Kjellberg 's YouTube channel consistently maintained its position with the most subscribers .
On 15 August 2013 , Kjellberg became the most-subscribed user on YouTube , a distinction which his channel maintained almost consistently ( excepting a brief point in late 2013 where it was surpassed by YouTube Spotlight ) until early 2019 when Indian record label T-Series permanently surpassed it .
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