Popular channels
This list ranks YouTube channels in South Africa by current subscriber count, as recorded by vidIQ. Ryan HD leads with 11.6M subscribers, followed by Superherointraining (8.72M) and Noel Deyzel (7.77M). Updated October 16, 2026 and refreshed every 12 hours.
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Ryan HD has 11,600,000 subscribers, the most of any YouTube channel in South Africa as of October 16, 2026. Superherointraining (8,720,000) and Noel Deyzel (7,770,000) are next.
As of October 16, 2026: 1. Ryan HD (11,600,000), 2. Superherointraining (8,720,000), 3. Noel Deyzel (7,770,000), 4. Wian (7,400,000), 5. Latest Sightings (6,530,000), 6. Tyla (6,130,000), 7. SuperSport (5,640,000), 8. DEFHIRA TV (5,470,000), 9. Princess Sachiko (4,300,000), 10. ICONIC COINS (4,220,000).
Sasha Domnikov, ranked #100, has 719,000 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. The list covers channels whose country on YouTube is South Africa. 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, or when its country on YouTube is not South Africa.
