This list ranks YouTube channels in Japan by current subscriber count, as recorded by vidIQ. PewDiePie leads with 109M subscribers, followed by ISSEI / いっせい (75.7M) and Pokémon Kids TV (45.5M). Updated October 19, 2026 and refreshed daily.
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PewDiePie has 109,000,000 subscribers, the most of any YouTube channel in Japan as of October 19, 2026. ISSEI / いっせい (75,700,000) and Pokémon Kids TV (45,500,000) are next.
As of October 19, 2026: 1. PewDiePie (109,000,000), 2. ISSEI / いっせい (75,700,000), 3. Pokémon Kids TV (45,500,000), 4. BRUNO (44,900,000), 5. Junya.じゅんや (38,900,000), 6. Sagawa /さがわ (38,700,000), 7. Bayashi TV (37,400,000), 8. Saito (37,200,000), 9. HAYATAKU はやたく (23,300,000), 10. AKIRA♂ (19,600,000).
卓キチちゃんねる, ranked #100, has 4,040,000 subscribers as of October 19, 2026, so a channel needs about that many to appear in this top 100.
Channels are ordered by the subscriber count YouTube reports publicly, as recorded by vidIQ. The list covers channels whose country on YouTube is Japan. YouTube rounds public subscriber counts, so the figures shown are YouTube's rounded numbers.
Once a day. The subscriber counts on this page are the ones vidIQ recorded on October 19, 2026.
vidIQ ranks the channels in its index by the subscriber count YouTube shows publicly. A channel is left out when it hides its subscriber count or when vidIQ does not track it yet, or when its country on YouTube is not Japan.