PewDiePie has announced he is quitting YouTube in 2020.

The 30-year-old vlogger - who has amassed 102 million subscribers on his channel and earned an estimated £25 million fortune in the process - informed his followers of his shock departure on Sunday.

The Swedish internet star - real name Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg - who married his influencer girlfriend Marzia Bisognin last summer, said in his latest vlog: 'I am taking a break from YouTube next year. I wanted to say it in advance because I made up my mind.'

He's done: PewDiePie has announced he is quitting YouTube in 2020

He went on: 'I'm tired. I'm feeling very tired. I don't know if you can tell. Just so you know, early next year I'll be a way for a little while. I'll explain that later but I wanted to give a heads up.

He previously remarked in a video in August that: 'I do think it would be good for me to take a break at some point. It would be nice to not have YouTube in my brain for the first time in 10 years.'

Fellow vlogger wife Marzia quit YouTube a year prior to this, uploading a 'goodbye' video in October last year.

PewDiePie's views exceed 24 billion and he boasts 20 million followers on Instagram, and 18 million on Twitter.

Time off: The Swedish internet star - real name Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg - said in his latest vlog - 'I am taking a break from YouTube next year. I wanted to say it in advance because I made up my mind'

His empire includes merchandise and ad revenue on YouTube, and - having only turned 30 in October - rakes in around £6.5 million a month.

He was born in Sweden, has an Industrial Economics and Technology Management degree and was YouTube's most-subscribed-to channel by 2013 - landing himself on Time Magazine's The World’s 100 Most Influential People in 2016.

His career has not been without turbulence, however.

Two months ago he was banned in China after joking about memes used by Hong Kong protesters which compare the country's President Xi to Winnie the Pooh.

Fellow vlogger: Wife Marzia quit YouTube a year prior to this, uploading a 'goodbye' video in October last year

'The resemblance is uncanny,' remarked PewDiePie, who also mocked international businesses for taking Beijing's stance on the anti-government unrest 'because of money'.

'Obviously China is like that one person on Twitter that can't take any criticism and just blocks everyone,' he said in one of his vlogs.

PewDiePie is based in the UK and currently has the second biggest number of subscribers on the American video-sharing platform, which has been blocked in China since 2009.

Following: PewDiePie's views exceed 24 billion and he boasts 20 million followers on Instagram, and 18 million on Twitter

In the 17-minute episode, which was posted in late October, PewDiePie also derided companies and individuals, which in his view sided with Beijing due to commercial interests.

He showed a picture of NBA star LeBron James, who has faced backlashes in the United States after calling Houston Rockets general manager 'misinformed' for sending a tweet to support Hong Kong protesters.

PewDiePie then criticised American video game giant Blizzard after it stripped a professional gamer of his earnings and banned him from Hearthstone Esports because he shouted 'liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times' during a live-streamed interview.

'Because Blizzard needs Chinese money, obviously. The biggest amount of sales in mobile games always comes from China,' the blogger said.

Cute: The couple live with their two dogs Maya and Edgar in Brighton, East Sussex

After that PewDiePie moved on to ridicule Beijing for blocking South Park. The long-running animated series had enraged the country after criticising its censorship over the honey-liking cartoon bear.

'It's all about pleasing China and following Chinese rule,' PewDiePie said.

The YouTuber ended the episode by showing a series of popular memes featuring Chinese President Xi and Winnie the Pooh.

He then took one step further and teased the trend: 'I feel like this is how war starts you know. If everyone is on board that this giant nation's leader is an enemy and unanimously hate him.'

Although YouTube is banned in China, PewDiePie had gained a devoted following in the Far East after his YouTube clips had been uploaded to Chinese websites.

His remarks led Beijing's censors to crack down on his online fan pages.

The star also suffered a personal ordeal earlier this month when burglars raided his home, stealing most of his wife's jewellery and other valuables.

Wife Marzia, 27, who lives with the vlogger and their two dogs Maya and Edgar in Brighton, revealed that their second home in Japan was burgled at the beginning of December.

She claimed on Instagram that they stole '90 per cent of my valuables' as well as other luxury goods and 'special items I've been collecting over the years'.

'Our house was broken into and they took 90 per cent of my valuables, from my jewellery, to luxury goods, and special items I've been collecting over the years. It's all gone.

'I know it is very materialistic, and should be happy with what I was left/have. But I can't hide the shock and sadness with all being taken away, just like that,' she revealed.

Celebration: The couple married in a beautiful London ceremony, eight years to the day since they met, in August this year. They tied the knot at the Temperate House and the Nash Conservatory in Kew Gardens

PewDiePie is believed to have been burgled before, and made a vlog in 2016 called 'Don't come to my house' on how fans kept turning up at his door, as reported by The Sun.

The couple married in a beautiful London ceremony, eight years to the day since they met, in August this year. They tied the knot at the Temperate House and the Nash Conservatory in Kew Gardens.

Announcing the news via his Instagram and Twitter accounts shortly after, PewDiePie wrote: 'We are married!!! I'm the happiest I can be. I'm so lucky to share my life with this amazing woman.'

Italian native Marzia also posted a stunning gallery of images on her social media pages, telling her 6.2 million Instagram followers that the day carried a special significance for the couple.

Friends and family: Only a close group of guests were invited to the weekday ceremony

She wrote: 'Yesterday, the 19th of August - after exactly 8 years since we met - we celebrated our wedding with our closest friends and family.

'It was the most beautiful day, which I will treasure forever. I am so thankful for all the people that made time to attend the event and helped us celebrate our marriage.

'I feel like I'm the luckiest person and I’m so full of love. Incredibly ecstatic to be able to call Felix my husband for the rest of our lives.'

An eyewitness told MailOnline at the time: 'It was a late afternoon/early evening wedding. It appeared to be a small and intimate affair with just a select handful of people.

'The guests used the Elizabeth Gate, the same entrance as customers. There didn’t appear to be much security put in place, just a few members of staff surrounding the venue with the wedding in clear view of visitors.

'At one point, PewDiePie and Marzia appeared to be by themselves inside the Nash Conservatory by Elizabeth Gate as guests waited outside.'

Here comes the bride: Marzia was snapped by a pal during the evening reception

The pair met online in 2011, with Marzia moving to Sweden to live with PewDiePie six months later. They later relocated to Brighton, UK - a known haunt for YouTubers such as Joe Sugg, Zoella and Alfie Deyes.

Marzia was a known fan of her now-husband's online career and is thought to have slid into his DMs while she still lived in Italy. He replied and they became close.

Her screenname - before they met - was even CutiePieMarzia, a presumed nod to her YouTube idol.

He hopped on a plane to Italy to meet her, recalling in a Swedish Radio interview four years ago: 'If there was something I learned at this point was, if there is something you want, grab it, otherwise drop it. So I went to Italy.

'I did not even tell anyone that I was going away. I just left home and left a note to my parents in the kitchen and told them that I could not watch the dog anymore.

'My deal for staying at home was that if I did not have a job, I had to walk the dog every lunch, a task I handled miserably.'

Friends: 'I feel like I'm the luckiest person and I’m so full of love. Incredibly ecstatic to be able to call Felix my husband for the rest of our lives,' Marzia gushed [pictured with several of the guests]

He admitted it was 'the most crazy thing' he had ever done.

'She was waiting with a friend at the arrivals gate. More beautiful in real life than in the videos she sent me.'

He proposed to her on April 27 2018. Marzia announced the news on Instagram posting a picture wearing an engagement ring and captioning it: ‘Felix proposed!'

Intricate details: One guest documented the place settings, which were made in the image of a horse

The Swedish commentator courted controversy last year as he battled with Bollywood channel T-series to keep the top spot, which was one of the most talked about subscriber battles of the year.

In addition to this, he was notably absent when YouTube released their end-of-year recap video, Rewind 2018, which omitted the likes of him and fellow vlogger Paul Logan.

The video streaming site releases an annual video to 'celebrate the videos, people, music and moments that define the year' but amassed millions of dislikes after leaving the social media stars out.

Longterm love: The YouTube couple met in the summer of 2011 and have been together ever since

Actor Will Smith, who is not a creator on Youtube, was included, much to the chagrin of fans, with others commenting that the recap had 'too much Fortnite', an online video game, and that it was 'too preachy'.

PewDiePie released a reaction video in which he slammed Youtube for oversaturating the recap with Fortnite and featuring non-Youtube stars.

He said that because the recap lacked key moments from 2018 he was glad he wasn't in it because it was 'cringey'.

He said: 'I remember Rewind used to be something that seemed like an homage to the creators that year. It was something cool to be a part of.

'Now it's like I'm almost glad I'm not in it, because it's such a cringey video at this point. It's so disconnected with the community and its creators.'

YouTube's decision to leave the commentator out of the video may have had something to do with the drama that surrounded him between 2017 and 2018.

Wading in: PewDiePie has courted controversy in recent years

‘Now KSI, he is a scumbag. You’re both scumbags. KSI has made the same comments about my future wife, Marzia, and I never respond to it because it’s just cringey,' PewDewPie said of his fellow YouTube stars after KSI allegedly insulted Marzia

WHO IS PEWDIEPIE? PewDiePie is the alias of Swedish YouTube giant Felix Kjellberg. The 29-year-old internet sensation is a controversial character who has the second-most-subscribed-to channel on the video site. He has a staggering 101 million subscribers on YouTube - more than the population of the UK. Both of his parents, Johanna and Ulf Kjellberg, are successful Chief Executives of their respective companies in Sweden. Social star: PewDiePie is the alias of Swedish YouTube giant Felix Kjellberg And having been schooled at Goteborgs Hogre Samskola, located in one of the city's most prosperous areas, he could have been destined for a corporate life too. But, fortunately for his millions of fans, Kjelberg's ambitions weren't in line with his classmates' at Chalmers. PewDiePie has previously earned blacklash for including racist and antisemitic messages in his videos. In July 2018, he posted an insensitive meme related to the 25-year-old pop star Demi Lovato, following her overdose and alleged heroin use. The YouTuber, who resides in Brighton, UK, shared a meme that shows a nondescript character asking their mother for money. The character pretends the money will be used to buy a burger but then uses the money to purchase heroin 'like a boss'. PewDiePie eventually deleted his tweet. Back in February 2017, Disney cut ties with the YouTuber after he featured a man holding a 'Death to all Jews' sign in one of his videos. 'I'm sorry, I didn't think they would actually do it,' PewDiePie told his viewers in a clip. 'I feel partially responsible. It might just be my crude sense of humor, but I think there's something funny about that.' Seven months later, in September 2017, he was caught shouting the N-word during a live stream of himself playing the multiplayer online shooting game Playerunknown's Battlegrounds. Advertisement

He lost his contract with Disney for posting anti-Semitic content and making repeated references to Nazis in videos in February 2017.

Disney cut ties with the YouTuber after he featured a man holding a 'Death to all Jews' sign in one of his videos.

'I'm sorry, I didn't think they would actually do it,' PewDiePie told his viewers in a clip. 'I feel partially responsible. It might just be my crude sense of humor, but I think there's something funny about that.'

Seven months later, in September 2017, he was caught shouting the N-word during a live stream of himself playing the multiplayer online shooting game Playerunknown's Battlegrounds.

In July 2018, he posted an insensitive meme related to the 25-year-old pop star Demi Lovato, following her overdose and alleged heroin use.

Power couple: Swedish vlogger PewDiePie, 29 - real name Felix Kjellberg - and the Italian social media star, 26, tied the knot at the Temperate House in Kew Gardens on Monday

Bad move: He lost his contract with Disney for posting anti-Semitic content and making repeated references to Nazis in videos in February 2017

Goodbye: In October 2018, Marzia appeared to quit YouTube 'for other opportunities'

The YouTuber shared a meme that shows a nondescript character asking their mother for money. The character pretends the money will be used to buy a burger but then uses the money to purchase heroin 'like a boss'.

PewDiePie eventually deleted his tweet.

Two months later, he waded into another drama when he voiced his opinion on the upcoming boxing match between fellow YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI, branding them both ‘scumbags' - specifically calling out the latter for comments he made about his now-wife.

He slammed KSI for making the 'sexist' comments and criticised Logan, who garnered infamy after posting a video of a deceased suicide victim in Japan in December 2017.

In his video, PewDiePie said: ‘Logan Paul plays the moral high ground, and I guess against KSI, that’s not really hard to do. But for Logan Paul to do this it’s interesting, very interesting. And a lot of people bought it.

Moving in: The pair met online in 2011, with Marzia moving to Sweden to live with PewDiePie six months later

Shacked up: They later relocated to Brighton, UK - a known haunt for YouTubers such as Joe Sugg, Zoella and Alfie Deyes

WHO IS MARZIA BISOGNIN? Born in Arzignano, Province of Vicenza, Italy, Marzia Bisognin is the 26-year-old wife of YouTube's biggest star PewDiePie. She met him online in 2011 and swiftly moved across to his native Sweden the following year, swiftly becoming one of the world's top social media power couples. Born in Arzignano, Province of Vicenza, Italy, Marzia Bisognin is the 26-year-old wife of YouTube's biggest star PewDiePie While she only boasts 7 million YouTube subscribers and and 6 million Instagram followers (in stark contrast to her husband's 99 million and 18 million respectively), she has garnered a successful influencer career in her own right. Marzia’s net worth is estimated to be $2 million (£1.6 million). She has left YouTube, as of October 2018, and has forged a career as a fashion designer and entrepreneur. Her content was centred around fashion, beauty and makeup tutorial vlogs. She has also been a voice actor in several animated series - Oscar’s Hotel for Fantastical Creatures and Purgatory - and is the co-founder of Tsuki, a Unisex clothing and homeware brand. She is also the founder of Mai which sells jewelry, pottery, and homeware. She has also written young adult fantasy horror book titled Dream House: A Novel by CutiePieMarzia. Advertisement

‘Now KSI, he is a scumbag. You’re both scumbags. KSI has made the same comments about my future wife, Marzia, and I never respond to it because it’s just cringey.'

He also used a racial slur during a live-stream video playing of Player Unknown Battlegrounds.

PewDiePie is known for his popular video gaming vlogs and commentary videos.

Through his Internet celebrity, he’s also raised money for a number of charities.