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This list of the most subscribed users on YouTube contains representations of the channels with the most subscribers on the video platform YouTube. The ability to "subscribe" to a user's videos was added to YouTube by late October 2005,[1] The "most subscribed" list on YouTube began being listed by a chart on the site by May 2006, at which time Smosh was #1 with fewer than 3,000 subscribers.[2] As of November 16, 2024, the most subscribed user is PewDiePie, with over 45 million subscribers. The PewDiePie channel has held the peak position since December 22, 2013 (10 years, 10 months and 25 days), when it surpassed YouTube's Spotlight channel.[3][4]

Current most subscribed channels

This list depicts the 25 most subscribed channels on YouTube as of March 10, 2016. This lists omits "channels", and instead only includes "users". A "user" is defined as a channel that has released videos. "Channels" that have released zero videos, such as #Music, #Gaming, or #Sports, are not included on this list, even if they have more subscribers than the users on this list. Additionally, these subscriber counts are approximations.[5]

  Vevo channel
Rank Channel name Owner(s) Country Subscribers Content
1 PewDiePie Felix Kjellberg  Sweden 46 million Video games
2 HolaSoyGerman Germán Garmendia  Chile 28 million Vlogs
3 YouTube Spotlight YouTube, Inc.  United States 24 million Entertainment
4 JustinBieberVEVO Justin Bieber  Canada 22 million Music
5 Smosh Ian Hecox, Anthony Padilla  United States 22 million Sketch comedy
6 RihannaVEVO Rihanna  Barbados 21 million Music
7 OneDirectionVEVO One Direction  United Kingdom 20 million Music
8 TaylorSwiftVEVO Taylor Swift  United States 19 million Music
9 elrubiusOMG Rubén Doblas Gundersen  Spain 18 million Video games
10 KatyPerryVEVO Katy Perry  United States 18 million Music
11 EminemVEVO Eminem  United States 18 million Music
12 VanossGaming Evan Fong  Canada 17 million Video games
13 nigahiga Ryan Higa, Sean Fujiyoshi  United States 17 million Comedy
14 TheEllenShow The Ellen DeGeneres Show  United States 16 million Talk show
15 JennaMarbles Jenna Mourey  United States 16 million Vlogs
16 Yuya Mariand Castrejon  Mexico 15 million Beauty
17 VEGETTA777 Samuel De Luque  Spain 14 million Video games
18 Fine Brothers Entertainment Benny Fine, Rafi Fine  United States 14 million Entertainment
19 Spinnin' Records Spinnin' Records  Netherlands 13 million Music
20 JuegaGerman Germán Garmendia  Chile 13 million Video games
21 Markiplier Mark Fischbach  United States 13 million Video games
22 ERB Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist  United States 13 million Music
23 KSI Olajide "JJ" Olatunji  United Kingdom 13 million Video games
24 Skrillex Sonny John Moore  United States 13 million Music
25 Fernanfloo Luis Fernando Flores  El Salvador 13 million Video games

Reactions

In late 2006, when Peter Oakley, aka Geriatric1927 became most subscribed, a number of TV channels wanted to interview him on his rise to fame. The Daily Mail and TechBlog did an article about him and his success. In 2009, the FRED channel was the first channel to have over one million subscribers.

Following the third time that the user Smosh became most subscribed, Ray William Johnson collaborated with the duo.[6] 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.[7]

Following Felix Kjellberg's positioning at the top of YouTube, Variety heavily criticized the Swede's videos.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "It's been awhile since our last update". Official YouTube Blog. Blogspot. October 25, 2005. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  2. ^ Most Subscribed Members - May 17, 2006, youtube.com
  3. ^ "YouTube user about archive". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "PewDiePie about archive". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "YouTube Top 100 Most Subscribed Channels List - Top by Subscribers". VidStatsX. VidStatsX.com. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  6. ^ Ray William Johnson (January 15, 2013). "RWJ vs SMOSH". =3. YouTube. Retrieved August 9, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  7. ^ Joshua Cohen (January 12, 2013). "YouTubers Respond to Smosh Becoming #1 Most-Subscribed YouTube Channel". Tubefilter. Retrieved August 9, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Andrew Wallenstein (11 September 2013). "If PewDiePie Is YouTube's Top Talent, We're All Doomed". Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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