Who Has the Most Subscribers on YouTube?
Published: January 31, 2022
YouTube is a video-streaming platform with billions of active users worldwide. From a small streaming service in 2005 to the most influential brand today, YouTube has had a long history of trendsetting and reshaping online communities.
In this article, we‘ll focus on subscribers as the key feature of YouTube.
Who Has the Most Subscribers on YouTube?
Subscribers are essential for every successful YouTuber, as they‘re their followers and main audience. As of 2021, the most subscribed channel on YouTube is T-Series, a music company from India, with about 204 million subscribers as of 2022.
YouTube Facts for 2021
YouTube has grown astronomically since its humble beginnings in the early 2000s. Let‘s look at some facts and stats that show what makes this platform so impressive today.
YouTube’s revenue in Q3 2021 was estimated to be $7.2 billion.
(Source: Business of Apps)
YouTube‘s net worth has been growing steadily through the years. In 2019, it was estimated to be $15.1 billion, and only a year later, in 2020, the platform reached a new revenue record, generating over $19.7 billion in total.
Ryan’s World was the highest-earning channel in 2020.
(Source: Business of Apps)
This channel was thriving in that period, having generated about $29 million in revenue.
Other big names on the list include MrBeast with $24 million, Markiplier and his gaming channel with $19.5 million, and Jeffree Star, an influencer and make-up and business mogul with $15 million.
PewDiePie’s channel had over 111 million subscribers in 2021.
(Source: Social Blade)
After the infamous race with T-Series throughout 2018, PewDiePie didn‘t come out as a winner. Regardless, according to statistics, he’s still one of the most-subscribed channels on YouTube.
With a nearly-impeccable social blade grade, he ranks 6th in terms of the number of subscribers as of December 2021.
MrBeast’s channel had over 86.8 million subscribers in 2021.
(Source: Social Blade)
MrBeast is undoubtedly a formidable force on the platform. In December 2021, his channel ranked 10th on the subscriber rank and 4th on the entertainment rank, giving him an overall Social Blade grade of A.
“Pewdiepie“ ranked first on the list of top YouTube searches in the US in 2021.
(Source: Infidigit)
Other popular topics on this list included “ASMR,“ “music,“ “Markiplier,“ etc. Lists like these are an excellent way to look back and notice the most prominent YouTube trends and community-favorite types of content in the given year.
Fred was the first channel to hit one million subscribers in 2009.
(Source: Variety/ ScreenRant)
This then-15-year-old‘s six-year-old online persona was an internet sensation back in the day, which was a big deal, considering how new YouTube still was. However, Lucas, the channel owner, has later abandoned his Fred online presence and started his own channel.
“Baby Shark Dance” was the most viewed video on YouTube in 2021.
(Source: Brandwatch)
Annoying to some and catchy to others, “Baby Shark Dance“ holds an impressive YouTube view count of over 9 billion. It even surpassed the platform‘s giants like “Despacito,“ “Shape of You,“ and “Gangnam Style.“
Conclusion
YouTube‘s ecosystem consists of tens of millions of channels. As trends change and new faces debut on the platform, it wouldn‘t be a surprise to see new names start slowly climbing up the list of the most-subscribed YouTube channels and hit a home run.
