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BabyBillion was only one week away from spending two consecutive months at the top of our YouTube viewership chart, but the Indian family hub dropped off precipitously during the last full week of April. It fell from first place in the Global Top 50 down to 31st after losing 67% of its YouTube traffic week-over-week.
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As one Indian entertainment hub loses its prominent chart position, three more have surged forward to take its place. Half the channels in this week’s Global Top 50 hail from India, and that group includes #1 finisher Dangal TV Channel, which led the way with 1.07 billion weekly views. It was followed by a pair of Top 50 stalwarts, both of which have enjoyed #1 finishes in the past: Anaya Kandhal and T-Series.
iShowSpeed and the WWE have a symbiotic relationship
WrestleMania 42 was a big win for all parties involved. Organizer WWE made yet another appearance in our Global Top 50, creator iShowSpeed made his official WrestleMania debut, and more than 100,000 fans attended the event across two nights.
It’s been more than 40 years since the first edition of the WWE’s annual flagship event, but WrestleMania is still a big deal — and YouTube traffic helps explain how big of an impact the spectacle still has. The WWE’s official YouTube channel has hovered near the top of our charts for as long as we’ve been publishing them, but the promotion has also endured months-long periods with no top 50 finishes.
The channel’s post-WrestleMania traffic represented a return to form. The WWE YouTube channel collected 319.2 million weekly views, which was good enough for a 45th-place finish in the Global Top 50. One week after ranking 148th in viewership among all YouTube channels, the WWE saw its traffic rise by 73%.
Established stars were largely responsible for that uptick. Roman Reigns, for example, is one of the big reasons why the WWE has more than 103 billion lifetime YouTube views, and he restated his legacy with a thrilling performance during the championship match.
That match was quite the thrill for wrestling fans, but iShowSpeed’s big WrestleMania highlight has received just as many views. Speed’s frog splash on Logan Paul — dubbed the iShowSplash — has received more than 2.3 million YouTube views and counting.
It’s not a massive revelation to say that famous creators boost the WWE’s global appeal. The wrestling brand learned that lesson earlier in the 2020s, when Logan Paul first became a fixture on the WWE circuit. Big-name creators now carry so much clout that the WWE is doing whatever it can to bring other personalities to platforms like YouTube and Twitch.
During WrestleMania 42, we witnessed the inverse of that phenomenon. Speed wasn’t just good for the WWE; the WWE was good for Speed. Though the Ohio native doesn’t need any help climbing the YouTube charts, his WWE appearance pushed his primary channel into rare territory.
In the week following the event, Speed cracked our Global Sub Top 50 ranking in 40th place, and his viewership peaked as well. With nearly 200 million weekly views, Speed returned to heights he previously reached at the start of 2026.
Data via Gospel Stats
The WWE and iShowSpeed will continue to feed one another, so long as the world’s biggest Ronaldo fan continues to elicit “siuuus” from the WrestleMania crowd. In doing so, Speed raises a profile that didn’t seem like it could get any bigger.
It won’t just be Speed, either. The WWE’s commitment to creator content means it likely has its eyes on other digital stars as it expands its talent roster. Logan Paul and his buddies are only the beginning.
Channel Distribution
Here’s a breakdown of the Top 50 Most Viewed channels this week in terms of their countries of origin:
- India: 25
- United States: 9
- Canada: 3
- Hong Kong: 2
- Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Germany, Indonesia, Russia, South Korea, and Taiwan: 1
This week, 38 channels in the Top 50 are primarily active on YouTube Shorts.
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