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MrBeast is on top of our weekly subscriber chart for the second week in a row. The North Carolina-based YouTube star sits atop the Global Sub Top 50 after adding two million weekly subscribers.
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Six other channels (including two from Brazil) added at least one million new subscribers during the week that was, but none of them could come close to MrBeast. The most-followed creator on YouTube now has more than 477 million subscribers who hang onto every upload he puts out.
Could two Mexican stars unite to form the ultimate couple channel?
Last November, Ricky Limon and Daniela Arredondo got engaged. The two Mexican creators are high school sweethearts who have been dating for more than seven years, and their engagement confirmed their status as one of YouTube’s premier power couples.
Both Limon and Arredondo have been active on YouTube Shorts for years, but their union happened to coincide with an uptick of couple content across short-form formats. Last year, Australian pairs Cadel and Mia and Jasmin and James became hot stuff on Shorts, with their shared Double Date channel occasionally ranking as the most-watched channel on YouTube.
Flash forward a few months, and both of those couples are still in the mix in our viewership charts, though their shared channel has fallen out of the Top 50. Thanks to trends like Roblox and phonk music, Latin America has become an epicenter for short-form content, and that shift presents Limon and Arredondo with a palpable opportunity.
In particular, Arredondo is poised for big gains in the coming months. She just entered the Global Sub Top 50 for the first time after getting 300,000 new subscribers during the second full week of April. Her frequent co-star, who she sometimes refers to as “big Rick,” helped her haul in those massive gains.
Limon is such a big draw that Arredondo added nearly ten times as many subscribers this week as she did last week. She’s now closing in on one billion lifetime YouTube views and three million subscribers, even though her channel only dates back to 2020.
We shouldn’t suggest that this couple’s growth outcomes are a one-way street. Arredondo is also a frequent co-star on her partner’s channel, and her growth is lifting his hub as well. After hitting a high point around the start of the new year, Limon has watched his weekly traffic climb slowly but surely, and he just collected 100 million weekly views. That total goes along with 500,000 weekly subscribers, a tally that was high enough to push Limon up to 15th place in the Global Sub Top 50.
Data via Gospel Stats
Arredondo and Limon are applying a lot of the same principles that vaulted channels like Cadel and Mia to YouTube stardom. The Mexican lovebirds have a positive outlook, they’re not afraid to embrace the silliness of their relationship, and after so much time together, they’re extremely comfortable with one another in front of the camera.
This might only be the beginning for them. Limon has started producing music videos alongside other Mexican creators like GONZOK, so he and his boo are ready to become mainstream stars whose mutual love and influence extends far beyond YouTube Shorts.
Channel Distribution
Here’s a breakdown of the Top 50 Most Viewed channels this week in terms of their countries of origin:
- United States: 9
- Brazil: 7
- India: 6
- Mexico: 4
- Japan: 3
- Argentina, Hong Kong, Russia, and Ukraine: 2
- Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam: 1
This week, 39 channels in the Top 50 are primarily active on YouTube Shorts.
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