Top 15 Lists of the most subscribed users on YouTube

This list of the most subscribed users on YouTube contains representations of the channels with the most subscribers on the video platform YouTube. The ability to "subscribe" to a user's videos was added to YouTube by late October 2005, The "most subscribed" list on YouTube began being listed by a chart on the site by May 2006, at which time Smosh was #1 with fewer than 3,000 subscribers. As of March 29, 2016, the most subscribed user is PewDiePie, with over 42 million subscribers. The PewDiePie channel has held the peak position since December 22, 2013 (2 years, 3 months and 7 days), when it surpassed YouTube's Spotlight channel.

1. PewDiePie

43,036,936 subscribers • 11,575,895,459 views
Owners :  Felix Kjellberg, Country : Sweden
Content : Video Games

2. HolaSoyGerman

26,963,390 subscribers • 2,505,365,085 views
Owners : Germán Garmendia, Country : Chile  
Content : Vlogs

3. Youtube Spotlight

24,025,200 subscribers • 764,425,356 views
Owner : YouTube Inc., Country : United States
Content : Entertainment
 
4. Smosh

21,949,393 subscribers • 5,407,092,687 views
Owner : Ian Hecox, Anthony Padilla, Country : United States
Content : Sketch comedy
 
5. JustinBieberVEVO

20,362,697 subscribers • 10,115,034,295 views
Ower : Justin Bieber, Country : Canada
Content : Music
 
6. RihannaVEVO

19,884,973 subscribers • 8,418,087,220 views
Owner : Rihanna, Country : Barbados
Content : Music
 
7. OneDirectionVEVO

19,720,139 subscribers • 5,942,577,539 views
Owner : OneDirection, Country : United Kingdom
Content : Music
 
8. TaylorSwiftVEVO

18,698,524 subscribers • 8,422,873,957 views
Owner : Taylor Swift, Country : United States
Content : Music
 
9. KatyPerryVEVO

18,247,822 subscribers • 7,216,130,357 views
Owner : Katy Perry, Country : United States
Content : Music
 
10. EminemVEVO

17,909,604 subscribers • 6,312,097,862 views
Owner : Eminem, Country : United States
Content : Music
 
11. elrubiusOMG

17,213,646 subscribers • 3,516,295,804 views
Owner : Rubén Doblas Gundersen, Country : Spain
Content : Video Games
 
12. nigahiga

16,621,262 subscribers • 2,640,661,141 views
Owner : Ryan Higa, Sean Fujiyoshi, Country : United States
Content : Comedy


13. VanossGaming

16,607,052 subscribers • 4,445,424,862 views
Owner : Evan Fong, Country : Canada
Content : Video games 
 
14. JennaMarbles

15,938,177 subscribers • 1,971,406,844 views
Owner : Jenna Mourey, Country : United States
Content : Vlogs
 
15. TheEllenShow

15,459,904 subscribers • 6,955,867,590 views
Owner : The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Country : United States
Content : Talk Show