- PewDiePie, the legend.
- Dude Perfect! My favorite!
- I'm pretty sure I'm subscribed.
(laughs) And I just don't even know it.
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- (FBE) In this episode, we're gonna be looking at
the top 10 most subscribed to YouTube channels.
- Okay.
- (FBE) We're gonna be showing you the name of the channel,
and then we're gonna see if you can correctly place them
in order from one to 10. - Oh!
Oh, okay, okay. I can do this.
I think I can ace this.
- Why? (laughs) - Let's just leave now.
- (both) Goodbye! (laughs)
- (FBE) So we've done this in the past,
but omitting channels that were big companies,
but this is going to be an overall top 10
most subscribed to channels as of when we are filming this episode.
- Got it, including all the conglomerates?
- (FBE) Mm-hmm. - Hmm.
- (clicks tongue) Okay.
- Let's see who's making the dough!
- Alright, T-Series.
I've never seen any of their videos. That's so interesting.
- Did T-Series pass PewDiePie? - Wait, what even is T-Series?
I've never really watched it.
- Oh that's T-Series. - T-Series is the one
that was up against PewDiePie, but I believe...
- PewDiePie overtook.
- I think they're number two. - Mmm, no, I think they're number one.
- 'Cause them and PewDiePie were... - I think they're number one.
- Mmm. - Trust me.
- I think PewDiePie passed them. - I've been doing this a long time.
- You sound like an old man. - 'Cause I am. (laughs)
- (FBE) First up is T-Series, which you're likely familiar with,
because of how much they were in the news
on YouTube last year.
Their channel that primarily uploads music videos from India
and Bollywood film clips.
- Yeah, like three a day, right?
- Pretty sure T-Series is top, because it was this whole thing
when they passed PewDiePie, and I would've heard about it
if PewDiePie or somebody else passed them back.
- I know PewDiePie rallied to take them over,
and then he did, but, I feel like they were just,
like you know what I'm saying, like he pfft,
and then they just (clicks tongue).
I'm gonna put it up as, at number one.
- It's number one.
- Okay, I think T-Series is number one.
- They're gonna be up there, because they passed Pewds first,
technically, technically, but not in our heads and minds.
I'm gonna put them at three for now.
- Huh? - Cocomelon?
- (both) Oh.
- Kids channel stuff.
- Aw dude, if it's children stuff, it's up there for sure.
- Cocomelon, I've never even heard of them.
- Oh God, these children's channels are coming up.
- How long is this gonna stay in the top 10 though,
now that all the kids things are different on YouTube?
- Yeah, it's gonna change.
- (FBE) Up next we have Cocomelon Nursery Rhyme,
which is a channel that focuses on nursery rhymes
with several of their videos having over a billion views.
- Geez!
These are the type of videos I should've been doing!
- I'll put them at four.
- That's like that type of channel, like kids will put on,
or the moms will put on the kid's iPads,
and just like play it in loops. - Yeah.
- Number six or something, just throw them in there.
- SET India.
Ooh, I wonder how much they compete with T-Series?
- What kind of, are they,
is there like TV shows and stuff on this channel?
- It's like a scripted drama.
It's like NCIS India.
- It's a very different landscape than what I was used to
when I was part of these top YouTube subscribe lists.
- (FBE) So that was SET India, a Hindi entertainment channel
that often posts full-length episodes of popular shows.
- Ooh, okay, okay, okay.
- India's pretty powerful, so I'm gonna go with
the number four on here.
- I'm gonna put them at number four.
- I think it's at five. - Okay.
- I feel like things like this, they probably have
way higher views than subs.
So I'm gonna go at nine.
- Based on the T-Series thing, you'd think it'd be pretty high.
Just to give myself some space, I'll put it at six.
- Oh my gosh! The Biebs, gotta love him.
- Okay, I feel like Justin Bieber
used to be very high on the list.
I think he used to be top five, but I don't think he is anymore?
- Really?
- I think he's pretty high.
But hasn't Yummy like, not gotten as many streams
as he thought it was going to?
- Music channels. - Yeah, yeah, music channels.
- Yeah, they get a lot of views. - No, they have a lot of subs.
- I feel like they don't have a lot of subs.
- They have a lot of subs. - Eh.
- 20s and 30 million. - Eh.
- Trust me.
- I'm pretty sure I'm subscribed.
(laughs) And I just don't even know it.
- Justin Bieber has a lot of clout and stuff, but in comparison to this,
I'm gonna put him pretty low.
I'll put him at nine.
- I'm putting him at eight.
- Bieber, Brandon, Brandon's favorite number is three.
Justin Bieber, you're going on three.
I based this off of no logic.
- WWE? Really?
- WWE's on this top list? - Really?
- I did not know they were that high on the list!
- This is a whole world I know very little about.
- This is very popular.
- Definitely more popular than Bieber.
- (FBE) So this one is the official page of the WWE,
or World Wrestling Entertainment.
It's reported that if you combine
all four major U.S. sports organizations,
the NFL, the MLB, the NBA, and the NHL,
they still won't have as much reach on YouTube as the WWE.
- Wow! That's crazy.
- It's gotta be more than Justin Bieber,
but not that better, not that much better.
I'll put them at seven.
- I'm gonna put you at four.
- This is a plot twist.
I bet you, they're gonna be the most subscribed channel on YouTube,
and I'm really gonna be confused. But I'm putting them at one.
- Dude Perfect! My favorite!
They're probably my favorite channel.
Like, aside from ours.
- Oh, I've seen some of their stuff. They are so cool!
- I always see how many views they get and I'm like, that's crazy.
But I never look at how many
subscribers they have, that's interesting.
- Dude Perfect, you're second perfect.
- Put them at nine. - Three!
- Yes. - 'Kay.
- I'll put them at five. - I'm gonna go ninth,
which makes me sad, but if they're ninth,
that means that they have a journey to get to the top,
which, everyone likes a journey. Beginning, middle and end.
- PewDiePie, the legend!
- PewDiePie!
- Bitch Lasagna came on like my Spotify playlist in the car,
and my wife was like
"What is this? Why is he saying 'Bitch Lasagna'?"
I was like I don't know, it's funny.
- That's a pretty button.
- Yeah, that's a pretty button. I want that button someday.
- Me too. - Someday Pewds.
- Probably never though.
- (FBE) So Felix, known online as PewDiePie,
is one of only two of what some would call
home-grown YouTube talents currently in the top 10,
with the other being Dude Perfect.
- That's so sad.
- For me, YouTube is the creators.
Like, that's what I watch on YouTube,
and so like, it's a little disheartening that there's only two.
- Really? - Only two?
- Whoa!
I am not happy about the state of YouTube right now.
- That makes me very sad.
- But I also think it legitimizes the platform a little bit,
and that's kind of exciting, so I'm split.
- (both) PewDiePie. - He's number two.
- He's going at four, under T-Series.
- Number two.
- I'm gonna put him at number two, but now I'm starting to wonder
if it's possible that somebody creeped up and got past him.
- Canal KondZilla. A lot of booty shaking.
I also am not familiar with this channel.
- Isn't it crazy that there can be channels in the top 10
that you've just, have you heard of them?
- No, I've never heard of this channel, no.
- Look at that, I wanna be there. Why am I here still?
I wanna be there!
- (FBE) Canal KondZilla is a channel based in Brazil
that features music videos produced by KondZilla Records.
The record label is often credited for being the main popularizer
of funk paulista, which is a popular Brazilian music genre.
- Oh wow. I would subscribe.
- Six for now. - Just do it four.
- Gonna go number five.
- Number 10 for now, until we see the last.
- We've got two more slots!
- What in the world? - Zee Music Company?
- This one seems a lot more professionally done
than, are those chili peppers?
- Look at that, the peppers go flying, and everyone's in a good mood.
- (FBE) Zee Music is another music production company.
- What? - Which is also based in India.
- Uh... - Geez, thes production companies
are getting out of control! (laughs) Number four for now.
- I'm gonna put that number three. - Lockin' 'em in at number three.
- Wow! - I'm gonna say eight, I don't know.
- India's killing it.
- India really is powerful. I'm gonna go with an eight on this.
That's crazy that there's just so many...
These are the top 10 most subscribed,
and I've heard of like three of them.
- Wow, 5-Minute Crafts?
- I have heard of this channel.
- I've seen their videos. Who hasn't?
- I hate this channel!
It never is five minutes, and it never works!
- They've built their empire strictly on the hook
that they have when you scroll past them.
You know, like this is one of those channels
where you scroll past it,
you go ooh, let me see what they're making!
But you're not like I can't wait 'til the next craft comes out!
- That's the thing about 5-Minute Crafts,
half of the stuff, it's like why would you even need to do that?
You can just sit the soap down anywhere else.
Why do you need to magnetize it underneath of the faucet?
- People are bored.
- This is so strange. - Okay.
- This is the top 10 right now.
I am completely blown away.
- The only spot I have left is 10, so,
and I think that fits.
- Unfortunately, I think that they're gonna be above Dude Perfect.
Do I like that? No. Am I wrong? Probably. (laughs)
- (FBE) So now that you've ranked these from one to 10,
we're gonna give you a little time to make changes.
Remember that you get two points
for every answer you get exactly correct,
and you get one point for every answer you're only one off for.
- Hmm, hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- I know T-Series and PewDiePie are number one and two.
- You know that for sure? - Yes.
- Are you sure? - 98% sure.
- Okay.
- T-Series number one, PewDiePie number two.
- Number three for 5-Minute Crafts. - I don't know about that.
- Yes, gimme that!
- For the record, I don't think that's right.
- (FBE) At number 10, with 48.7 million subscribers,
is Dude Perfect.
(buzzer rings) - No!
(buzzer rings) - Oh.
- Wrong. - I messed up.
- Dang it, ah, I knew it in my heart, but I didn't wanna do it to 'em.
- (FBE) At number nine, with 49.1 million subscribers,
is Justin Bieber! (bell rings)
- (sighs) Cool.
- (both) We get another point!
- We were one, off by one. - Off by one, okay.
(buzzer rings) - These are my top two favorites,
and you're putting them at the bottom.
- (FBE) At number eight, with 49.3 million subscribers
is Zee Music Company.
(bell rings) - I got that right, two points!
(buzzer rings) - I put them at six.
- Welp. (buzzer rings)
Yeah, we were close.
We weren't close. - Nope.
- (FBE) At number seven, with 53.8 million subscribers
is the WWE! - Great.
Well I still got a point there, that's good.
(buzzer rings) - Nope, didn't get that either.
- Number seven? I put them at three!
What is my thought process right now?
- (FBE) At number six, with 55 million subscribers
is Canal KondZilla.
(bell rings) - Wow.
- We were off by two! (buzzer rings)
- Ugh, we had that at night, so we're way off.
- But that's much higher than we expected it to be.
- That's, yeah.
- (FBE) At number five, with 63.6 million subscribers
is SET India. (buzzer rings)
- Ah, why, why?
(buzzer rings) - We had that originally as five.
- We had that originally as five! - We dum dums.
(buzzer rings) - I didn't get one right so far.
- (FBE) At number four, with 63.7 million subscribers
is 5-Minute Crafts. - (whispers) Yes!
Pretty close.
- Yeah, woo! - Nice, we got two points!
- We're geniuses!
(buzzer rings) - And I had crafts at the way bottom.
What's happening to our society?
- (FBE) Number three, with 71 million subscribers,
Cocomelon Nursery Rhymes. (buzzer rings)
- I shouldn't have underestimated them either.
- (both) Oh!
- We get a point, because we are one off.
(buzzer rings) - It does make sense.
So many kids!
- (FBE) At number two, with 102 million subscribers
is the King of YouTube, PewDiePie.
- Yes! - Yeah!
- He has 100 million? Dude, we have like three.
- Yes PewDiePie, give me my two points.
Let's go.
- (FBE) Meaning that with 126 million subscribers
is T-Series at number one. (bell rings)
(snaps fingers)
- I feel pretty good about my performance today.
- 126 million! - Wow, that is, 126 million?
- Guys, for once, we did good on a challenge.
- We did good! Good job!
- (both) Yay, we did it!
(bell rings) - This is a crazy list.
That's such a weird variety at top.
You got T-Series, and then PewDiePie,
and then you got Cocomelon Nursery Rhymes?
- (FBE) So finally, as someone who's heavily involved in YouTube,
can you talk about how much subscriber counts
mean to you, and the site as a whole,
compared to how much it may have mattered
in the earlier years of YouTube?
- Uh, I feel like it doesn't really matter nowadays.
I feel like it really mattered more in the past.
YouTube's algorithm now is just like, it's like recommended,
rather than like what you're subscribed to.
- Subscriber counts are, you know, relevant, but I think that they're
not nearly as relevant as like engagement or anything like that.
- It's a mixed bag, because obviously, it does say something
if someone has like a lot of subscribers,
but also there's some people who have a lot of subscribers
but their engagement's like really terrible,
and people aren't actually watching.
I don't think it's the only way you can measure success on YouTube.
- I think that for me, in the early days of YouTube,
subscriber numbers seemed like the most important thing.
- In like 2012, or 2013,
YouTube completely shifted the algorithm to feed you
only what they think you want to see,
and subscribers really don't have any sway in that,
at least not as big of a sway as I feel like it should.
- We definitely grew up in the era where it did matter,
and at one point Ness and I were like
"oh my gosh, we hit so many subscribers!"
Not to say that we're not thankful for the subscribers that we do have.
- Oh, we're very thankful. - Because the people who do subscribe
means that they want to continue to watch our channel,
and like they want to get those notifications,
and they want to be invested, which means a lot.
But, we don't really like, that's not like our goal.
- Yeah, our goal isn't to... - Our goal is just like,
you know, entertain and make videos.
- Thanks so much for watching this episode...
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- Check out all the creators that are in this video.
The links are in the description. - Bye guys!
- Hey everyone, Lauren, Producer here at FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode.
Make sure you guys go check out all the creators
who came in and shot with us today.
Their links are gonna be down in the description.
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