List of most subscribed users on YouTube

A subscriber to a channel on the video-sharing YouTube is a user who has chosen to receive the channel's content by clicking on that channel's "Subscribe" button, and each user's subscription feed consists of videos published by channels to which the user is subscribed. The ability to subscribe to users was introduced in October 2005. YouTube began publishing a list of its most-subscribed channels in April 2006. An early archive of the list dates to May 2006.

Since mid-2006, when Smosh occupied the top position with less than 3,000 subscribers, at least 10 other YouTube channels have held the top spot; these include American fictional character Bree Avery, American comedian Brooke "Brookers" Brodack, American fictional character Fred Figglehorn, Swedish gamer Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg, American comedian Ryan Higa, American media personality Ray William Johnson, American public speaker Judson Laipply, and English geriatric Peter Oakley.

The most-subscribed channel is that of Indian record label T-Series, which hosts its music videos on its channel. With over 231 million subscribers as of , the channel has held the top position since April 14, 2019. The most-subscribed channel which does not belong to an organization or company is that of American YouTuber MrBeast, who is also the fourth most-subscribed channel overall, with over 120 million subscribers as of December 2022.

50 most-subscribed channels

The following table lists the 50 most-subscribed YouTube channels, 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 transferal of their content (such as JustinBieberVEVO and TaylorSwiftVEVO) are excluded. As of April 2022, 22 of the 50 channels listed primarily produce content in English while 16 primarily produce content in Hindi.

Historical progression of most-subscribed channels

The following table lists the 19 distinct runs as the most-subscribed YouTube channel recorded since May 2006. Only runs lasting at least 24 hours are included. 11 different channels have held the position, with PewDiePie holding the title a record four times. In second place is Smosh, which held it three times, while third place is tied between nigahiga, T-Series, and YouTube's own channel, which have all held it twice each.

Timeline

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

Milestones and reactions

Following the third time that Smosh became the most-subscribed YouTube channel, Ray William Johnson collaborated with the duo. 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.

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. 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. T-Series eventually permanently surpassed PewDiePie, and on May 29, it became the first channel to gain 100 million subscribers.

See also

* List of most-subscribed YouTube Music artists
* List of most-viewed YouTube channels
* List of most-viewed YouTube videos
* List of most-liked YouTube videos
* List of most-disliked YouTube videos
* List of most-viewed online videos in the first 24 hours
* List of YouTubers

Notes

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