Two channels recently managed to break the 100M subscriber barrier: Felix Kjellberg's PewDiePie channel and T-Series from India.
According to the most recent statistics, over 600 YouTubers have already reached 10 million subscribers. So, it isn't surprising since users watch over a billion hours of videos on the platform.
The only other individual YouTube creator to have hit 100 million subscribers is the gaming influencer PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg and who has 111 million followers.
Red Diamond Creator Award
Awarded to channels that reach or surpass 100 million subscribers. Inspired by the Diamond Creator Award, it features a play button triangle with a large dark red crystal. It was added to the Creator Awards FAQ by September 1, 2020.
As of September 2022, the music video for Korean boy band BTS single "Butter" -which was released in May 2021- was still the fastest video to reach 100 million YouTube views, achieving the result within less than one day.
In the past, YouTube has handed out custom awards to creators who cross 50 million subscribers (only 16 channels currently fit this bill).
Jordan Matter and I during our conversation. At 56 years old, Jordan Matter might be the Tom Brady of YouTube. In a field dominated by people half his age, Matter calls himself the oldest YouTube creator with over ten million subscribers.
American YouTube personality MrBeast is the most-subscribed individual and fourth most-subscribed channel overall, with over 126 million subscribers as of January 2023.
The most-subscribed channel as of December 2022 is T-Series, an Indian music video publisher operated by the entertainment company of the same name.
Gold play buttons are awarded at 1 million subscribers. The Diamond play button is awarded at 10 million subscribers. The Custom Creator award or custom play button is awarded to channels that gain a following of 50 million subscribers. The rare Red Diamond play button is for 100 million subscribers.
After reaching 100 million subscribers a couple of years ago, content creator PewDiePie decides to gift his red diamond YouTube play button to a fan. Creating a following on YouTube can be challenging.
There are four YouTube play buttons, and each one signifies a different achievement for your channel: YouTube silver play button (100,000 subscribers) YouTube gold play button (1 million subscribers) YouTube diamond play button (10 million subscribers)
Despite having long been surpassed by Luis Fonsi's global smash hit "Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee" in terms of total views, Adele's record for fastest video release to generate one billion views still stands as of September2022.
Adele's (UK, b. Adele Adkins) "Hello", uploaded to YouTube on 22 October 2015, reached 1 billion views on 17 January 2016 - just 87 days later.
The Custom Play Button, also known as the Ruby Play Button is a creator award given to YouTubers for reaching 50 million subscribers.
PewDiePie gives away his diamond play button
Some people might believe that Felix has a unique take on life, as he explained: “I don't like putting value into objects, I like putting value into action.
Red Diamonds
Still, their rarity and their intense, crimson color make them the most expensive per carat of all the colored diamonds, and on average will cost over $1 million per carat. The largest red diamond ever sold, weighing 5.11 carats, was bought for $8 million, at $1.6 million per carat.
What Is The YouTube Gold Play Button Made Of? The YouTube Gold Play Button is made of 24-karat gold-plated brass.
The Red Diamond Play Button is a special award by YouTube given to channels who reach 100,000,000 (100 million) subscribers. There are currently only five YouTube channels that have received this award, that being of YouTuber PewDiePie, the Indian music label T-Series, Cocomelon, SET India and Mr. Beast.
He said that he started this channel three months ago but shut it down. However, he decided to restart it about four weeks and got one million subscribers. He also thanked his Indian fans as well. It is pertinent to mention here that Shoiab bowled the fastest ball in the history (100.2 miles) in World Cup 2003.