China has censored famous YouTuber PewDiePie in the country.

Banned in China

PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, posted a YouTube video titled "Pewdiepie is banned in China" on his channel on Oct. 20.

In the video, the 29-year-old Swede said that the reason for the ban is because he spoke about the Hong Kong protest.

He also drew similarities between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh in a previous YouTube video posted on Oct. 16.

The video in question is the latest episode of his running series of meme reviews.

Here it is:

Kjellberg went on Twitter to express his displeasure:

He also added this tweet:

China banned Winnie the Pooh

In 2017, the China government started censoring and banning Winnie the Pooh after bloggers started posting memes of Xi, comparing him to the bear.

China even banned the 2018 film ‘Christopher Robin’.

PewDiePie's ban is unclear

It is unclear as to what Kjellberg's ban entails as YouTube, PewDiePie’s main platform, is already blocked in China by the country’s "Great Firewall".

In his video, Kjellberg explained:

"Now if you search anything PewDiePie related on any Reddit related forum in China or YouTube related videos, it will just be completely blank.

I'm laughing but I'm sorry if you are in China and trying to watch my videos. That kind of sucks."

However, according to Business Insider, some people have pointed out that results do come out after searching PewDiePie on China’s search engine.

https://twitter.com/Bernstein/status/1186315174954897408

On the other hand, there are others who found Kjellberg's claims to be justified.

PewDiePie & Zedd bond over ban

In his YouTube video, Kjellberg said he knew getting banned was bound to happen, as another similar case happened to German-Russian music producer Zedd.

Zedd, whose real name is Anton Zaslavski, is now banned from China for liking a tweet about the long-running animated series South Park.

The series has been heavily censored in China for being too critical.

Zaslavski also replied to Kjellberg's tweet, expressing empathy.

Not affected

Despite all the hoo-ha, Kjellberg still dominates the social media landscape.

As of the time of writing, his YouTube channel has 101 million subscribers, the second most subscribed YouTube channel in the world.

His latest video garnered over three million views in less than 24 hours.

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Top photos via PewDiePie's Instagram & Twitter.