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List of the most subscribed users on YouTube

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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 August 22, 2016, the most subscribed user is PewDiePie, with over 46 million subscribers. The PewDiePie channel has held the peak position since December 22, 2013 (2 years and 8 months), when it surpassed YouTube's Spotlight channel.[3][4]

Top channels

The following table lists the top 30 most subscribed channels on YouTube, with each total rounded down to the nearest million subscribers, as well as the network/owner, country of origin, and content of each channel. Channels marked as "Auto-generated by YouTube" (such as #Movies, #Music, #Gaming, and #Sports) are not included, even if they have more subscribers than the users on this list.[5]

  Vevo channel
Rank Channel name Network/Owner Country
(of origin)		 Subscribers
(millions)		 Content
1. PewDiePie Maker Studios  Sweden 47 Video games
2. HolaSoyGerman. Machinima  Chile 28 Vlogs
3. YouTube Spotlight Google  United States 24 Entertainment
4. JustinBieberVEVO Vevo  Canada 23 Music
5. RihannaVEVO Vevo  Barbados 22 Music
6. Smosh Break Media  United States 22 Sketch comedy
7. OneDirectionVEVO Vevo  United Kingdom 20 Music
8. elrubiusOMG Divimove  Spain 20 Video games
9. TaylorSwiftVEVO Vevo  United States 19 Music
10. KatyPerryVEVO Vevo  United States 19 Music
11. EminemVEVO Vevo  United States 19 Music
12. VanossGaming Evan Fong  Canada 18 Video games
13. nigahiga Ryan Higa  United States 17 Comedy
14. TheEllenShow Time Warner  United States 17 Talk show
15. JennaMarbles Jenna Mourey  United States 16 Vlogs
16. Yuya Mariand Castrejon Castañeda  Mexico 15 Beauty
17. VEGETTA777 Maker Studios  Spain 15 Video games
18. Fernanfloo BroadbandTV  El Salvador 14 Video games
19. JuegaGerman Machinima  Chile 14 Video games
20. Spinnin' Records Spinnin' Records  Netherlands 14 Music
21. KSI StyleHaul  United Kingdom 14 Video games
22. Fine Brothers Entertainment Fullscreen  United States 14 Entertainment
23. Markiplier Maker Studios  United States 14 Video games
24. Skrillex Sonny John Moore  United States 13 Music
25. ERB Maker Studios  United States 13 Music
26. AdeleVEVO Vevo  United Kingdom 12 Music
27. WatchMojo.com WatchMojo  Canada 12 News
28. Machinima Machinima  United States 12 Video games
29. ArianaGrandeVevo Vevo  United States 12 Music
30. Vevo Vevo  United States 12 Music

History of the No. 1 subscribed channel

  Current Record
  Former Record
Channel Current Owner(s) Country
(of origin)		 Dates Time
(days)
Smosh Defy Media  United States May 17, 2006 – June 12, 2006 26
judsonlaippy Judson Laipply  United States June 12, 2006 – July 3, 2006 21
Brookers Brooke Brodack  United States July 3, 2006 – August 17, 2006 45
geriatrtic1927 Peter Oakley  United Kingdom August 17, 2006 – September 17, 2006 31
lonelygirl15 Mesh Flinders  United States September 17, 2006 – April 26, 2007 221
Smosh Defy Media  United States April 26, 2007 – September 24, 2008 517
nigahiga Ryan Higa  United States September 24, 2008 – October 6, 2008 12
Fred Lucas Cruikshank  United States October 6, 2008 – August 20, 2009 318
nigahiga Ryan Higa  United States August 20, 2009 – June 28, 2011 677
Ray William Johnson Ray Johnson  United States June 28, 2011 – January 12, 2013 564
Smosh Defy Media  United States January 12, 2013 – August 15, 2013 215
PewDiePie Maker Studios  Sweden August 15, 2013 – November 2, 2013 80
YouTube Spotlight YouTube Inc.  United States November 2, 2013 – December 8, 2013 36
PewDiePie Maker Studios  Sweden December 8, 2013 – December 12, 2013 4
YouTube Spotlight YouTube Inc.  United States December 12, 2013 – December 22, 2013 10
PewDiePie Maker Studios  Sweden December 22, 2013 – present 974

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. 
  4. ^ "PewDiePie about archive". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2015. 
  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. 
  7. ^ Joshua Cohen (January 12, 2013). "YouTubers Respond to Smosh Becoming #1 Most-Subscribed YouTube Channel". Tubefilter. Retrieved August 9, 2013. 
  8. ^ Andrew Wallenstein (11 September 2013). "If PewDiePie Is YouTube's Top Talent, We're All Doomed". Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2013. 
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