<P> This article lists the fifty most - subscribed channels on the video platform YouTube . The ability to "subscribe" to a user's channel was added to YouTube by late October 2005, and the "most subscribed" list on YouTube began as a chart by May 2006, at which time Smosh was number one with fewer than three thousand subscribers . Since December 22, 2013, the most subscribed user has been PewDiePie, whose channel has over 58 million subscribers as of December 2017 . </P> <P> The following table lists the fifty most subscribed channels on YouTube, with each total rounded down to the nearest million subscribers, as well as the network, country of origin and language of each channel . Channels marked as "Auto - generated by YouTube" (such as Music, Gaming, Sports and Movies) are not included . As of December 19, 2017, forty of these channels produce content primarily in English; twenty - four of them are American or originate from the United States . </P>

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