James Charles holds the record for the largest single-day subscriber loss in YouTube history (around 3 million in 2019) due to drama with Tati Westbrook, while other major losses include Badabun (over a million from employee issues) and PewDiePie (losing a million inactive subscribers after his peak battle with T-Series), with massive drops often tied to controversies or significant platform changes.
Shane Dawson – 3.5 million
After his old videos resurfaced, Shane's channel took a massive nosedive. He lost over a million subscribers and while he's slowly returned to uploading, his channel never fully bounced back to its former glory.
YouTuber Jeffree Star and singer Zara Larsson corroborated Westbrook's claims and Charles became the first YouTuber to lose one million subscribers in 24 hours.
1. MrBeast – 459 million subscribers.
Cristiano Ronaldo SMASHED the World record for the fastest YouTube channel to hit 1 million subscribers, achieving the feat in just one hour 30 minutes.
Kylie Jenner lost about a million Instagram followers primarily due to backlash from fans believing she and Hailey Bieber mocked Selena Gomez's eyebrows in February 2023, followed by more losses in October 2023 after posting and then deleting support for Israel amidst the Israel-Palestine conflict, leading to accusations of being "mean girls" and "spineless". Fans perceived these actions as shading Selena, causing a significant unfollowing trend, though Kylie denied the eyebrow shade, and the political post drew strong criticism for perceived insensitivity and deletion.
100 Million YouTube Subscribers was first achieved by Pewdiepie, one of YouTube's most legendary creators, and then by T-Series, a media company based in India.
The richest YouTuber in the world is Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, with estimated net worths ranging from $500 million to over $1 billion and reported earnings exceeding $700 million in 2025, thanks to his massive YouTube presence, business ventures like Feastables, and ventures such as Beast Games on Amazon Prime. He leads a list of high earners that includes Jeffree Star, Logan Paul, and Anastasia Radzinskaya (Like Nastya), who also generate significant wealth from branding, merchandise, and other entertainment projects.
Channels with the Least Subscribers
Creators in eligible countries can apply to the expanded YouTube Partner Program when they reach either of the below eligibility thresholds: Get 500 subscribers with 3 valid public uploads in the last 90 days, and 3,000 valid public watch hours in the last 12 months, or.
You don't need a fixed number of subscribers for $2,000/month; it depends more on views and niche, but generally, 10,000 to 100,000 active subscribers generating consistent views (hundreds of thousands monthly) in a decent niche (like finance or tech) is a common range for that income, often through a mix of AdSense, sponsorships, and affiliate marketing, not just subscribers. Reaching 100,000 subscribers often puts channels in the $2,000-$10,000/month range, especially with strong engagement.
Top 20 YouTubers Who Quit
Kylie Jenner is significantly richer than Kendall Jenner, with recent estimates placing Kylie's net worth around $670-$700 million, primarily from her Kylie Cosmetics empire, while Kendall's net worth is estimated to be around $60 million, mainly from modeling and her 818 Tequila brand, making Kylie the wealthier sister by a large margin.
Kim Kardashian loses 150,000 Instagram followers after posting photo of first lady Melania Trump. Social media influencer extraordinaire Kim Kardashian has lost around 150,000 followers after she posted an inauguration day photo of First Lady Melania Trump on her Instagram story, according to an analytics firm.
Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first person ever to reach 1 billion followers across social media 🐐📱 He amassed this following across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, Kuaishou, Weibo and YouTube 🤯🔥
Cristiano Ronaldo's channel breaks a record as the fastest channel in history to reach 20 million subscribers.
All Top 50 channels have surpassed 65 million subscribers. Fourteen of the channels have surpassed 100 million subscribers, and only two have more than 200 and 300 million subscribers: MrBeast and T-Series, with the former being the only channel that has more than 400 million subscribers.
After over a decade shaping gaming culture online, PewDiePie says he's stepping away from video games, at least for now! In his latest newsletter, Felix explained that fatherhood changed how he values time and that he's more interested in learning new things than spending hours gaming.
PewDiePie's net worth is estimated to be around $30 million to $50 million, though figures vary, with some older estimates even reaching $500 million (likely inflated or outdated), accumulated through YouTube ad revenue, sponsorships (like with G Fuel, DLive), merchandise, and his "PewNews" platform, but official recent figures aren't consistently updated, making exact numbers difficult.