The two channels had surpassed each other in subscriber count on a number of occasions in February, March, and April 2019. During the competition, both channels had been gaining a large number of subscribers at a rapid rate. As a response, PewDiePie fans and other YouTubers had shown their support for PewDiePie, while T-Series fans and other YouTubers had shown support for T-Series, in the PewDiePie vs T-Series competition. In mid-2018, the subscriber count of the Indian music video channel T-Series rapidly approached that of Swedish web comedian and Let's Player PewDiePie, who at the time was the most-subscribed YouTuber. As of May 2023, the video has over 230 million views, making it PewDiePie's second most-viewed video, his most viewed being his previous T-Series diss track, Bitch Lasagna. The music video is banned on YouTube in India. The single was self-released on 31 March 2019 with an accompanying music video on YouTube as a response to T-Series surpassing PewDiePie as the most-subscribed YouTube channel. ' Congratulations' is a song by Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg), Swedish singer, YouTuber, and musician Roomie (Joel Berghult), and English musician and YouTuber Boyinaband (David Brown). Single by Roomie, PewDiePie, and Boyinaband 2019 single by Roomie, PewDiePie, and Boyinaband