List of most-viewed YouTube channels

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Indian record label T-Series is the most-viewed YouTube channel, with over 295 billion views.

The list of most-viewed YouTube channels is topped by T-Series, an Indian record label known for Hindi film music.[1][2][3][4][5] T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel on February 16, 2017, and has over 295 billion total views as of May 2025[update].

## 50 most-viewed channels

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The following table lists the 50 most-viewed YouTube channels as well as the primary language and content category of each channel[as of?]. The channels are ordered by number of views. The top 50 most-viewed channels have all surpassed 39 billion total views.[1][6]

Rank  | Channel name  | Network | Views[1]
(billions)  | Content
category[1] | Country  | Primary language(s)

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1\.  | T-Series | T-Series | 295  | Music  |  India | Hindi
2\.  | Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes | Moonbug Entertainment | 201  | Education  |  United States | English
3\.  | SET India | Culver Max Entertainment | 176  | Entertainment  |  India | Hindi
4\.  | Sony SAB | Culver Max Entertainment | 128  | Entertainment  |  India | Hindi
5\.  | Kids Diana Show | AIR[7] | 114  | Entertainment  |  Ukraine | English
6\.  | Like Nastya | Yoola  | 112  | Entertainment  |  Russia | Russian and English
7\.  | Vlad and Niki | —  | 106  | Entertainment  |  United States | English
8\.  | Zee TV | Zee Entertainment Enterprises | 102  | Entertainment  |  India | Hindi
9\.  | WWE | WWE | 94  | Entertainment  |  United States | English
10\.  | Toys and Colors  | —  | 93  | Entertainment  |  United States | English
11\.  | MrBeast | —  | 81.2  | Entertainment  |  United States | English
12\.  | Colors TV | Viacom18 | 79.7  | Entertainment  |  India | Hindi
13\.  | Zee Music Company | Zee Entertainment Enterprises | 77.2  | Music  |  India | Hindi
14\.  | 김프로KIMPRO  | —  | 71.4  | People  |  South Korea | Korean
15\.  | HAR PAL GEO | Geo Entertainment | 70.7  | Entertainment  |  Pakistan | Urdu
16\.  | El Reino Infantil | Leader Music  | 66.7  | Music  |  Argentina | Spanish
17\.  | KL BRO Biju Rithvik  | KLBro Biju | 66.4  | Vlogging  |  India | Malayalam
18\.  | Movieclips | Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips | 65.6  | Film  |  United States | English
19\.  | ARY Digital HD | ARY Digital Network | 63.9  | Entertainment  |  Pakistan | Urdu
20\.  | StarPlus | Disney Star | 63.2  | Entertainment  |  India | Hindi
21\.  | Anaya Kandhal  | __  | 60.5  | Entertainment  |  India | Hindi
22\.  | Ryan's World | PocketWatch | 60.4  | Entertainment  |  United States | English
23\.  | ABS-CBN Entertainment | ABS-CBN | 57.1  | Entertainment  |  Philippines | Filipino
24\.  | Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs | —  | 56.1  | Education  |  Canada | English
25\.  | ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs | ChuChu TV | 54.7  | Education  |  India | Hindi and English
26\.  | netd müzik | netd.com | 54.6  | Music  |  Turkey | Turkish
27\.  | Alan Chikin Chow | —  | 50.7  | Comedy  |  United States | English
28\.  | Vijay Television | Star Vijay | 50.4  | Entertainment  |  India | Tamil
29\.  | Pinkfong Baby Shark - Kids' Songs & Stories | The Pinkfong Company | 49.7  | Education  |  South Korea | English
30\.  | Alfredo Larin  | __  | 47.7  | Entertainment  |  El Salvador | Spanish
31\.  | YRF | Yash Raj Films[8] | 47.5  | Music  |  India | Hindi[9]
32\.  | Tips Official | Tips Industries | 46.5  | Entertainment  |  India | Hindi
33\.  | Маша и Медведь | LetsonCorp  | 45.8  | Entertainment  |  Russia | Russian
34\.  | D Billions | —  | 45.4  | Entertainment  |  Kyrgyzstan | English
35\.  | Wave Music  | —  | 45.2  | Music  |  India | Bhojpuri
36\.  | ISSEI / いっせい  | —  | 44.9  | Entertainment  |  Japan | Japanese
37\.  | Sierra & Rhia FAM  | —  | 44.8  | Entertainment  |  Canada | English
38\.  | HUM TV | Hum Network | 44.4  | Entertainment  |  Pakistan | Urdu
39\.  | LeoNata Family  | —  | 44.3  | People  |  United States | English
40\.  | Tsuriki Show  | —  | 44.1  | Comedy  |  Germany | English
41\.  | Infobells - Hindi  | Infobelle Interactive Solution  | 42.2  | Education  |  India | Hindi
42\.  | Little Baby Bum - Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs | —  | 41.9  | Education  |  United Kingdom | English
43\.  | WorkpointOfficial  | Workpoint Entertainment | 41  | Entertainment  |  Thailand | Thai
44\.  | Bad Bunny | —  | 40.1  | Music  |  Puerto Rico | Spanish
45\.  | The geeta gurjar  | —  | 39.8  | People  |  India | Hindi
46\.  | T-Series Bhakti Sagar | T-Series | 39.6  | Music  |  India | Hindi
47\.  | Canal KondZilla | ONErpm | 39.3  | Music  |  Brazil | Portuguese
48\.  | LankyBox  | —  | 39.1  | Games  |  United States | English
49\.  | HYBE LABELS | Hybe Corporation | 39.1  | Music  |  South Korea | Korean
50\.  | Taylor Swift | —  | 39  | Music  |  United States | English

## Historical progression

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The first YouTube channel to exceed 10 billion total views was PewDiePie in September 2015. Since then, about 430 channels have exceeded 10 billion total views as of May 2024.

T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel of 2016,[10][11][12] and exceeded 14 billion total views by January 2017.[13] It eventually surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-viewed YouTube channel of all time by February 16, 2017,[14] and currently maintains the lead with over 295 billion total views. T-Series has also had the most monthly views since 2016 until May 2025,[15][16] and received more than 2.8 billion views per month as of May 2019.[17]

The following table lists the channels that became YouTube's most-viewed channel at different points in time.

Current record for most days as most-viewed channel

Former record for most days as most-viewed channel

Channel name  | Network / owner  | Date achieved  | Days held  | Views  | Reference  | Country

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T-Series | T-Series | February 16, 2017  | 3034 | 14.8 billion  | [14] |  India
PewDiePie | Felix Kjellberg | December 29, 2014  | 780 | 7.7 billion  | [18][19][20] |  Sweden
EMI Music | EMI Music Publishing | June 15, 2014  | 197  | 6.2 billion  | [21] |  United Kingdom
RihannaVEVO | Rihanna | March 22, 2014  | 85  | 4.4 billion  | [22] |  Barbados
Machinima | Machinima, Inc. | July 29, 2013  | 236  | 2.0 billion  | [23][24] |  United States
VEVO | Vevo | March 23, 2013  | 128  | 1.7 billion  | [25] |  United States
Universal Music Group | Universal Music Group | October 1, 2011  | 539 | 532 million  | [26] |  United States

Timeline of most-viewed YouTube channels (October 2011 – May 2025)

## See also

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## References

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