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At the front of this week’s U.S. Top 50, we have four heavy hitters and one surprise entrant. Though the four chart stalwarts have about 20 times more subscribers than the newcomer (or more), this ranking’s top five finishers are relatively equal in terms of weekly YouTube views.
Only the #1 channel in the U.S. Top 50 truly stands out from the pack. And you can probably guess who that is.
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Chart Toppers
Surprise! It’s MrBeast.
The most-watched and most-subscribed individual creator in the United States has become a regular fixture at the front of our U.S. Top 50. Though he only uploads a few long-form videos each month on his main channel, Jimmy Donaldson supplements that activity with Shorts and other supporting videos. The patented MrBeast mix delivered another big seven-day haul at the start of May. Donaldson collected 525 million weekly views to retain the #1 spot in our all-American ranking. He also remains the most-subscribed channel in the nation.
MaviGadget is sitting in second place in the U.S. Top 50. With videos that depict machinery, assembly lines, and other artificial items, MaviGadget has become one of the most popular channels on Shorts — and arguably one of the most consistent users of the format. Most of MaviGadget’s 515.7 million weekly views came through YouTube’s TikTok competitor, and the size of this channel’s audience only seems to be going up. MaviGadget increased its traffic by 16% week-over-week and now reaches more than 27 million subscribers in all.
The channel ranked third in the U.S. Top 50 wasn’t in the top five last week, but he’s no stranger to this echelon of our weekly charts. Zach King has been one of the most successful short-form creators since long before YouTube Shorts was a thing. The one-time Vine star is still wowing audiences with cheeky videos that make liberal use of special effects. King’s CG creations brought 349.8 million weekly views to his primary channel during the first week of May. That was good for a 25% week-over-week bump that pushed him from seventh up to third.
If Zach King is an old hand when it comes to short-form content, the fourth-placed finisher is a fresh-eyed rookie. J House jr. didn’t make much of an impression in our charts before April, but it moved up to 17th place a week ago and soared even higher this week. With its kid-friendly videos, J House jr. increased its traffic by 88% week-over-week, topping out at 325.5 million weekly views. That’s a pretty good performance for a channel that only got its millionth YouTube view one week prior.
Justin Flom rounds out this week’s U.S. top five. The magician, who is a former first-place finisher in this chart, delivered another strong seven-day output. He counted 312.8 million weekly views.
Top Gainers
When we interviewed Pier and Marco D’Alessandro for our YouTube Millionaires column earlier this year, the brothers explained that they are just now hitting their stride on YouTube. “We want to do this forever,” Marco said at the time. “We want to just full tilt, bring everyone what they want, the most value.”
A few months later, the brothers are showing that the sky’s the limit for their shared channel. The D’Alessandros are the stars of SaucyTV, a channel that is riding its multiformat approach all the way to the U.S. Top 50.
SaucyTV began as a creative outlet for two boys with prankish spirits, wild ideas, and too much time on their hands. Their long-form videos, many of which take the form of vlogs, helped them make names for themselves on YouTube. But it’s their Shorts that have allowed them to bring billions of views to their silliest concepts. A compilation featuring some of their more outlandish practical jokes has pulled in 43 million views all on its own, and that’s not even their most-watched Short.
Compilations like this one propelled SaucyTV into the U.S. Top 50. During our most recent seven-day measurement period, the D’Alessandro brothers’ main YouTube channel accrued 114.5 million weekly views, which put it in 45th place in our star-spangled ranking. One week after landing in 63rd place, SaucyTV moved up 18 positions by increasing its traffic 32% week-over-week.
SaucyTV’s successes have brought its lifetime viewership up to 2.3 billion, which is impressive but still far off from the channels at the top of this chart. If Pier and Marco want to reach even higher, they’ll have to continue their nonstop grind, even though joining a cult with dad sounds like it’s more fun.
Channel Distribution
This week, there are 40 YouTube Shorts channels in the U.S. Top 50.
