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The #1 channel in this month’s U.S. Top 100 is no surprise. After all, a single channel led each of our weekly charts during September, so why wouldn’t it claim the top spot?
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Toys and Colors leads, but MrBeast is not far off
Toys and Colors pulled in 2.91 billion monthly views to lead all U.S.-based channels in our monthly ranking. As mammoth as that total is, two other American YouTube channels pulled in at least two billion views during the ninth month. One, J House jr., is a family channel just like Toys and Colors.
The other is MrBeast. The North Carolina-based creator spent September negotiating the fallout from the on-set controversies that plagued his upcoming Amazon series Beast Games. But even with the damage to his reputation, MrBeast is still the biggest individual creator on the U.S. side of YouTube. His viewership — 2.01 billion monthly views — is just about even with previous 30-day totals.
Data via Gospel Stats
If you’re wondering what that spike in the middle of the graph is, it occurred when MrBeast passed T-Series to become YouTube’s subscriber king. Post-controversy, Jimmy Donaldson might not get 1.3 billion weekly views anymore, but he’s still relevant in our charts.
MrBeast is a Top 100 creator who’s been at this for a while. He’s not alone.
Can you believe that MrBeast’s main YouTube channel is more than a decade old? He’s gone through a lot of twists and turns since then, but he’s not the only vet in the U.S. Top 100. Peachybbies (#35) has a YouTube slime empire dating back to 2017, the Stokes Twins (#18) are long-time multi-platform all-stars, and Aphmau (#92t) is a fixture in YouTube’s Minecraft scene.
Another impressive old-timer is Zach King. A decade after he was a breakout star on Vine, the special effects wizard is still one of the biggest draws on the internet. His YouTube channel ranked 11th in the U.S. Top 100 during a month when he collected more than 1.1 billion views. On the whole, his growth during the second half of 2024 has been strong.
Data via Gospel Stats
The YouTube community’s love for special effects seems to be neverending. That’s pretty good news for the guy who’s also known as the “Final Cut King.”
Storytime comes to Shorts
Storytelling is a classic format on YouTube. One creator closely associated with that concept is drama queen Tana Mongeau, whose “storytime” videos earned her millions of views.
Mongeau’s storytime videos were notable for their super-long runtimes, as the creator tended to go deep into dramatic topics. Her format may seem like it wouldn’t fit on Shorts, but creators like Tyler Vitelli are figuring out how to tell tall tales via short-form. Vitelli’s stories range from pepper spray incidents to bully comeuppance. Then there was the time a vegan didn’t know mozzarella was cheese. That one’s a doozy.
Vitelli’s penchant for storytelling earned him 353.4 million monthly views in September. Imagine if he could crack one billion monthly views before the end of the year. That would certainly be a remarkable story.
Channel Distribution
This month, 72 channels in the Top 100 are primarily active on YouTube Shorts.
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