<P> This list of most - subscribed YouTube channels contains the top 50 channels with the most subscribers 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 3,000 subscribers . Since December 22, 2013, the most subscribed user has been PewDiePie with 57 million subscribers . </P> <P> The following table lists the top 50 most subscribed channels on YouTube, with each total rounded down to the nearest million subscribers, as well as the network, country and language of each channel . Channels marked as "Auto - generated by YouTube" (such as Music, Gaming, Sports and Movies) are not included . As of November 9, 2017, 29 out of the 50 top channels originate from English - speaking countries (20 from the United States) and 34 are English - language channels . </P>

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