The 21 YouTube channels that gained the most subscribers in 2019, from T-Series to MrBeast

Aaj Tak is a news channel located in India that covers news in politics, entertainment, Bollywood, business, and sports.

Subscribers: 24.3 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +11,622,542

25-year-old Atta Halilintar is an Indonesian YouTube star who posts vlogs and also has music that can be found on Spotify.

Subscribers: 20 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +11,662,923

Shemaroo Filmi Gaane is a YouTube channel located in India that uploads Bollywood songs.

Subscribers: 30.4 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +11,866,557

Pinkfong! Kids' Songs & Stories is an educational YouTube channel that uploads songs and stories including nursery rhymes, phonics songs, number songs, and bedtime lullabies.

Pinkfong is the channel behind the viral song "Baby Shark Dance," with 4 billion views.

Subscribers: 27 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +12,955,928

Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, is a 21-year-old YouTube star. Donaldson is famous for his videos where he gives away cars, houses, and cash awards. His channel is managed under the YouTube-focused management firm Night Media. In his latest video, "Last to Take Their Hand Off $1,000,000 Keeps It" Donaldson gave away $1,000,000 cash to the winning contestant.

Subscribers: 27 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +13,627,579

Read more on how YouTube star MrBeast uses keywords and the 'shock and awe' effect to maximize views on Business Insider Prime.

Stacy Toys is a YouTube channel by a 5-year-old Russian-American girl Stacy (known as Nastya in Russian), based in Florida. Stacy has multiple successful channels which follow her adventures with her father. Like Nastya is her most popular channel and is in Russian.

Subscribers: 23.1 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +13,753,281

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. runs a successful channel on YouTube, uploading short 1 to 3 minute clips multiple times a day.

Subscribers: 52 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +13,862,295

The South Korean girl group, Blackpink, consists of four members: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. Blackpink became the first K-pop girl group to perform at Coachella.

Subscribers: 31.9 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +15,104,957

Zee TV is a media and entertainment company based in Mumbai. The channel uploads clips of Hindi TV series and movies.

Subscribers: 38.7 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +16,004,466

The popular DIY channel, 5-Minute Crafts started in 2016 and today uploads daily videos like "17 hilarious crafts and pranks," with 69 million views, and other beauty and life hack content.

Subscribers: 63 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +16,987,420

Boram Tube Vlog is a children's entertainment YouTube channel from South Korea. Boram is one of many YouTube child stars who share videos of themselves playing with toys and going on adventures. She has two channels, Boram Tube Vlog and Boram Tube ToysReview.

Subscribers: 22.1 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +17,006,774

American electronic music producer and DJ, Christopher Comstock, known as Marshmello, has a YouTube channel where he uploads music videos and skits weekly.

Subscribers: 41.5 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +17,662,318

18-year-old singer/songwriter Billie Eilish uploads music videos, live performances, and interview clips to her channel. Her most viewed YouTube video is "Ocean Eyes" with 189 million views.

Subscribers: 23.7 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +17,987,119

Zee Music Company is an Indian music company and a branch of Zee Entertainment Enterprises.

Subscribers: 47.5 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +18,560,265

Sony Entertainment Television (SET India) is a 24-hour Hindi General Entertainment Channel which uploads family entertainment content to YouTube.

Subscribers: 61 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +22,185,321

PewDiePie, aka Felix Kjellberg, got his start doing gaming walkthroughs and reviews, but has since expanded to more satirical commentary and meme roundups. PewDiePie is one of the most popular YouTube personalities in the world, with the second-most total subscribers.

Subscribers: 102 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +22,588,766

The Kids Diana Show follows the antics of Diana and her brother, Roma. The channel features the Russian-speaking kids unboxing toys and going on fantastical adventures.

Subscribers: 40.6 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +25,032,871

The Like Nastya Vlog channel posts regular vlogs of Nastya playing with toys and going on adventures with her family.

Subscribers: 41.9 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +27,480,604

The Cocomelon Nursery Rhymes YouTube channel is a part of Treasure Studio, Inc. and joined YouTube in 2006. The kids educational channel uploads 3D animated shorts with music and rhymes for children.

Subscribers: 67.4 million

Change in subscribers in 2019: +36,063,045

Indian record label T-Series gained worldwide fame for knocking PewDiePie off the top spot for most popular YouTube channel in March.

Total subscribers: 121 million

Change in subscriber count in 2019: +42,651,839

You can read Business Insider's interview with T-Series' president, Neeraj Kalyan, on BI Prime.