Former record
Current record
Channel | Date achieved | Days held | Refs. | ||
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smosh | May 2006[A] | — | [1][2] | ||
judsonlaipply | Jun 2006[B] | [3][1] | |||
Brookers | —[C] | [4][5] | |||
geriatric1927 | Aug 2006[D] | [6][7][8] | |||
lonelygirl15 | Sep 2006[E] | [9][10][11] | |||
smosh | Apr 26, 2007 | 517 | [12][1][13] | ||
nigahiga | Sep 2008 | 12 | [14] | ||
Fred | Oct 6, 2008 | 318 | |||
nigahiga | Aug 20, 2009 | 677 | [15][16] | ||
RayWilliamJohnson | Jun 28, 2011 | 564 | [17][18] | ||
smosh | Jan 12, 2013 | 215 | [19][20] | ||
PewDiePie | Aug 15, 2013 | 80 | [21][22] | ||
YouTube Spotlight | Nov 2, 2013 | 36 | [23] | ||
PewDiePie | Dec 8, 2013 | 4 | [24] | ||
YouTube Spotlight | Dec 12, 2013 | 10 | [25][26] | ||
PewDiePie[F] | Dec 23, 2013 | 3892 | [31][32][33] | ||
As of December 22, 2013[update] |
Notes
edit- ^ Occurred no earlier than May 1 and no later than May 17
- ^ Occurred no earlier than June 1 and no later than June 12
- ^ Occurred no earlier than June 23 and no later than July 3
- ^ Occurred no earlier than August 11 and no later than August 13
- ^ Occurred no earlier than September 14 and no later than September 17
- ^ PewDiePie was surpassed in subscriber count by T-Series on three occasions in February and March 2019, each lasting fewer than ten minutes.[27][28][29] The first of these was the result of an audit that automatically subtracted thousands of subscribers from PewDiePie's overall total.[30]
- ^ a b c Rolli, Bryan. "15 Things You Didn't Know About Smosh, One of YouTube's Biggest Channels". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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- ^ "Most Subscribed Channels (All Time) – Archived via the Wayback Machine on June 12, 2006, 22:56:41 (UTC)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 June 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Most Subscribed Channels (All Time) – Archived via the Wayback Machine on June 23, 2006, 02:13:23 (UTC)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2006-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ "Most Subscribed Channels – Archived via the Wayback Machine on July 3, 2006, 19:57:18 (UTC)". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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value (help) - ^ Thompson, Jim. "The Meteoric Rise of Geriatric1927". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "British Pensioner Becomes YouTube Star". CNET. Reuters. Archived from the original on 2006-08-14. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ^ "geriatric1927 – About". YouTube. Peter Oakley. Archived from the original on 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ^ Cresci, Elena. "Lonelygirl15: How One Mysterious Vlogger Changed the Internet". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
As Lonelygirl15 became the most-subscribed channel on YouTube, beating Peter Oakley AKA geriatric1927, speculation grew.
- ^ Adler, Shawn. "Internet Phenom Lonelygirl15 Reveals Secrets, Says Bree Is Someone 'Everybody Can Relate To'". MTV News. Viacom International. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ Jr, Tom Zeller (2006-09-17). "Lonelygirl15: Prank, Art or Both". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ Heffernan, Virginia. "A Big Deal: The Run-Off on YouTube!!". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "Channels: Most Subscribed (All Time) – Archived via the Wayback Machine on May 18, 2007, 03:16:04 (UTC)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
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- ^ William Hyde (2009-08-21), YouTube Winners & Losers! NigaHiga and Fred, retrieved 2016-09-11
- ^ Humphrey, Michael. "Ray William Johnson: =3 Adds Up To Most-Subscribed On YouTube". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "Ray William Johnson Surpasses Nigahiga To Become The Most Subscribed YouTuber Of All Time". socialtimes.comdeadurl=no. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ joshuajcohen (2013-01-12). "Smosh Passes Ray William Johnson as #1 Most Subscribed YouTube Channel". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ "SMOSH Becomes The #1 Most-Subscribed YouTube Channel - New Media Rockstars". 2013-01-12. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ Oppenheim, Maya. "PewDiePie Decides Against Deleting YouTube Channel". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
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- ^ joshuajcohen (2013-11-04). "YouTube Is Now The Most Subscribed Channel On YouTube". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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- ^ "YouTube Spotlight - YouTube". YouTube. 2013-12-22. Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ Trenholm, Richard; Ryan, Jackson. "PewDiePie Dethroned by T-Series as YouTube's Most Subscribed Channel". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "T-Series Overtakes PewDiePie to Become No. 1 YouTube Channel, but Just for About 5 Minutes". Zee News. Essel Group. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "PewDiePie Vs T-Series: YouTuber Dethroned, but Only for Five Minutes". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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- ^ Ryan, Jackson. "PewDiePie Cracks 86 Million YouTube Subscribers in Ongoing T-Series Battle". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ "YouTube Statistics for YouTube – Archived via the Wayback Machine on December 29, 2013, 21:23:07 (UTC)". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 2013-12-29. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ "YouTube Statistics for PewDiePie – Archived via the Wayback Machine on December 27, 2013, 01:33:33 (UTC)". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2019-03-05.