PewDiePie loses YouTube crown to T-Series

Swedish gamer and video-maker PewDiePie has lost his crown as the YouTube star with the most subscribers.

He is now in second place, behind Indian channel T-Series, according to BBC News.

T-Series shares Bollywood film trailers and music videos, while PewDiePie posts video game commentaries and sketches.

PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, had been battling T-Series to retain the top spot for several months. On Sunday, he posted a video congratulating his rival.

He also threw some shade at the Bollywood-themed channel.

"All it took was a massive corporate entity with every song in Bollywood," he sings in the video, referring to his defeat.

On Monday, T-Series was about 15,500 subscribers ahead of PewDiePie, who has more than 92 million subscribers.

In recent months, PewDiePie's supporters had carried out a number of promotional efforts on his behalf.