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Based on how well Indian channels tend to perform in our global top 50, we’re never surprised to see our weekly charts populated with a high number of South Asian standouts. Even with that this disclaimer, however, our latest ranking of the 50 most-viewed YouTube channels of the week is particularly Indian. One of the nation’s top record labels continues to pace the field, and nearly half of the channels in the top 50 fly their homeland’s orange, white, and green flag (and no, I’m not talking about Ireland).
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Chart Toppers
Let’s start with the part that you probably could have guessed: T-Series is still the #1 channel in our global chart. The famous channel, which offers music and movies from the Indian subcontinent, finished our latest seven-day measurement period with 892.1 million weekly views, which was more than enough to hold onto first place in our worldwide ranking. T-Series is also closing in on 150 billion lifetime views, a milestone that it should surpass in the coming days.
This week’s global runner-up is unchanged as well, with SET India holding onto the #2 spot it claimed last week. The YouTube home of the Sony-owned TV channel saw its viewership drop by 12% since our previous chart update, but its 727.6 million weekly views were still enough to fend off all challengers (other than T-Series, of course). The channel closest to our top two, at least as far as viewership is concerned, is also owned and operated by Sony. Indian hub Sony PAL used its arsenal of comedy clips to amass 624.4 million weekly views and earn third-place in our global chart.
The first non-Indian channel in this week’s worldwide ranking is Kids Diana Show, which ranked fourth after coming in sixth seven days ago. The US-based channel, which serves as a platform for its titular child star, counted 396.6 million weekly views over seven days in order to reach its current chart position.
Like Nastya rounded out the global top five for the second week in a row. The Russian-American family vlog earned 368.6 million weekly views.
Top Gainers
This week, a whopping 22 Indian channels made it into our global top 50, so let’s take a moment to explore one of that nation’s rising digital stars: Arvind Arora, the face of the channel A2 Motivation.
Arora posted big numbers during the first few days of April. His videos earned 154.1 million weekly views, which was 44% more than what they earned the week prior. Arora also added 200,000 subscribers and counts more than 6.3 million of them in total. These impressive traffic numbers allowed A2 Motivation to rank 38th in the world after placing 66th a week ago.
Arora, like many of the Top Gainers we’ve highlighted of late, keep his videos under a minute; YouTube is boosting that type of content in an effort to compete with the current short-form king, TikTok. While A2 may be billed as a “motivational” channel, Arora offers all-purpose advice, covering topics like diet, exercise, and language. I enjoyed watching him explain English words to his Indian audience. He shared with them the contextual differences between the words “buy” and “purchase,” and between “see” and “watch.” Call it verbal motivation, if you’d like.
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Tubefilter Top 50
50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels
This Week • Worldwide
March 29, 2021 - April 4, 2021
1
T-SeriesViews This Week: 892,138,508-2%Subs This Week: 1,000,000 | Position Last Week: 1All-Time Views: 149,568,597,471 | All-Time Subs: 178,000,000
2
SET IndiaViews This Week: 727,649,690-12%Subs This Week: 0 | Position Last Week: 2All-Time Views: 83,431,334,799 | All-Time Subs: 100,000,000
3
Sony SABViews This Week: 624,404,79920%Subs This Week: 500,000 | Position Last Week: 4All-Time Views: 50,479,960,406 | All-Time Subs: 48,300,000
4
✿ Kids Diana ShowViews This Week: 396,637,553-3%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 6All-Time Views: 53,989,545,163 | All-Time Subs: 76,700,000
5
Like NastyaViews This Week: 368,628,710-28%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 5All-Time Views: 55,661,291,595 | All-Time Subs: 72,400,000
6
Vlad and NikiViews This Week: 322,673,024-6%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 8All-Time Views: 45,974,749,969 | All-Time Subs: 64,700,000
7
WWEViews This Week: 317,561,1893%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 9All-Time Views: 56,913,060,455 | All-Time Subs: 75,400,000
8
Colors TVViews This Week: 315,720,163-16%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 7All-Time Views: 31,200,547,176 | All-Time Subs: 37,800,000
9
D BillionsViews This Week: 309,565,30621%Subs This Week: 320,000 | Position Last Week: 13All-Time Views: 6,028,578,314 | All-Time Subs: 7,710,000
10
MovieclipsViews This Week: 272,346,4945%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 12All-Time Views: 50,227,603,361 | All-Time Subs: 51,300,000
11
MrBeastViews This Week: 271,370,238304%Subs This Week: 1,900,000 | Position Last Week: 153All-Time Views: 9,873,550,562 | All-Time Subs: 58,300,000
12
Super JoJo - Nursery RhymesViews This Week: 248,935,05220%Subs This Week: 400,000 | Position Last Week: 17All-Time Views: 9,542,015,571 | All-Time Subs: 16,800,000
13
Zee Music CompanyViews This Week: 228,330,434-6%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 14All-Time Views: 35,831,537,334 | All-Time Subs: 71,000,000
14
ZEE5Views This Week: 225,506,9703%Subs This Week: 170,000 | Position Last Week: 16All-Time Views: 6,479,974,881 | All-Time Subs: 8,030,000
15
AsianetViews This Week: 222,693,05530%Subs This Week: 60,000 | Position Last Week: 26All-Time Views: 4,478,271,414 | All-Time Subs: 6,090,000
16
Voot KidsViews This Week: 216,899,68614%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 19All-Time Views: 10,008,551,907 | All-Time Subs: 26,200,000
17
Jake FellmanViews This Week: 208,461,54955%Subs This Week: 130,000 | Position Last Week: 41All-Time Views: 2,750,996,495 | All-Time Subs: 4,170,000
18
DONA 도나Views This Week: 208,195,133-7%Subs This Week: 0 | Position Last Week: 15All-Time Views: 12,814,294,915 | All-Time Subs: 0
19
We Made Your DayViews This Week: 196,526,8426%Subs This Week: 160,000 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 786,145,911 | All-Time Subs: 1,220,000
20
Wave MusicViews This Week: 195,306,56215%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 28All-Time Views: 30,324,262,630 | All-Time Subs: 43,400,000
21
Infobells - HindiViews This Week: 194,374,05278%Subs This Week: 400,000 | Position Last Week: 64All-Time Views: 17,618,894,341 | All-Time Subs: 33,200,000
22
Toys and ColorsViews This Week: 193,980,242-33%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 10All-Time Views: 27,617,498,529 | All-Time Subs: 30,300,000
HAR PAL GEOViews This Week: 190,243,55717%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 33All-Time Views: 9,732,950,733 | All-Time Subs: 15,200,000
25
Josh AppViews This Week: 186,930,1435%Subs This Week: 10,000 | Position Last Week: 22All-Time Views: 3,337,232,141 | All-Time Subs: 195,000
26
Sony PALViews This Week: 183,212,18424%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 37All-Time Views: 13,791,465,217 | All-Time Subs: 21,900,000
27
shfa2 - شفاViews This Week: 180,587,79310%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 31All-Time Views: 15,836,499,737 | All-Time Subs: 27,600,000
28
HYBE LABELSViews This Week: 176,235,59140%Subs This Week: 600,000 | Position Last Week: 50All-Time Views: 15,441,449,940 | All-Time Subs: 53,200,000
29
ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids SongsViews This Week: 176,002,741-4%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 20All-Time Views: 30,443,093,919 | All-Time Subs: 47,000,000
30
Little Angel: Nursery Rhymes & Kids SongsViews This Week: 165,338,21124%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 42All-Time Views: 15,430,352,443 | All-Time Subs: 22,200,000
31
SSSniperWolfViews This Week: 158,387,9369%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 38All-Time Views: 11,653,202,903 | All-Time Subs: 26,600,000
32
LittleGloveViews This Week: 156,621,70754%Subs This Week: 141,000 | Position Last Week: 82All-Time Views: 740,250,846 | All-Time Subs: 946,000
33
Klem FamilyViews This Week: 156,047,831-25%Subs This Week: 130,000 | Position Last Week: 18All-Time Views: 1,053,092,742 | All-Time Subs: 1,180,000
34
Shemaroo Filmi GaaneViews This Week: 155,239,38533%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 23,942,924,257 | All-Time Subs: 50,300,000
35
Aditya MusicViews This Week: 155,128,5928%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 39All-Time Views: 13,578,985,200 | All-Time Subs: 17,700,000
36
Ch3ThailandViews This Week: 154,895,20256%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 84All-Time Views: 19,898,809,973 | All-Time Subs: 27,700,000
37
El Reino InfantilViews This Week: 154,654,568-0%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 35All-Time Views: 39,366,722,164 | All-Time Subs: 41,400,000
38
A2 Motivation {Arvind Arora}Views This Week: 154,171,16844%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 66All-Time Views: 2,539,480,256 | All-Time Subs: 6,370,000
39
Heidi & Zidane बच्चों की कहानियाँViews This Week: 151,998,87933%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 59All-Time Views: 7,129,284,717 | All-Time Subs: 11,200,000
40
Fijek LiveViews This Week: 147,237,427-14%Subs This Week: 110,000 | Position Last Week: 25All-Time Views: 1,681,959,870 | All-Time Subs: 2,410,000
41
Tips OfficialViews This Week: 146,645,207-7%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 34All-Time Views: 19,440,357,226 | All-Time Subs: 40,200,000
42
Ryan's WorldViews This Week: 144,680,7737%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 40All-Time Views: 46,320,677,731 | All-Time Subs: 29,200,000
43
YRFViews This Week: 143,973,18441%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 81All-Time Views: 21,849,659,649 | All-Time Subs: 38,800,000
44
Masha and The BearViews This Week: 138,687,844-21%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 23All-Time Views: 11,269,726,336 | All-Time Subs: 23,100,000
45
netd müzikViews This Week: 135,752,812-20%Subs This Week: 0 | Position Last Week: 30All-Time Views: 42,350,654,142 | All-Time Subs: 19,700,000
46
Pinkfong! Kids' Songs & StoriesViews This Week: 132,316,517-22%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 27All-Time Views: 22,679,788,698 | All-Time Subs: 46,200,000
47
Vijay TelevisionViews This Week: 130,530,034-2%Subs This Week: 0 | Position Last Week: 44All-Time Views: 11,934,035,966 | All-Time Subs: 14,000,000
48
Super Simple Songs - Kids SongsViews This Week: 128,713,420-15%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 36All-Time Views: 26,961,230,868 | All-Time Subs: 27,900,000
49
shfaViews This Week: 127,457,524-22%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 32All-Time Views: 15,473,092,837 | All-Time Subs: 29,900,000
50
Sun TVViews This Week: 126,816,6913%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 52All-Time Views: 4,938,769,939 | All-Time Subs: 11,900,000