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During the 30 days of April, 32 U.S.-based channels added at least one million new subscribers. To qualify for the Top 100, U.S.-based hubs needed to increase their subscriber counts by at least 510,000.
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The list of creators who got at least one million new subs in April includes some familiar faces like MrBeast (#1 in the ranking with nine million new subs), Jesser (#6), and iShowSpeed (#7). Kid-friendly favorites like Vlad and Niki (#5) and FuFu Squishy (#9) also thrived. Then there was another subset of monthly millionaires who signaled a returning YouTube trend.
Roblox is back. Did it ever leave?
As far as open-ended sandbox games go, Minecraft has long been YouTube’s favorite. The new hotness, however, is Roblox, which paid out close to $1 billion to its creator community in 2024.
Roblox has been a hit on YouTube Shorts for years. LankyBox, whose stars play a lot of different games but often dive into Roblox worlds, became a hot commodity in 2022. By 2024, Roblox games like Rainbow Friends were rocketing up the YouTube charts.
But over the following months, Roblox channels started to slide in our Tubefilter rankings. They didn’t disappear from the chart entirely, but it seemed as if Roblox’s own short-form products were eating up some viewership that had previously gone to YouTube Shorts.
In April 2025, however, two Roblox creators rocketed into the uppermost quarter of the U.S. Top 100. RealRosa‘s goofy gameplay moments vaulted her up to 21st place, while Roblox animator Clutchmaker was right behind her in 22nd. Both creators added at least 1.1 million new subscribers across the 30 days of the fourth month.
For RealRosa, the use of best practices for Shorts production has been crucial. She often frames her clips as challenges, and her family members sometimes join the fun, boosting her Shorts visibility as a result.
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Clutchmaker’s approach is a little different. The Robloxer (can we call them Robloxers?) leans into his artistic side by using the sandbox’s models as the basis for comedic skits and other pieces of animated content.
That approach has brought more than 1.3 billion lifetime views to his official YouTube channel. Much of that viewership has been concentrated in recent months.
Data via Gospel Stats
To be clear, Roblox never really had a noticeable dip in popularity — at least not over the past year. But it seems as if the game’s community is finding new ways to employ YouTube Shorts as a promotional tool. I’d say that type of Roblox-related YouTube activity is preferable to the weird Rainbow Friends stuff, but what do I know? I’m no Gen Alpha member.
Channel Distribution
This month, 77 channels in the Top 100 are primarily active on YouTube Shorts.
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