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Indian record label T-Series is the most-viewed YouTube channel, with over 303 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 303 billion total views as of July 2025.

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?]. The channels are ordered by number of views. The top 50 most-viewed channels have all surpassed 40 billion total views.[1][6]

Rank Channel name Network Views[1]
(billions) 		Content
category[1] 		Country Primary language(s)
1. T-Series T-Series 303 Music India Hindi
2. Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes Moonbug Entertainment 204 Education United States English
3. SET India Culver Max Entertainment 179 Entertainment India Hindi
4. Sony SAB Culver Max Entertainment 131 Entertainment India Hindi
5. Kids Diana Show AIR[7] 117 Entertainment Ukraine English
6. Like Nastya Yoola 114 Entertainment Russia Russian and English
7. Vlad and Niki — 109 Entertainment United States English
8. Zee TV Zee Entertainment Enterprises 105 Entertainment India Hindi
9. Toys and Colors — 99.4 Entertainment United States English
10. WWE WWE 96.1 Entertainment United States English
11. 김프로KIMPRO — 91.8 People South Korea Korean
12. MrBeast — 89.6 Entertainment United States English
13. Colors TV Viacom18 80.6 Entertainment India Hindi
14. Zee Music Company Zee Entertainment Enterprises 79.3 Music India Hindi
15. HAR PAL GEO Geo Entertainment 72.8 Entertainment Pakistan Urdu
16. KL BRO Biju Rithvik KLBro Biju 72.7 Vlogging India Malayalam
17. Anaya Kandhal __ 70.3 Entertainment India Hindi
18. El Reino Infantil Leader Music 68 Music Argentina Spanish
19. Movieclips Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips 66.2 Film United States English
20. ARY Digital HD ARY Digital Network 65.9 Entertainment Pakistan Urdu
21. StarPlus Disney Star 63.2 Entertainment India Hindi
22. Ryan's World PocketWatch 61.2 Entertainment United States English
23. ABS-CBN Entertainment ABS-CBN 57.7 Entertainment Philippines Filipino
24. Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs — 57 Education Canada English
25. ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs ChuChu TV 55.6 Education India Hindi and English
26. Sierra & Rhia FAM — 55.2 Entertainment Canada English
27. Alan's Universe — 54.4 Comedy United States English
28. netd müzik netd.com 51.6 Music Turkey Turkish
29. Alfredo Larin __ 51.6 Entertainment El Salvador Spanish
30. Pinkfong Baby Shark - Kids' Songs & Stories The Pinkfong Company 50.7 Education South Korea English
31. ISSEI / いっせい — 50.5 Entertainment Japan Japanese
32. YRF Yash Raj Films[8] 49 Music India Hindi[9]
33. Tips Official Tips Industries 48.4 Entertainment India Hindi
34. Маша и Медведь LetsonCorp 47.3 Entertainment Russia Russian
35. D Billions — 47.1 Entertainment Kyrgyzstan English
36. LeoNata Family — 46 People United States English
37. Wave Music — 45.7 Music India Bhojpuri
38. HUM TV Hum Network 45.7 Entertainment Pakistan Urdu
39. The geeta gurjar — 45.5 People India Hindi
40. Tsuriki Show — 45.4 Comedy Germany English
41. Infobells - Hindi Infobelle Interactive Solution 43.2 Education India Hindi
42. MaviGadget — 42.6 Technology United States English
43. Little Baby Bum - Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs — 42.3 Education United Kingdom English
44. Zack D. Films — 42 Entertainment United States English
45. WorkpointOfficial Workpoint Entertainment 41.5 Entertainment Thailand Thai
46. Bad Bunny — 41.4 Music Puerto Rico Spanish
47. T-Series Bhakti Sagar T-Series 40.8 Music India Hindi
48. dednahype — 40.6 People Latvia English
49. HYBE LABELS Hybe Corporation 40.2 Music South Korea Korean
50. Aaj Tak Living Media India 40.2 News 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 303 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 3067 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 – May 2025)

See also

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References

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