List of most-viewed YouTube channels

The most-viewed channel on the video platform YouTube is T-Series, an Indian record label known for Bollywood music.[1][2][3][4][5] T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel on February 16, 2017 and has over 142 billion views as of February 2021. The top 50 most viewed channels have all surpassed 17 billion views. 37 channels have surpassed 20 billion views, 16 of these have surpassed 30 billion views, and 12 have surpassed 40 billion views.[1][6]

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Indian record label T-Series is the most viewed YouTube channel with 142 billion views.

Top channels
Rank Channel name Network Views[1]
(billions)		 Content
category[1]		 Country Primary language(s)
1. T-Series[7] T-Series 142 Music  IND Hindi
2. Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes[8] Moonbug Entertainment 91 Education  USA English
3. SET India[9] Sony Pictures Networks India 76 Entertainment  IND Hindi
4. Zee TV[10] Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited 58
5. WWE[11] WWE 54 Sports  USA English
6. Like Nastya[12] Yoola 50 Entertainment  RUS Russian and English
7. Kids Diana Show[13] AIR[14]  UKR English
8. Movieclips[15] Movieclips 47 Film  USA
9. SAB TV[16] Sony Pictures Networks India 45 Entertainment  IND Hindi
10. Ryan's World[17] N/A 44  USA English
11. netd müzik[18] netd.com Music  TUR Turkish
12. ABS-CBN Entertainment[19] ABS-CBN 40 Entertainment  PHL Filipino
13. El Reino Infantil [20] N/A 35 Music  ARG Spanish
14. Vlad and Niki[21] Entertainment  USA English
15. Canal KondZilla[22] ONErpm 32 Music  BRA Portuguese
16. Zee Music Company[23] Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited 30  IND Hindi
17. Little Baby Bum[24] N/A 29 Education  GBR English
18. WorkpointOfficial[25] Workpoint Entertainment 27 Entertainment  THA Thai
19. Wave Music[26] HT Mobile Music  IND Bhojpuri
20. ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs[27] ChuChu TV 26 Education English and Hindi
21. PewDiePie[28] N/A Games  SWE English
22. Маша и Медведь[29] LetsonCorp 25 Film  RUS Russian
23. Get Movies[30] 24 Entertainment
24. Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs[31] N/A Education  CAN English
25. Colors TV[32] Viacom 18 23 Entertainment  IND Hindi
26. Ed Sheeran[33] N/A 22 Music  GBR English
27. JustinBieberVEVO[34] Vevo 21  CAN
28. Toys and Colors [35] N/A Entertainment  USA
29. TheEllenShow[36] WarnerMedia
30. Shemaroo Filmi Gaane[37] Shemaroo Music[38] Music  IND Hindi
31. one31[39] GMM Grammy 20 News  THA Thai
32. KatyPerryVEVO[40] Vevo Music  USA English
33. TaylorSwiftVEVO[41]
34. GMA Network[42] N/A Entertainment  PHL Filipino
35. YRF[43] YRF[44] Music  IND Hindi[45]
36. toyoraljanahtv[46] N/A  JOR Arabic
37. Pinkfong![47] SmartStudy Education  USA English
38. shakiraVEVO[48] Vevo Music  COL English and Spanish
39. Ch3Thailand[49] tv3th 19 Entertainment  THA Thai
40. GMM GRAMMY OFFICIAL[50] GMM Grammy Music
41. 5-Minute Crafts[51] Channel Frederator Howto  CYP English
42. SMTOWN[52] SM Entertainment Music  ROK Korean
43. LooLoo Kids - Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs[53] N/A Music  USA English
44. 1theK (원더케이)[54] Kakao M 18 Entertainment  ROK Korean
45. Speed Records[55] N/A Music  IND Punjabi
46. FGTeeV[56] Games  USA English
47. Galinha Pintadinha[57] N/A Film  BRA Portuguese
48. DanTDM[58] StyleHaul 17 Games  GBR English
49. Spinnin' Records[59] Spinnin' Records Music  NED
50. BuzzFeedVideo[60] BuzzFeed People  USA
As of February 4, 2021 UTC

Historical progression of most-viewed channels

The first-created and first-viewed YouTube channel was "Jawed" created on April 23, 2005 by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim.[61][62] The first YouTube channel to exceed 10 billion views was PewDiePie in September 2015. Since then, 118 channels have exceeded 10 billion views as of May 2020.[63]

T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel of 2016,[64][65][66] and exceeded 14 billion views by January 2017.[67] It eventually surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-viewed YouTube channel of all time by February 16, 2017,[68] and currently maintains the lead with over 142 billion views. T-Series has also had the most monthly views since 2016,[69][70] and currently receives over 2.8 billion views per month as of May 2019.[71]

Music is the most-viewed program genre on YouTube, across the globe.[64] By 2016, the most-viewed YouTube channels were record labels (e.g. T-Series), YouTubers (e.g. PewDiePie), music stars (e.g. Justin Bieber), and nursery videos (e.g. Little Baby Bum).[72][73]

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
T-Series[7] T-Series February 16, 2017 1449 130 billion [68]  IND
PewDiePie[28] Felix Kjellberg December 29, 2014 780 7.7 billion [75][76][77]  SWE
EMI Music[78] EMI Music June 15, 2014 197 6.2 billion [79]  GBR
RihannaVEVO[80] Rihanna March 22, 2014 85 4.4 billion [81]  BRB
Machinima[82] Machinima July 29, 2013 236 2.0 billion [83][84]  USA
VEVO[85] Vevo March 23, 2013 128 1.7 billion [86]
Universal Music Group[87] Universal Music Group October 1, 2011 539 532 million [88]
Jawed[89] Jawed Karim April 23, 2005 1 [61][62]
As of February 4, 2021 UTC

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