Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg - operating on YouTube as PewDiePie - is one of the most successful content creators on the platform. As of December 2024, the popular YouTuber had accumulated approximately 29.4 billion views on his channel. Despite his success, PewDiePie 's YouTube channel has experienced stagnant growth in 2022, maintaining its audience at 111 million subscribers since December 2021. Most popular channels While PewDiePie’s accumulated more than 29 billion views is impressive, it is dwarfed by the most watched channels on YouTube. Wiz Khalifa music channel is the most watched YouTube channel on a monthly basis, with viewers watching their videos an incredible 5.99 billion times every month. Fast fame on YouTube Now a decade old, YouTube’s ability to connect content creators with massive audiences has led to the emergence of channels that rival mainstream media outlets in terms of audience size. In some cases, videos can reach 100 million views in just a matter of days. Channels for kids such as Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes have also been popular, with lifetime views of over 194 billion.

Few individuals better represent the rise of the YouTube celebrity than Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, operating on YouTube as PewDiePie. The Swedish YouTuber was the content creator with the largest audience on YouTube for several years, until he was surpassed by American YouTuber MrBeast. As of January 2025, the popular creator had around *** million subscribers. In total, videos on the PewDiePie channel have been viewed approximately ** billion times. Subscribe to PewDiePie meme The surge in subscriber numbers from the end of 2018 onwards is attributable to PewDiePie’s “Subscribe to PewDiePie Meme“, a demonstration of his immense ability to mobilize his subscribers. In the campaign to overtake T-Series and become the channel with the most subscribers, PewDiePie’s challenge required followers to plaster words to the effect of ‘Subscribe to PewDiePie’ wherever possible, either in the physical or digital realms. Despite the obvious success of the campaign in terms of subscriptions, PewDiePie recently called for the campaign to be stopped following three major incidents. In the first a World War II memorial was defaced in New York City, and in March 2019 a gunman uttered the phrase before opening fire on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing ** people and wounding several more. In April 2019, the gunman who opened fire on a Southern California synagogue, killing one and wounding at least three others, also referred to the campaign.   The rise of the YouTuber Now a decade old, YouTube’s ability to connect content creators with massive audiences has led to the emergence of channels that rival mainstream media outlets in terms of audience size. In some cases, videos can reach 100 million views in just a matter of days . It isn’t just traditional celebrities that are finding audiences either, with channels for kids such as Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes attracting over *** billion views, and generating significant revenue in the process.

As of January 2025, the ranking of the most popular YouTube channels based on monthly views is dominated by music and children's content. Wiz Khalifa's Music channel was ranked first with a whopping six billion channel views, while Wow Kidz ranked second with over five billion video views in the last examined month. Indian music record channel T-Series -which ranked first continuously in 2021 and 2022, placed third with 2.72 billion video views. Most subscribed YouTube channels When looking at the most-subscribed YouTube channels: Indian music label T-Series was ranked first with 229 million channel subscribers. The video game commentator Felix Kjellberg, aka PewDiePie, ranked seventh, with roughly 111 million subscribers, after being surpassed by Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast in November 2022. As of June 2022, PewDiePie was still the most subscribed gaming-content channel on YouTube, followed by Salvadorian YouTuber Fernanfloo with 45 million global subscribers. Creators' earnings MrBeast was the highest-earning YouTuber in 2021, with 54 million U.S. dollars. Ryan Kaji from Ryan's World was among the youngest content creators making the rankings of the highest-earning YouTubers in 2021, with an estimated revenue of 27 million U.S. dollars. Ryan’s channel was set up by his parents in March 2015, when the young content creator was three years old. MrBeast was also the leading content creator on YouTube based on Influence Media Value, while PewDiePie ranked third with an evaluation of around 3.91 million U.S. dollars.

What is the most subscribed YouTube channel? MrBeast made the first place in the ranking of the most-subscribed YouTube channels in January 2025. With 343 million subscribers, the U.S. based videographer and internet personality managed to surpass Indian music network T-Series, which held the number one place for several years, and sat at 284 million subscriber as of the examined period. How many hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute? YouTube was launched in 2005 as a platform for sharing user-generated videos such as vlogs, tutorials, or original series. The site grew rapidly and reportedly had 100 million video views per day and more than 65 thousand daily uploads only a year later. As of February 2022, more than 500 hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute, up from a mere 24 hours of content uploads per minute in 2010. YouTube Partner Program In the first quarter of 2024, YouTube’s ad revenue amounted to over eight billion U.S. dollars. Through its Partner Program, YouTube also rewards uploaders of popular videos with a share of the advertising revenues the content generates. This, paired with the fact that many users of the video sharing platform tend to have favorite channels that they revisit regularly, has given rise to another phenomenon: YouTube celebrities. Although some of these well-known figures were discovered on the website but then carved a successful career outside of YouTube, for many others the site is their primary platform for delivering content and staying in contact with fans, all while signing lucrative deals or promotional partnerships. Highest earning YouTubers In November 2022, MrBeast surpassed long-standing most subscribed YouTuber PewDiePie, having reached approximately 112 million subscribers. Due to the high number of subscribers and even higher number of views, these out-of-the-box stars not only have millions of fans, but also considerable earnings from their YouTube activities. In 2023, MrBeast was estimated to have earned around 82 million U.S. dollars, topping the ranking of the highest-earning YouTube creators. The ranking also included social media personality Jake Paul and Mark Fischbach, as well as Ryan Kaji from Ryan's World (formerly known as ToysReview), who started his YouTube career reviewing toys at three years old.

The most subscribed YouTube channels in the world are split evenly between brands and individual YouTubers. Many of the most successful company channels actually serve Indian audiences – such as T-Series, SET India, and Zee Music Company. All of these specialize in movies and music, often with Bollywood ties. One name even features twice on our Top 50 list: The main T-Series channel is the second-most subscribed YouTube channel in the world, at over 290 million subs, while its devotional movies channel ranks 26th. Among the 6 non-corporate YouTubers in the overall Top 10 are the overall leader, MrBeast, as well as PewDiePie and three kids’ content creators – Kids Diana Show, Like Nastya, and Vlad and Niki. The newest addition to the ranks are the Stokes Twins. You won’t be surprised that the creator with the most subscribers on the platform is Jimmy Donaldson. After shooting past long-time leader T-Series and You won’t be surprised that the creator with the most subscribers on the platform is Jimmy Donaldson. After shooting past long-time leader T-Series and cracking the magic 300 million mark in mid-2024, MrBeast is fresh off busting the 400 million milestone. It's a spectacular fanbase that earns him an outsize income. We’ve also already mentioned just how popular child YouTubers like Nastya or Diana are. Today, Vlad and Niki hold the #2 creator spot with 141 million subs, now pulling ahead of Kids Diana Show at 135 million (#3). Like Nastya is not far behind at 128 million subscribers in spot #4. Closing the distance are the Stokes Twins, Alan and Alex, who rocketed up this entire list last year to become the #5 creators and the top #8 subscribed channel overall. The sensation comedy duo nearly quadrupled their sub count within three months. The twin’s antics are now followed by a cool 127 million YouTube subscribers. Earlier this year, the twins passed another long-term subs leader, video game player PewDiePie AKA Felix Kjellberg (110 million, #6 creator). Kjellberg's channel is basically inactive, though. It's leaked about a million followers over the last year. The #7 creator channel is the South Korean comedy skit channel KIMPRO, which features the eponymous Kim Pro and a variable cast of female creators. At 110 million subs, too, KIMPRO is already the #11 most subscribed channel in the world. It, too, has been growing rapidly, adding millions of fans every week. Kim will probably overtake PewDiePie in a few days. Rank #8 now belongs to Shorts star Alan Chikin Chow on Alan's Universe. Chow's comedic talent has earned him 94 million followers - more than triple what he had a year ago, when he was crowned (once more) the most famous Shorts YouTuber. Not far behind him comes the comedy skit channel A4, run by a team of Belarusian creators. They have amassed about 82 million subscribers. After edging onto the top 50 list at the beginning of last year, A4 are now #23 overall, and the #9 creator channel. Next up is Indian family comedy channel KL BRO Biju Rithvik, which made it onto this list just a few months ago, now with around 74 million subscribers. This makes them the #10 creator channel. This leaves ex-NASA and Apple engineer Mark Rober in spot #11. His eponymous DIY engineering and science channel recently reached 69 million subs – and continues to grow slowly, but steadily. Immediately after comes Topper Guild - the TikTok personality whose first dubious claim to fame was wasting food for views, and who has now moved on to glitzy Beast-style clips. Having entered the list in March, he is already the #13 creator with some 69 million fans. He'll likely overtake Rober shortly. Next, there's Uruguayan comedy-horror YouTuber Fede Vigevani. Listed here for about a year - since June 2024 - he today has over 68 million subscribers, which earns him the #12 creator spot. Additionally, he is the single most-watched Spanish-speaking creator, just ahead of YOLO. Also on the list since the first days of 2025 is Instagram, TikTok and YouTube phenomenon Alejo Igoa, an Argentinian comedian filming silly stuff with his friends. At some 66 million subs, he's the #14 creator on this list – and he's been climbing. 2025's third new entry are the guys from YOLO AVENTURAS, a Mexico-based pranks, comedy and MrBeast-style challenge channel around Venezuelan Flavio Andrés Broianigo Muñoz (aka YOLO) and his siblings. Their near 62 million subscribers make them the #15 creator channel. And: We're optimistic that they'll stay with us. The fourth newbie in 2025 is Japanese Short and TikTok creator ISSEI, AKA issei0806, whose funny travelogues and parodies of popular content formats launched him onto this list in June. He's entering with some 62 million subs as the #16 creator. Fresh on #17 with 61 million subscribers comes Indian child sensation Anaya Kandhal, who has finally shouldered Dude Perfect out of the top 50 YouTubers - despite their big plans.

As of June 2022, more than *** hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute. This equates to approximately ****** hours of newly uploaded content per hour. The amount of content on YouTube has increased dramatically as consumer’s appetites for online video has grown. In fact, the number of video content hours uploaded every 60 seconds grew by around ** percent between 2014 and 2020. YouTube global users Online video is one of the most popular digital activities worldwide, with ** percent of internet users worldwide watching more than ** hours of online videos on a weekly basis in 2023. It was estimated that in 2023 YouTube would reach approximately *** million users worldwide. In 2022, the video platform was one of the leading media and entertainment brands worldwide, with a value of more than ** billion U.S. dollars. YouTube video content consumption The most viewed YouTube channels of all time have racked up billions of viewers, millions of subscribers and cover a wide variety of topics ranging from music to cosmetics. The YouTube channel owner with the most video views is Indian music label T-Series, which counted ****** billion lifetime views. Other popular YouTubers are gaming personalities such as PewDiePie, DanTDM and Markiplier.

Jimmy Donaldson - operating on YouTube as MrBeast, saw over 3.06 billion views on his popular YouTube channel in December 2024. In November 2022, MrBeast overtook PewDiePie as the most subscribed YouTuber on the platform. Additionally, MrBeast was the most valued content creator in the United States and Canada during the second quarter of 2022, with an Influencer Media value of 4.9 million U.S. dollars.

Bis zum April 2024 war "Despacito" von Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee mit rund 53 Millionen Likes das beliebteste Video auf YouTube. MrBeast belegte mit dessen Video "Would you fly to Paris for a Baguette?" zum Zeitpunkt der Erhebung den zweiten Platz mit rund 47 Millionen Likes. Meistgesehene YouTube-Videos Das Ranking der meistgesehenen YouTube-Videos aller Zeiten führte das Musikvideo "Baby Shark Dance" von Pinkfong Kids' Songs & Stories mit rund 14 Milliarden Views (Stand: Mai 2024) an. Auf dem zweiten Platz nach Views lag ein weiteres Musikvideo: Der Clip zu dem Song "Despacito" von Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee hatte 8,4 Milliarden Views. Wer sind die beliebtesten YouTuber? Auf dem ersten Platz im Ranking der meistabonnierten YouTuber befindet sich der YouTuber MrBeast vor dem indischen Musiklabel T-Series. Im Juni 2024 kam MrBeast auf rund 272 Millionen Abonnenten und zog damit an T-Series vorbei. Platz acht belegte PewDiePie mit rund 111 Millionen Abonnenten. PewDiePie ist ein schwedischer YouTuber und Komiker, der vor allem für seine "Let's Play"-Videos und Comedy-Shows bekannt ist.

As of April 2025, Spanish YouTuber Miguel Bernal Montes, better known online as Mikecrack, was ranked first among the most popular gaming-related YouTube channels, with **** million subscribers. Chilean gaming YouTuber Germán Alejandro Garmendia Aranis, better known online as JuegaGerman, was ranked second with **** million subscribers.