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It’s another installment of the weekly Tubefilter Chart of the Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide and Justin Bieber’s time outside the top spot was short lived.
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Chart Toppers
Justin Bieber is back in the very familiar position of first place. The 22-year-old international pop star had a weeklong stint in the #2 spot, but thanks to a 9% birthday bump in views and the ongoing appeal of music videos associated with his latest studio album Purpose, his channel ended the week at #1 with almost 174.9 million views. Back down in the #2 spot is Ryan ToysReview. The channel that’s home to exactly the kinds of videos you’d expect given its name (that is a bunch of uploads featuring a very cute kid named Ryan who plays with toys) was down 4% in views on the week, but still racked up just about 155.3 million views.
Mashamedvedtv had a 24% week-over-week increase in views, taking the channel all the way up to third place. The YouTube home of an apparently very popular Russian cartoon ended the week with more than 147.3 million views. That pushed WWE down to fourth place. A 6% dip in views on the online video repository that houses all things World Wrestling Entertainment put the channel at over 138.8 million views on the week.
And rounding out the Top 5 is FamilyFunPack. The home videos of the United States’ favorite family of seven scored more than 135.8 million views in the week.
Top Gainers
The honor of one of our Top Gainers this week goes to Rihanna.
The former Most Viewed YouTube channel of All-Time had a great week on the video sharing site thanks to the first full music video upload from Rihanna in over eight months. “Work” is the first music video single to drop from the 28-year-old’s surprise album Anti. To no one’s surprise, it quickly racked up an eight-figure view count, helping Rihanna’s channel to a 28% week-over-week increase in views, more than 96.8 million views on the week, and the #10 spot on the worldwide chart.
Distribution
All in all, the top 50 most viewed YouTube channels accounted for 3,718,818,388 views last week. Here’s the distribution of a few of those channels by multi-channel network:
Vevo: 8 channels in the Top 50, with Justin Bieber at #1.
Maker Studios: 5 channels in the Top 50, with TheDiamondMinecart at #13.
AIR, XMediaDigital: 2 channels each in the Top 50, with AIR’s Miss Katy at #17 and XMediaDigital’s mashamedvedtv at #3.
And here’s the distribution of the this week’s Top 50 YouTube channels by country of origin:
United States: 21 channels in the Top 50.
Great Britain: 7 channels in the Top 50.
Canada: 4 channels in the Top 50.
India: 3 channels each in the Top 50.
Russia, Thailand, Ukraine: 2 channels each in the Top 50.
Argentina, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Turkey: 1 channel each in the Top 50.
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Tubefilter Top 50
50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels
This Week • Worldwide
February 25, 2016 - March 2, 2016
1
JustinBieberVEVOViews This Week: 174,891,274 9%Subs This Week: 303,931 | Position Last Week: 2All-Time Views: 9,566,817,794 | All-Time Subs: 19,509,742 | SlateScore: 587
2
Ryan ToysReviewViews This Week: 155,282,138 -4%Subs This Week: 100,775 | Position Last Week: 1All-Time Views: 2,901,819,663 | All-Time Subs: 1,808,806 | SlateScore: 562
3
mashamedvedtvViews This Week: 147,324,091 24%Subs This Week: 133,533 | Position Last Week: 6All-Time Views: 6,950,057,776 | All-Time Subs: 5,496,383 | SlateScore: 556
4
WWEViews This Week: 138,820,591 -6%Subs This Week: 129,447 | Position Last Week: 3All-Time Views: 7,729,841,495 | All-Time Subs: 10,064,355 | SlateScore: 767
5
FamilyFunPackViews This Week: 135,829,844 -3%Subs This Week: 76,219 | Position Last Week: 4All-Time Views: 3,748,192,650 | All-Time Subs: 1,791,523 | SlateScore: 582
6
TheEllenShowViews This Week: 123,000,335 11%Subs This Week: 197,659 | Position Last Week: 8All-Time Views: 6,648,404,814 | All-Time Subs: 15,054,116 | SlateScore: 747
7
LittleBabyBumViews This Week: 116,301,989 -9%Subs This Week: 100,730 | Position Last Week: 5All-Time Views: 6,700,442,402 | All-Time Subs: 5,463,377 | SlateScore: 532
8
T-SeriesViews This Week: 110,265,066 -2%Subs This Week: 75,036 | Position Last Week: 7All-Time Views: 7,104,110,381 | All-Time Subs: 9,588,046 | SlateScore: 681
9
netd müzikViews This Week: 107,750,577 5%Subs This Week: 41,511 | Position Last Week: 9All-Time Views: 5,707,433,235 | All-Time Subs: 2,480,025 | SlateScore: 641
10
RihannaVEVOViews This Week: 96,814,750 28%Subs This Week: 305,258 | Position Last Week: 18All-Time Views: 8,132,684,224 | All-Time Subs: 19,225,260 | SlateScore: 627
11
Disney Cars Toy Club DCTCViews This Week: 95,507,978 -4%Subs This Week: 108,084 | Position Last Week: 10All-Time Views: 3,538,002,406 | All-Time Subs: 3,426,153 | SlateScore: 606
12
Get MoviesViews This Week: 95,012,852 2%Subs This Week: 95,835 | Position Last Week: 12All-Time Views: 7,668,800,570 | All-Time Subs: 5,905,878 | SlateScore: 600
13
TheDiamondMinecart // DanTDMViews This Week: 85,230,953 -3%Subs This Week: 97,313 | Position Last Week: 13All-Time Views: 6,044,012,110 | All-Time Subs: 9,725,220 | SlateScore: 714
14
Baby Big MouthViews This Week: 80,716,673 -5%Subs This Week: 63,058 | Position Last Week: 14All-Time Views: 5,153,188,947 | All-Time Subs: 3,314,423 | SlateScore: 573
15
emimusicViews This Week: 76,584,442 N/ASubs This Week: 41,482 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 9,635,824,252 | All-Time Subs: 5,061,376 | SlateScore: 554
16
FunToyzCollectorViews This Week: 70,938,686 -14%Subs This Week: 56,067 | Position Last Week: 15All-Time Views: 10,025,374,963 | All-Time Subs: 6,645,007 | SlateScore: 541
17
Miss KatyViews This Week: 70,119,960 4%Subs This Week: 59,012 | Position Last Week: 22All-Time Views: 1,929,031,709 | All-Time Subs: 1,312,739 | SlateScore: 594
18
AdeleVEVOViews This Week: 67,504,015 9%Subs This Week: 148,522 | Position Last Week: 28All-Time Views: 3,754,045,550 | All-Time Subs: 10,916,472 | SlateScore: 506
19
TaylorSwiftVEVOViews This Week: 65,304,928 -17%Subs This Week: 73,589 | Position Last Week: 16All-Time Views: 8,216,808,330 | All-Time Subs: 18,453,911 | SlateScore: 633
20
ChuChu TV Kids SongsViews This Week: 62,974,844 -8%Subs This Week: 68,960 | Position Last Week: 20All-Time Views: 4,045,951,032 | All-Time Subs: 3,578,524 | SlateScore: 524
21
ABS-CBN EntertainmentViews This Week: 62,661,642 4%Subs This Week: 32,935 | Position Last Week: 31All-Time Views: 3,369,214,212 | All-Time Subs: 2,908,292 | SlateScore: 694
22
El Reino InfantilViews This Week: 62,116,461 0%Subs This Week: 46,653 | Position Last Week: 26All-Time Views: 2,696,618,738 | All-Time Subs: 2,205,850 | SlateScore: 563
23
キッズライン♡Kids LineViews This Week: 60,744,809 21%Subs This Week: 34,231 | Position Last Week: 43All-Time Views: 1,095,009,169 | All-Time Subs: 698,392 | SlateScore: 531
24
Coldplay OfficialViews This Week: 60,589,336 -6%Subs This Week: 98,534 | Position Last Week: 24All-Time Views: 2,828,640,264 | All-Time Subs: 5,139,922 | SlateScore: 577
25
TV3 OfficialViews This Week: 60,562,091 9%Subs This Week: 27,814 | Position Last Week: 35All-Time Views: 1,540,913,147 | All-Time Subs: 1,288,219 | SlateScore: 594
26
Spinnin' RecordsViews This Week: 60,362,393 4%Subs This Week: 70,358 | Position Last Week: 32All-Time Views: 7,261,783,879 | All-Time Subs: 12,724,856 | SlateScore: 747
27
SevenSuperGirlsViews This Week: 60,117,242 -20%Subs This Week: 47,496 | Position Last Week: 19All-Time Views: 4,538,298,925 | All-Time Subs: 4,311,067 | SlateScore: 671
28
Mister MaxViews This Week: 59,565,863 11%Subs This Week: 55,756 | Position Last Week: 37All-Time Views: 1,741,436,128 | All-Time Subs: 1,232,665 | SlateScore: 596
29
BuzzFeedVideoViews This Week: 58,832,359 -8%Subs This Week: 44,164 | Position Last Week: 25All-Time Views: 6,067,369,895 | All-Time Subs: 9,166,664 | SlateScore: 771
30
OneDirectionVEVOViews This Week: 58,150,251 6%Subs This Week: 90,652 | Position Last Week: 36All-Time Views: 5,745,623,540 | All-Time Subs: 19,431,616 | SlateScore: 666
31
PopularMMOsViews This Week: 58,086,420 -7%Subs This Week: 60,630 | Position Last Week: 27All-Time Views: 4,973,619,205 | All-Time Subs: 7,090,945 | SlateScore: 736
32
PewDiePieViews This Week: 57,897,130 -12%Subs This Week: 130,983 | Position Last Week: 23All-Time Views: 11,367,835,428 | All-Time Subs: 42,572,380 | SlateScore: 813
33
Blu Toys Surprise Brinquedos & JuegosViews This Week: 57,647,393 3%Subs This Week: 62,406 | Position Last Week: 34All-Time Views: 5,616,085,622 | All-Time Subs: 3,450,104 | SlateScore: 522
34
jacksepticeyeViews This Week: 57,176,232 1%Subs This Week: 108,056 | Position Last Week: 33All-Time Views: 3,906,758,396 | All-Time Subs: 9,006,354 | SlateScore: 751
35
GMM GRAMMY OFFICIALViews This Week: 57,047,410 -8%Subs This Week: 46,792 | Position Last Week: 29All-Time Views: 6,211,740,302 | All-Time Subs: 6,451,428 | SlateScore: 615
36
WatchMojo.comViews This Week: 56,844,910 -16%Subs This Week: 74,756 | Position Last Week: 21All-Time Views: 5,293,946,577 | All-Time Subs: 11,006,745 | SlateScore: 756
37
HobbyKidsTVViews This Week: 54,676,380 7%Subs This Week: 29,830 | Position Last Week: 38All-Time Views: 2,729,519,551 | All-Time Subs: 1,521,854 | SlateScore: 584
38
NickyJamTVViews This Week: 53,379,947 6%Subs This Week: 77,280 | Position Last Week: 44All-Time Views: 2,974,528,562 | All-Time Subs: 4,780,463 | SlateScore: 582
39
VanossGamingViews This Week: 53,352,884 -14%Subs This Week: 82,192 | Position Last Week: 30All-Time Views: 4,257,661,230 | All-Time Subs: 16,347,122 | SlateScore: 727
40
DisneyJuniorUKViews This Week: 53,019,887 6%Subs This Week: 43,998 | Position Last Week: 45All-Time Views: 2,400,186,619 | All-Time Subs: 1,784,847 | SlateScore: 557
41
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonViews This Week: 50,948,198 -48%Subs This Week: 77,340 | Position Last Week: 11All-Time Views: 4,635,609,507 | All-Time Subs: 10,208,585 | SlateScore: 743
42
AwesomeDisneyToysViews This Week: 49,797,715 0%Subs This Week: 128,634 | Position Last Week: 46All-Time Views: 933,306,270 | All-Time Subs: 1,379,800 | SlateScore: 606
43
VEGETTA777Views This Week: 48,710,661 14%Subs This Week: 99,671 | Position Last Week: 0All-Time Views: 4,281,917,716 | All-Time Subs: 12,923,290 | SlateScore: 779
44
CookieSwirlCViews This Week: 48,107,936 6%Subs This Week: 44,057 | Position Last Week: 50All-Time Views: 2,173,833,021 | All-Time Subs: 2,034,507 | SlateScore: 614
45
Emi TV LyricsViews This Week: 47,774,210 101%Subs This Week: 75,356 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 346,659,579 | All-Time Subs: 417,207 | SlateScore: 546
46
DisneyCarToysViews This Week: 47,064,257 -6%Subs This Week: 37,694 | Position Last Week: 42All-Time Views: 4,847,209,140 | All-Time Subs: 3,541,241 | SlateScore: 628
47
Toy FreaksViews This Week: 47,057,983 38%Subs This Week: 41,305 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 311,713,813 | All-Time Subs: 240,819 | SlateScore: 536
48
SET IndiaViews This Week: 46,985,960 -8%Subs This Week: 36,505 | Position Last Week: 39All-Time Views: 2,918,091,511 | All-Time Subs: 5,261,107 | SlateScore: 627
49
TheWeekndVEVOViews This Week: 46,714,272 6%Subs This Week: 69,422 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,964,901,600 | All-Time Subs: 4,597,555 | SlateScore: 608
50
Jimmy Kimmel LiveViews This Week: 46,650,170 46%Subs This Week: 71,669 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 2,852,958,818 | All-Time Subs: 7,378,568 | SlateScore: 714