MrBeast made the first place in the ranking of the most-subscribed YouTube channels in January 2026. With *** million subscribers, the U.S. based videographer and internet personality managed to surpass Indian music network T-Series, which held the number one place for several years, and sat at *** million subscribers as of the examined period.
How many hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute?
YouTube was launched in 2005 as a platform for sharing user-generated videos such as vlogs, tutorials, or original series. The site grew rapidly and reportedly had 100 million video views per day and well over * daily uploads only a year later. As of February 2022, more than *** hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute, up from a mere ** hours of content uploads per minute in 2010.
Highest earning YouTubers
In November 2022, MrBeast surpassed long-standing most subscribed YouTuber PewDiePie, having reached approximately *** million subscribers. Due to the high number of subscribers and even higher number of views, these out-of-the-box stars not only have millions of fans but also considerable earnings from their YouTube activities. As of April 2025, MrBeast was estimated to have earned around **Â million U.S. dollars, topping the ranking of the highest-earning YouTube creators.Ìý
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