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It’s another installment of the weeklyTubefilter Chartof theTop 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channelsand the site’s youngest star is still on top.
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Chart Toppers
Ryan ToysReview held onto its first-place position on the U.S. chart for an incredible 30th week in a row. Young Ryan’s eponymous YouTube destination for all your favorite unboxing and playtime videos shot up 17% to top out at almost 195.4 million views. Kinda far behind in the #2 spot is WWE. World Wrestling Entertainment’s YouTube channel full of clips, promos, and behind-the-scenes footage jumped up 21% in views to take home more than 135.2 million of them on the week.
Katy Perry is up next in the #3 spot. The 32-year-old pop star’s YouTube library continues to get plays off Perry’s recent “Chained To The Rhythm” single to the tune of over 115 million views during the week. DisneyMusicVEVO is next up in fourth place. Disney’s online music video outpost featuring uploads of its new and all-time favorite musical numbers had a huge uptick in views thanks to the theatrical release of the live-action Beauty and the Beast. Millions of fans flocked to hear the tunes from the flick and the channel amassed over 114.1 million views throughout the week.
And rounding out the Top 5, once again, is Luis Fonsi. The Puerto Rican multi-hyphenate’s January 12, 2017 release of “Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee” continues to get a lot of plays on the world’s largest video sharing site. It helped Fonsi’s channel to a 24% increase in views and more than 113.6 million views in the week.
Top Gainers
The honor of one of our Top Gainers this week goes to The Ellen Show.
Ellen DeGeneres’ self-titled, CBS-syndicated, daytime talk show always does well on YouTube, but this week was better than the one before thanks in large part to a young savant. Five-year-old geography guru Nate Seltzer appeared across from DeGeneres on a recent installment of the program, where the host peppered the precocious kid with geography and national flag questions. The segment was a hit on YouTube racking up a view count in the multi-millions and helping The Ellen Show‘s channel to a 50% week-over-week increase in views, more than 70.2 million views on the week, and the #17 spot on the U.S. chart.
Channel Distribution
The top 50 most viewed U.S. YouTube channels this week amassed a total of 3,355,349,308 views. Here’s the distribution of a few of those channels by multi-channel network:
VEVO: 14 channels in the U.S. Top 50, with Katy Perry the top-ranked channel of the network at #3.
BroadbandTV, BuzzFeed, Maker Studios, Movieclips, Studio71: 2 channels each in the Top 50, with BBTV’s WorldstarHipHop at #20, BuzzFeed’s BuzzFeed Video at #15, Maker’s FGTeeV at #30, Movieclips’ Movieclips at #14, and Studio71’s FamilyFunPack at #11.
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Tubefilter Top 50
The 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels
This Week • U.S.
March 16, 2017 - March 22, 2017
1
Ryan ToysReviewViews This Week: 195,362,272 17%Subs This Week: 111,746 | Position Last Week: 1All-Time Views: 11,001,840,868 | All-Time Subs: 6,993,369 | SlateScore: 580
2
WWEViews This Week: 135,234,710 21%Subs This Week: 105,817 | Position Last Week: 2All-Time Views: 13,769,018,581 | All-Time Subs: 14,994,547 | SlateScore: 764
3
KatyPerryVEVOViews This Week: 115,038,031 21%Subs This Week: 108,745 | Position Last Week: 4All-Time Views: 11,143,682,518 | All-Time Subs: 21,587,843 | SlateScore: 629
4
DisneyMusicVEVOViews This Week: 114,147,997 126%Subs This Week: 133,853 | Position Last Week: 26All-Time Views: 2,849,522,290 | All-Time Subs: 5,288,605 | SlateScore: 629
5
LuisFonsiVEVOViews This Week: 113,621,372 24%Subs This Week: 218,817 | Position Last Week: 5All-Time Views: 1,503,176,261 | All-Time Subs: 2,769,452 | SlateScore: 499
6
ChainsmokersVEVOViews This Week: 112,560,144 23%Subs This Week: 149,615 | Position Last Week: 6All-Time Views: 3,555,342,720 | All-Time Subs: 7,858,719 | SlateScore: 603
7
ToyScouterViews This Week: 104,570,862 -1%Subs This Week: 108,299 | Position Last Week: 3All-Time Views: 3,747,739,249 | All-Time Subs: 5,244,425 | SlateScore: 590
8
Bruno MarsViews This Week: 93,920,412 24%Subs This Week: 166,776 | Position Last Week: 10All-Time Views: 5,557,427,258 | All-Time Subs: 13,717,851 | SlateScore: 593
9
shakiraVEVOViews This Week: 87,188,752 6%Subs This Week: 111,841 | Position Last Week: 8All-Time Views: 8,744,790,224 | All-Time Subs: 12,805,782 | SlateScore: 589
10
ToyMonsterViews This Week: 86,421,882 94%Subs This Week: 165,427 | Position Last Week: 33All-Time Views: 1,804,056,408 | All-Time Subs: 3,172,055 | SlateScore: 562
11
FamilyFunPackViews This Week: 83,609,029 16%Subs This Week: 44,207 | Position Last Week: 12All-Time Views: 8,928,639,603 | All-Time Subs: 4,946,679 | SlateScore: 608
12
TaylorSwiftVEVOViews This Week: 80,535,493 10%Subs This Week: 77,520 | Position Last Week: 11All-Time Views: 10,971,031,854 | All-Time Subs: 21,757,973 | SlateScore: 547
13
JustinBieberVEVOViews This Week: 76,310,361 16%Subs This Week: 129,654 | Position Last Week: 13All-Time Views: 14,635,339,378 | All-Time Subs: 27,942,928 | SlateScore: 514
14
MovieclipsViews This Week: 75,735,518 18%Subs This Week: 48,173 | Position Last Week: 15All-Time Views: 5,967,302,086 | All-Time Subs: 4,640,245 | SlateScore: 576
15
BuzzFeedVideoViews This Week: 74,041,686 41%Subs This Week: 65,936 | Position Last Week: 23All-Time Views: 9,400,968,973 | All-Time Subs: 11,992,882 | SlateScore: 761
16
Trap NationViews This Week: 71,485,499 12%Subs This Week: 136,097 | Position Last Week: 19All-Time Views: 4,212,314,140 | All-Time Subs: 12,854,504 | SlateScore: 666
17
TheEllenShowViews This Week: 70,202,031 50%Subs This Week: 76,175 | Position Last Week: 30All-Time Views: 8,371,096,353 | All-Time Subs: 19,241,425 | SlateScore: 744
18
EnriqueIglesiasVEVOViews This Week: 69,980,727 14%Subs This Week: 88,040 | Position Last Week: 20All-Time Views: 7,704,893,865 | All-Time Subs: 10,031,395 | SlateScore: 537
19
Disney Cars Toy Club DCTCViews This Week: 69,724,718 -11%Subs This Week: 113,669 | Position Last Week: 9All-Time Views: 6,362,508,750 | All-Time Subs: 7,153,742 | SlateScore: 579
20
WORLDSTARHIPHOPViews This Week: 66,251,907 4%Subs This Week: 68,929 | Position Last Week: 16All-Time Views: 3,146,809,192 | All-Time Subs: 4,826,358 | SlateScore: 667
21
Toy FreaksViews This Week: 66,181,060 2%Subs This Week: 78,829 | Position Last Week: 14All-Time Views: 4,842,043,754 | All-Time Subs: 5,781,980 | SlateScore: 563
22
PopularMMOsViews This Week: 63,111,596 -1%Subs This Week: 66,454 | Position Last Week: 17All-Time Views: 8,017,692,400 | All-Time Subs: 11,117,801 | SlateScore: 747
23
Freak Family VlogsViews This Week: 61,931,903 -3%Subs This Week: 85,317 | Position Last Week: 18All-Time Views: 1,683,476,255 | All-Time Subs: 2,501,292 | SlateScore: 570
24
Maroon5VEVOViews This Week: 59,182,099 11%Subs This Week: 71,650 | Position Last Week: 21All-Time Views: 6,925,081,480 | All-Time Subs: 12,910,182 | SlateScore: 599
25
Toys and Funny Kids Surprise EggsViews This Week: 58,833,553 12%Subs This Week: 88,120 | Position Last Week: 24All-Time Views: 5,390,117,920 | All-Time Subs: 5,881,112 | SlateScore: 582
26
CalvinHarrisVEVOViews This Week: 58,071,755 10%Subs This Week: 46,251 | Position Last Week: 22All-Time Views: 6,797,392,884 | All-Time Subs: 10,691,437 | SlateScore: 537
27
Wave MusicViews This Week: 57,044,111 -33%Subs This Week: 53,133 | Position Last Week: 7All-Time Views: 1,975,841,900 | All-Time Subs: 2,052,399 | SlateScore: 598
28
Fueled By RamenViews This Week: 56,789,755 11%Subs This Week: 55,318 | Position Last Week: 25All-Time Views: 7,091,676,234 | All-Time Subs: 7,772,223 | SlateScore: 651
29
Guava JuiceViews This Week: 56,571,606 19%Subs This Week: 106,333 | Position Last Week: 28All-Time Views: 1,807,509,649 | All-Time Subs: 5,486,378 | SlateScore: 688
30
FGTeeVViews This Week: 55,084,592 28%Subs This Week: 37,547 | Position Last Week: 34All-Time Views: 3,558,095,567 | All-Time Subs: 3,181,149 | SlateScore: 608
31
DreamWorksTVViews This Week: 53,012,015 19%Subs This Week: 41,054 | Position Last Week: 32All-Time Views: 1,562,428,192 | All-Time Subs: 2,652,833 | SlateScore: 618
32
Ricky MartinViews This Week: 51,835,165 10%Subs This Week: 37,760 | Position Last Week: 29All-Time Views: 2,642,368,343 | All-Time Subs: 3,019,035 | SlateScore: 566
33
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonViews This Week: 49,369,984 57%Subs This Week: 28,560 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 6,780,543,845 | All-Time Subs: 13,325,103 | SlateScore: 707
34
Super Simple SongsViews This Week: 49,281,226 8%Subs This Week: 46,767 | Position Last Week: 31All-Time Views: 5,885,014,208 | All-Time Subs: 5,272,676 | SlateScore: 593
35
FUNnel VisionViews This Week: 48,964,589 28%Subs This Week: 43,956 | Position Last Week: 39All-Time Views: 2,933,685,095 | All-Time Subs: 2,752,701 | SlateScore: 617
36
CookieSwirlCViews This Week: 47,630,910 0%Subs This Week: 28,709 | Position Last Week: 27All-Time Views: 4,924,624,756 | All-Time Subs: 4,237,231 | SlateScore: 607
37
MarkiplierViews This Week: 45,836,634 9%Subs This Week: 51,793 | Position Last Week: 35All-Time Views: 6,900,178,579 | All-Time Subs: 16,891,746 | SlateScore: 774
38
EminemVEVOViews This Week: 45,806,007 16%Subs This Week: 79,290 | Position Last Week: 38All-Time Views: 8,261,753,920 | All-Time Subs: 21,384,973 | SlateScore: 512
39
Fresh Movie TrailersViews This Week: 44,934,009 68%Subs This Week: 23,249 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 2,794,165,842 | All-Time Subs: 2,502,476 | SlateScore: 613
40
BuzzFeedYellowViews This Week: 44,251,067 25%Subs This Week: 16,454 | Position Last Week: 42All-Time Views: 6,893,950,010 | All-Time Subs: 7,740,153 | SlateScore: 681
41
Wiz KhalifaViews This Week: 41,474,291 22%Subs This Week: 65,721 | Position Last Week: 47All-Time Views: 5,762,108,682 | All-Time Subs: 10,578,453 | SlateScore: 564
42
ShawnMendesVEVOViews This Week: 40,650,914 16%Subs This Week: 72,794 | Position Last Week: 43All-Time Views: 2,470,619,380 | All-Time Subs: 7,373,603 | SlateScore: 497
43
Baby Nursery RhymesViews This Week: 39,990,223 16%Subs This Week: 68,730 | Position Last Week: 45All-Time Views: 1,108,517,209 | All-Time Subs: 1,772,792 | SlateScore: 564
44
Yippee ToysViews This Week: 39,444,109 67%Subs This Week: 63,784 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,229,552,660 | All-Time Subs: 2,052,407 | SlateScore: 568
45
Migos ATLViews This Week: 38,806,296 15%Subs This Week: 64,814 | Position Last Week: 48All-Time Views: 597,274,384 | All-Time Subs: 1,448,444 | SlateScore: 555
46
Ultra MusicViews This Week: 38,113,507 5%Subs This Week: 52,918 | Position Last Week: 41All-Time Views: 5,952,711,995 | All-Time Subs: 8,106,853 | SlateScore: 688
47
RihannaVEVOViews This Week: 38,111,631 11%Subs This Week: 45,432 | Position Last Week: 46All-Time Views: 10,974,494,734 | All-Time Subs: 24,345,237 | SlateScore: 511
48
Movieclips TrailersViews This Week: 37,385,279 -2%Subs This Week: 25,748 | Position Last Week: 40All-Time Views: 7,951,608,134 | All-Time Subs: 10,789,023 | SlateScore: 706
49
Nao DisneyToysViews This Week: 36,622,100 -8%Subs This Week: 48,577 | Position Last Week: 37All-Time Views: 2,603,132,136 | All-Time Subs: 3,250,501 | SlateScore: 586
50
Charlie PuthViews This Week: 35,083,919 16%Subs This Week: 46,408 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 2,000,127,240 | All-Time Subs: 5,704,380 | SlateScore: 565