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.

As of February 2025, India was the country with the largest YouTube audience by far, with approximately 491 million users engaging with the popular social video platform. The United States followed, with around 253 million YouTube viewers. Brazil came in third, with 144 million users watching content on YouTube. The United Kingdom saw around 54.8 million internet users engaging with the platform in the examined period. What country has the highest percentage of YouTube users? In July 2024, the United Arab Emirates was the country with the highest YouTube penetration worldwide, as around 94 percent of the country's digital population engaged with the service. In 2024, YouTube counted around 100 million paid subscribers for its YouTube Music and YouTube Premium services. YouTube mobile markets In 2024, YouTube was among the most popular social media platforms worldwide. In terms of revenues, the YouTube app generated approximately 28 million U.S. dollars in revenues in the United States in January 2024, as well as 19 million U.S. dollars in Japan.

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.

As of May 2024, the most popular YouTube channel in Cuba, in terms of subscribership, was Lifeples, with 575 thousand subscribers. It was followed by Dj Conds, which had approximately 239 thousand subscribers. Although ranked in fourth place for subscriber count, kuban4ever was the second most popular YouTube channel in terms of number of video views in the country.

Movies and TV was the fastest growing YouTube category worldwide in 2020, with a year-on-year subscriber growth of 279.5 percent. Entertainment followed with 180.6 percent, and pets rounded out the top three with 178 percent.

This statistic depicts the number of subscribers of Inter YouTube channel between 1st and 10th February 2020. Over the period of consideration, the number of users who subscribed the YouTube channel of Inter increased, going from 586 thousand on the 1st of February 2020 to 591 thousand subscribers on the 10th of February.

As of January 2025, the most viewed YouTube channel in Mexico was YOLO AVENTURAS, with more than 20.77 billion video views. It was followed by Masha y el Oso, with around 20.4 billion views. YOLO AVENTURAS was also the YouTube channel with the second most subscribers in Mexico.

This statistic gives information on the percentage of U.S. YouTube users who regularly watch favorite YouTube channels as of February 2017. During the survey, it was found that 34 percent of YouTube users had more than two favorite channels they watched regularly. As of February 2017, PewDiePie was the most popular channel on the platform, according to the number of subscribers.

As of May 2024, the most viewed YouTube channel in Venezuela was by singers Chyno y Nacho, with more than four and a half billion video views. It was followed by lunacreciente, also focused on music, with approximately 4.32 billion views. In addition, lunacreciente was also the YouTube channel with the second most subscribers in Venezuela during that same period in time.

As of June 2024, JuegaGerman was the most popular YouTube channel in Chile in terms of number of subscribers, with 50.2 million. It was closely followed by HolaSoyGerman, with 43.8 million subscribers. Both channels are run by Chilean YouTuber Germán Garmendia and were also among the YouTube channels in Chile with the highest number of video views.

T-Series was the most subscribed YouTube channel as at July 2021, with 186 million subscribers. The company has consistently recorded growth in number of subscribers as well as the number of YouTube video views since it joined the social media platform.

In January 2025, the entertainment channel KIMPRO had the most subscribers in the entertainment category on the online video sharing platform YouTube in South Korea, with approximately 77.5 million subscribers. Following this channel, KBS WORLD TV had the second highest number of subscribers, with about 20 million.

As of December 2023, Doc Tops and Soy Suco were the most subscribed YouTube channels in Ecuador, with approximately 14.8 million subscribers each. RaptorGamer ranked third in the list, with 14.3 million subscribers. Despite ranking fourth in the number of subscriptions, the channel MIS PEQUEÑOS ACTORES was the most viewed Youtube channel in the country at the time.

As of March 2024, the leading YouTube channel in the news and politics category by a total number of subscribers was smiechawaTV. The most subscribed-to channel had 1.7 millions subscribers.

The highest ranking YouTube channel about books in Ukraine was Peake-week Papers, with over 1.4 million user interactions in 2020. The video blog's owner Alisa talks about the works she read or planning to read. The second most popular channel was Tyoplaya Taverna (Теплая Таверна).

As of December 2023, the most viewed YouTube channel in Uruguay was Mary Mardorre, with over 1.68 billion video views. It was followed by urugoddos with 1.44 million views. Considering Latin America as a whole, using social networks is among the most common online activities in the region.

As of March 2021, videos featured on YouTube channels with over one million subscribers made up roughly 21 percent of the top search page results on the platform. This entails that content featured on channels with more subscribers is more likely to rank among the first results users see when using specific keywords on the platform. Videos from YouTube channels that count between 10 thousand and one million subscribers made up 21.5 percent of the triggered top search results.

YouTube remains a popular video streaming platform in the Philippines. Over the years, television networks have chosen to air their shows and entertainment programs on their YouTube channels. In fact, as of September 2024, the two leading YouTube channels in the Philippines were ABS-CBN Entertainment and GMA Network, with roughly 49.3 million and 36.3 million subscribers, respectively. Why are television networks investing in their YouTube presence? With about 58 million users, YouTube has undoubtedly captured the Filipino audience, which spends most of their time watching online videos and vlogs. Next to Google and Facebook, YouTube was among the most visited websites in the Philippines. As the number of Filipino YouTube viewers continues to grow, multiple television networks have decided to maximize this by creating a channel for their popular shows alongside news broadcasts. This was particularly strategic for ABS-CBN after losing its network franchise in 2020. Instead of completely losing its audience share, the company uploaded full episodes of its entertainment shows and movies and created a separate channel for its news segment. Its entertainment channel has the highest number of video views on YouTube as of September 2024. The rise of Supernova creators YouTube can continue to expect growth in the Philippines, especially with the growing number of creators and vloggers in the country. As of the same period, the Philippines had one of the highest numbers of supernova creators on YouTube, or those with over 10 million followers. Among the leading creators in the Philippines were celebrities such as Ivana Alawi, Zeinab Harake, Vice Ganda, and Francine Diaz, alongside CongTV, Doc Willie Ong, and Small Laude.

As of February 2024, the leading YouTube channel in the music and dance category by a total number of subscribers was MultiGameplayGuy. The most subscribed-to channel had a total of 2.1 million subscribers.

As of December 2023, the most popular YouTube channel in Panama, in terms of number of subscribers, was Mimonona Stories with 7.09 million subscribers. The children-focused channel was followed by Kpop short videos channel SrJinxed with 5.51 million subscribers and by gamer WindyGirkTV with 3.4 million subscribers.