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PewDiePie has been the most subscribed user on YouTube since December 2013, with over 49 million subscribers as of December 2016.

This list of most subscribed users on YouTube contains the top 50 channels with the most subscribers on the video platform YouTube.[1] The ability to "subscribe" to a user's channel was added to YouTube by late October 2005,[2] The "most subscribed" list on YouTube began as a chart by May 2006, at which time Smosh was number one with fewer than 3,000 subscribers.[3] As of November 18, 2024, the most subscribed user is PewDiePie, with over 49 million subscribers.[4][5]

Top channels

The following table lists the top 50 most subscribed channels on YouTube, with each total rounded down to the nearest million subscribers, as well as the network/owner and country of origin of each channel. Channels marked as "Auto-generated by YouTube" (such as #Music, #Gaming, #Sports, and #Movies) are not included, even if they have more subscribers than the users on this list.[1]

  Vevo channel
Rank Chg Channel name Network / owner Country of origin Subscribers (millions)
1. Steady PewDiePie[6] Maker Studios  Sweden 49
2. Steady HolaSoyGerman.[7] Machinima  Chile 30
3. Steady JustinBieberVEVO[8] Vevo  Canada 25
4. Steady YouTube Spotlight[9] YouTube  United States 24
5. Steady RihannaVEVO[10] Vevo  Barbados 23
6. Steady Smosh[11] Defy Media  United States 22
7. Steady elrubiusOMG[12] Divimove  Spain 21
8. Steady OneDirectionVEVO[13] Vevo  United Kingdom 21
9. Steady TaylorSwiftVEVO[14]  United States 20
10. Steady KatyPerryVEVO[15]
11. Steady EminemVEVO[16]
12. Steady VanossGaming[17] Evan Fong  Canada 19
13. Steady nigahiga[18] Ryan Higa  United States 18
14. Steady TheEllenShow[19] Time Warner
15. Steady Fernanfloo[20] BroadbandTV  El Salvador 17
16. Steady JennaMarbles[21] Jenna Mourey  United States 16
17. Steady Yuya[22] Mariand Castrejon Castañeda  Mexico
18. Steady VEGETTA777[23] Maker Studios  Spain
19. Steady JuegaGerman[24] Machinima  Chile
20. Steady Spinnin' Records[25] Spinnin' Records  Netherlands 15
21. Steady Markiplier[26] Maker Studios  United States
22. Steady KSI[27] StyleHaul  United Kingdom
23. Steady Skrillex[28] Sonny John Moore  United States 14
24. Increase whinderssonnunes[29] Fullscreen  Brazil
25. Decrease Fine Brothers Entertainment[30]  United States
26. Increase Dude Perfect[31] Cory and Coby Cotton
27. Decrease ArianaGrandeVevo[32] Vevo  United States 14
28. Decrease ERB[33] Maker Studios  United States 14
29. Increase T-Series[34] T-Series  India 13
30. Decrease AdeleVEVO[35] Vevo  United Kingdom 13
31. Steady WWE[36] WWE  United States 13
32. Increase jacksepticeye[37] Maker Studios  Ireland
33. Decrease WatchMojo.com[38] WatchMojo.com  Canada
34. Steady The Diamond Minecart // Dan TDM[39] StyleHaul  United Kingdom
35. Steady Vevo[40] Vevo  United States 12
36. Steady Porta dos Fundos[41] Porta dos Fundos  Brazil 12
37. Steady enchufetv[42] Mitu  Ecuador
38. Increase David Guetta[43] Warner Music Group  France
39. Decrease Machinima[44] Machinima  United States
40. Steady The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon[45] NBCUniversal
41. Steady Werevertumorro[46] sevenludus  Mexico
42. Steady Sky Does Minecraft[47] Machinima  United States
43. Increase PTXofficial[48] SonyBMG 11
44. Increase Bruno Mars[49] Elektra Records
45. Steady FailArmyCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). Vevo  United States 11
47. Steady Good Mythical Morning[50] Studio71  United States 11
48. Increase Zoella[51] StyleHaul  United Kingdom
49. Increase NickiMinajAtVevo[52] Vevo  Trinidad and Tobago 11
50. Decrease CollegeHumor[53] CollegeHumor  United States 11
As of December 3, 2016

Historical most subscribed channels

The following table lists the last 16 channels to become YouTube's most subscribed channel, from May 2006 to the present.

  Current record
  Former record
Channel name Current owner Country of origin Reign Days held Ref(s)
PewDiePie[6] Maker Studios  Sweden Dec 22, 2013 – present 3,984 [1][54]
YouTube Spotlight[9] YouTube Inc.  United States Dec 12, 2013 – Dec 22, 2013 10 [55][56]
PewDiePie[6] Maker Studios  Sweden Dec 8, 2013 – Dec 12, 2013 4 [citation needed]
YouTube Spotlight[9] YouTube Inc.  United States Nov 2, 2013 – Dec 8, 2013 36 [57]
PewDiePie[6] Maker Studios  Sweden Aug 15, 2013 – Nov 2, 2013 80 [58]
Smosh[11] Defy Media  United States Jan 12, 2013 – Aug 15, 2013 215 [59][60]
Ray William Johnson[61] Ray Johnson Jun 28, 2011 – Jan 12, 2013 564 [62][63]
nigahiga[18] Ryan Higa Aug 20, 2009 – Jun 28, 2011 677 [64][65]
Fяᴇᴅ[66] Lucas Cruikshank Oct 6, 2008 – Aug 20, 2009 318 [67]
nigahiga[18] Ryan Higa Sep 24, 2008 – Oct 6, 2008 12 [67]
Smosh[11] Defy Media Apr 26, 2007 – Sep 24, 2008 517 [68]
lonelygirl15[69] Mesh Flinders Sep 17, 2006 – Apr 26, 2007 221 [70][71][72]
geriatric1927[73] Peter Oakley  United Kingdom Aug 17, 2006 – Sep 17, 2006 31 [74]
Brookers[75] Brooke Brodack  United States Jul 3, 2006 – Aug 17, 2006 45 [76][77]
Judson Laipply[78] Judson Laipply Jun 12, 2006 – Jul 3, 2006 21 [citation needed]
Smosh[11] Defy Media May 17, 2006 – Jun 12, 2006 26 [79]
As of November 18, 2024

Top channels by country

The following table lists the high-subscriber YouTube channels with the greatest number of subscribers by the country that their channel originates from.[1] Only countries that have at least one channel with over 5 million subscribers are included.

Country Channel name Subscribers (millions)
 Sweden PewDiePie[6] 49
 Chile HolaSoyGerman.[7] 30
 Canada JustinBieberVEVO[8] 25
 United States YouTube Spotlight[9] 24
 Barbados RihannaVEVO[10] 23
 Spain elrubiusOMG[12] 21
 United Kingdom OneDirectionVEVO[13]
 El Salvador Fernanfloo[20] 17
 Mexico Yuya[22] 16
 Netherlands Spinnin' Records[25] 15
 Brazil whinderssonnunes[29] 14
 India T-Series[34] 13
 Ireland jacksepticeye[37]
 Ecuador enchufetv[42] 12
 France David Guetta[43]
 Trinidad and Tobago NickiMinajAtVevo[52] 11
 Colombia shakiraVEVO[80] 10
 Venezuela Dross Rotzank[81] 9
 South Korea officialpsy[82]
 Russia Get Movies[83] 8
 Australia HowToBasic[84]
 Thailand GMM GRAMMY OFFICIAL[85]
 Ukraine SlivkiShow[86] 6
 Italy CutiePieMarzia[87]
 Jamaica majorlazer[88] 5
 Austria Red Bull[89]
 Belgium Tomorrowland[90]
As of November 9, 2016

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.[91] 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.[92]

Following PewDiePie's ascension to the most subscribed channel on YouTube in 2013, Variety heavily criticized his videos.[93]

See also

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