YouTube channel rankings

MrBeast has 521,000,000 subscribers, the most of any YouTube channel in the world as of October 15, 2026. T-Series (316,000,000) and Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes (203,000,000) are next.

The most subscribed YouTube channels worldwide (top 50, 100 and 500) and the top 100 in each of 196 countries and 15 categories. The categories are Autos & Vehicles, Education, Entertainment, Food, Gaming, Lifestyle, Music, News & Politics, Pets & Animals, Sports, Technology, Travel, Business, Health and Religion.

Channels are ordered by the subscriber count YouTube reports publicly, as recorded by vidIQ. Country lists group channels by the country they set on YouTube; category lists by the content category vidIQ records for them.

Every 12 hours. Each ranking states the date vidIQ recorded its subscriber counts.