Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 9/25/15
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It’s another installment of the weekly Tubefilter Chart of the Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels and a quasi American sport is still in the top spot.
Chart Toppers
At the top of the chart this week, once again, is WWE. The YouTube home of World Wrestling Entertainment took home the championship belt with more than 98.6 million views on the week. Next up is The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The YouTube destination for NBC’s late night talk show ended the week in the #2 spot with more than 91.4 million views.
In third place is FunToyzCollector (aka the channel previously known as DisneyCollectorBR). The platonic ideal of a children’s toys and unboxing channel opened up more than 84.5 million views during the seven-day time period. Up next is BuzzFeedVideo. The premiere YouTube destination of the popular social website known for its listicles, irreverent quizzes, and hard news racked up nearly 73.3 million views on the week.
And rounding out the Top 5 is Taylor Swift. The international country-turned-pop star’s channel’s view count saw a slight 9% bump in views to end the week with more than 73 million.
Top Gainers
The honor of one of our Top Gainers in the U.S. this week goes to Ellie Goulding.
The English singer, songwriter, and all-around talented musician had a great week on YouTube thanks to the release of her first music video in more than six months. On My Mind quickly racked up millions of views and helping Goulding’s channel to 43% week-over-week increase in views, more than 22 million views on the week, and the #46 spot on the U.S. chart.
Channel Distribution
The top 50 most viewed U.S. YouTube channels this week amassed a total of 1,947,428,599 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 Taylor Swift the highest-ranked channel of the network at #5.
- Maker Studios: 4 channels in the Top 50, with DisneyCarToys at #7.
- Fullscreen: 3 channels in the Top 50, with FamilyFunPack at #6.
- BuzzFeed, Movieclips, OhMyGenius: 2 channels each in the Top 50, with BuzzFeed’s BuzzFeed Video at #4, Movieclips‘ Movieclips Trailers at #14, and OhMyGenius’ Kids Channel at #41.
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