DisneyCollectorBR is in first place on the U.S. charts for its unprecedented 13th week in a row. The premiere YouTube destination featuring videos of adults playing with children’s saw a 4% bump in views to end the week just shy of 88.7 million of them. Taylor Swift is up next in second place for her second week in a row. The international pop star’s channel is still getting plays weeks after the release of her latest album 1989 and amassed more than 81 million views in the last seven days.
YouTube is in third place. The world’s largest video sharing site’s very own Spotlight channel had a huge 409% week-over-week increase in views thanks to its epic Rewind video. All in all, the channel racked up more than 54.2 million views on the week. Ariana Grande is next up in the #4 spot. The second international pop star in the Top 5 doesn’t have a problem getting YouTube views and received more than 46.9 million of them during the week.
And rounding out the Top 5 is BuzzFeed Video. The premiere channel in BuzzFeed’s burgeoning YouTube empire ended the week with more than 45.4 million views.
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Top Gainers
The honor of one of our Top Gainers in the U.S. this week goes to Nicki Minaj.
The hip hop star’s music video release of Only featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown was very popular with the Barbz. Minaj’s Vevo channel on YouTube witnessed a 68% week-over-week increase in views thanks to the decidedly BDSM-but-still-platonic release and topped out at more than 40.3 million views and the #11 spot in the U.S.
Channel Distribution
The top 50 most viewed U.S. YouTube channels this week amassed a total of 1,547,391,759 views. Here’s the distribution of a few of those channels by multi-channel network:
VEVO: 20 channels in the U.S. Top 50, with Taylor Swift topping out at #2.
Maker Studios: 5 channels in the Top 50, with DisneyCarToys at #10.
BuzzFeed, NBCU: 2 channels each the Top 50, with BuzzFeed’s BuzzFeed Video at #5 and NBCU’s The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon at #18.
OpenSlate is a video content analytics platform that tracks more than 250,000 YouTube video channels and measures their ability to attract, engage and influence an audience. By providing one consistent measure of quality – the SlateScore™ – OpenSlate helps marketers, producers and agencies hone their online video marketing strategy.
Tubefilter Top 50
The 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels
This Week • U.S.
December 11, 2014 - December 17, 2014
1
DisneyCollectorBRViews This Week: 88,667,894 4%Subs This Week: 52,636 | Position Last Week: 1All-Time Views: 4,265,281,668 | All-Time Subs: 3,188,869 | SlateScore: 526
2
TaylorSwiftVEVOViews This Week: 81,050,245 2%Subs This Week: 175,743 | Position Last Week: 2All-Time Views: 3,087,451,905 | All-Time Subs: 10,141,407 | SlateScore: 650
3
YouTubeViews This Week: 54,208,062 409%Subs This Week: 156,788 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 528,287,805 | All-Time Subs: 22,564,812 | SlateScore: 652
4
ArianaGrandeVevoViews This Week: 46,934,679 11%Subs This Week: 134,180 | Position Last Week: 7All-Time Views: 1,192,697,500 | All-Time Subs: 5,138,572 | SlateScore: 672
5
BuzzFeedVideoViews This Week: 45,407,092 8%Subs This Week: 88,647 | Position Last Week: 8All-Time Views: 1,592,535,744 | All-Time Subs: 3,943,234 | SlateScore: 800
6
blucollectionViews This Week: 43,894,296 5%Subs This Week: 26,207 | Position Last Week: 9All-Time Views: 2,491,718,339 | All-Time Subs: 1,429,082 | SlateScore: 499
7
WWEFanNationViews This Week: 41,240,861 -8%Subs This Week: 51,968 | Position Last Week: 4All-Time Views: 2,370,943,034 | All-Time Subs: 4,647,507 | SlateScore: 837
8
MeghanTrainorVEVOViews This Week: 41,061,727 -7%Subs This Week: 106,656 | Position Last Week: 5All-Time Views: 490,983,540 | All-Time Subs: 1,552,335 | SlateScore: 544
9
movieclipsTRAILERSViews This Week: 40,947,185 -13%Subs This Week: 45,600 | Position Last Week: 3All-Time Views: 2,795,454,306 | All-Time Subs: 5,924,931 | SlateScore: 778
10
DisneyCarToysViews This Week: 40,444,960 -6%Subs This Week: 30,817 | Position Last Week: 6All-Time Views: 1,415,647,437 | All-Time Subs: 1,247,834 | SlateScore: 664
11
NickiMinajAtVEVOViews This Week: 40,338,873 68%Subs This Week: 111,410 | Position Last Week: 30All-Time Views: 2,510,146,400 | All-Time Subs: 7,112,225 | SlateScore: 636
12
davidguettavevoViews This Week: 39,858,916 44%Subs This Week: 61,689 | Position Last Week: 24All-Time Views: 2,562,271,432 | All-Time Subs: 6,809,301 | SlateScore: 686
13
KatyPerryVEVOViews This Week: 39,146,420 -6%Subs This Week: 52,567 | Position Last Week: 10All-Time Views: 4,577,911,999 | All-Time Subs: 14,513,120 | SlateScore: 569
14
BuzzFeedYellowViews This Week: 38,115,311 9%Subs This Week: 69,844 | Position Last Week: 15All-Time Views: 1,042,143,435 | All-Time Subs: 2,609,701 | SlateScore: 737
15
EnriqueIglesiasVEVOViews This Week: 37,708,123 3%Subs This Week: 46,101 | Position Last Week: 12All-Time Views: 2,867,081,022 | All-Time Subs: 4,376,705 | SlateScore: 620
16
popularmmosViews This Week: 35,780,827 -1%Subs This Week: 56,501 | Position Last Week: 13All-Time Views: 1,291,125,108 | All-Time Subs: 2,627,961 | SlateScore: 756
17
markiplierGAMEViews This Week: 35,341,831 -2%Subs This Week: 114,326 | Position Last Week: 14All-Time Views: 1,273,908,532 | All-Time Subs: 4,981,775 | SlateScore: 801
18
latenightViews This Week: 34,712,644 13%Subs This Week: 51,538 | Position Last Week: 20All-Time Views: 2,016,127,638 | All-Time Subs: 5,357,554 | SlateScore: 817
19
MaterCarClubViews This Week: 34,085,132 2%Subs This Week: 35,174 | Position Last Week: 17All-Time Views: 901,855,736 | All-Time Subs: 1,184,083 | SlateScore: 664
20
SurpriseToysViews This Week: 29,123,372 1%Subs This Week: 27,376 | Position Last Week: 22All-Time Views: 790,292,292 | All-Time Subs: 1,004,865 | SlateScore: 511
21
beyonceVEVOViews This Week: 29,017,833 -5%Subs This Week: 56,051 | Position Last Week: 21All-Time Views: 3,395,110,893 | All-Time Subs: 6,532,898 | SlateScore: 631
22
CalvinHarrisVEVOViews This Week: 27,714,322 -1%Subs This Week: 53,552 | Position Last Week: 23All-Time Views: 1,336,599,787 | All-Time Subs: 3,470,851 | SlateScore: 560
23
EminemVEVOViews This Week: 27,356,593 -12%Subs This Week: 63,262 | Position Last Week: 18All-Time Views: 4,382,544,055 | All-Time Subs: 14,167,064 | SlateScore: 653
24
mothergooseclubViews This Week: 25,985,446 0%Subs This Week: 20,001 | Position Last Week: 25All-Time Views: 1,254,635,543 | All-Time Subs: 1,184,046 | SlateScore: 566
25
ERBViews This Week: 25,662,490 19%Subs This Week: 78,669 | Position Last Week: 41All-Time Views: 1,430,688,471 | All-Time Subs: 11,489,105 | SlateScore: 702
26
PitbullVEVOViews This Week: 25,354,900 -2%Subs This Week: 30,604 | Position Last Week: 26All-Time Views: 3,444,934,292 | All-Time Subs: 5,425,383 | SlateScore: 654
27
shakiraVEVOViews This Week: 24,687,902 -20%Subs This Week: 29,316 | Position Last Week: 19All-Time Views: 4,195,001,257 | All-Time Subs: 5,989,256 | SlateScore: 541
28
RihannaVEVOViews This Week: 24,135,504 1%Subs This Week: 34,837 | Position Last Week: 31All-Time Views: 5,721,656,915 | All-Time Subs: 15,064,051 | SlateScore: 571
29
rhettandlink2Views This Week: 23,980,921 7%Subs This Week: 135,554 | Position Last Week: 34All-Time Views: 672,221,215 | All-Time Subs: 4,922,544 | SlateScore: 803
30
PTXofficialViews This Week: 23,959,870 -1%Subs This Week: 95,256 | Position Last Week: 28All-Time Views: 741,597,413 | All-Time Subs: 7,120,172 | SlateScore: 713
31
Maroon5VEVOViews This Week: 23,432,967 -2%Subs This Week: 48,524 | Position Last Week: 29All-Time Views: 2,079,638,506 | All-Time Subs: 4,859,647 | SlateScore: 615
32
iggyazaleamusicVEVOViews This Week: 22,927,151 -2%Subs This Week: 43,183 | Position Last Week: 32All-Time Views: 833,126,016 | All-Time Subs: 2,453,144 | SlateScore: 599
33
SamSmithWorldVEVOViews This Week: 21,910,909 -2%Subs This Week: 59,352 | Position Last Week: 35All-Time Views: 414,448,535 | All-Time Subs: 1,242,142 | SlateScore: 584
34
RomeoSantosVEVOViews This Week: 21,810,930 -3%Subs This Week: 27,129 | Position Last Week: 33All-Time Views: 1,404,859,321 | All-Time Subs: 3,390,925 | SlateScore: 619
35
NBCTheVoiceViews This Week: 21,699,839 8%Subs This Week: 45,965 | Position Last Week: 42All-Time Views: 861,124,695 | All-Time Subs: 1,969,436 | SlateScore: 781
36
toysandfunnykidsViews This Week: 21,582,975 -3%Subs This Week: 19,467 | Position Last Week: 39All-Time Views: 772,292,810 | All-Time Subs: 905,349 | SlateScore: 606
37
BartBaKerViews This Week: 20,924,543 7%Subs This Week: 85,537 | Position Last Week: 44All-Time Views: 1,120,737,445 | All-Time Subs: 4,711,696 | SlateScore: 664
38
SelenaGomezVEVOViews This Week: 20,908,709 -6%Subs This Week: 60,417 | Position Last Week: 37All-Time Views: 1,984,093,355 | All-Time Subs: 5,093,312 | SlateScore: 649
39
SuperSimpleSongsViews This Week: 20,891,507 -4%Subs This Week: 17,836 | Position Last Week: 40All-Time Views: 1,917,425,924 | All-Time Subs: 1,443,888 | SlateScore: 586
40
TheEllenShowViews This Week: 20,221,557 -45%Subs This Week: 59,807 | Position Last Week: 11All-Time Views: 4,508,024,478 | All-Time Subs: 10,450,948 | SlateScore: 847
41
collegehumorViews This Week: 19,782,686 -11%Subs This Week: 54,019 | Position Last Week: 38All-Time Views: 3,187,172,901 | All-Time Subs: 8,612,556 | SlateScore: 822
42
IGNentertainmentViews This Week: 19,031,464 -15%Subs This Week: 25,761 | Position Last Week: 36All-Time Views: 3,766,780,646 | All-Time Subs: 5,370,926 | SlateScore: 856
43
smoshViews This Week: 18,699,227 -1%Subs This Week: 51,578 | Position Last Week: 46All-Time Views: 3,905,511,439 | All-Time Subs: 19,397,265 | SlateScore: 812
44
JustinBieberVEVOViews This Week: 18,534,356 -2%Subs This Week: 43,373 | Position Last Week: 45All-Time Views: 5,309,483,262 | All-Time Subs: 10,577,461 | SlateScore: 638
45
beyonceViews This Week: 18,375,473 -26%Subs This Week: 79,626 | Position Last Week: 27All-Time Views: 232,606,480 | All-Time Subs: 1,131,054 | SlateScore: 678
46
Just4fun290Views This Week: 18,257,708 12%Subs This Week: 10,843 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 297,861,610 | All-Time Subs: 210,279 | SlateScore: 544
47
AtlanticVideosViews This Week: 18,170,786 0%Subs This Week: 22,067 | Position Last Week: 48All-Time Views: 3,507,693,877 | All-Time Subs: 2,638,223 | SlateScore: 635
48
HobbyKidsTVViews This Week: 18,144,273 13%Subs This Week: 12,365 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 391,065,642 | All-Time Subs: 312,525 | SlateScore: 594
49
SiaVEVOViews This Week: 18,131,791 -2%Subs This Week: 29,361 | Position Last Week: 47All-Time Views: 470,339,947 | All-Time Subs: 996,753 | SlateScore: 434
50
disneyanimationViews This Week: 18,028,677 28%Subs This Week: 22,819 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,035,811,081 | All-Time Subs: 1,852,924 | SlateScore: 614