# Who has the most followers on YouTube? (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/data/who-has-the-most-followers-on-youtube)

As of 2026-07-16, the channel with the most subscribers on YouTube is MrBeast (@mrbeast), with 508 million subscribers, the leader ranked live across 16 of the world's biggest YouTube channels via the SocialCrawl API.

Computed 2026-07-16 from a sample of 16.

## Methodology

SocialCrawl reads the public subscriber count for a curated basket of the world's largest YouTube channels via the API endpoint /v1/youtube/channel, then ranks them by subscriber count. The basket mixes individual creators, like MrBeast and PewDiePie, with brand and media channels, like T-Series and Cocomelon. 16 channels were ranked on 2026-07-16. This is a leaderboard among the largest known channels, not an exhaustive scan of all of YouTube. Subscriber counts are read live, never estimated.

## FAQ

### Who has the most subscribers on YouTube in 2026?

As of 2026-07-16, MrBeast has more YouTube subscribers than any other channel, with 508 million. It is computed live from public channel data across 16 of the biggest YouTube channels via the SocialCrawl API, so the number tracks reality rather than a stale estimate.

### What is the biggest YouTube channel in 2026?

The biggest YouTube channel by subscriber count is MrBeast (@mrbeast), with 508 million subscribers as of 2026-07-16. It leads the 16-channel basket SocialCrawl tracks for this leaderboard, ahead of major kids' and Bollywood channels like T-Series and Cocomelon.

### How is the leaderboard of who has the most subscribers on YouTube calculated?

Each channel's public subscriber count is read via /v1/youtube/channel, then the 16 channels are ranked by subscribers. The leader as of 2026-07-16 is MrBeast with 508 million. Counts are read live, not estimated, so the ranking refreshes as subscriber totals change.

### Is MrBeast the individual creator with the most YouTube subscribers, or just the biggest channel overall?

Both. MrBeast tops this leaderboard outright, ahead of large media and kids' brands like T-Series and Cocomelon that also rank among the 16 channels SocialCrawl tracks, with 508 million as of 2026-07-16.

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- Who has the most subscribers on YouTube?
- What's the biggest YouTube channel in 2026?
- Who is the most subscribed YouTuber right now?

Data source: SocialCrawl unified social data API. https://www.socialcrawl.dev/data