The world's most watched video blogger has accused YouTube of being 'a toddler playing with knives' and threatened to shut down his channel when he reaches 50 million subscribers.
Felix Kjellberg, who posts videos under the name PewDiePie claims YouTube is trying to 'kill' his videos by unsubscribing his viewers.
The 27-year-old Swede, who has 49.7 million subscribers, said he was surprised that some of his videos had attracted less than two million views.
He claims YouTube has altered the management and presentation of accounts, meaning viewers are being unsubscribed without their consent.
PewDiePie, who films himself testing video games and humorously commenting on them, said: 'YouTube is a toddler playing with knives.
'Let's take the knives away from that baby.'
And the star, who has raked in $15 million because of the popularity of his channel, continued: 'YouTube wants to kill my channel... I will delete my channel once PewDiePie hits 50 million.'
He stated: 'YouTube is by far the hardest job I've ever had, and I guarantee I ever will have.'
But the blogger does not plan to quit YouTube altogether - instead, he said he plans to create a new channel.
In a comment to AFP, YouTube denied trying to damage PewDiePie, stating: 'Some creators have expressed concerns around a drop in their subscriber numbers.
'We've done an extensive review and found there have been no decreases in creators' subscriber numbers beyond what normally happens when viewers either unsubscribe from a creator's channel or when YouTube removes spammed subscribers.'
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