List of most-viewed YouTube channels
The list of most-viewed YouTube channels is topped by T-Series, an Indian record label known for Hindi film music. T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel on February 16, 2017, and has over 316 billion total views as of 2025.
50 most-viewed channels
The following table lists the 50 most-viewed YouTube channels as well as the primary language and content category of each channel. The channels are ordered by number of views. The top 50 most-viewed channels have all surpassed 42 billion total views.| Rank | Channel name | Network | Views | Content category | Country | Primary language | |||||||||||||
| 1. | T-Series | T-Series | 316.4 | Music |  IndiaHistorical progressionThe first YouTube channel to exceed 10billion total views was PewDiePie in September 2015. Since then, about 430channels have exceeded 10billion total views as of May 2024.T-Series became the most-viewed YouTube channel of 2016, and exceeded 14billion total views by January 2017. It eventually surpassed PewDiePie to become the most-viewed YouTube channel of all time by February 16, 2017, and currently maintains the lead with over 308 billion total views. T-Series has also had the most monthly views since 2016 until May 2025, and received more than 2.8billion views per month as of May 2019. The following table lists the channels that became YouTube's most-viewed channel at different points in time.
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