American YouTube personalityMrBeast is the most-subscribed channel on YouTube, with 452 million subscribers as of November 2025.[update] A subscriber to achannel on the American video-sharing platformYouTube is a user who chooses to follow a channel'scontent by clicking on that channel's "Subscribe" button, and each user's subscription feed consists ofvideos published by channels to which the user is subscribed.[ 1] The ability for users to subscribe was introduced in October 2005.[ 2] YouTube began publishing a list of its most-subscribed channels in April 2006.[ 3] An early archive of the list dates to May 17, 2006.[ 4]
Since May 2006, whenSmosh occupied the top position with just 2,986 subscribers,[ 4] at least 11 other YouTube channels have held the top spot; these include the channel for the American fictional web serieslonelygirl15 ,[ 5] American comedianBrooke "Brookers" Brodack ,[ 6] American fictional characterFred Figglehorn ,[ 7] Swedish gamerFelix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg ,[ 8] American comedianRyan Higa ,[ 9] American media personalityRay William Johnson ,[ 10] American public speakerJudson Laipply ,[ 11] English pensionerPeter Oakley ,[ 12] and the official channels for Indian music record labelT-Series , as well asYouTube [ A] itself.[ 13]
The most-subscribed YouTube channel isMrBeast , having 452 million subscribers as of November 25, 2025, and gaining subscribers by an average of about 444,000 per day.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
100 most-subscribed channels The following table lists the top followed 100 YouTube channels,[ B] [ 17] as well as the primary language, country, date they joined YouTube, 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 TaylorSwiftVEVO[ C] are excluded.
As of September 2025[update] , 32 of top 100 channels listed primarily produce content in English while 30 primarily produce content in Hindi. All 100 channels have surpassed 48 million subscribers. All Top 50 channels have surpassed 65 million subscribers.[ 18] Fourteen of the channels have surpassed 100 million subscribers, and only two have more than 200 and 300 million subscribers:MrBeast andT-Series , with the former being the only channel that has more than 400 million subscribers.[ 19]
Name Link Subscribers (millions) Primary language Category Joined YouTube Country MrBeast Link 452 English Entertainment[ 20] February 19, 2012 United States T-Series Link 307 Hindi [ 21] [ 22] Music March 13, 2006 India Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes Link 198 English Education September 1, 2006 United States SET India Link 187 Hindi[ 23] Entertainment September 20, 2006 India Vlad and Niki Link 147 English Entertainment April 23, 2018 United States Russia Kids Diana Show Link 137 English[ 24] Entertainment May 12, 2015 United States Ukraine Stokes Twins Link 132 English Entertainment April 11, 2008 United States Like Nastya Link 131 English Entertainment December 6, 2016 United States Russia 김프로KIMPRO Link 123 Korean Entertainment November 11, 2017 South Korea Zee Music Company Link 121 Hindi[ 25] [ 26] Music March 12, 2014 India WWE Link 111 English Sports May 10, 2007 United States PewDiePie Link 110 English Entertainment April 29, 2010 Sweden Japan [citation needed ] Goldmines Link 108 Hindi Film January 21, 2012 India Sony SAB Link 104 Hindi Entertainment August 4, 2007 India Blackpink Link 99.3 Korean Music June 28, 2016 South Korea ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs Link 97.9 Hindi[ 27] Education February 9, 2013 India Alan's Universe Link 96.9 English Entertainment February 3, 2020 United States Zee TV Link 95.4 Hindi Entertainment December 11, 2005 India Alejo Igoa Link 93.6 Spanish Entertainment January 17, 2014 Argentina A4 Link 90.7 Russian Entertainment November 29, 2014 Belarus Russia Pinkfong Link 83.4 English Education December 13, 2011 South Korea BANGTANTV Link 81.5 Korean Music December 16, 2012 South Korea Colors TV Link 81.3 Hindi Entertainment June 13, 2008 India 5-Minute Crafts Link 81 English How-to November 15, 2016 Cyprus [ a] ZAMZAM ELECTRONICS TRADING Link 80.8 Arabic Entertainment December 19, 2020 United Arab Emirates T-Series Bhakti Sagar Link 80.6 Hindi Music February 13, 2011 India Toys and Colors Link 80.3 English Entertainment March 17, 2016 United States Tips Official Link 79.4 Hindi Entertainment May 22, 2007 India Topper Guild Link 79.2 English Entertainment July 8, 2014 United States Hybe Labels Link 78.8 Korean Music June 4, 2008 South Korea KL BRO Biju Rithvik Link 78.4 Malayalam Lifestyle Vlogs July 21, 2020 India UR · Cristiano Link 76.9 Portuguese, English Entertainment/Sports July 8, 2024 Portugal Justin Bieber Link 76.4 English Music January 15, 2007 Canada Aaj Tak Link 73.8 Hindi News August 27, 2009 India Shemaroo Filmi Gaane Link 73.7 Hindi Music June 11, 2010 India Infobells - Hindi Link 71.6 Hindi Education June 6, 2014 India Mark Rober Link 71.6 English Education/Entertainment October 20, 2011 United States HAR PAL GEO Link 70.4 Urdu Entertainment January 2, 2008 Pakistan El Reino Infantil Link 70.3 Spanish Music June 2, 2011 Argentina Fede Vigevani Link 70.2 Spanish Entertainment June 16, 2009 Mexico Uruguay YRF Link 70.1 Hindi Music June 7, 2006 India Sony Music India Link 68.6 Hindi Music September 2, 2009 India ISSEI / いっせい Link 68.4 Japanese Entertainment July 23, 2014 Japan Canal KondZilla Link 67.9 Portuguese Music March 21, 2012 Brazil Wave Music Link 67.9 Bhojpuri Music December 20, 2011 India Eminem Music Link 66 English Music February 8, 2007 United States ARY Digital HD Link 65.9 Urdu Entertainment July 11, 2016 Pakistan YOLO AVENTURAS Link 65.8 Spanish Entertainment December 13, 2018 Mexico Movieclips Link 65.3 English Film April 27, 2006 United States Anaya Kandhal Link 65.2 Hindi Entertainment September 19, 2016 India Bispo Bruno Leonardo Link 63.8 Portuguese Nonprofit April 10, 2016 Brazil Taylor Swift Link 62.1 English Music September 20, 2006 United States Dude Perfect Link 61.7 English Comedy March 17, 2009 United States PANDA BOI Link 61.4 English Entertainment December 5, 2020 Italy Zhong Link 61.1 English Entertainment January 19, 2015 United States LooLoo Kids - Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs Link 61.1 English Education August 5, 2014 Romania Shemaroo Link 60.6 Hindi Entertainment September 1, 2007 India ToRung Link 59.2 Vietnamese Entertainment October 17, 2017 Vietnam आचार्य प्रशान्त -Acharya Prashant Link 59.0 Hindi Education August 27, 2014 India Saregama Music Link 58.9 Hindi Music January 4, 2013 India Ed Sheeran Link 58.6 English Music August 8, 2006 United Kingdom SonyMusicIndiaVEVO Link 58.6 Hindi Music September 2, 2009 India Маша и Медведь [ b] Link 58.3 Russian Education May 31, 2011 Russia Marshmello Link 58.2 English Music April 6, 2015 United States Billion Surprise Toys Link 58.1 English Education October 25, 2013 United States JioHotstar Kids Link 57.5 Hindi Entertainment November 23, 2016 India Mikecrack Link 57.3 Spanish Gaming July 13, 2015 Spain Billie Eilish Link 57.0 English Music February 6, 2013 United States Ariana Grande Link 56.6 English Music January 21, 2007 United States Get Movies Link 56.5 Russian Entertainment December 16, 2006 Russia StarPlus Link 56.2 Hindi Entertainment May 19, 2006 India Dangal TV Channel Link 55.9 Hindi Entertainment August 2, 2017 India Alfredo Larin Link 54.9 Spanish Entertainment April 9, 2017 El Salvador Juan de Dios Pantoja Link 54.6 Spanish People June 9, 2014 Mexico JuegaGerman Link 54.3 Spanish Gaming May 18, 2013 Chile Jess No Limit Link 54.3 Indonesian Entertainment September 6, 2017 Indonesia shfa Link 54.1 Arabic People March 29, 2015 United Arab Emirates ABS-CBN Entertainment Link 54.0 Filipino Entertainment July 15, 2008 Philippines LUCCAS TOON - LUCCAS NETO Link 53.7 Portuguese Entertainment July 30, 2014 Brazil Masha and the Bear Link 53.5 English Film September 17, 2014 Russia MrBeast 2 Link 53.1 English Entertainment August 21, 2020 United States Real fools shorts official Link 52.9 Hindi People June 14, 2021 India Celine Dept Link 52.5 English Sports May 3, 2023 Belgium HUM TV Link 52.5 Urdu Entertainment May 25, 2011 Pakistan shfa2 - شفا Link 52.2 Arabic People November 6, 2017 United Arab Emirates BETER BÖCÜK Link 52.1 Turkish Gaming December 12, 2012 Turkey Ishtar Music Link 52.0 Hindi Music September 22, 2005 India Bad Bunny Link 51.1 Spanish Music June 8, 2014 Puerto Rico MrBeast Gaming Link 50.8 English Gaming April 7, 2020 United States T-Series Bollywood Classics Link 50.7 Hindi Film April 2, 2012 India Fernanfloo Link 49.5 Spanish Gaming May 2, 2011 El Salvador Maria Clara & JP Link 49.4 Portuguese Entertainment September 5, 2015 Brazil IndiaTV Link 49.4 Hindi News August 26, 2006 India ABP NEWS Link 49.3 Hindi News June 1, 2012 India Dushyant kukreja Link 49.3 Hindi Entertainment September 26, 2015 India PowerKids TV Link 49.1 English Entertainment August 6, 2014 India Shakira Link 49.1 Spanish Music October 16, 2005 Colombia Techno Gamerz Link 48.7 English Gaming August 13, 2017 India BeatboxJCOP Link 48.5 English Entertainment March 13, 2011 South Korea Genevieve's Playhouse - Learning Videos for Kids Link 48.3 English Entertainment January 6, 2016 United States As of November 2025 (UTC)
^ TheSoul Publishing is currently based in Cyprus; it was originally based in Russia and is still Russian-owned.[ 28] ^ Masha and the Bear
Historical progression of most-subscribed channels The following table lists the 20 distinct runs as the most-subscribed YouTube channel recorded since May 2006. Only runs lasting at least 24 hours are included. Twelve different channels have held the position, withPewDiePie holding the title a record four times. He also holds the records for the longest time as the most-subscribed channel (1,920 days in his third run), the shortest time as the most-subscribed channel (four days in his second run), and the longest overall combined time as the most subscribed channel (2,017 days). In second place isSmosh , which held it three times, while third place is tied betweennigahiga ,T-Series , andYouTube's own channel , which have all held it twice each. YouTube's own official channel, then known as "YouTube Spotlight", briefly held the title in late 2013; one factor that contributed to the channel's rise to the top spot was the site's autosuggestion for new users to subscribe to the channel upon registration.[ 29]
Overall of the twelve channels who have held the record, seven featured individual males (including MrBeast[ D] ); one (Brookers) featured an individual female; three have been operated by brands as opposed to individuals (T-Series, YouTube Spotlight, and MrBeast[ D] ); one (Smosh) was a duo of males which later became a collective and production company; and one (lonelygirl15) was a web series. Nine of the channels were based in the United States, one (geriatric1927) was based in England, one (T-Series) was based in India, and one (PewDiePie) was based in Sweden, and later in England.
Former record for days held
Current record for days held
Channel name Date achieved Days held Ref.(s) Smosh (1)c. May 9, 2006 ~34 [ 4] Judson Laipply c. June 12, 2006 ~21 [ 33] [ 34] [ 35] Brookers c. July 3, 2006 ~43 [ 36] [ 37] [ 38] geriatric1927 August 15, 2006 28 [ 39] [ 40] [ 41] lonelygirl15 September 12, 2006 226 [ 42] [ 43] [ 44] Smosh (2)April 26, 2007 517 [ 45] [ 46] nigahiga (1)September 24, 2008 12 [ 47] [ 48] [ 49] [failed verification ] FЯED October 6, 2008 318 [ 49] [failed verification ] [ 50] [ 51] nigahiga (2)August 20, 2009 675 [ 48] [ 52] [ 53] [ 54] Ray William Johnson June 26, 2011 564 [ 55] [ 56] [ 57] Smosh (3)January 12, 2013 215 [ 45] [ 58] [ 59] PewDiePie (1)August 15, 2013 79 [ 60] [ 61] YouTube Spotlight [ A] (1)November 2, 2013 36 [ 29] [ 62] [ 63] PewDiePie (2)December 8, 2013 4 [ 64] [ 65] YouTube Spotlight (2)December 12, 2013 11 [ 66] [ 65] PewDiePie (3)December 23, 2013 1,920 [ 67] [ 68] [ 69] T-Series (1)March 27, 2019[ E] 5 [ 73] [ 75] PewDiePie (4)April 1, 2019 13 [ 74] [ 76] [ 77] T-Series (2)April 14, 2019 1,876 [ 78] [ 79] MrBeast June 2, 2024 543 [ 80] As of November 2025UTC
Timeline Timeline of the most-subscribed YouTube channels (May 2006 – present)
Milestones and reactions Channel Subscriber milestone Date achieved Reference Brookers 10,000 July 7, 2006 [ 81] geriatric1927 20,000 August 18, 2006 [ 82] lonelygirl15 50,000 October 13, 2006 [ 83] Smosh 100,000 May 15, 2007 [ 84] FЯED 1 million April 7, 2009 [ 85] nigahiga 2 million March 13, 2010 [ 86] RayWilliamJohnson 5 million November 15, 2011 [ 87] Smosh 10 million May 25, 2013 [ 88] PewDiePie 20 million January 9, 2014 [ 89] 50 million December 8, 2016 [ 90] T-Series 100 million May 29, 2019 [ 91] 200 million November 30, 2021 [ 92] MrBeast 300 million July 10, 2024 [ 93] [ 94] 400 million June 1, 2025 [ 95]
Following the third time thatSmosh became the most-subscribed YouTube channel,Ray William Johnson collaborated with the duo.[ 96] A flurry of top YouTubers includingRyan Higa ,Shane Dawson ,Felix Kjellberg ,Michael Buckley ,Kassem Gharaibeh , theFine Brothers , and Johnson himself, congratulated the duo shortly after they surpassed Johnson as the most-subscribed channel.[ 97]
PewDiePie vs T-Series In mid-2018, the subscriber count of the Indian music video channelT-Series rapidly approached that of Swedish web comedian and Let's PlayerPewDiePie , who was the most-subscribed user on YouTube at the time.[ 98] [ 99] As a result, fans of PewDiePie and T-Series, other YouTubers, and celebritiesshowed 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.[ 70] [ 71] [ 72] [ 74] T-Series eventually permanently surpassed PewDiePie, and on May 29, 2019, it became the first channel to reach 100 million subscribers.[ 91]
In 2024, when MrBeast surpassed T-Series, hetweeted that his fans had "avenged" PewDiePie.[ 80] In the lead-up to MrBeast's channel becoming the most-subscribed, T-Series issued a call for subscribers.[ 100] Meanwhile, MrBeast urged his fans to not see the competition between his channel and T-Series as "this country versus that country", while also warning against anyone becoming hateful.[ 101]
See also
Notes ^a b Although now simply called "YouTube", YouTube's official channel was named "YouTube Spotlight" in 2013. ^ The total number of channels listed may exceed 100 if a tie exists for the 100th-highest subscriber count. ^ These are not to be mistaken for the channels Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, both of which are included. ^a b ThoughJimmy Donaldson founded the MrBeast channel in 2012,[ 30] initially operating it himself, the channel has since expanded. It is now operated by a team led by Donaldson[ 31] and has referred to itself as "the largest YouTube brand in the world".[ 32] Due to this, the channel is included as among both the seven featuring individual males and the three that have been operated by brands. ^ T-Series surpassed PewDiePie in subscriber count on numerous occasions, each lasting fewer than 24 hours, from February to late March 2019.[ 70] [ 71] [ 72] The first incident to last at least 24 hours began on March 27 and ended on April 1.[ 73] [ 74]
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