FlareTV

FlareTV is a Canadian-American news and entertainment channel based in North America. They are mainly known for livestreaming the live subscriber counts of PewDiePie and T-Series during the PewDiePie vs T-Series battle but have also livestreamed other major YouTube battles as well. The channel is run by multiple people residing in the United States and Canada and mostly uploads top list videos other than streaming. 
==Before success==
Prior to streaming PewDiePie vs T-Series, FlareTV uploaded tutorial videos and had been live streaming 24/7 EDM and Trap music since June 2018. The channel had gained around 12,500 subscribers before starting the live subscriber count.
==Battle Livestreams==
===PewDiePie vs T-Series Livestream===
Shortly after T-Series reached 60 million subscribers on September 1, 2018, FlareTV began the famous live stream of PewDiePie vs T-Series. In less than 24 hours after its start, the live stream reached 150-200 live viewers and was the most popular live stream about the PewDiePie vs T-Series topic. According to the news website Mashable, the live stream "created a competitive atmosphere around social media stats for fans of both channels." Despite trying to be unbiased, the channel's owners think that their live stream "helped considerably in the subscriber gain of PewDiePie."
On September 6, PewDiePie uploaded a video titled "JAI HIND / IM HALF INDIAN!! - LWIAY - #0047" in which he shows himself visiting the live stream at one point. This brought a lot of attention to the live stream. Additionally, it encouraged many others to start their own live subscriber counts.
FlareTV's livestream reached its peak on December 2, 2018, with over 74,000 concurrent viewers. The second highest peak was in April 1st, 2019, with over 56,000 concurrent viewers.
After the livestream ended in September 10th, 2019, all of the livestreams combined (it got split to 4 parts) now have a total view count of 503,500,000+ views.
In 2019 to 2022, FlareTV technically has the most viewed archived livestream which is PEWDIEPIE VS T-SERIES LIVE SUB COUNT: CELEBRATING 100 MILLION, that has over 344M views before the lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to got taken down and archived with 668M views.
===2018 YouTube Rewind vs "Baby" Live Dislike Count ===
On December 10, 2018, FlareTV started a live stream comparing realtime dislikes between the 2018 YouTube Rewind, which was heavily criticized by the YouTube community, and the official music video for "Baby" by singer Justin Bieber.
The stream's title was later changed to "Will the DVD Logo Screensaver Hit The Corner?". It broadcasted a simulation of the DVD logo screensaver with the wall hits and corner hits being recorded in the corner of the screen.
Long-time after, stream's title was changed again to "DVD Logo Screensaver For 1 Year - Live" when Shaz 's Livestream went viral.
On September 20th, 2019 stream's title was changed again to "24/7 Live Stream － 😇 EDM Gaming Electronic Music Radio － Flare Radio 🎵"". It broadcasted an electronic/gaming music radio.
===Despacito vs Baby Shark Dance Live View Count===
In mid 2020, FlareTV started a live stream comparing the realtime view counts between the trending children's song Baby Shark Dance by Pinkfong and Despacito by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee which had been the most viewed video on YouTube since August 2017. Baby Shark Dance would later surpass Despacito on November 1, 2020 to become YouTube's most viewed video with many in the live stream having mixed reactions to it. The live stream reached a peak of over 1,000 concurrent viewers. 
===PewDiePie vs Cocomelon Livestream===
After PewDiePie made his first video on Cocomelon on June 1, 2020, FlareTV started a live stream for the PewDiePie vs Cocomelon battle. Despite this being similar to the PewDiePie vs T-Series battle, the numbers are just estimates of what the subscriber counts are due to YouTube abbreviating the subscriber counts. As of April 2021, the live stream is now been stopped. The live stream eventually reached a peak of 4,000 concurrent viewers.
=== MrBeast vs T-Series Livestream ===
On May 18, 2024, FlareTV began streaming a 24/7 live stream titled "MRBEAST VS T-SERIES LIVE: WHO WILL PREVAIL?" Utilizing MrBeast's live subscriber counts and estimated counts for T-Series. The live stream reached a peak of 1,600 concurrent viewers. 
==Copyright strike==
On December 11, 2018, after streaming for 101 days, FlareTV's live stream received a copyright strike and was taken down. While many believe that the live stream was removed by PewDiePie for playing his track "b*tch lasagna," it turned out to be an accidental strike issued by the creator of the subscriber counter software used in the live stream, Akshat Mittal. The issue was resolved later that day and a second live stream was started, which lasted for another month until January 17, 2019. 
==Errors==
Throughout the total streaming time of almost five months, several errors occurred on the live stream, one of which caused it to suddenly end on January 17. It was quickly restarted but ended again approximately six minutes later. Another live stream was created less than five minutes later and continued until finally being ended on September 10th over a year after the stream was first created.
Several users have also reported hacking incidents where random shapes appeared on the screen. However, it is unknown whether it was caused by a hacker or a glitch.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
===Video view milestones===
*10 million views: October 10, 2018
*20 million views: October 27, 2018
*30 million views: November 1, 2018
*40 million views: November 9, 2018
*50 million views: November 17, 2018
*60 million views: November 23, 2018
*70 million views: November 26, 2018
*80 million views: December 1, 2018
*90 million views: December 3, 2018
*100 million views: December 5, 2018
*200 million views: February 27, 2019
*300 million views: March 25, 2019
*400 million views: April 19, 2019
==References==
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2018
Category:One million subscribers
Category:Two million subscribers