Popular channels
This list ranks YouTube channels worldwide by current subscriber count, as recorded by vidIQ. MrBeast leads with 521M subscribers, followed by T-Series (316M) and Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes (203M). Updated October 16, 2026 and refreshed every 12 hours.
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MrBeast has 521,000,000 subscribers, the most of any YouTube channel in the world as of October 16, 2026. T-Series (316,000,000) and Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes (203,000,000) are next.
As of October 16, 2026: 1. MrBeast (521,000,000), 2. T-Series (316,000,000), 3. Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes (203,000,000), 4. SET India (190,000,000), 5. Vlad and Niki (151,000,000), 6. Stokes Twins (148,000,000), 7. ✿ Kids Diana Show (138,000,000), 8. 김프로KIMPRO (135,000,000), 9. Like Nastya (133,000,000), 10. Alejo Igoa (124,000,000).
Ben Azelart, ranked #100, has 51,600,000 subscribers as of October 16, 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. YouTube rounds public subscriber counts, so the figures shown are YouTube's rounded numbers.
Every 12 hours. The subscriber counts on this page are the ones vidIQ recorded on October 16, 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.
