Indian record label T-Series is the most viewed YouTube channel with 160 billion total views.
The list of most-viewed YouTube channels is topped by T-Series, an Indian record label known for Bollywood music.[1][2][3][4][5] T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel as of February 16, 2017[update] and has more than 161 billion total views as of July 2021[update]. The top 50 most viewed channels have all surpassed 18 billion total views. 42 channels have surpassed 20 billion total views, 18 of these have surpassed 30 billion total views, and 13 have surpassed 40 billion total views.[1][6]
The first-created and first-viewed YouTube channel was "Jawed" created on April 23, 2005 by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim.[11] The first YouTube channel to exceed 10billion total views was PewDiePie in September 2015. Since then, 118channels have exceeded 10billion total views as of May 2020.[12]
T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel of 2016,[13][14][15] and exceeded 14billion total views by January 2017.[16] It eventually surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-viewed YouTube channel of all time by February 16, 2017,[17] and currently maintains the lead with over 160 billion total views. T-Series has also had the most monthly views since 2016,[18][19] and received more than 2.8billion views per month as of May 2019.[20]
