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Indian record label T-Series is the most-viewed YouTube channel, with over 343 billion views.

The list of most-viewed YouTube channels is topped by T-Series, an Indian record label known for Hindi film music.[1][2][3][4][5] T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel on February 16, 2017, and has over 343 billion total views as of May 2026.

50 most-viewed channels

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The following table lists the 50 most-viewed YouTube channels as well as the primary language and content category of each channel as of May 2026. The channels are ordered by number of views. The top 50 most-viewed channels have all surpassed 49 billion total views.[1][6]

Rank Channel name Link Network Views[1]
(billions) 		Content
category[1] 		Country Primary language(s)
1 T-Series Link T-Series 343 Music India Hindi
2 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes Link Moonbug Entertainment 222.4 Education United States English
3 SET India Link Culver Max Entertainment 188.8 Entertainment India Hindi
4 김프로KIMPRO Link — 144.1 People South Korea Korean
5 Sony SAB Link Culver Max Entertainment 143.7 Entertainment India Hindi
6 MrBeast Link — 126.2 Entertainment United States English
7 Kids Diana Show Link AIR[7] 124.5 Entertainment Ukraine English
8 Vlad and Niki Link — 121.2 Entertainment Russia English
9 Like Nastya Link Yoola 121 Entertainment Russia Russian and English
10 Toys and Colors Link — 119 Entertainment United States English
11 Zee TV Link Zee Entertainment Enterprises 117 Entertainment India Hindi
12 Anaya Kandhal Link __ 105 Entertainment India Hindi
13 WWE Link WWE 104.5 Entertainment United States English
14 Sierra & Rhia FAM Link — 95 Entertainment Canada English
15 Zee Music Company Link Zee Entertainment Enterprises 88.5 Music India Hindi
16 KL BRO Biju Rithvik Link KLBro Biju 82.7 Vlogging India Malayalam
17 Colors TV Link Viacom18 81.9 Entertainment India Hindi
18 HAR PAL GEO Link Geo Entertainment 81.5 Entertainment Pakistan Urdu
19 ARY Digital HD Link ARY Digital Network 75.1 Entertainment Pakistan Urdu
20 El Reino Infantil Link Leader Music 73.3 Music Argentina Spanish
21 Movieclips Link Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips 69.6 Film United States English
22 Zack D. Films Link — 69.3 Entertainment United States English
23 Diary of 4 Link — 68.4 People Canada English
24 Jasmin and James Link — 68.3 Entertainment Australia English
25 Cadel and Mia Link — 66 Entertainment Australia English
26 StarPlus Link Disney Star 66 Entertainment India Hindi
27 ISSEI / いっせい Link — 65.9 Entertainment Japan Japanese
28 The geeta gurjar Link — 63.6 People India Hindi
29 Ryan's World Link PocketWatch 63.4 Entertainment United States English
30 Dangal TV Channel Link Enterr10 Television Network 62.6 Entertainment India Bhojpuri
31 Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs Link — 62.1 Education Canada English
32 Alfredo Larin Link __ 62 Entertainment El Salvador Spanish
33 Alan's Universe Link __ 61.9 Comedy United States English
34 ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs Link ChuChu TV 59.4 Education India Hindi and English
35 ABS-CBN Entertainment Link ABS-CBN 59.1 Entertainment Philippines Filipino English
36 Vijay Television Link Star Vijay 58.8 Entertainment India Hindi
37 J House jr. Link — 58.4 Entertainment United States English
38 YRF Link Yash Raj Films[8] 58.3 Music India Hindi[9]
39 MaviGadget Link — 57.9 Technology United States English
40 Tips Official Link Tips Industries 56.2 Entertainment India Hindi
41 Pinkfong Baby Shark - Kids' Songs & Stories Link The Pinkfong Company 55.6 Education South Korea English
42 Celine Dept Link — 54.8 Entertainment Belgium English
43 D Billions Link — 54.3 Entertainment Kyrgyzstan English
44 Маша и Медведь Link LetsonCorp 54.1 Entertainment Russia Russian
45 El Payaso Plim Plim Link __ 53.1 Music Argentina Spanish
46 HUM TV Link Hum Network 52.5 Entertainment Pakistan Urdu
47 News18 India Link — 51.8 News India Hindi
48 netd müzik Link netd.com 51.4 Music Turkey Turkish
49 LeoNata Family Link — 50.3 People United States English
50 Kritika Channel Link — 49.6 People India Hindi

Historical progression

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

T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel of 2016,[10][11][12] and exceeded 14 billion total views by January 2017.[13] It eventually surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-viewed YouTube channel of all time by February 16, 2017,[14] 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,[15][16] and received more than 2.8 billion views per month as of May 2019.[17]

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 T-Series February 16, 2017 3391 14.8 billion [14] India
PewDiePie Felix Kjellberg December 29, 2014 780 7.7 billion [18][19][20] Sweden
EMI Music EMI Music Publishing June 15, 2014 197 6.2 billion [21] United Kingdom
RihannaVEVO Rihanna March 22, 2014 85 4.4 billion [22] Barbados
Machinima Machinima, Inc. July 29, 2013 236 2.0 billion [23][24] United States
VEVO Vevo March 23, 2013 128 1.7 billion [25] United States
Universal Music Group Universal Music Group October 1, 2011 539 532 million [26] United States

Timeline of most-viewed YouTube channels (October 2011 – June 2026)

See also

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References

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