From T Series to WWE: 10 world’s most subscribed YouTube channels in 2024

Both individual creators and media conglomerates have contributed to YouTube’s success. YouTube pays a part of the ad revenue to content creators. This has become a bankable income stream that thousands of people, over the last few years, have become full-time YouTubers.

Looking at the ten most subscribed YouTube channels tells us people come to the platform to watch a variety of content ranging from Bollywood songs to children’s lullabies. In fact, YouTube even has a separate app for children called YouTube Kids, which only has videos for children.

Here are the top ten most subscribed YouTube channels across the world, as of May 2024:

T-Series
265 Million

India’s largest music label T-Series is currently the most subscribed YouTube channel in the world with over 265 million active subscribers. The channel has trailers, movie songs, albums, jukeboxes, and more.

MrBeast
260 Million

MrBeast is currently competing against T-Series for the title of the most subscribed YouTube channel on the planet. The channel belongs to James Stephen, commonly known as Jimmy, and the channel is known for challenge videos with huge giveaways. Winners, in most of the videos, go home with at least $100,000.

Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes
175 Million

The third-biggest channel has over 175 million subscribers. As the name suggests, this channel hosts nursery rhymes, with almost all the videos on the channel having over 1 million views.

Sony Entertainment Television India
172 Million

Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India, with 172 million subscribers, hosts television serials uploaded after broadcast. The majority of the content available on SET India is in Hindi. It also hosts content from some of the most popular Indian reality shows such as The Kapil Sharma Show, Shark Tank India, Kaun Banega Crorepati and Indian Idol. Series such as Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, Adaalat, CID, and Crime Patrol are also very popular.

Kids Diana Show
122 Million

Kids content dominates YouTube. The channel has plenty of videos starring Diana and Roma, two kids who engage in fun and adventure activities that children enjoy watching.

Vlad and Niki
118 Million

This is another YouTube channel that’s built around children’s content. Vlad and Niki are termed as a global preschool phenomenon. Some of the most popular videos on this channel have received as many as 400 million views.

Like Nastya
115 Million

The seventh position also belongs to a channel that offers children-related content. The channel includes videos from and around Nastya and her parents. This channel was founded in 2019, and it is already one of the top-performing YouTube channels, both in terms of subscribers and views.

PewDiePie
111 Million

PewDiePie was once the most subscribed YouTube channel but was surpassed by T Series. It currently sits at the eighth position with over 111 million subscribers. Hosted by Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, the channel is known for comic videos and video game streaming.

Zee Music Company
107 Million

Another Indian music label’s YouTube channel, which offers movie songs and private albums, in both audio and video format, is among the top ten most subscribed. The channel currently has over 107 million subscribers, and one can find upcoming movie trailers, teasers, and more on the Zee Music Company’s YouTube channel.

WWE
101 Million

WWE recently surpassed 100 million subscribers and is currently the 10th biggest YouTube channel that offers engaging videos from the world of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from all formats such as Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.