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It’s another installment of the weeklyTubefilter Chartof theTop 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channelsand no one can top this preadolescent named Ryan.
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Chart Toppers
Ryan ToysReview held onto its first-place position on the U.S. chart for an unbelievable 34th week. Ryan’s eponymous YouTube channel featuring the pre-K’s unboxing talents and playtime footage hopped up 13% on the week to take home nearly 174 million views. In a still-close second place is WWE. Your YouTube destination for all your World Wrestling Entertainment clips, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage jumped up 10% to score almost 166.7 million views on the week.
Up next in the #3 spot is still ToyScouter. The channel that’s fully embracing YouTube’s oddball adults-dressing-up-in-Disney-and-superhero-costume phenomena was up 8% to amass more than 139.9 million views throughout the week. In fourth place is Luis Fonsi. The Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor’s channel jumped up 50% to top out at almost 139 million views.
And rounding out the Top 5 is Chainsmokers. The poppy DJ duo was down 6% to bottom out at over 107.4 million views during the week.
Top Gainers
The honor of one of our Top Gainers this week goes to Saturday Night Live.
NBC’s flagship, late night, sketch comedy show has done well on YouTube ever since Alec Baldwin introduced his Donald Trump impression. This week was better than the one before, however, thanks to more political satire, comical impressions, and a great host and musical guest. Jimmy Fallon’s return to the SNL stage as host alongside a solo Harry Styles musical guest helped the channel to a 46% week-over-week increase in views, more than 53.9 million views on the week, and the #25 spot on the U.S. chart.
Channel Distribution
The top 50 most viewed U.S. YouTube channels this week amassed a total of 3,101,557,145 views. Here’s the distribution of a few of those channels by multi-channel network:
VEVO: 15 channels in the U.S. Top 50, with Luis Fonsi the top-ranked channel of the network at #4.
BuzzFeed, Maker Studios, Movieclips, NBCU, Studio71: 2 channels each in the Top 50, with BuzzFeed’s BuzzFeed Video at #14, Maker’s FGTeeV at #22, Movieclips’ Movieclips at #8, NBCU’s Saturday Night Live at #25, and Studio71’s FamilyFunPack at #12.
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Tubefilter Top 50
The 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels
This Week • U.S.
April 13, 2017 - April 19, 2017
1
Ryan ToysReviewViews This Week: 173,976,485 13%Subs This Week: 81,366 | Position Last Week: 1All-Time Views: 11,702,380,157 | All-Time Subs: 7,367,604 | SlateScore: 582
2
WWEViews This Week: 166,698,617 10%Subs This Week: 134,629 | Position Last Week: 2All-Time Views: 14,457,085,277 | All-Time Subs: 15,664,550 | SlateScore: 765
3
ToyScouterViews This Week: 139,910,305 8%Subs This Week: 158,152 | Position Last Week: 3All-Time Views: 4,199,231,397 | All-Time Subs: 5,791,605 | SlateScore: 595
4
LuisFonsiVEVOViews This Week: 138,989,769 50%Subs This Week: 587,144 | Position Last Week: 6All-Time Views: 1,938,450,077 | All-Time Subs: 4,031,657 | SlateScore: 501
5
ChainsmokersVEVOViews This Week: 107,417,452 -6%Subs This Week: 180,722 | Position Last Week: 4All-Time Views: 3,998,485,006 | All-Time Subs: 8,703,900 | SlateScore: 607
6
Toy FreaksViews This Week: 99,423,324 45%Subs This Week: 118,574 | Position Last Week: 14All-Time Views: 5,129,281,656 | All-Time Subs: 6,164,690 | SlateScore: 556
7
KatyPerryVEVOViews This Week: 90,593,390 -7%Subs This Week: 90,549 | Position Last Week: 5All-Time Views: 11,530,959,927 | All-Time Subs: 21,965,698 | SlateScore: 627
8
MovieclipsViews This Week: 80,716,259 0%Subs This Week: 56,621 | Position Last Week: 9All-Time Views: 6,282,062,033 | All-Time Subs: 4,872,219 | SlateScore: 577
9
Bruno MarsViews This Week: 76,421,846 -5%Subs This Week: 147,207 | Position Last Week: 8All-Time Views: 5,878,692,529 | All-Time Subs: 14,327,212 | SlateScore: 580
10
shakiraVEVOViews This Week: 76,349,490 5%Subs This Week: 123,987 | Position Last Week: 12All-Time Views: 9,057,048,142 | All-Time Subs: 13,293,066 | SlateScore: 610
11
Freak Family VlogsViews This Week: 70,697,300 12%Subs This Week: 94,875 | Position Last Week: 15All-Time Views: 1,910,831,358 | All-Time Subs: 2,826,715 | SlateScore: 573
12
FamilyFunPackViews This Week: 67,914,578 11%Subs This Week: 32,041 | Position Last Week: 18All-Time Views: 9,214,626,109 | All-Time Subs: 5,098,061 | SlateScore: 606
13
JustinBieberVEVOViews This Week: 67,800,256 10%Subs This Week: 163,655 | Position Last Week: 17All-Time Views: 14,913,016,289 | All-Time Subs: 28,536,793 | SlateScore: 514
14
BuzzFeedVideoViews This Week: 67,761,322 -13%Subs This Week: 59,594 | Position Last Week: 10All-Time Views: 9,692,791,672 | All-Time Subs: 12,282,674 | SlateScore: 758
15
EnriqueIglesiasVEVOViews This Week: 64,836,960 -10%Subs This Week: 95,052 | Position Last Week: 11All-Time Views: 7,972,033,893 | All-Time Subs: 10,411,023 | SlateScore: 536
16
WORLDSTARHIPHOPViews This Week: 63,811,130 -21%Subs This Week: 71,470 | Position Last Week: 7All-Time Views: 3,388,082,284 | All-Time Subs: 5,101,743 | SlateScore: 666
17
TheEllenShowViews This Week: 63,703,629 32%Subs This Week: 92,324 | Position Last Week: 26All-Time Views: 8,591,298,771 | All-Time Subs: 19,520,368 | SlateScore: 736
18
PopularMMOsViews This Week: 61,388,475 43%Subs This Week: 72,735 | Position Last Week: 30All-Time Views: 8,228,953,549 | All-Time Subs: 11,350,285 | SlateScore: 743
19
TaylorSwiftVEVOViews This Week: 58,910,689 7%Subs This Week: 62,519 | Position Last Week: 21All-Time Views: 11,236,501,908 | All-Time Subs: 22,028,260 | SlateScore: 544
20
DisneyMusicVEVOViews This Week: 58,371,778 -7%Subs This Week: 76,381 | Position Last Week: 16All-Time Views: 3,142,244,012 | All-Time Subs: 5,653,334 | SlateScore: 614
21
ToyMonsterViews This Week: 57,859,192 N/ASubs This Week: 72,648 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,989,760,276 | All-Time Subs: 3,559,139 | SlateScore: 575
22
FGTeeVViews This Week: 57,844,287 26%Subs This Week: 49,483 | Position Last Week: 27All-Time Views: 3,748,615,284 | All-Time Subs: 3,337,820 | SlateScore: 609
23
Trap NationViews This Week: 57,400,723 8%Subs This Week: 119,656 | Position Last Week: 23All-Time Views: 4,449,770,107 | All-Time Subs: 13,363,534 | SlateScore: 667
24
Jake PaulViews This Week: 55,181,003 -6%Subs This Week: 280,596 | Position Last Week: 20All-Time Views: 460,829,618 | All-Time Subs: 4,525,779 | SlateScore: 703
25
Saturday Night LiveViews This Week: 53,909,270 46%Subs This Week: 73,138 | Position Last Week: 35All-Time Views: 2,448,151,008 | All-Time Subs: 4,069,362 | SlateScore: 624
26
CookieSwirlCViews This Week: 50,313,734 -11%Subs This Week: 35,297 | Position Last Week: 19All-Time Views: 5,095,837,628 | All-Time Subs: 4,360,130 | SlateScore: 607
27
MarkiplierViews This Week: 49,304,998 21%Subs This Week: 68,180 | Position Last Week: 34All-Time Views: 7,091,750,051 | All-Time Subs: 17,177,426 | SlateScore: 765
28
Fueled By RamenViews This Week: 48,054,735 10%Subs This Week: 67,876 | Position Last Week: 31All-Time Views: 7,292,005,383 | All-Time Subs: 8,013,972 | SlateScore: 644
29
CalvinHarrisVEVOViews This Week: 47,577,429 7%Subs This Week: 44,487 | Position Last Week: 29All-Time Views: 6,994,967,760 | All-Time Subs: 10,887,982 | SlateScore: 456
30
Super Simple SongsViews This Week: 46,431,067 -7%Subs This Week: 57,528 | Position Last Week: 24All-Time Views: 6,079,193,150 | All-Time Subs: 5,503,337 | SlateScore: 591
31
Dude PerfectViews This Week: 44,824,959 -32%Subs This Week: 239,631 | Position Last Week: 13All-Time Views: 2,897,965,166 | All-Time Subs: 17,737,604 | SlateScore: 706
32
Toys and Funny Kids Surprise EggsViews This Week: 43,622,459 7%Subs This Week: 64,415 | Position Last Week: 32All-Time Views: 5,548,061,437 | All-Time Subs: 6,123,763 | SlateScore: 584
33
Guava JuiceViews This Week: 43,251,378 14%Subs This Week: 68,396 | Position Last Week: 36All-Time Views: 1,989,050,254 | All-Time Subs: 5,805,604 | SlateScore: 702
34
Maroon5VEVOViews This Week: 43,114,859 -10%Subs This Week: 56,707 | Position Last Week: 25All-Time Views: 7,113,882,161 | All-Time Subs: 13,153,625 | SlateScore: 601
35
Movieclips TrailersViews This Week: 41,905,638 27%Subs This Week: 32,682 | Position Last Week: 46All-Time Views: 8,110,015,474 | All-Time Subs: 10,924,463 | SlateScore: 711
36
PomPomViews This Week: 41,796,098 45%Subs This Week: 61,063 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 2,268,439,504 | All-Time Subs: 3,646,540 | SlateScore: 595
37
ArianaGrandeVevoViews This Week: 41,573,974 10%Subs This Week: 72,449 | Position Last Week: 37All-Time Views: 6,816,719,362 | All-Time Subs: 16,322,569 | SlateScore: 566
38
Ricky MartinViews This Week: 40,723,370 14%Subs This Week: 34,896 | Position Last Week: 42All-Time Views: 2,807,438,770 | All-Time Subs: 3,157,385 | SlateScore: 495
39
BuzzFeedYellowViews This Week: 39,985,443 7%Subs This Week: 16,950 | Position Last Week: 38All-Time Views: 7,061,689,665 | All-Time Subs: 7,804,341 | SlateScore: 681
40
KendrickLamarVEVOViews This Week: 39,678,293 46%Subs This Week: 218,473 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 721,353,555 | All-Time Subs: 2,527,606 | SlateScore: 453
41
Star WarsViews This Week: 39,183,425 N/ASubs This Week: 175,623 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 608,392,639 | All-Time Subs: 2,028,815 | SlateScore: 661
42
FUNnel VisionViews This Week: 38,694,503 17%Subs This Week: 29,333 | Position Last Week: 47All-Time Views: 3,082,674,371 | All-Time Subs: 2,865,410 | SlateScore: 614
43
EminemVEVOViews This Week: 37,006,978 12%Subs This Week: 80,314 | Position Last Week: 48All-Time Views: 8,417,776,409 | All-Time Subs: 21,707,000 | SlateScore: 511
44
Yippee ToysViews This Week: 36,764,614 N/ASubs This Week: 81,988 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,345,677,223 | All-Time Subs: 2,285,947 | SlateScore: 568
45
Inside EditionViews This Week: 36,682,053 -9%Subs This Week: 17,724 | Position Last Week: 33All-Time Views: 1,405,621,185 | All-Time Subs: 903,080 | SlateScore: 606
46
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonViews This Week: 36,318,736 -13%Subs This Week: 41,937 | Position Last Week: 28All-Time Views: 6,895,117,519 | All-Time Subs: 13,486,872 | SlateScore: 720
47
Ultra MusicViews This Week: 35,282,298 -4%Subs This Week: 47,489 | Position Last Week: 40All-Time Views: 6,099,648,008 | All-Time Subs: 8,295,671 | SlateScore: 692
48
ShawnMendesVEVOViews This Week: 34,345,483 -6%Subs This Week: 68,528 | Position Last Week: 39All-Time Views: 2,612,062,494 | All-Time Subs: 7,667,166 | SlateScore: 470
49
Wiz KhalifaViews This Week: 33,619,783 -4%Subs This Week: 68,887 | Position Last Week: 43All-Time Views: 5,902,157,301 | All-Time Subs: 10,843,072 | SlateScore: 556
50
DramaFeverViews This Week: 33,613,309 19%Subs This Week: 32,884 | Position Last Week: N/AAll-Time Views: 1,212,950,831 | All-Time Subs: 1,694,222 | SlateScore: 586