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It’s another installment of the weeklyTubefilter Chartof theTop 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channelsand a new family-oriented YouTube channel all about toys is in the #1 spot.
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Chart Toppers
Ryan ToysReview‘ fourteen week run in the #1 spot on the U.S. chart came to an end this week as a new family-friendly channel claimed first place. Titular Ryan’s home video library of his playtime footage dropped to third place with nearly 136.3 million views, while Toy Freaks rocketed up 130% to top the charts just shy of 166.2 million views.
In between the two in the #2 spot is WWE. World Wrestling Entertainment’s YouTube destination jumped up 22% in views to slam down almost 136.3 million of them during the week. Down in fourth place is Calvin Harris. The DJ saw a 14% dip in his channel’s weekly viewership, but still clocked in almost 109.1 million views in the week.
And rounding out the Top 5 is FamilyFunPack. America’s family of seven was up 2% to close out the week with more than 105 million views.
Top Gainers
The honor of one of our Top Gainers this week goes to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
CBS’ flagship late night talk show hasn’t performed particularly well on YouTube, especially when compared to NBC’s The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon and the Eye networks’ very own Late Late Show with James Corden. But this week was better than most for the YouTube offshoot of Colbert’s relatively new broadcast television home thanks to the return of an old friend and a topic at which Colbert shines.
Colbert released a slew of political commentary videos all about the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, all of which performed relatively well online. But it was the video in which Jon Stewart made a guest appearance at Colbert’s desk that really gave The Late Late Show‘s channel a big boost in views. The video itself racked up an eight-figure view count, helping the channel as a whole to a 167% week-over-week increase in views, more than 46.5 million views on the week, and the #22 spot on the U.S. chart.
Channel Distribution
The top 50 most viewed U.S. YouTube channels this week amassed a total of 2,791,728,166 views. Here’s the distribution of a few of those channels by multi-channel network:
VEVO: 17 channels in the U.S. Top 50, with Calvin Harris the highest-ranked channel of the network at #4.
Maker Studios: 4 channels in the Top 50, with Markiplier at #24.
Studio71: 3 channels in the Top 50, with FamilyFunPack at #5.
BuzzFeed, CBS, Movieclips: 2 channels each in the Top 50, with BuzzFeed’s BuzzFeed Videos at #18, CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden at #8, and Movieclips’ Movieclips Trailers at #7.
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Tubefilter Top 50
The 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels
This Week • U.S.
July 21, 2016 - July 27, 2016
1
Toy FreaksViews This Week: 166,181,134 130%Subs This Week: 254,430 | Position Last Week: 7All-Time Views: 1,438,942,122 | All-Time Subs: 1,392,876 | SlateScore: 562
2
WWEViews This Week: 136,298,112 22%Subs This Week: 97,385 | Position Last Week: 3All-Time Views: 10,365,355,979 | All-Time Subs: 12,121,882 | SlateScore: 779
3
Ryan ToysReviewViews This Week: 127,378,171 -6%Subs This Week: 76,608 | Position Last Week: 1All-Time Views: 5,885,590,463 | All-Time Subs: 3,697,801 | SlateScore: 567
4
CalvinHarrisVEVOViews This Week: 109,062,314 -14%Subs This Week: 137,386 | Position Last Week: 2All-Time Views: 4,411,192,501 | All-Time Subs: 8,190,157 | SlateScore: 583
5
FamilyFunPackViews This Week: 105,032,611 2%Subs This Week: 69,482 | Position Last Week: 4All-Time Views: 6,147,409,476 | All-Time Subs: 3,170,658 | SlateScore: 596
6
JustinBieberVEVOViews This Week: 94,529,782 3%Subs This Week: 158,286 | Position Last Week: 5All-Time Views: 11,942,088,595 | All-Time Subs: 23,281,966 | SlateScore: 624
7
Movieclips TrailersViews This Week: 80,515,477 91%Subs This Week: 116,638 | Position Last Week: 24All-Time Views: 6,528,955,927 | All-Time Subs: 9,616,999 | SlateScore: 715
8
The Late Late Show with James CordenViews This Week: 74,558,686 259%Subs This Week: 283,253 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,495,826,191 | All-Time Subs: 6,813,157 | SlateScore: 724
9
PopularMMOsViews This Week: 73,444,385 -4%Subs This Week: 90,610 | Position Last Week: 6All-Time Views: 6,199,054,518 | All-Time Subs: 8,545,973 | SlateScore: 733
10
FifthHarmonyVEVOViews This Week: 68,356,566 -5%Subs This Week: 111,651 | Position Last Week: 8All-Time Views: 2,499,901,970 | All-Time Subs: 6,279,668 | SlateScore: 609
11
Warner Bros. PicturesViews This Week: 67,860,252 292%Subs This Week: 166,722 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,903,883,314 | All-Time Subs: 3,219,402 | SlateScore: 674
12
EnriqueIglesiasVEVOViews This Week: 67,380,780 6%Subs This Week: 87,484 | Position Last Week: 10All-Time Views: 5,944,125,607 | All-Time Subs: 8,051,752 | SlateScore: 596
13
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonViews This Week: 61,454,843 55%Subs This Week: 88,087 | Position Last Week: 29All-Time Views: 5,560,639,557 | All-Time Subs: 11,543,734 | SlateScore: 726
14
CookieSwirlCViews This Week: 60,715,983 12%Subs This Week: 51,316 | Position Last Week: 12All-Time Views: 3,323,262,618 | All-Time Subs: 2,969,570 | SlateScore: 618
15
RihannaVEVOViews This Week: 58,653,695 -2%Subs This Week: 105,090 | Position Last Week: 11All-Time Views: 9,551,004,697 | All-Time Subs: 22,277,522 | SlateScore: 618
16
FunToyzCollectorViews This Week: 53,232,760 6%Subs This Week: 54,355 | Position Last Week: 16All-Time Views: 11,308,786,464 | All-Time Subs: 7,754,961 | SlateScore: 535
17
Fueled By RamenViews This Week: 53,044,436 0%Subs This Week: 62,901 | Position Last Week: 13All-Time Views: 5,016,871,635 | All-Time Subs: 5,379,649 | SlateScore: 654
18
BuzzFeedVideoViews This Week: 51,700,651 -20%Subs This Week: 26,309 | Position Last Week: 9All-Time Views: 7,555,072,936 | All-Time Subs: 10,275,021 | SlateScore: 773
19
SiaVEVOViews This Week: 49,972,053 10%Subs This Week: 93,394 | Position Last Week: 21All-Time Views: 3,230,379,770 | All-Time Subs: 5,554,211 | SlateScore: 539
20
Toys and Funny Kids Surprise EggsViews This Week: 47,754,408 26%Subs This Week: 63,678 | Position Last Week: 32All-Time Views: 3,780,455,609 | All-Time Subs: 3,495,596 | SlateScore: 571
21
TheEllenShowViews This Week: 47,552,281 2%Subs This Week: 54,989 | Position Last Week: 20All-Time Views: 7,988,087,400 | All-Time Subs: 16,834,224 | SlateScore: 725
22
The Late Show With Stephen ColbertViews This Week: 46,509,085 167%Subs This Week: 73,799 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 574,416,132 | All-Time Subs: 1,386,557 | SlateScore: 663
23
RomanAtwoodVlogsViews This Week: 46,497,998 -3%Subs This Week: 166,226 | Position Last Week: 19All-Time Views: 2,062,087,446 | All-Time Subs: 8,148,363 | SlateScore: 750
24
MarkiplierViews This Week: 46,448,890 -8%Subs This Week: 106,769 | Position Last Week: 15All-Time Views: 5,235,224,854 | All-Time Subs: 13,848,847 | SlateScore: 772
25
BuzzFeedYellowViews This Week: 46,074,802 -6%Subs This Week: 25,917 | Position Last Week: 18All-Time Views: 5,268,488,813 | All-Time Subs: 6,477,395 | SlateScore: 711
26
KatyPerryVEVOViews This Week: 45,594,299 -12%Subs This Week: 85,818 | Position Last Week: 14All-Time Views: 7,896,391,582 | All-Time Subs: 19,164,798 | SlateScore: 550
27
FUNnel VisionViews This Week: 45,472,776 12%Subs This Week: 42,167 | Position Last Week: 26All-Time Views: 1,698,777,322 | All-Time Subs: 1,612,219 | SlateScore: 599
28
David GuettaViews This Week: 45,198,543 -10%Subs This Week: 78,442 | Position Last Week: 17All-Time Views: 6,819,340,320 | All-Time Subs: 11,904,639 | SlateScore: 661
29
Trap NationViews This Week: 44,006,031 -1%Subs This Week: 136,560 | Position Last Week: 23All-Time Views: 2,019,181,090 | All-Time Subs: 7,677,156 | SlateScore: 661
30
TaylorSwiftVEVOViews This Week: 43,122,647 -3%Subs This Week: 47,492 | Position Last Week: 22All-Time Views: 9,277,569,959 | All-Time Subs: 19,720,262 | SlateScore: 585
31
Dude PerfectViews This Week: 42,286,652 64%Subs This Week: 339,065 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,949,754,128 | All-Time Subs: 11,361,089 | SlateScore: 689
32
MovieclipsViews This Week: 41,951,735 4%Subs This Week: 31,913 | Position Last Week: 28All-Time Views: 4,342,429,493 | All-Time Subs: 3,521,669 | SlateScore: 569
33
FGTeeVViews This Week: 41,048,651 -2%Subs This Week: 32,371 | Position Last Week: 25All-Time Views: 2,204,984,349 | All-Time Subs: 1,939,442 | SlateScore: 609
34
ArianaGrandeVevoViews This Week: 40,406,769 0%Subs This Week: 69,785 | Position Last Week: 27All-Time Views: 4,403,515,794 | All-Time Subs: 12,268,493 | SlateScore: 671
35
HobbyKidsTVViews This Week: 39,007,410 2%Subs This Week: 16,289 | Position Last Week: 31All-Time Views: 3,522,096,440 | All-Time Subs: 1,870,176 | SlateScore: 590
36
ToyScouterViews This Week: 38,024,478 5%Subs This Week: 56,110 | Position Last Week: 36All-Time Views: 904,282,106 | All-Time Subs: 1,166,775 | SlateScore: 565
37
Maroon5VEVOViews This Week: 37,738,146 14%Subs This Week: 35,310 | Position Last Week: 41All-Time Views: 5,459,418,028 | All-Time Subs: 10,605,533 | SlateScore: 508
38
Guava JuiceViews This Week: 37,173,851 -1%Subs This Week: 156,773 | Position Last Week: 33All-Time Views: 310,262,460 | All-Time Subs: 1,546,872 | SlateScore: 659
39
MeghanTrainorVEVOViews This Week: 36,029,781 -6%Subs This Week: 55,836 | Position Last Week: 30All-Time Views: 3,146,019,546 | All-Time Subs: 6,484,673 | SlateScore: 606
40
beyonceVEVOViews This Week: 35,970,125 -4%Subs This Week: 57,442 | Position Last Week: 34All-Time Views: 5,574,874,377 | All-Time Subs: 10,188,732 | SlateScore: 542
41
shakiraVEVOViews This Week: 35,970,031 -1%Subs This Week: 51,375 | Position Last Week: 35All-Time Views: 6,560,504,793 | All-Time Subs: 9,193,637 | SlateScore: 493
42
Blu Toys Surprise Brinquedos & JuegosViews This Week: 35,600,667 10%Subs This Week: 40,667 | Position Last Week: 43All-Time Views: 6,416,507,050 | All-Time Subs: 4,215,890 | SlateScore: 515
43
SelenaGomezVEVOViews This Week: 35,443,694 2%Subs This Week: 93,429 | Position Last Week: 39All-Time Views: 4,017,956,023 | All-Time Subs: 10,231,510 | SlateScore: 562
44
ChainsmokersVEVOViews This Week: 33,985,200 5%Subs This Week: 66,954 | Position Last Week: 42All-Time Views: 631,057,523 | All-Time Subs: 1,568,382 | SlateScore: 572
45
Freak Family VlogsViews This Week: 33,371,543 39%Subs This Week: 45,829 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 315,973,663 | All-Time Subs: 372,066 | SlateScore: 516
46
DisneyCarToysViews This Week: 33,358,057 -2%Subs This Week: 23,002 | Position Last Week: 40All-Time Views: 5,704,791,424 | All-Time Subs: 4,192,011 | SlateScore: 610
47
Disney Cars Toy Club DCTCViews This Week: 33,042,100 3%Subs This Week: 29,554 | Position Last Week: 44All-Time Views: 4,738,725,727 | All-Time Subs: 4,577,768 | SlateScore: 590
48
Talking TomViews This Week: 32,676,730 51%Subs This Week: 68,815 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,418,840,093 | All-Time Subs: 2,407,533 | SlateScore: 511
49
PomPomViews This Week: 32,600,320 -7%Subs This Week: 55,335 | Position Last Week: 38All-Time Views: 1,155,674,724 | All-Time Subs: 1,953,178 | SlateScore: 601
50
EminemVEVOViews This Week: 32,437,775 1%Subs This Week: 56,249 | Position Last Week: 45All-Time Views: 6,973,121,708 | All-Time Subs: 18,906,116 | SlateScore: 596