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For the second month in a row, MrBeast collected more new subscribers than any other YouTube channel. Jimmy Donaldson’s primary YouTube hub is the most-subscribed channel on the platform, with 340 million subscribers tuned into MrBeast’s uploads.
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Since MrBeast is adding new subscribers faster than anyone else. — he got seven million of them in December alone — he figures to hold YouTube’s subscriber title for the foreseeable future. But there’s plenty to be learned from his (distant) challengers as well.
The biggest star in soccer is lifting up his sport on YouTube
Cristiano Ronaldo has positioned himself as a MrBeast challenger since he launched his UR Cristiano channel in August 2024. After a hot start, the UR Cristiano hub has cooled off considerably. It dropped from 5th place in November’s Global Top 100 to 11th in the most recent rundown.
Ronaldo is struggling to keep pace with his North Carolina-based rival, but he has already inspired a totally separate trend on YouTube Shorts: Soccer content, which was already quite popular in the land of vertical video, is reaching new heights with Ronaldo’s help.
A channel called CR7 Shorts just cracked the Global Top 100. It got 1.7 million subscribers in December to reach 34th place in our chart. Though its name would suggest that it’s a highlight hub, CR7 Shorts turns Ronaldo and rival Lionel Messi into the stars of bizarre clips that appeal to Generation Alpha.
The increasing presence of soccer stars on YouTube Shorts can be partially explained by the rise of Hispanic content on YouTube’s TikTok competitor. Countries like Mexico (7 channels), Spain (5 channels), and Colombia (2 channels) all have unusually high channel counts in the Global Top 100.
European soccer creators are enjoying the bump, too. Celine Dept, who has long been one of the most recognizable faces on the Shorts soccer community, got her highest viewership of 2024 after Ronaldo launched his official YouTube hub.
The domestic soccer season will run until May, but the presence of these channels on YouTube Shorts is a year-round fad. The biggest stars of the sport and turning attention toward themselves, and that bodes well for the creators who turn those players into wacky, Gen Alpha-approved avatars.
Channel Distribution
Here’s a breakdown of the Top 100 Most Subscribed channels this month in terms of their countries of origin:
- India and United States: 23
- Indonesia and Mexico: 7
- Brazi, Hong Kong, and Spain: 5
- Argentina, Japan, and Vietnam: 3
- China, Colombia, and South Korea: 2
- Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, and United Arab Emirates: 1
This month, 71 channels in the Top 100 are primarily active on YouTube Shorts.
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