YouTube star PewDiePie returns after month-long break

The YouTuber plans to make some small changes to his working process and will not force himself to make daily videos as he did for the past 10 years, he said. — YouTube/PewDiePie

A month was enough: The YouTube star known as PewDiePie is back online after having announced a social media sabbatical.

"I have returned. After one month of a long break, I am back," Felix Kjellberg said in a video released on Friday night that had already garnered nearly 6 million views by midday on Saturday.