It seems like the Swedish gamer is winning the battle for good (Picture: REX)

T-Series has lost 200,000 subscribers, as YouTube removed spam subscribers from all channels, while PewDiePie only lost 40,000.

It means the gap has widened even further in the battle for YouTube’s top spot.

YouTube’s move to eliminate spam subscribers was brought to everyone’s attention when they tweeted: ‘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. This should help give you confidence that the subs you do have are real fans!’

However, for two channels in particular this wasn’t such good news.

Swedish gamer PewDiePie – real name Felix Kjellberg – and T-Series, an Indian music label, have been battling it out for the top spot as YouTube’s most subscribed channel.

Despite largely acting cool as a cucumber about the whole battle, Felix seemed pretty nervous, tweeting: ‘Doomsday. it’s all over bois..’

However, it ended up working out in his favour as only 40,000 subscribers were removed from PewDiePie’s channel, while T-Series suffered a loss of 200,000.

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

American vlogger Mr Beast, who has been leading a campaign to keep Pewds in the top spot, tweeted a side by side comparison.

‘YouTube went thru and deleted bot accounts and the sub gap is 180k bigger,’ he wrote. ‘1st = poods hourly sub count 2nd = tseries hourly sub count.’

Felix was then pretty smug about the situation, tweeting ‘Only lost 40k, already made that back. Tseries lost 300k lol..’, later clarifying that he meant 200,000.

Currently, Felix stands at more than 76.7 million subscribers, while T-Series are lagging behind at more than 75.4 million.

The PewDiePie and T-Series battle has been raging since October, with the gap being as close as 16,000 subscribers at one point.

PewDiePie fans have been taking it incredibly seriously, even going so far as to hack printers and GTA V to display messages of support for the gamer.

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Fellow YouTubers have also been seen to have his back, with Markiplier speaking out for the 29-year-old and Team 10 member Justin Robers buying a $1 million billboard in Times Square.

For now at least, it looks like PewDiePie’s staying on top.

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