go with.
And how many days are there between the,
first of September 2018 and
the 28th of April 2019?
I'm glad you asked, its 239.
And when you have some fixed dates to use,
as reference points,
you can start to have fun with the data.
For example on September the first 2018,
PewDiePie has 65 point 76 million subscribers.
239 days later, he had 95 point 05 million subscribers.
An increase of 29 point 29 million subscribers.
As for T-Series, back then on the,
first of September,
they still had some chasing to do.
And they were on 60 point 07 million subscribers.
But by the end they were on,
96 point 27 million subscribers.
An increase of 35 point two million subscribers.
In those 239 days.
And if you have a set number of days,
then you know we total the number of subscribers
gained in that time.
What you can work out next,
is the average number of subscribers per day.
PewDiePie gained 123 thousand subscribers per day.
T-Series 147 thousand subscribers per day.
Whatever way you look at it,
the numbers are already astronomical.
And we haven't even started yet.
Because you see, everybody's been focused on,
the subscriber rate between PewDiePie and,
T-Series.
But what do all of the subscribers do?
They click on videos and watch them.
So what about the views.
Well forget the millions,
now the numbers are moving into the billions.
PewDiePie's channel started this race on,
18 point 64 billion views and,
by the of it he had 21 point 27 billion views.
An increase of two point 63 billion views.
That's the equivalent of one in every three
people on the entire planet watching one of
PewDiePie's videos.
And if you thought that was impressive.
You aint seen nothing yet.
T-Series already had 46 point 89 billion views,
before this race started.
And now the have 68 point 92 billion views.
An increase of 22 point 03 billion views.
That's more views than PewDiePie's entire
channel, in 239 days.
What?
And when you boil down those numbers
into averages.
PewDiePie's channel earned 11 million view a day.
While T-Series brought in an astronomical,
92 point two million views a day.
Now if my maths are anywhere near right,
that works out with,
three point eight million views an hour or,
1056 views per second.
As for watch time, well.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I'm not even gonna try and attempt to do that,
see you later.
But what we will take a look at is the,
record-breaking days.
PewDiePie's best subscriber day of the whole race,
was December the first 2018,
which he gained 544 thousand subscribers.
His best viewing day was on April the first,
when the channel brought 25 million views and,
308 thousand subscribers.
For T-Series, well their best day was also,
December the first 2018,
with 326 thousand subscribers.
They're best viewing day was,
April 18th 122 million views,
176 thousand subscribers.
As for our record-breaking videos,
well we can't avoid PewDiePie's,
two diss-tracks on the subscriber race.
Which to date, have collectively brought in,
over 200 million views.
These two videos are now PewDiePie's,
most popular videos on his entire channel.
As you might expect,
T-Series never directly address the subscriber
race with a song.
And they're most popular video during the race,
was this one at over half a billion views.
But it is by no means the popular video
on their entire channel.
2017 days, the combined total of time,
PewDiePie has spent as the,
most subscribed channel on YouTube.
Followed by April the 14th 2019,
to be exact.
The day T-Series, took the crown and,
they have remained there ever since.
And now lets have a final bit of fun,
since we know the total number of days,
that gives us the total number of subscribers and
views for both channels during this race.
What conversion rate does that give us for,
views per subscribers?
Or what I like to call,
V.P.S, well PewDiePie gained a new subscriber
for every 89 point seven views.
While it took T-Series,
654 point two views for every subscriber
they earned.
Wasn't that all absolutely fascinating?
I guess if you still watching,
the answer is yes.
Of all the numbers I've shared with you today,
on the PewDiePie vs. T-Series subscriber race.
Which did you find the most interesting?
Do let us know in the comments below.
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As for PewDiePie vs. T-Series,
where do we go next?
I've got no idea.