With the advent of the internet came inventions that have since shrunk the world. Ideas like social media platforms have grown out of the bedrock of the internet. Inventions like YouTube have since grown into the world’s leading video platform. With this tag comes a number of individuals who have used the reach of the platforms to express their creativity. The most popular YouTubers have helped the platform become one of the top entertainment platforms. From sports videos to comedy videos to how-to videos, the platform has become a global destination for all types of media interests.
Some of these people have been able to excel at their craft and have gained worldwide popularity for the videos they post on the platform.
10 Most Popular YouTubers of 2019 and Their Channels
There are a thousand and one successful people in history, however, YouTubers are quite diverse with their videos and as a result have garnered more than a million loyal subscribers on their channel.
1. Pew Die Pie – Felix Kjellberg
Since 2013, PewDiePie has established itself as a leading name on YouTube. He’s crowding out music stars like Bieber, Rihanna and the WWE. He posts comedic videos and game commentary on the YouTuber channel, which has over 80 million subscribers. He went to school to study industrial economics and technology management, but as his YouTube prospered, he dropped out to focus on the video platform. With over 19.9 billion views and a net worth of $20 million, this decision has proven to be the right one so far.
2. Dude Perfect
With over 37 million subscribers and 6.8 billion views, Dude Perfect has cornered the sports entertainment section of YouTube. The group of Texas A&M alumni has been one of the most popular channels for sports-loving YouTube users since 2009, when they uploaded their first basketball trick shots video. The group consists of Tyler Toney, Coby Cotton, Cory Cotton, Cody Jones and Garrett Hilbert. Today the group has worked with several sports stars and football companies in the US and in the UK. With such a successful resume, we couldn’t help but add this team to our Favorite YouTubers list.
3. HolaSoyGerman / JuegaGerman – German Garmendia
One of the non-English channels on the list, German Garmendia has two channels whose members and subscribers make them worthy of this list. He regularly publishes his rants and comedy videos on his main channel, HolaSoyGerman. His other channel, JuegaGerman, is for his game commentary and other types of videos. Whatever he does, people love him, especially the Latinos. He has reached a total of 66 million subscribers across both channels and combined video views of 12.1 billion views.
4. Whinderssonnunes – Whindersson Nunes
Singer, comedian and all-around entertainer, Brazilian-born Whindersson Nunes has made a name for himself as one of the leading entertainers in Latino YouTube entertainment. Born Palmeira do Piauí, he spent his formative years with Bom Jesus in Piauí. The idea of being a YouTuber rose in his heart when he was fifteen. When he started, he struggled for a while before finally making it to the top. Since launching the channel, Whindersson has reached over 23 million subscribers with videos such as Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself,” Adele’s “Hello,” and “The Weeknd’s Starboy.” Nunes has built an impressive subscriber base of 33 million subscribers with over 2.1 billion hits.
5. ElrubiusOMG – Ruben Doblas Gundersen
Ruben is part of a culture of YouTubers who are focused on gaming-related content. Despite producing videos in a highly competitive genre, his uniqueness has allowed him to stand out from the crowd and earn a place on one of the most important lists in online entertainment. His unique take on the genre is recording interviews with other YouTube personalities and showing off his beatboxing skills. He was able to build a channel with over 32 million subscribers and over 7.1 billion views. He also has a documentary about his life that was released in 2018.
6. Fernanfloo – Luis Fernando Flores
He is another YouTuber who has taken advantage of the rising tide of the gaming community. He posts videos of gameplays and his game commentary on YouTube. His channel Fernanfloo, launched in 2011, has over 570 videos and 30 million subscribers. The channel has over 6.6 billion views. He also founded an app called Fernanfloo which received over 2 million downloads within the week it was launched.
He was born on July 7, 1993 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Fernanfloo has been quite successful in his career path and has dabbled in the Resident Evil 2 video game.
7. Felipe Neto
His channel is essentially a reaction channel where he posts himself and reacts to various celebrity and pop culture news and events. Not only does he record himself in a fun way to express opinions on various topics, but he doesn’t do anything else on the channel, which hasn’t stopped him from amassing more than 27 million subscribers and 5.2 billion views. Sources say his channel is the 23rd most subscribed on the site.
Born as Felipe Neto Rodrigues Vieira on January 21, 1988, he is often credited as a manager, vlogger, actor, comedian and writer. He has also focused on making videos about general entertainment. He founded a networking business within YouTube known as Paramaker.
8. VEGETTA777 – Samuel de Luque
Samuel de Luque belongs to the group of LatinosYouTubers who have taken over YouTube. Like many of them, he’s into video game commentary where he riffs on gameplay. He has over 25 million subscribers and over 9.7 billion views and has games like Minecraft and Battlefield as his favorites.
Unlike most YouTubers, who have details about their private lives all things considered, Samuel is more of a narrow-minded guy. He has managed to hide most of the details of his early beginnings. However, there is no denying that he has built a successful career.
9. Vannoss Gaming – Evan Fong
Evan Fong has his own channel; VannossGaming to play. He made a name for himself by posting videos of game commentary. He has over 10 billion video views and 23.8 million subscribers. Some of the Canadian’s favorite games are GTA V and Call of Duty: World at War.
The game master was born in Toronto, Canada, and spent his formative years there. During his college years, he faced uploading videos to Youtube.
10. Marshmello – Christopher Comstock
One of the purely creative YouTubers to make the list. The professional electronic music producer has collaborated with artists such as Khalid. He has songs that have made it to the Billboard 100. It has over 23.3 million with 4.1 billion views.
Christopher Comstock was born on May 19, 1992 and is known professionally as Marshmello. He became a person of interest after remixing Jack Ü and Zedd songs.