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Only two YouTube channels added more than 5 million new subscribers during November. One of those channels finished just above that line while the other saw its monthly new subscriber count balloon rise to eight million.
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As you might have guessed, that massive gain belongs to the most-subscribed YouTuber of all time: MrBeast. One of the North Carolina-based creator’s collaborators, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, has said that he wants to make a bid for the YouTube subscriber title. Right now, however, MrBeast is getting nearly twice as many new subscribers as his Portuguese competition. The #1 spot in this ranking appears taken for the time being.
Nintendo is taking YouTube matters into its own hands
Nintendo’s checkered relationship with creators is a long, acrimonious saga filled with video takedown claims, irregular earnings, and not nearly enough Mario Superstar Baseball. Some gamers have become so frustrated with Nintendo’s strict policies that they have stopped streaming the company’s games, even though they rank among the most famous titles in video game history.
Though fan-made Nintendo content comes with some complications, the Japanese developer and publisher still wants to use YouTube to harness the potential of its recognizable characters and games. That is exactly what happens on the Pokémon Kids TV channel, which is one of the fastest-growing hubs on YouTube.
Pokémon Kids TV combines simple, early education formats with fan-favorite pocket monsters like Eevee, Squirtle, and Pikachu (especially Pikachu). While the channel features a variety of long-form and short-form uploads, its top performers are basic nursery rhymes studded with Pokémon cameos.
Did Nintendo’s policing of YouTube groundwork open up a super effective path for Pokémon Kids TV? Maybe, but it’s also possible that the game maker just got lucky. After all, there are plenty more Top 100 channels that feature (possibly AI-generated) ripoffs of licensed characters. Viacom (now part of Paramount) is a prominent opponent of YouTube freebooters, but that hasn’t stopped a channel called Mundos de Bob from getting 1.02 million monthly subscribers with its knockoff SpongeBob Squarepants characters.
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Pokémon Kids TV’s monthly sub count is even higher, reaching 2.5 million in November. Even though the Viacom/YouTube lawsuits have been settled for a decade now, YouTube is still a battleground where major entertainment companies compete with silly imitations for millions of eyeballs.
Channel Distribution
Here’s a breakdown of the Top 100 Most Subscribed channels this month in terms of their countries of origin:
- India: 35
- United States: 21
- Hong Kong: 8
- Brazil: 5
- Mexico: 4
- Japan, South Korea, Spain, and Vietnam: 3
- Argentina and Indonesia: 2
- Belarus, Belgium, Canada, China, El Salvador, Malaysia, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, and United Arab Emirates: 1
This month, 69 channels in the Top 100 are primarily active on YouTube Shorts.
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