<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 62 million subscribers as of May 2018 . </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 and language of each channel . Channels marked as "Auto - generated by YouTube" (such as Music, Gaming, Sports and Movies) and channels whose content has been transferred (such as JustinBieberVEVO and RihannaVEVO) are excluded . As of May 2018, 34 of these channels primarily produce content in English . </P>

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