List of most-subscribed YouTube channels

Indian record label T-Series is the most-subscribed channel, with over 264 million subscribers as of April 2024.

American YouTube personality MrBeast is the most-subscribed individual and second most-subscribed channel overall, with 254 million subscribers as of April 2024.

A subscriber to a channel on the American video-sharing platform YouTube is a user who has chosen to receive the channel's content by clicking on that channel's "Subscribe" button, and each user's subscription feed consists of videos 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 mid-2006, when Smosh occupied the top position with less than 3,000 subscribers,^[4] at least 10 other YouTube channels have held the top spot; these include American fictional character Bree Avery, American comedian Brooke "Brookers" Brodack, American fictional character Fred Figglehorn, Swedish gamer Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg, American comedian Ryan Higa, American media personality Ray William Johnson, American public speaker Judson Laipply, and English geriatric Peter Oakley.

The most-subscribed channel is the Indian record label T-Series, which hosts its music videos on its channel. With over 264 million subscribers as of April 2024, the channel has held the top position since April 14, 2019.^[5]^[6] The most-subscribed channel which is not 'branded' (i.e., does not belong to an organization or company) is that of American YouTuber MrBeast, who is the second most-subscribed channel on YouTube, with over 254 million subscribers as of April 2024.^[6]

^ "The Quickstart Guide to YouTube – Lesson 2: YouTube Basics". YouTube Creator Academy. YouTube. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
^ "Official YouTube Blog – Tuesday, October 25, 2005". Official YouTube Blog. Google. October 25, 2005. Archived from the original on December 30, 2009. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
^ "Lots 'o New Stuff". Official YouTube Blog. Google. Archived from the original on December 30, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference YouTube2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Roettgers, Janko (January 2, 2019). "Hackers Target Chromecast Devices, Smart TVs with PewDiePie Message". Variety. Penske Business Media. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Top 100 Subscribed YouTube Channels (Sorted by Subscriber Count)". Social Blade. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2023.

[1] "The Quickstart Guide to YouTube – Lesson 2: YouTube Basics". YouTube Creator Academy. YouTube. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.

[2] "Official YouTube Blog – Tuesday, October 25, 2005". Official YouTube Blog. Google. October 25, 2005. Archived from the original on December 30, 2009. Retrieved November 5, 2013.

[3] "Lots 'o New Stuff". Official YouTube Blog. Google. Archived from the original on December 30, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

[YouTube2005-4] Cite error: The named reference YouTube2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] Roettgers, Janko (January 2, 2019). "Hackers Target Chromecast Devices, Smart TVs with PewDiePie Message". Variety. Penske Business Media. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.

[SocialBlade-6] "Top 100 Subscribed YouTube Channels (Sorted by Subscriber Count)". Social Blade. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2023.

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