# PewDiePie Shopping PewDiePie Shopping is a candid photo of the Swedish YouTuber returning a shopping cart, snapped by a friend of comedian Ricky Berwick and tweeted on November 5th, 2018[1]. The image caught on with PewDiePie's fanbase and quickly became an exploitable template, cropped into video game screenshots, Chad memes and edited clips throughout late 2018. ## Origin The photo was posted on November 5th, 2018, by Canadian comedian Ricky Berwick, who tweeted the shot with the caption that a friend of his had spotted PewDiePie shopping[1]. The tweet picked up more than 3,200 retweets and 39,000 likes within days, giving the image enough reach for editors to grab it[2]. Berwick did not create the meme format himself, he only surfaced the source photo. The exploitable versions that followed were made by other fans on Twitter and Reddit through the following weeks[2]. - **Platform:** Twitter (photo) / YouTube (video edits) - **Creator:** Unknown (photographed by a friend of Ricky Berwick; posted by @rickyberwick) - **Date:** 2018 ## Overview PewDiePie Shopping is an exploitable built from a paparazzi-style snapshot of Felix Kjellberg pushing an empty cart back to a corral, dressed casually and caught mid-stride[1]. Editors treat the figure of PewDiePie as a cutout that can be dropped into any scene, with the shopping cart usually kept as a visual gag alongside him[2]. The format runs in two directions. Still image edits paste him into video game screenshots, comic panels or other memes, most visibly the Virgin vs. Chad four-pane, where his casual posture reads as effortless Chad energy[2]. Video edits sync the same cutout to music or drop him into game footage, letting animators reuse the pose as a running character[3]. ## How It Spread Remixes started appearing within a week of the tweet. On November 12th, 2018, user eromoi posted a Virgin vs. Chad edit casting PewDiePie as the Chad, which pulled over 12,000 points on Reddit[2]. The next day, user pexxan posted a Fortnite parody using the cutout that gained more than 9,000 likes[2]. Video editors pushed the format further. YouTuber Grandayy uploaded a shopping cart edit on November 25th, 2018, that crossed one million views[3]. A second video by Kampf KartoffelTM was reposted by Instagram account notkinghill and pulled over 2,000 views on that repost[2]. The meme peaked when PewDiePie himself addressed it. On November 26th, 2018, he covered the shopping cart edits in a video that also discussed the They Did Surgery On A Grape meme, and the upload passed 7.4 million views[4]. After his acknowledgement, the format settled into the wider PewDiePie fan archive rather than producing a fresh wave of edits[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is PewDiePie Shopping? It is an exploitable image based on a candid photo of YouTuber PewDiePie returning a shopping cart, used by fans to drop his figure into other scenes and memes[1]. ### Where did PewDiePie Shopping come from? Ricky Berwick tweeted the source photo on November 5th, 2018, saying a friend of his had spotted PewDiePie shopping, and the tweet pulled 3,200+ retweets and 39,000+ likes[1]. ### What does PewDiePie Shopping mean? The image works as a Chad-style visual gag showing PewDiePie caught mid-errand, and editors paste the cutout into video games, comic panels and remix videos for humor[2]. ### How do you use PewDiePie Shopping? People typically cut the figure out of the original photo and paste him, cart included, into other memes or game scenes, or animate him for music-synced video edits[3]. ### Is PewDiePie Shopping still popular? The meme is classic rather than active, it peaked in late November 2018 after PewDiePie himself addressed it in a video that hit 7.4 million views[4]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/rickyberwick]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pewdiepie-shopping]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsKglLub6CE]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqbJRkISvqE]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLyyBCXDkw]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/pewdiepie-shopping Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library