Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/17/2026

During the second full week of May, MrBeast solidified his position at the front of the Global Top 50. The owner of YouTube's most-subscribed channel is also getting more weekly views than any other creator. A sum of 1.42 billion weekly views was big enough to push MrBeast's lifetime viewership past 122 billion -- and that's just on his main YouTube channel. Only one other channel got at least one billion weekly views during the second week of May, but all of the Top 50 channels were heavy hitters. Inclusion in the Global Top 50 required at least 375 million weekly views, and one country produced more charting channels than the rest of the world combined. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.