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On the video platform YouTube, a subscriber to a channel is a user who, by selecting that channel's subscribe button, has chosen to receive content released by the channel. Each user's subscription feed consists of videos recently published by channels to which the account is subscribed.[1] The ability to subscribe to users was introduced in October 2005,[2] and the website began publishing a list of its "most subscribed Members" in April 2006.[3]

An early archive of the list dates to May 2006, at which time Smosh, with fewer than three thousand subscribers, occupied the number one position.[4] Since then, at least ten other YouTube channels have possessed the platform's largest subscriber count; these include Judson Laipply, Brookers, geriatric1927, lonelygirl15, Ryan Higa, Fred, Ray William Johnson and PewDiePie. The most-subscribed channel as of November 2021 is T-Series, an Indian music video publisher operated by the entertainment company of the same name. With a subscriber count of 200 million, the channel has held this distinction since April 14, 2019.

Most-subscribed channels

The Indian music video channel T-Series[5] is the most-subscribed YouTube channel, with 200 million subscribers as of November 2021.[6]
The Indian Entertainment Channel SET India is the most-subscribed Entertainment YouTube channel, with over 120 million subscribers as of November 2021.
Swedish Let's Player and web comedian PewDiePie[7][8] is the most-subscribed individual user on YouTube,[9][10] and the fourth most-subscribed YouTube channel overall, with 110 million subscribers as of October 2021.[6]

The following table lists the fifty most-subscribed YouTube channels,[A][6] as well as the primary language and content category of each channel. The channels are ordered by number of subscribers; those whose displayed subscriber counts are identical are listed so that the channel whose current growth rate indicates that its displayed subscriber count will exceed that of the other channel is listed first. Automatically-generated channels that lack their own videos (such as Music and News) and channels that have been made effectively obsolete as a result of the transferral of their content (such as JustinBieberVEVO and RihannaVEVO)[note 1] are excluded. As of May 2021, 21 of the 50 channels listed primarily produce content in English while 15 of them produce content primarily in Hindi.

Rank Channel Link Subscribers
(millions) 		Primary

language(s)

Content
category 		Country Brand Channel
1 T-Series Channel-Link 201 Hindi[11][12] Music  India Yes
2 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes Channel-Link 124 English Education  United States Yes
3 SET India Channel-Link 121 Hindi[13] Entertainment  India Yes
4 PewDiePie Channel-Link 111 English[14][15] Gaming  Sweden —
5 Kids Diana Show Channel-Link 86.5 Film  Ukraine Yes
6 MrBeast Channel-Link 86.3 Entertainment  United States —
7 WWE Channel-Link 84.1 English[16][17] Sports  United States Yes
8 Like Nastya Channel-Link 82.8 Russian[18] Entertainment  Russia —
9 Zee Music Company Channel-Link 79.9 Hindi[19][20] Music  India Yes
10 Vlad and Niki Channel-Link 75.9 English Entertainment  Russia —
11 5-Minute Crafts Channel-Link 74.9 How-to  Cyprus[a] Yes
12 Blackpink Channel-Link 70.6 Korean Music  South Korea Yes
13 Justin Bieber Channel-Link 66.6 English  Canada —
14 Canal KondZilla Channel-Link 65.2 Portuguese[22]  Brazil Yes
15 HYBE LABELS Channel-Link 63.1 Korean  South Korea Yes
16 Goldmines Telefilms Channel-Link 62.4 Hindi Film  India Yes
17 BangtanTV Channel-Link 61.9 Korean[23] Music  South Korea Yes
18 Sony SAB Channel-Link 60.9 Hindi Entertainment  India Yes
19 Zee TV Channel-Link 60.4 Yes
20 Shemaroo Filmi Gaane Channel-Link 57.2 Music Yes
21 Dude Perfect Channel-Link 56.9 English Sports  United States —
22 Movieclips Channel-Link 54.2 English[24] Film Yes
23 Marshmello Channel-Link 53.9 Music —
24 Pinkfong! Kids' Stories & Songs Channel-Link 52.1 Education  South Korea Yes
25 ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs Channel-Link 51.6 Hindi[25]  India Yes
26 Ariana Grande Channel-Link 49.7 English[26] Music  United States —
27 EminemMusic Channel-Link 49.0 —
28 Ed Sheeran Channel-Link 48.9  United Kingdom —
29 Wave Music Channel-Link 47.7 Bhojpuri  India Yes
30 Aaj Tak Channel-Link Hindi News Yes
31 Sony Music India Channel-Link 48.6 Music Yes
32 Tips Official Channel-Link 47.8 Yes
33 LooLoo Kids - Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs Channel-Link 47.2 English  United States Yes
34 El Reino Infantil Channel-Link 45.3 Spanish  Argentina Yes
35 Colors TV Channel-Link 45.0 Hindi Entertainment  India Yes
36 Badabun Channel-Link Spanish  Mexico —
37 JuegaGerman Channel-Link 44.1  Chile —
38 T-Series Bhakti Sagar Channel-Link 44.1 Hindi Music  India Yes
39 Taylor Swift Channel-Link 45.2 English  United States —
40 Fernanfloo Channel-Link 43.2 Spanish Gaming  El Salvador —
41 Billie Eilish Channel-Link 43.0 English Music  United States —
42 whinderssonnunes Channel-Link Portuguese Comedy  Brazil —
43 Felipe Neto Channel-Link 42.9 Entertainment —
44 HolaSoyGerman. Channel-Link 42.8 Spanish  Chile —
45 YRF Channel-Link 42.0 Hindi Music  India Yes
46 BRIGHT SIDE Channel-Link 42.5 English Entertainment  Cyprus[b] Yes
47 Katy Perry Channel-Link 42.0 Music  United States —
48 Você Sabia? Channel-Link 41.4 Portuguese Entertainment  Brazil —
49 Alan Walker Channel-Link 41 English Music  United Kingdom
 Norway 		—
50 elrubiusOMG Channel-Link 40.3 Spanish Entertainment  Spain
 Norway 		—
as of December 19, 2021
  1. ^ TheSoul Publishing is currently based in Cyprus; it was originally based in Russia, and is still Russian-owned.[21]
  2. ^ TheSoul Publishing is currently based in Cyprus; it was originally based in Russia, and is still Russian-owned.[21]

Historical progression of most-subscribed channels

The following table lists the nineteen distinct runs as the most-subscribed YouTube channel recorded since May 2006. Only runs lasting at least 24 hours are included.

  Former record
  Current record
Channel name Date achieved Days held Reference
Smosh May 17, 2006 18 [4][27]
Judson Laipply June 4, 2006 29 [28][29][30]
Brookers July 3, 2006 45 [31][32][33]
geriatric1927 August 17, 2006 26 [34][35]
lonelygirl15 September 12, 2006 226 [36][37][38][39]
Smosh April 26, 2007 517 [27][40]
nigahiga September 24, 2008 12 [41][42]
FЯED October 6, 2008 318 [42][43]
nigahiga August 20, 2009 677 [41][44][45]
Ray William Johnson June 28, 2011 564 [46][47][48]
Smosh January 12, 2013 215 [27][49][50]
PewDiePie August 15, 2013 2050 [51][52]
T-Series[B] March 27, 2019 5 [56][58]
PewDiePie April 1, 2019 13 [57][59][60]
T-Series April 14, 2019 986 [61][62]
As of 25 December 2021 UTC

Timeline

Timeline of the most-subscribed YouTube channels (May 2006 – present)

T-Series (company)PewDiePieRay William JohnsonFred FigglehornRyan Higalonelygirl15Peter OakleyBrooke BrodackJudson LaipplySmosh

Milestones and reactions

Channel Subscriber milestone Date achieved Reference
Brookers 10,000 July 7, 2006 [63]
geriatric1927 20,000 August 18, 2006 [64]
lonelygirl15 50,000 October 23, 2006 [65]
Smosh 100,000 May 15, 2007 [66]
FЯED 1 million April 7, 2009 [67]
nigahiga 2 million March 13, 2010 [68]
RayWilliamJohnson 5 million November 15, 2011 [69]
Smosh 10 million May 25, 2013 [70]
PewDiePie 20 million January 9, 2014 [71]
50 million December 8, 2016 [72]
T-Series 100 million May 29, 2019 [73]
200 million November 30, 2021 [74]

Following the third time that Smosh became the most-subscribed YouTube channel, Ray William Johnson collaborated with the duo.[75] A flurry of top YouTubers including Ryan Higa, Shane Dawson, Felix Kjellberg, Michael Buckley, Kassem Gharaibeh, the Fine Brothers, and Johnson himself, congratulated the duo shortly after they surpassed Johnson as the most-subscribed channel.[76]

PewDiePie vs T-Series

Main article: PewDiePie vs T-Series

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 was the most-subscribed user on YouTube at the time.[77][78] As a result, fans of PewDiePie and T-Series, other YouTubers, and celebrities showed their support for both channels. During the competition, both channels gained a large number of subscribers at a rapid rate, and surpassed each other's subscriber count on multiple occasions in February, March, and April 2019.[53][54][55][57] In the end, T-Series won the race and became the first channel to cross the 100 million subscribers mark.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The total number of channels listed may exceed fifty if a tie exists for the fiftieth-highest subscriber count.
  2. ^ T-Series surpassed PewDiePie in subscriber count on numerous occasions, each lasting fewer than 24 hours, from February to late March 2019.[53][54][55] The first incident to last at least 24 hours began on March 27 and ended on April 1.[56][57]
  1. ^ These are not to be mistaken for the channels Justin Bieber and Rihanna, both of which are included.

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