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The pivotal moment of the 2020 United States election cycle brought substantial changes to our weekly ranking of the 50 most viewed channels on YouTube. While an Indian record label continues to claim the title of “most viewed YouTube channel in the world,” several US-based news networks soaring up the charts, boosted by global interest in the American political circus.
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Chart Toppers
T-Series is not budging from the top spot in this chart — at least not this week. The Indian entertainment juggernaut finished our most recent measurement period with 797.3 million weekly views, the highest total among all YouTube channels during that timespan. The Ukranian-American family vlog Kids Diana Show, which upset the order of our global top five last week thanks to a noticeable upward surge, retained its status as our worldwide runner-up, thanks to an influx of 723.6 million weekly views.
Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes, which had topped this chart week after week earlier in 2020, is now sitting in third after overtaking one of the two channels that passed it a week prior. The American animation studio, which offers catchy jingles to young viewers, earned a total of 666.9 million weekly views in our latest update. That was enough viewership to push Vlad and Niki down to fourth; the Russian-American family vlog’s 641.6 million weekly views represented a 15% week-over-week traffic dip.
Our global top five was once again bookended by Indian channels, with SET India holding onto the #5 spot. The Sony-owned entertainment hub added 614.7 million weekly views to its lifetime total, which is now above 70 billion.
Top Gainers
Usually, when a quintuples its viewership in a single week, it’s a sign of some funny business (or perhaps just some run-of-the-mill housekeeping). But there is a less cynical explanation for the 554% week-over-week traffic increase experienced by the NBC News YouTube channel this week.
The Peacock was one of several American networks to offer YouTube-based coverage of the 2020 US Presidental election, which reached its climax during the week of November 3rd. NBC reached 14th place in our global top 50, ABC News was close behind in 22nd place (thanks to its own 442% week-over-week viewership increase) and Fox News climbed up to 27th place. Fox’s week-over-week increase was a mere 68% — a testament to the strong numbers it had been pulling on YouTube even before this week.
YouTube has been a go-to platform for election coverage since the early days of the Obama administration, and with American politics becoming more digital and social than ever before, it’s no surprise to see these venerated networks delivering big numbers in November. It remains to be seen if NBC et al. will continue to post full-length, YouTube-distributed versions of its famous news programs even after America’s political fervor begins to die down.
Channel Distribution
Here’s a breakdown of the Top 50 Most Viewed channels this week in terms of their countries of origin:
India: 17 channels in the Top 50.
United States: 14 channels in the Top 50.
Russia, South Korea, and the United Kingdom: 3 channels in the Top 50.
Canada: 2 channels in the Top 50.
Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Romania, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates: 1 channel each in the Top 50.
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Tubefilter Top 50
50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels
This Week • Worldwide
November 2, 2020 - November 8, 2020
1
T-SeriesViews This Week: 797,314,012-8%Subs This Week: 1,000,000 | Position Last Week: 1All-Time Views: 131,158,662,079 | All-Time Subs: 160,000,000
2
✿ Kids Diana ShowViews This Week: 723,649,651-6%Subs This Week: 800,000 | Position Last Week: 2All-Time Views: 43,823,059,519 | All-Time Subs: 68,100,000
3
Cocomelon - Nursery RhymesViews This Week: 666,936,017-7%Subs This Week: 500,000 | Position Last Week: 4All-Time Views: 83,175,363,117 | All-Time Subs: 97,700,000
4
Vlad and NikiViews This Week: 641,661,541-15%Subs This Week: 600,000 | Position Last Week: 3All-Time Views: 36,862,103,600 | All-Time Subs: 57,300,000
5
SET IndiaViews This Week: 614,735,6692%Subs This Week: 600,000 | Position Last Week: 5All-Time Views: 70,884,009,810 | All-Time Subs: 87,400,000
6
Sony SABViews This Week: 461,813,458-6%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 6All-Time Views: 40,211,419,830 | All-Time Subs: 40,100,000
7
Like NastyaViews This Week: 445,119,149-4%Subs This Week: 400,000 | Position Last Week: 7All-Time Views: 46,202,245,082 | All-Time Subs: 63,800,000
8
Zee TVViews This Week: 352,694,317-10%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 54,249,599,475 | All-Time Subs: 53,000,000
9
Toys and ColorsViews This Week: 330,570,188-8%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 8All-Time Views: 21,610,999,948 | All-Time Subs: 26,600,000
10
Colors TVViews This Week: 262,868,6171%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 11All-Time Views: 23,800,977,276 | All-Time Subs: 30,600,000
11
DONA 도나Views This Week: 261,467,913-5%Subs This Week: 0 | Position Last Week: 9All-Time Views: 7,000,990,916 | All-Time Subs: 0
12
WWEViews This Week: 246,664,750-7%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 10All-Time Views: 51,106,230,746 | All-Time Subs: 68,700,000
13
Zee Music CompanyViews This Week: 236,652,8238%Subs This Week: 400,000 | Position Last Week: 13All-Time Views: 31,190,530,595 | All-Time Subs: 64,300,000
14
NBC NewsViews This Week: 214,547,211554%Subs This Week: 380,000 | Position Last Week: 424All-Time Views: 2,525,317,278 | All-Time Subs: 4,520,000
Super JoJo - Nursery RhymesViews This Week: 204,329,6056%Subs This Week: 330,000 | Position Last Week: 17All-Time Views: 5,006,346,668 | All-Time Subs: 9,380,000
17
ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids SongsViews This Week: 197,443,9344%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 18All-Time Views: 27,007,983,790 | All-Time Subs: 41,800,000
18
El Reino InfantilViews This Week: 195,160,032-1%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 16All-Time Views: 35,958,167,275 | All-Time Subs: 38,300,000
19
Voot KidsViews This Week: 191,990,321-12%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 14All-Time Views: 6,396,033,926 | All-Time Subs: 20,500,000
20
shfa2 - شفاViews This Week: 184,166,546-22%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 12All-Time Views: 11,986,905,294 | All-Time Subs: 22,900,000
21
Pinkfong! Kids' Songs & StoriesViews This Week: 183,645,1762%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 19All-Time Views: 18,679,735,250 | All-Time Subs: 40,500,000
22
ABC NewsViews This Week: 178,469,187442%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 421All-Time Views: 8,609,310,263 | All-Time Subs: 10,300,000
23
Little Baby Bum - Nursery Rhymes & Kids SongsViews This Week: 161,234,4908%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 28All-Time Views: 30,130,502,797 | All-Time Subs: 33,600,000
24
Little Angel: Nursery Rhymes & Kids SongsViews This Week: 157,259,561-3%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 24All-Time Views: 12,010,973,943 | All-Time Subs: 18,300,000
25
Sony PALViews This Week: 157,212,66510%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 34All-Time Views: 10,053,846,998 | All-Time Subs: 17,200,000
26
Like Nastya ShowViews This Week: 154,642,081-9%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 21All-Time Views: 14,278,125,406 | All-Time Subs: 33,900,000
27
Fox NewsViews This Week: 148,264,28768%Subs This Week: 80,000 | Position Last Week: 82All-Time Views: 6,139,366,240 | All-Time Subs: 6,690,000
28
Ryan's WorldViews This Week: 146,859,329-4%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 25All-Time Views: 42,788,761,963 | All-Time Subs: 27,100,000
29
Infobells - HindiViews This Week: 146,074,629-4%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 26All-Time Views: 15,050,403,079 | All-Time Subs: 28,800,000
30
A4Views This Week: 145,841,513-13%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 22All-Time Views: 4,746,904,047 | All-Time Subs: 25,400,000
31
Tips OfficialViews This Week: 143,388,115-2%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 32All-Time Views: 15,770,696,531 | All-Time Subs: 33,900,000
32
BLACKPINKViews This Week: 142,975,613-13%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 23All-Time Views: 13,354,247,400 | All-Time Subs: 52,700,000
33
Shemaroo Filmi GaaneViews This Week: 142,899,135-14%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 20,840,817,132 | All-Time Subs: 43,900,000
34
Eva Bravo PlayViews This Week: 142,883,794-18%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 20All-Time Views: 5,401,763,550 | All-Time Subs: 11,200,000
35
Wave MusicViews This Week: 142,187,546-4%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 30All-Time Views: 27,274,901,493 | All-Time Subs: 39,300,000
36
Super Simple Songs - Kids SongsViews This Week: 142,155,468-4%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 29All-Time Views: 23,863,359,461 | All-Time Subs: 25,300,000
37
BabyBus - Nursery RhymesViews This Week: 138,574,840-2%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 35All-Time Views: 14,866,958,451 | All-Time Subs: 20,400,000
38
Heidi & Zidane बच्चों की कहानियाँViews This Week: 132,676,878-12%Subs This Week: 170,000 | Position Last Week: 27All-Time Views: 4,394,578,225 | All-Time Subs: 7,690,000
39
netd müzikViews This Week: 131,661,315-5%Subs This Week: 0 | Position Last Week: 37All-Time Views: 39,448,676,609 | All-Time Subs: 18,800,000
40
Josh AppViews This Week: 130,386,477-16%Subs This Week: 4,000 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,933,836,145 | All-Time Subs: 123,000
41
infobells - TamilViews This Week: 128,463,4382%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 41All-Time Views: 10,713,142,376 | All-Time Subs: 19,200,000
42
D BillionsViews This Week: 128,450,864-12%Subs This Week: 210,000 | Position Last Week: 33All-Time Views: 1,453,135,853 | All-Time Subs: 2,690,000
43
Peppa Pig - Official ChannelViews This Week: 126,325,60417%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 50All-Time Views: 12,323,756,707 | All-Time Subs: 19,800,000
44
Canal KondZillaViews This Week: 123,286,9895%Subs This Week: 100,000 | Position Last Week: 43All-Time Views: 32,671,925,201 | All-Time Subs: 61,400,000
45
Big Hit LabelsViews This Week: 122,927,864-16%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 31All-Time Views: 12,531,912,117 | All-Time Subs: 46,400,000
46
Bad BunnyViews This Week: 119,359,21234%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 80All-Time Views: 10,189,019,256 | All-Time Subs: 28,500,000
47
Bounce Patrol - Kids SongsViews This Week: 118,749,082-7%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 40All-Time Views: 10,910,612,598 | All-Time Subs: 18,800,000
48
Masha and The BearViews This Week: 116,198,2886%Subs This Week: 200,000 | Position Last Week: 47All-Time Views: 8,738,103,434 | All-Time Subs: 18,800,000
49
Family fitnessViews This Week: 115,182,199-1%Subs This Week: 64,000 | Position Last Week: 49All-Time Views: 916,528,441 | All-Time Subs: 471,000
50
Like Nastya ESPViews This Week: 113,825,581-1%Subs This Week: 300,000 | Position Last Week: 44All-Time Views: 9,338,246,596 | All-Time Subs: 24,000,000