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File:T-series-logo.svg 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.{{cite news |title=The 30 YouTube Channels That Have Surpassed 10 Billion Lifetime Views |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/01/17/30-youtube-channels-10-billion-views/ |work=Tubefilter |date=January 17, 2018}}{{cite news |title=The WWE Is At The Top Of Its Game In The U.S., Next Stop: The World |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40555389/the-wwe-is-at-the-top-of-its-game-in-the-u-s-next-stop-the-world |work=Fast Company |date=April 6, 2018}}{{cite news |title=From pranksters to pop stars, these are the 10 biggest YouTube channels |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/biggest-youtube-channels/2/ |work=Digital Trends |date=March 9, 2018 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218122745/https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/biggest-youtube-channels/2/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=PewDiePie is about to be dethroned as YouTube's biggest channel |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/30/17799440/pewdiepie-tseries-youtube-top-creator-subscribers-bollywood-india |work=Polygon |date=August 30, 2018}} T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel on February 16, 2017, and has over 295 billion total views {{as of|2025|May|df=US|lc=y}}.

50 most-viewed channels

The following table lists the 50 most-viewed YouTube channels as well as the primary language and content category of each channel{{as of when|date=April 2025}}. The channels are ordered by number of views. The top 50 most-viewed channels have all surpassed 39 billion total views.{{cite web |title=Top 50 YouTubers sorted by Most Viewed - Socialblade YouTube Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/top/50/mostviewed|website=Social Blade }}{{cite web |title=Top YouTube Channels: Most YouTube Video Views |url=https://www.statsheep.com/p/Top-Video-Views |website=StatSheep |access-date=September 2, 2018}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! Rank

! Channel name

! Network

! Views
(billions)

! Content
category

! Country

! Primary language(s)

style="text-align:center" | 1.

| T-Series

| T-Series

| style="text-align:center" | 295

| Music

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 2.

| Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes

| Moonbug Entertainment

| style="text-align:center" | 201

| Education

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 3.

| SET India

| Culver Max Entertainment

| style="text-align:center" | 176

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 4.

| Sony SAB

| Culver Max Entertainment

| style="text-align:center" | 128

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 5.

| Kids Diana Show

| AIR{{cite web |title= ✿ Kids Diana Show – User Summary |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCk8GzjMOrta8yxDcKfylJYw |website=Social Blade |access-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223103540/https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCk8GzjMOrta8yxDcKfylJYw |archive-date=23 February 2017}}

| style="text-align:center" | 114

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Ukraine}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 6.

| Like Nastya

| Yoola

| style="text-align:center" | 112

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Russia}}

| Russian and English

style="text-align:center" | 7.

| Vlad and Niki

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 106

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 8.

| Zee TV

| Zee Entertainment Enterprises

| style="text-align:center" | 102

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 9.

| WWE

| WWE

| style="text-align:center" | 94

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 10.

| Toys and Colors

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 93

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 11.

| MrBeast

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 81.2

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 12.

| Colors TV

| Viacom18

| style="text-align:center" | 79.7

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 13.

| Zee Music Company

| Zee Entertainment Enterprises

| style="text-align:center" | 77.2

| Music

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 14.

| 김프로KIMPRO

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 71.4

| People

| {{Flag|South Korea}}

| Korean

style="text-align:center" | 15.

| HAR PAL GEO

| Geo Entertainment

| style="text-align:center" | 70.7

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Pakistan}}

| Urdu

style="text-align:center" | 16.

| El Reino Infantil

| Leader Music

| style="text-align:center" | 66.7

| Music

| {{Flag|Argentina}}

| Spanish

style="text-align:center" | 17.

| KL BRO Biju Rithvik

| KLBro Biju

| style="text-align:center" | 66.4

| Vlogging

| {{Flag|India}}

| Malayalam

style="text-align:center" | 18.

| Movieclips

| Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips

| style="text-align:center" | 65.6

| Film

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 19.

| ARY Digital HD

| ARY Digital Network

| style="text-align:center" | 63.9

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Pakistan}}

| Urdu

style="text-align:center" | 20.

| StarPlus

| Disney Star

| style="text-align:center" | 63.2

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 21.

| Anaya Kandhal

| __

| style="text-align:center" | 60.5

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 22.

| Ryan's World

| PocketWatch

| style="text-align:center" | 60.4

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 23.

| ABS-CBN Entertainment

| ABS-CBN

| style="text-align:center" | 57.1

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Philippines}}

| Filipino

style="text-align:center" | 24.

| Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 56.1

| Education

| {{Flag|Canada}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 25.

| ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

| ChuChu TV

| style="text-align:center" | 54.7

| Education

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi and English

style="text-align:center" | 26.

| netd müzik

| netd.com

| style="text-align:center" | 54.6

| Music

| {{Flag|Turkey}}

| Turkish

style="text-align:center" | 27.

| Alan Chikin Chow

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 50.7

| Comedy

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 28.

| Vijay Television

| Star Vijay

| style="text-align:center" | 50.4

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|India}}

| Tamil

style="text-align:center" | 29.

| Pinkfong Baby Shark - Kids' Songs & Stories

| The Pinkfong Company

| style="text-align:center" | 49.7

| Education

| {{Flag|South Korea}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 30.

| Alfredo Larin

| __

| style="text-align:center" | 47.7

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|El Salvador}}

| Spanish

style="text-align:center" | 31.

| data-sort-value="Y R F" |YRF

| Yash Raj Films{{cite web |title= YRF – User Summary |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/yrf |website=Social Blade |access-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223103529/https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/yrf |archive-date=23 February 2017}}

| style="text-align:center" | 47.5

| Music

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi{{cite web |title=Exclusive: Yash Raj Films Postpones Its 50th Year Celebrations |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/exclusive-yash-raj-films-postpones-its-50th-year-celebrations-39811.html |website=Filmfare |publisher=Worldwide Media |access-date=19 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329120343/http://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/exclusive-yash-raj-films-postpones-its-50th-year-celebrations-39811.html |archive-date=29 March 2020 |url-status=dead }}

style="text-align:center" | 32.

| Tips Official

| Tips Industries

| style="text-align:center" | 46.5

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 33.

| Маша и Медведь

| LetsonCorp

| style="text-align:center" | 45.8

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Russia}}

| Russian

style="text-align:center" | 34.

| D Billions

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 45.4

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 35.

| Wave Music

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 45.2

| Music

| {{Flag|India}}

| Bhojpuri

style="text-align:center" | 36.

| ISSEI / いっせい

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 44.9

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Japan}}

| Japanese

style="text-align:center" | 37.

| Sierra & Rhia FAM

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 44.8

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Canada}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 38.

| HUM TV

| Hum Network

| style="text-align:center" | 44.4

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Pakistan}}

| Urdu

style="text-align:center" | 39.

| LeoNata Family

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 44.3

| People

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 40.

| Tsuriki Show

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 44.1

| Comedy

| {{Flag|Germany}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 41.

| Infobells - Hindi

| Infobelle Interactive Solution

| style="text-align:center" | 42.2

| Education

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 42.

| Little Baby Bum - Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 41.9

| Education

| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 43.

| WorkpointOfficial

| Workpoint Entertainment

| style="text-align:center" | 41

| Entertainment

| {{Flag|Thailand}}

| Thai

style="text-align:center" | 44.

| Bad Bunny

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 40.1

| Music

| {{Flag|Puerto Rico}}

| Spanish

style="text-align:center" | 45.

| The geeta gurjar

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 39.8

| People

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 46.

| T-Series Bhakti Sagar

| T-Series

| style="text-align:center" | 39.6

| Music

| {{Flag|India}}

| Hindi

style="text-align:center" | 47.

| Canal KondZilla

| ONErpm

| style="text-align:center" | 39.3

| Music

| {{Flag|Brazil}}

| Portuguese

style="text-align:center" | 48.

| LankyBox

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 39.1

| Games

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

style="text-align:center" | 49.

| HYBE LABELS

| Hybe Corporation

| style="text-align:center" | 39.1

| Music

| {{Flag|South Korea}}

| Korean

style="text-align:center" | 50.

| Taylor Swift

| {{N/A|align=left}}

| style="text-align:center" | 39

| Music

| {{Flag|United States}}

| English

Historical progression

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

T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel of 2016,{{cite book |last=Ha |first=Louisa |title=The Audience and Business of YouTube and Online Videos |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781498576499 |page=154 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UoNaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA154}}{{cite news |title=Former Presidents and stars come together to bid epic farewell to Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/former-presidents-and-stars-come-together-to-bid-epic-farewell-to-queen-of-soul-aretha-franklin/articleshow/65631083.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=September 1, 2018}}{{cite web |title=Bollywood Supports T-Series Music {{!}} The World Most Viewed Channel On YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkFqXIPYNYY |website=YouTube |publisher=T-Series |access-date=September 1, 2018 |date=February 3, 2017}} and exceeded 14{{nbsp}}billion total views by January 2017.{{cite news |last1=Laghate |first1=Gaurav |last2=Sachitanand |first2=Rahul |title=How Bhushan Kumar has transformed T-Series into an entertainment behemoth |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/how-bhushan-kumar-has-transformed-t-series-into-an-entertainment-behemoth/articleshow/57048309.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=February 9, 2017}} It eventually surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-viewed YouTube channel of all time by February 16, 2017,{{cite web |title=Top 100 YouTubers sorted by Most Viewed |url=http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostviewed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216095230/http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostviewed |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |website=Social Blade |access-date=February 16, 2017}} 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,{{cite news |title=Top 100 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • December 2016 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2017/01/19/top-100-most-viewed-youtube-channels-worldwide-december-2016/ |work=Tubefilter |date=January 19, 2017}}{{cite web |title=YouTube: most viewed channels 2018 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/373729/most-viewed-youtube-channels/ |website=Statista |date=June 2018 |access-date=September 1, 2018}} and received more than 2.8{{nbsp}}billion views per month as of May 2019.{{cite web |title=T-Series YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/tseriesmusic |website=Social Blade |access-date=September 1, 2018}}

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

{{legend|#D0F0C0|Current record for most days as most-viewed channel}}{{legend|#D7CCF3|Former record for most days as most-viewed channel}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! Channel name

! Network / owner

! data-sort-type="usLongDate" | Date achieved

! Days held

!Views

! Reference

! Country

T-Series

| T-Series

| align=right | February 16, 2017

| style="background:#d0f0c0; text-align:center;" | {{age in days|2017|2|16}}

|14.8 billion

| align=center |

| {{Flag|India}}

PewDiePie

| Felix Kjellberg

| align=right | December 29, 2014

| style="background:#d7ccf3; text-align:center;" | {{age in days|2014|12|29|2017|2|16}}

|7.7 billion

| align=center | {{cite web |url=http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/emimusic |title=emimusic YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics (27 December 2014–5 January 2015 archive) |work=Social Blade|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105214309/http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/emimusic|archive-date=5 January 2015 |access-date=31 January 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/pewdiepie |title=PewDiePie YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics (23 December 2014–1 January 2015 archive) |work=Social Blade|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102021934/http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/pewdiepie|archive-date=2 January 2015 |access-date=31 January 2017}}{{cite web |title=Top 100 YouTubers sorted by Most Viewed |url=http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostviewed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102021835/http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostviewed |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 2, 2015 |website=Social Blade |access-date=January 2, 2015}}

|{{Flag|Sweden}}

EMI Music

| EMI Music Publishing

| align=right | June 15, 2014

| style="text-align:center;" | {{age in days|2014|6|15|2014|12|29}}

|6.2 billion

| align=center | {{cite web |title=Top 100 YouTubers sorted by Most Viewed |url=http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostviewed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615003701/http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostviewed |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2014 |website=Social Blade |access-date=December 22, 2014}}

|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

RihannaVEVO

| Rihanna

| align=right | March 22, 2014

| style="text-align:center;" | {{age in days|2014|3|22|2014|6|15}}

|4.4 billion

| align=center | {{cite web |title=Top 100 YouTubers sorted by Most Viewed |url=http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostviewed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322211019/http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostviewed |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 22, 2014 |website=Social Blade |access-date=March 22, 2014}}

| {{Flag|Barbados}}

Machinima

| Machinima, Inc.

| align=right | July 29, 2013

| style="text-align:center;" | {{age in days|2013|7|29|2014|3|22}}

|2.0 billion

| align=center | {{cite web |title=Top YouTube Channels: Most YouTube Video Views |url=http://www.statsheep.com/p/Top-Video-Views |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729212957/http://www.statsheep.com/p/Top-Video-Views |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |website=StatSheep |access-date=October 1, 2011}}{{cite web |title=Top 100 YouTubers sorted by Most Viewed |url=http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostviewed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014052027/http://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostviewed |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 14, 2013 |website=Social Blade |access-date=July 29, 2013}}

| {{Flag|United States}}

VEVO

| Vevo

| align=right | March 23, 2013

| style="text-align:center;" | {{age in days|2013|3|23|2013|7|29}}

|1.7 billion

| align=center | {{cite web |title=Top YouTube Channels: Most YouTube Video Views |url=http://www.statsheep.com/p/Top-Video-Views |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325153923/http://www.statsheep.com/p/Top-Video-Views |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2013 |website=StatSheep |access-date=March 23, 2013}}

| {{Flag|United States}}

Universal Music Group

| Universal Music Group

| align=right | October 1, 2011

| style="background:#d7ccf3; text-align:center;" | {{age in days|2011|10|1|2013|3|23}}

|532 million

| align=center | {{cite web |title=Top YouTube Channels: Most YouTube Video Views |url=http://www.statsheep.com/p/Top-Video-Views |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001024743/http://www.statsheep.com/p/Top-Video-Views |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2011 |website=StatSheep |access-date=October 1, 2011}}

| {{Flag|United States}}

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

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