PewDiePie vs T-Series: Crackdown on fake accounts helps YouTuber maintain lead

YouTube’s spam account removal process led to a wider margin between PewDiePie and T-Series.

PewDiePie vs T-Series: PewDiePie now has about 1 million more followers than T-series (HT Photo/Screenshot)

PewDiePie may have just received a big boost to maintain his crown as the YouTube king. YouTube's latest move to remove spam and bot accounts has resulted in T-Series losing over 200,000 subscribers.

PewDiePie too lost some subscribers but it was around 40,000 accounts. MrBeast, a popular YouTuber, posted the results of the fall in subscriber count for both channels.

 

YouTube went thru and deleted bot accounts and the sub gap is 180k bigger 🙌🏻

1st = poods hourly sub count
2nd = tseries hourly sub count pic.twitter.com/O8PHboXVVo

— MrBeast (@MrBeastYT) December 14, 2018

YouTube had announced that creators would see a decrease in their follower count as part of the platform's move to remove spam subscriptions. 

Heads up, Creators:

On Dec 13-14 you may see a noticeable decrease in your sub count as we remove spam subscriptions. If spam is removed, you'll see a YouTube Studio alert: https://t.co/3KWMixSXRl

This should help give you confidence that the subs you do have are real fans!

— Team YouTube (@TeamYouTube) December 13, 2018

PewDiePie and T-Series are in tight race with both channels having over 70 million subscribers. With the new change however, the margin between has increased with a difference of a million subscribers. As of now, PewDiePie is reigning with almost 77 million subscribers, while T-Series dropped down to the 75 million bracket.

Earlier this month, PewDiePie had almost given up his crown as he accepted his defeat to T-Series. But it looks like he will continue to be the YouTube king, for now. 

It looks like this is it bois. pic.twitter.com/e6XGxq3Nfw

— ƿ૯ωძɿ૯ƿɿ૯ (@pewdiepie) December 2, 2018

PewDiePie has been receiving immense help from his fans and fellow YouTubers. Even controversial YouTuber Logan Paul created a subscription link to subscribe to PewDiePie's channel. PewDiePie's fanbase has been the most supportive with creating campaigns like distributing fliers, posters asking people to subscribe.

PewDiePie also received the biggest billboard spot in New York City from one fan named Justin roberts. One fan even went to the extent of hacking over 50,000 printers with a message asking people to subscribe to PewDiePie.