The 10 most popular YouTubers in the world
10. Yuya
1.1 billion total views
11.5 million total subscribers
Yuya is a 22-year-old Mexican beauty vlogger.
She posts makeup, hair, and other beauty tutorials,
and even has a secondary channel where she
talks about her day-to-day life outside of
her tutorials. Many of the videos on her
secondary channel star her brother Sergio. 
Yuya's beauty-tutorial channel has brought
her so much fame that she's been featured
in Vogue and on Mexican television.
9. Epic Rap Battles (ERB)
1.9 billion total views
12.6 million total subscribers
Epic Rap Battles of History is one of the
most successful YouTube series of all time. What
started as a live improv skit by two friends
has become an online sensation, with more
than 12 million subscribers and 1.9 billion
views under the Maker Studiosnetwork.
The premise is simple: Founders Peter Shukoff
(NicePeter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLloyd)
pick two figures from history or pop culture
and imagine what it would be like if they
faced off in a rap battle.
The videos are highly entertaining, with characters
as varied as Darth Vader, Adolf Hitler, Abraham
Lincoln, and Chuck Norris battling one another
in full costume. 
8. TheFineBros/TheFineBros2
3.3 billion total views
13.1 million total subscribers
Brooklyn natives Benny and Rafi Fine are
two online producer/writer/directors who created
the extremely successful React video series.
In React's various iterations (Kids React,
Teens React, Elders React, and YouTubers React),
TheFineBros show viral videos to subjects
and film their reactions.
The duo has been sponsored by both Ford and
Comedy Central. Many consider TheFineBros
to be two of the first YouTube stars.
7. elrubiusOMG
2.5 billion total views
13.6 million total subscribers
Ruben Doblas Gundersen, better known on YouTube
as "elrubiusOMG," is a 25-year-old Spanish
YouTuber. He's the most followed Spanish YouTube
star. Like other popular YouTubers, elrubius
is a gamer who does walk throughs, reviews,
and more, peppered with funny commentary.
He published a book called "Troll" last year,
which was a bestseller at the Madrid Book
Fair. 
6. VanossGaming
2.9 billion total views
14 million total subscribers
VanossGaming is one of the fastest-growing
YouTube channelsaround these days. While not
much is known about Vanoss, he posts comedy
videos that show him playing various video
games.
What sets his videos apart is the quality
of his editing. He frequently posts montages,
like this one, that compress his hours of
gaming into one compact video of funny moments.
5. NigaHiga/HigaTV
2.3 billion total views
15.2 million total subscribers
Ryan Higa, who goes by the username NigaHiga,
was one of the first major YouTube stars.
Higa produces a variety of comedy videos,
including sketches, music videos, and short
commentaries on pop culture.
His current videos have high production values
and a professional touch, but he remains as
quick, funny, and incisive as ever. 
4. JennaMarbles/JennaMarblesBlog
1.8 billion total views
15.5 million total subscribers
Jenna Marbles (real name: Jenna Mourey) has
long been one of the most recognizable stars
on YouTube. Though she started her career
with BarStool Sports, Mourey soon moved into
video after posting "How To Trick People Into
Thinking You're Good Looking," which quickly
blew up.
She has been pegged as the model YouTube star, reportedly
making around $350,000 a year off her channel,
which features comedic videos about being
a young millennial woman (some examples: "Things
Girls Lie About," "How To Avoid Talking To
People You Don't Want To Talk To").
3. Smosh
4.7 billion total views
21.1 million total subscribers
Smosh is a comedy duo consisting of YouTube
veterans Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla. Smosh
was one of the first YouTube sensations, becoming
well known for the duo's slapstick comedy
videos that parody video games and pop culture.
The duo has shown no signs of slowing down,
opening up multiple channels and an app for
their content.
They now have more than half a dozen YouTube
channels producing content, all with significant
views and subscribers, including Smosh, IanH, WatchUsLiveAndStuff, ElSmosh, SmoshGames,
and Anthony Padilla. They have also been
in talks to begin airing their comedy content
on television.
2. HolaSoyGerman
2.1 billion total views
24 million total subscribers
German Garmendia is a Chilean YouTuber who makes
comedy videos aimed at a Spanish-speaking
audience. He became famous with "Las Cosas
Obvias De La Vida" ("The Obvious Things of
Life"). He was second only to top YouTuber
PewDiePie in adding subscribers in 2013.
1. PewDiePie
0.1 billion total views
39.3 million total subscribers
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjelberg is a foul-mouthed
Swedish video-game commentator who has absolutely
dominated YouTube over the past year. Kjelberg's videos
show him playing various video games while
a box in the top corner of the screen shows
his reactions to what is happening.
Kjelberg has broken numerous YouTube growth
records, jumping from 12 million subscribers
in August 2013 to more than 20 million in
January 2014. Many attribute his success to
the attention he pays to his fans — Kjelberg
spends lots of time talking about them, answering
their questions in the YouTube comments section,
and forming a community of "bros."
