The list of most-viewed YouTube channels is topped by T-Series, an Indian record label known for Hindi film music. T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel on February 16, 2017, and has over 343 billion total views .
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 June 2026. The channels are ordered by number of views. The top 50 most-viewed channels have all surpassed 49 billion total views.
Rank Channel nameLink Network Views(billions) Contentcategory Country Primary language(s) 1 T-SeriesLink T-Series 350 Music Hindi 2 Cocomelon - Nursery RhymesLink Moonbug Entertainment 222.4 Education English 3 SET IndiaLink Culver Max Entertainment 188.8 Entertainment Hindi 4 김프로KIMPROLink— 144.1 People Korean 5 Sony SABLink Culver Max Entertainment 143.7 Entertainment Hindi 6 MrBeastLink— 137.2 Entertainment English 7 Kids Diana ShowLink AIR 124.5 Entertainment English 8 Vlad and NikiLink— 121.2 Entertainment English 9 Like NastyaLink Yoola 121 Entertainment Russian and English 10 Toys and ColorsLink— 119 Entertainment English 11 Zee TVLink Zee Entertainment Enterprises 117 Entertainment Hindi 12 Anaya KandhalLink __ 105 Entertainment Hindi 13 WWELink WWE 104.5 Entertainment English 14 Sierra & Rhia FAMLink— 95 Entertainment English 15 Zee Music CompanyLink Zee Entertainment Enterprises 88.5 Music Hindi 16 KL BRO Biju RithvikLink KLBro Biju 82.7 Vlogging Malayalam 17 Colors TVLink Viacom18 81.9 Entertainment Hindi 18 HAR PAL GEOLink Geo Entertainment 81.5 Entertainment Urdu 19 ARY Digital HDLink ARY Digital Network 75.1 Entertainment Urdu 20 El Reino InfantilLink Leader Music 73.3 Music Spanish 21 MovieclipsLink Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips 69.6 Film English 22 Zack D. Films Link— 72.9 Entertainment English 23 Diary of 4Link— 68.4 People English 24 Jasmin and JamesLink— 68.3 Entertainment English 25 Cadel and MiaLink— 66 Entertainment English 26 StarPlusLink Disney Star 66 Entertainment Hindi 27 ISSEI / いっせいLink— 65.9 Entertainment Japanese 28 The geeta gurjarLink— 63.6 People Hindi 29 Ryan's WorldLink PocketWatch 63.4 Entertainment English 30 Dangal TV ChannelLink Enterr10 Television Network 62.6 Entertainment Bhojpuri 31 Super Simple Songs - Kids SongsLink— 62.1 Education English 32 Alfredo LarinLink __ 62 Entertainment Spanish 33 Alan's UniverseLink __ 61.9 Comedy English 34 ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids SongsLink ChuChu TV 59.4 Education Hindi and English 35 ABS-CBN EntertainmentLink ABS-CBN 59.1 Entertainment Filipino English 36 Vijay TelevisionLink Star Vijay 58.8 Entertainment Hindi 37 J House jr.Link— 58.4 Entertainment English 38YRFLink Yash Raj Films 58.3 Music Hindi 39 MaviGadgetLink— 57.9 Technology English 40 Tips OfficialLink Tips Industries 56.2 Entertainment Hindi 41 Pinkfong Baby Shark - Kids' Songs & StoriesLink The Pinkfong Company 55.6 Education English 42 Celine DeptLink— 54.8 Entertainment English 43 D BillionsLink— 54.3 Entertainment English 44 Маша и МедведьLink LetsonCorp 54.1 Entertainment Russian 45 El Payaso Plim PlimLink __ 53.1 Music Spanish 46 HUM TVLink Hum Network 52.5 Entertainment Urdu 47 News18 IndiaLink— 51.8 News Hindi 48 netd müzikLink netd.com 51.4 Music Turkish 49 LeoNata FamilyLink— 50.3 People English 50 Kritika ChannelLink— 49.6 People Hindi
Historical progression The first YouTube channel to exceed 10billion total views was PewDiePie in September 2015. Since then, about 430channels have exceeded 10billion total views as of May 2024.
T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel of 2016, and exceeded 14billion total views by January 2017. It eventually surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-viewed YouTube channel of all time by February 16, 2017, and currently maintains the lead with over 343 billion total views. T-Series has also had the most monthly views since 2016 until May 2025, and received more than 2.8billion views per month as of May 2019.
The following table lists the channels that became YouTube's most-viewed channel at different points in time.
Channel name Network / owner Date achieved Days heldViews Reference Country T-Series T-Series February 16, 2017 14.8 billion PewDiePie Felix Kjellberg December 29, 2014 7.7 billion EMI Music EMI Music Publishing June 15, 2014 6.2 billion RihannaVEVO Rihanna March 22, 2014 4.4 billion Machinima Machinima, Inc. July 29, 2013 2.0 billion VEVO Vevo March 23, 2013 1.7 billion Universal Music Group Universal Music Group October 1, 2011 532 million
Timeline of most-viewed YouTube channels (October 2011 – present)
See also
List of most-subscribed YouTube channels List of most-viewed YouTube videos List of most-liked YouTube videos List of most-disliked YouTube videos List of most-watched television broadcasts
References