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List of most-viewed YouTube channels

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The list of most-viewed YouTube channels is topped by T-Series, an Indian record label known for Bollywood music.[1][2][3][4][5] T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel as of February 16, 2017 and has more than 196 billion total views As of July 2022. The top 50 most-viewed channels have all surpassed 22 billion total views. 33 channels have surpassed 25 billion total views, 23 of these have surpassed 30 billion total views, and 15 have surpassed 40 billion total views, and 3 have surpassed 100 billion total views.[1][6]

Indian record label T-Series is the most-viewed YouTube channel.

Top channels (views)

Rank Channel name Network Views[1]
(billions) 		Content
category[1] 		Country Primary language(s)
1. T-Series T-Series 207.84 Music   India Hindi
2. Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes Moonbug Entertainment 144.41 Education   United States English
3. SET India Sony Pictures Networks India 133.98 Entertainment   India Hindi
4. Sony SAB Sony Pictures Networks India 88.27 Entertainment   India Hindi
5 Like Nastya Yoola 85.59 Entertainment   Russia Russian and English
6 Kids Diana Show AIR[7] 84.36 Entertainment   Ukraine English
7 WWE WWE 72.57 Sports   United States English
8. Vlad and Niki — 70.65 Entertainment   United States English
9. Movieclips Movieclips 59.40 Film   United States English
10. Colors TV Viacom 18 56.10 Entertainment   India Hindi
11. Ryan's World PocketWatch 53.06 Entertainment   United States English
12. netd müzik netd.com 52.47 Music   Turkey Turkish
13. El Reino Infantil Leader Music 52.31 Music   Argentina Spanish
14. Zee Music Company Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited 51.99 Music   India Hindi
15. ABS-CBN Entertainment ABS-CBN 48.84 Entertainment   Philippines Filipino and English
16. Toys and Colors — 43.17 Entertainment   United States English
17. ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs ChuChu TV 41.05 Education   India Hindi and English
18. Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs — 39.67 Education   Canada English
19. Wave Music N/A 38.28 Music   India Bhojpuri
20. Little Baby Bum - Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs — 38.16 Education   United Kingdom English
21. Canal KondZilla ONErpm 36.94 Music   Brazil Portuguese
22. WorkpointOfficial Workpoint Entertainment 34.71 Entertainment   Thailand Thai
23. Pinkfong Baby Shark - Kids' Songs & Stories SmartStudy 34.53 Education   United States English
24. Маша и Медведь LetsonCorp 33.91 Film   Russia Russian
25. YRF YRF[8] 30.82 Music   India Hindi[9]
26. LooLoo Kids - Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs — 30.25 Music   Romania English
27. ARY Digital ARY Digital Network 30.25 Entertainment   Pakistan Urdu
28. Har Pal Geo Geo Entertainment 30.08 Entertainment   Pakistan Urdu
29. Tips Official Tips Industries 29.68 Entertainment   India Hindi
30. Shemaroo Filmi Gaane Shemaroo Music[10] 29.48 Music   India Hindi
31. Zee TV Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited 29.24 Entertainment   India Hindi
32. Justin Bieber — 29.24 Music   Canada English
33. LankyBox 28.90 Gaming   United States English
34. PewDiePie re6l[11] 28.76 Entertainment   Sweden English
35. Get Movies LetsonCorp 28.66 Entertainment   Russia Russian
36. Ed Sheeran — 28.60 Music   United Kingdom English
37. BLACKPINK YG Entertainment 27.98 Music   South Korea Korean
38. GMA Network GMA Network 27.26 Entertainment   Philippines Filipino and English
39. Taylor Swift — 27.16 Music   United States English
40. Infobells - Hindi Infobelle Interactive Solution 27.06 Education   India Hindi
41. Bad Bunny — 26.90 Music   Puerto Rico Spanish
42. one31 GMM Grammy 26.59 News   Thailand Thai
43. Sony Music India Sony Pictures Networks India 26.41 Music   India Hindi
44. قناة طيور الجنة | toyoraljanahtv — 26.38 Music   Jordan Arabic
45. T-Series Bhakti Sagar — 26.22 Music   India Hindi
46. DisneyMusicVevo Disney 25.96 Music   United States
47. SMTOWN SM Entertainment 25.89 Music   South Korea Korean
48. JustinBieberVEVO Vevo 25.73 Music   Canada English
49 D Billions 25.61 Music   Kyrgyzstan English
50. Speed Records — 25.35 Music   India Punjabi
As of 30 November 2022

Historical progression

The first-created and first-viewed YouTube channel was "Jawed" created on April 23, 2005 by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim.[12] The first YouTube channel to exceed 10 billion total views was PewDiePie in September 2015. Since then, 118 channels have exceeded 10 billion total views as of May 2020.[13]

T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel of 2016,[14][15][16] and exceeded 14 billion total views by January 2017.[17] It eventually surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-viewed YouTube channel of all time by February 16, 2017,[18] and currently maintains the lead with over 162 billion total views. T-Series has also had the most monthly views since 2016,[19][20] and received more than 2.8 billion views per month as of May 2019.[21]

The following table lists the channels that became YouTube's most-viewed channel at different points in time.

  Current record for most days as most-viewed channel
  Former record for most days as most-viewed channel
Channel name Network / owner Date achieved Days held Views Reference Country
T-Series T-Series February 16, 2017 2690 14.8 billion [18] India
PewDiePie Felix Kjellberg December 29, 2014 780 7.7 billion [22][23][24] Sweden
EMI Music EMI Music June 15, 2014 197 6.2 billion [25] United Kingdom
RihannaVEVO Rihanna March 22, 2014 85 4.4 billion [26] Barbados
Machinima Machinima July 29, 2013 236 2.0 billion [27][28] United States
VEVO Vevo March 23, 2013 128 1.7 billion [29]
Universal Music Group Universal Music Group October 1, 2011 539 532 million [30]
Jawed Jawed Karim April 23, 2005 1 [12]

Timeline of most-viewed YouTube channels (January 2006 – December 2021)

See also

References

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