Indian record label T-Series is the most-viewed YouTube channel.
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 196 billion total views as of July 2022[update]. The top 50 most-viewed channels have all surpassed 22 billion total views. 33 channels have surpassed 25 billion total views, 23 of these have surpassed 30 billion total views, and 15 have surpassed 40 billion total views, and 3 have surpassed 100 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.[12] 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.[13]
T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel of 2016,[14][15][16] and exceeded 14billion total views by January 2017.[17] It eventually surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-viewed YouTube channel of all time by February 16, 2017,[18] and currently maintains the lead with over 162 billion total views. T-Series has also had the most monthly views since 2016,[19][20] and received more than 2.8billion views per month as of May 2019.[21]
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
