In Nicki Swift’s survey of 581 readers, a whopping 32% said PewDiePie is the YouTube star they never want to meet. PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, is known for racist slurs and anti-Semitic comments. TechCrunch reported in 2017 that PewDiePie had lost a contract with Disney because of its “anti-Semitic content and repeated references to Nazis in videos”.
Our readers chose Logan Paul as the next YouTube star they never wanted to meet. he received 24.10% of the vote. Paul became notorious outside the YouTube world in 2018 after posting a video from the Aokigahara Forest called “Suicide Forest” in Japan. According to CNN, he posted a video next to a body he discovered.
YouTube makeup gurus Jeffree Star and James Charles ranked third on our readership list of YouTube celebrities they never wanted to meet! Both received 11.53% of the vote. The controversial Keemstar received 11.19% of the vote, which was no surprise.
Finally, Charli D’Amelio received 9.29% of the vote for the YouTube celebrity readers who never wanted to meet. D’Amelio is extremely popular in some circles and is making the transition to television. People reported that D’Amelio and her sister Dixie D’Amelio would have a reality series about Hulu called “The D’Amelio Show” in 2021.