List of the most subscribed users on YouTube

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 May 5, 2016, the most subscribed user is PewDiePie, with over 42 million subscribers. The PewDiePie channel has held the peak position since December 22, 2013 (2 years, 4 months and 13 days), when it surpassed YouTube's Spotlight channel.[3][4]

Current most subscribed channels

This list depicts the 25 most subscribed channels on YouTube as of March 10, 2016. This lists omits "channels", and instead only includes "users". A "user" is defined as a channel that has released videos. "Channels" that have released zero videos, such as #Music, #Gaming, or #Sports, are not included on this list, even if they have more subscribers than the users on this list. Additionally, these subscriber counts are approximations.[5]
Previous month's table can be seen here.

  Vevo channel
Rank Channel name Owner Country Subscribers Content
1 PewDiePie Felix Kjellberg  Sweden 43 million Video games
2 HolaSoyGerman Germán Garmendia  Chile 27 million Vlogs
3 YouTube Spotlight YouTube, Inc.  United States 24 million Entertainment
4 Smosh Ian Hecox, Anthony Padilla  United States 22 million Sketch comedy
5 JustinBieberVEVO Justin Bieber  Canada 21 million Music
6 RihannaVEVO Rihanna  Barbados 20 million Music
7 OneDirectionVEVO One Direction  United Kingdom 20 million Music
8 TaylorSwiftVEVO Taylor Swift  United States 19 million Music
9 KatyPerryVEVO Katy Perry  United States 18 million Music
10 EminemVEVO Eminem  United States 18 million Music
11 elrubiusOMG Rubén Doblas Gundersen  Spain 17 million Video games
12 VanossGaming Evan Fong  Canada 17 million Video games
13 nigahiga Ryan Higa, Sean Fujiyoshi  United States 16 million Comedy
14 JennaMarbles Jenna Mourey  United States 15 million Vlogs
15 TheEllenShow The Ellen DeGeneres Show  United States 15 million Talk show
16 Yuya Mariand Castrejon  Mexico 14 million Beauty
17 Fine Brothers Entertainment Benny Fine, Rafi Fine  United States 13 million Entertainment
18 VEGETTA777 Samuel De Luque  Spain 13 million Video games
19 Spinnin' Records Spinnin' Records  Netherlands 13 million Music
20 ERB Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist  United States 13 million Music
21 Skrillex Sonny John Moore  United States 12 million Music
22 Machinima Machinima Inc.  United States 12 million Video games Network
23 JuegaGerman Germán Garmendia  Chile 12 million Video games
24 KSI Olajide "JJ" Olatunji  United Kingdom 12 million Video games
25 Markiplier Mark Fischbach  United States 12 million Video games

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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