TECH: Who’s the king of YouTube?
Whether you watch music or gaming videos, can you guess who is the best YouTuber?
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What’s not to love about YouTube?
Maybe you’re the type who racks up Gigs of data watching the latest music videos, or perhaps you get gaming/ lifestyle/ miscellaneous advice from helpful tutorial vids.
The question is, which uploader reigns supreme?
Most subscribed channel
#3 – YouTube Spotlight
![YouTube Spotlight features news and videos, one of which was the Harlem Shake.](https://newcastleadvertiser.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/61/2015/08/YouTube-520x400.jpg)
The channel for the site: Spotlight places the focus on happenings and uploads on YouTube, and includes its own quirky content, broadcasting to approximately 23-million subscribers. This channel has tussled for the top spot, but now ranks third.
#2 – HolaSoyGerman
![HolaSoyGerman caters to a mostly Spanish-speaking audience.](https://newcastleadvertiser.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/61/2015/08/HolaSoyGerman-520x400.jpg)
Also 25, Chilean national, German Aranis began YouTubing about four years ago. To date, his subscribers have totalled above 23,6-million, and armies of devoted fans helped him achieve the ‘Icon of the Year’ at the MTV Millennial Awards last year.
#1 – PewDiePie
![PewDiePie has gained polarised reviews from viewers.](https://newcastleadvertiser.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/61/2015/08/PewDiePie2-520x400.jpg)
Swedish-born Felix Kjellberg gave up a degree to focus on his YouTube channel, and at 25 is the uploader with the most subscriptions to his channel, at close to 39-million. Viewers love his zany humour, energetic content and foul-mouthed vids.
Most viewed channel
#3 – FunToyzCollector/disneycollectorbr
![FunToyzCollector acquires and assembles toys, and is wildly popular.](https://newcastleadvertiser.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/61/2015/08/FunToyzCollector-520x400.jpg)
This channel is all about toys and putting them together. The real life identity of the voice and hands in the videos, achieving over 7,6-billion overall views, remains speculative, mostly because the owners seem to shy away from all publicity.
#2 – emimusic
![Artists signed to the label appear in their numbers on emimusic's channel.](https://newcastleadvertiser.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/61/2015/08/EmiMusic-520x400.jpg)
The official channel for Electric and Musical Industries (EMI) features massive amounts of music across various genres, and boasts more than 8,2-billion video views in total.
#1 – PewDiePie
![He's back, and this time it's with the most overall video views.](https://newcastleadvertiser.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/61/2015/08/PewDiePie-520x400.jpg)
This nutty Swede takes top spot again, with his videos viewed almost 10-billion times by subscribers and casual viewers.