Top 100 Most Subscribed UK Youtubers: August 2011

I figured it was about time for a new Top 100 Most Subscribed UK Youtubers list because the old one was a bit out of date. Had to update it to reflect Charlie McDonnell's getting his one millionth subscriber and show the changes that have occurred since last October.

As always there is a lot of movement on the chart with some moving up and others dropping off to be replaced by newer channels. I always point out that you need to look beyond the Top 10 and scour the choices offered by those in the middle and the new ones debuting towards the bottom. It is getting more difficult to make the top 100 in the United Kingdom as you need at least 80K subs when just last year you could be on the list with only 40K.

Here is the list of those UK YouTube channels with the highest number of subscribers. Leading the way is Charlie McDonnell with his charlieissocoollike of course. Actually, the first 4 are all on the worldwide Top 100 Most Subscribed List.

First, here's the Top 10 Most Subscribed In The United Kingdom:

charlieissocoollike

1,109,615

bubzbeauty

771,394

BlueXephos

685,017

UKFDubstep

639,159

TopGear

575,700

simonscat

478,099

panacea81

477,285

TotalHalibut

412,524

nerimon

402,451

BBCWorldwide

338,385

1. charlieissocoollike - Charlie McDonnell broke the one million subscriber mark recently and he'll probably add more because of his show at VidCon 2011 (he dropped his trousers if you haven't seen it) and Charlie has about a 340K lead on the next highest Youtube channel in the UK. Charlie has another new channel that's is getting lots of subs called "charlieissoboredlike" which currently sits at number 70 on the list and will probably be much higher by the time this list next gets updated.

2. bubzbeauty - Lindy's main channel is growing by leaps and bounds. She added about 300K new subs since this list was last updated and she's the 2nd most subbed UK youtuber and, of course, also the most followed makeup guru. She just zipped past 300K subs on her 2nd channel called bubbiosity where she does random skits and vlogs.

3. BlueXephos - BlueXephos is new to the Top 10 and the channel is by Lewis (Xephos) and Simon (Honeydew). They take you through several different video games step by step with a bit of humour, so they have been garnering massive subs. Do you think they might pose a threat to Charlie McDonnell's top status? Not yet I think, but if they keep getting numbers like they have they might just be the ones to knock him out as the most subbed in the UK.

4. UKFDubstep - Wall to wall dubstep. In case you don't know what "dubstep" is (how long have you been under that rock?) it is a genre of electronic dance music that started around the area of south London. This channel had a mere 123,337 subscribers last October and now UKFDubstep's sub base has exploded growing 5 times as large to 639K.

5. TopGear - Cars, motorcycles and all things mechanical is what you will find on TopGear channel. They've grown their subscriber list from 373K to 575K although they've slipped from 4th most UK subbed to 5th (still not too shabby). You can also find more about them at their website topgear.com/uk/.

6. simonscat - I love Simon's Cat! It's simple animation (you can do it too). Just get a Youtube channel and upload funny animation and you will be surprised at the response. The channel has added about 200,000 new subscribers since Oct 2010 and now sits at 478K and will likely hit 500,000 subscribers shortly.

7. panacea81 is Lauren Luke who remains one of the top UK make-up gurus. Check out her book called Lauren Luke and her personal blog: About Lauren Luke.

8. TotalHalibut - was sitting in 16th spot last October but increased their base from 148,000 to 412K (passing Nerimon in the process). The channel does various games with commentary by the one and only Total Biscuit aka John Bain.

9. nerimon - Mr Alex Day's vlog where he gets to ramble on about his life. Humourous and sometimes enlightening. Alex and Charlie McDonnell are partners in crime on several projects as well as a another channel.

10. BBCWorldwide - From the national television we have BBCWorldwide which currently has over 5,000 videos uploaded from different TV shows. Everything from Fawlty Towers to dinosaurs, you will find great fare on this channel.

That's the Top 10 for the United Kingdom, but there are a LOT of other equally good or better channels the further down the list.

11 To 25 Most Subscribed In United Kingdom

11. +2 pixiwoo

337,055 (was 177,829)

12. +35 UKFDrumandBass

334,710 (was 83,457)

13. -4 bubbiosity

325,502 (was 183,162)

14. -3 bubbiosity

301,115 (was 183,162)

15. +20 TomSka

289,714 (was 103,272)

16. -7 miaarose

287,420 (was 263,279)

17. +14 ZerkaaHD

279,359 (was 112,071)

18. -8 THEMIDNIGHTBEAST

270,941 (was 112,071)

19. -2 mrweebl

262,529 (was 145,175)

20. -5 TheXFactorUK

258,708 (was 150,380)

21. +4BBC

253,672 (was 122,039)

22. -3 BritainsGotTalent09

250,941 (was 142,913)

23. -11 muse

242,566 (was 179,987)

24. +19 SmallishBeans

185,817 (was 84,201)

25. +0 laughandpeealittle

185,817 (NEW)

Biggest moves up the list: UKFDrumand Bass jumped 35 spots almost to the Top 10 by adding over 250K new subscribers since last October. Impressive numbers. The largest jump up the list was by glyphmedia who went from number 98 on the last list to number 35 on this one. They increased their sub base by 113,000.

26 To 50 Most Subscribed In the United Kingdom

Note: In case your wondering, the plus sign or minus sign shows how many positions the channel has risen or fallen. Also, I show what the channel's subscriber base was back in October 2010 compared with now.

26. +0 xToYSoLDiieRx

178,269 (NEW)

27. +0 MontyPython

177,602 (NEW)

28. +0 beautycrush

172,761 (NEW)

29. +16 PS3Comedy

172,527 (was 83,844)

30. +18 HarryPartridge

169,237 (was 82,978)

31. -2 Scoutthedoggie

167,760 (was 112,829)

32. -13 AmazingPhil

166,274 (was 135,570)

33. -13 patcondell

162,710 (was 134,802)

34. +8 Foxylocksextensions

161,664 (was 87,248)

35. +63!! glyphmedia

158,548 (was 45,268)

36. +0 skillzaisherebooya

157,829 (NEW)

37. +21 SAM5000i

157,390 (was 72,161)

38. +32 Thereaper123666

155,311 (was 63,172)

39. +12 MrBean

154,205 (was 80,892)

40. +1 Pyropuncher

151,629 (was 87,543)

41. +2 cyriak

150,579 (was 85,296)

42. +0 cyriak

150,129 (NEW)

43. -10 HDCYT

149,393 (was 106,450)

44. +0 GuinnessWorldRecords

148,078 (NEW)

45. -9 lifeinaday

145,094 (was 101,545)

46. -16 VideoJug

144,622 (was 112,129)

47. -13 ashens

144,545 (was 103,828)

48. +0 skyyjohn

143,488 (NEW)

49. +39 pixi2woo

141,244 (was 50,132)

50. -29 lollipop26

140,438 (was 126,841)

Biggest moves down the list: Minus 50 spots for BritainsSoTalented! WTH happened there? I guess XFactor and the other shows have swamped the viewer base for this channel and they actually lost 800 subscribers since Oct 2010. Another big drop was TheRealParis who slipped from 52 to 94th position and looks to be heading off the list shortly. A couple of the British girls I like watching are dropping in the ranks too. mememolly must be too busy working with RocketBoom and her personal channel dropped 31 spots. Also, Katers17 is vlogging daily on her 2nd channel (katersoneseven) and her first channel has slipped a bit losing 19 positions and sitting at number 76 overall.

51 To 75 Most Subscribed In the United Kingdom

51. -19 JustinSandercoe

137,516 (was 110,173)

52. -30 sosolid2kk

137,032 (was 124,049)

53. -14 Doki66

136,540 (was 96,152)

54. -30 leonalewis

133,522 (was 123,049)

55. +16 queenofficial

133,151 (was 62,187)

56. +0 xboxahoy

131,312 (NEW)

57. -31 mememolly

127,091 (was 120,535)

58. -8 futureshorts

127,010 (was 82,166)

59. -22 journeymanpictures

125,490 (was 98,850)

60. -6 katem3

124,528 (was 76,456)

61. +0 gorillaz

123,519 (NEW)

62. +0 FunnyVideosArchives

121,309 (NEW)

63. +0 TheRoyalChannel

118,457 (NEW)

64. +0 lisaeldridgedotcom

117,666 (NEW)

65. -18 ColdplayTV

117,032 (was 83,512)

66. -28 NufffRespect

116,476 (was 98,797)

67. -11 damienwalters

116,435 (was 75,390)

68. +0 KlairedelysArt

113,251 (NEW)

69. +0 datarecordsuk

112,816 (NEW)

70. +0 charlieissoboredlike

111,061 (NEW)

71. +0 radiohead

109,434 (NEW)

72. -4 GUN1T123

109,197 (was 64,256)

73. -24 JustinSandercoeSongs

109,057 (was 82,299)

74. +0 gossmakeupartist

108,944 (NEW)

75. +0 christrout91

108,944 (NEW)

All together there are about thirty new additions to the Top 100 Youtubers (UK Edition) which should keep you busy for a while trying to check them all out. They are spread out pretty fairly throughout the list with 11 new channels listed from 76-100. There are some channels that are not "new" but I have seen listed in other countries. I don't like seeing it when channels try to game the system by switching their country of origin to get awards and to try to get noticed in other areas. But most are just new channels. Check them out and report back. Let me know if you find any really good channels because I want to try to promote channels with smaller subscriber bases.

76 To 100 Most Subscribed In the United Kingdom

76. -19 Katers17

105,200 (was 74,885)

77. -1 timwestwoodtv

104,154 (was 57,706)

78. -18 SteveAATW

103,364 (was 69,147)

79. +15 SWalkerMakeup

102,079 (was 47,061)

80. +0 theRSAorg

102,011 (NEW)

81. +0 JessicaCornish

99,999 (NEW)

82. +0 DigitalRevCom

99,147 (NEW)

83. -20 4oDComedy

97,640 (was 67,155)

84. -29 whatstyleistonickel

95,506 (was 76,402)

85. -13 Jacqueline92

93,801 (was 61,875)

86. -23 hexachordal

93,521 (was 76,576)

87. +0 oPatchYx

90,783 (NEW)

88. -14 RuneScape

89,096 (was 58,470)

89. -20 silentc0re

87,636 (was 63,327)

90. -50! BritainsSoTalented

87,130 (was 87,927)

91. +0 smokeybarz

85,594 (NEW)

92. +0 Dexterboy124

85,325 (NEW)

93. +0 ConcitoUK

84,665 (NEW)

94. -42 TheRealParis

84,468 (was 77,639)

95. -10 lilhagan

81,615 (was 52,013)

96. +0 jamesbluntmusic

81,402 (NEW)

97. +0 3runTube

81,399 (NEW)

98. +0 PixiwooMadness

81,171 (NEW)

99. +0 islandrecords

80,686 (NEW)

100. -5 danisnotonfire

79,204 (46,958)

That is the list for the United Kingdom as of August, 2011. I'll make sure I get it updated each month and posted on Bradshaw's Blog. I will try to get this list updated month to month.

When I last did this list in October 2010, it took 44K subscribers to break into the Top 100 and and as you can see that number has jumped up to almost 80,000 before you are in the Top 100 Most Subscribed Youtubers List. Charlie McDonnell has the only UK channel with more than one million subscribers (there are about 43 Youtube channels worldwide with at least 1,000,000 subs) but I think there are some in the UK who are hot on charlieissocoollike's heels and will break that number shortly.

Charlie McDonnell Has A Big Coming Out Video: We Suspected As much

If you have been watching Charlie McDonnell's charlieissocoollike channel you have probably thought that something was a little "off" about Charlie through the years and in this video he reveals the truth of the matter.



So, with the help of robotics technician Artie Blotch (as well as general lab assistant Alex Day) we find out that yes, Charlie is in fact a fabricated life form. He is a robot. It is as we all suspected from day one, what with all of those odd jump cuts (explained as being required due to overheating of the Charliebot). Now how do you explain Nerimon?

TheHumanBanana Answers 100 Questions In Under 2 Minutes

I like this one. I found it attached to the latest video by MysteryGuitarMan and thought I would check it out based on the title. That's one of the best ways to find interesting stuff on Youtube - click on videos that look interesting or have odd titles. It is from TheHumanBanana, a youtuber I hadn't seen before. Take a look:



Apparently, TheHumanBanana is a banana (duh) and he simply answers 100 questions as quickly as possible. He got his inspration from Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoollike) who did his video last April. Charlie actually kicked some butt in his video, answering 148 questions in two minutes, 25 seconds.



But, as Charlie says in the video, he got the video idea from John Green of the vlogbrothers who made a video answering 100 questions as follows:



And now here's your challenge: Can you make a video for Youtube answering 100 questions or maybe beat Charlie's record of 148 in 2:25? If you do make one, let me know here at Bradshaw's Blog and I will link to it for all the world to see.

What's This?! Charlie McDonnell Chopped Off His Red Hair?

Yes, Charlie McDonnell has let down the vast female membership of his viewing audience by losing the red mop top he has had for about 10 months now. He originally dyed it red on a dare and has been stuck with the Weasley-esque hairdo ever since, but as he mentions, he had enough of the jokes about "Ron Weasley Is So Cool Like" and "Charlie Weasley" so after growing it out he's finally chopped it off.



As well, Charlie is all wide-angle with his new camera. It's a Canon 60D with "a big lens thing and a road video mike" for about 2 thousand pounds (that's about $3100 U.S. dollars - quite a sum) but you can see that the picture is vastly improved on his old Sony HD SR10.

Must admit I liked his "tribute" to his now missing hair that's "now in the bin". Just in case you haven't seen the video where he dyed his hair, here's that video:

Charlie McDonnell Pays It Forward To Other Youtubers

I just finished watching this video by charlieissocoollike or Charlie McDonnell as he is known to folks IRL and he did a sort of mini "My YouTube Story" of how he began on YouTube back 3 years, 7 months and 1 day ago. Like many, Charlie stumbled onto YouTube and found an intriguing video. Flash forward to today and Charlie has decided to make a video like the one that made the light bulb go off in his head and highlight some of his fellow youtubers that he particularly likes:



I have to agree with Charlie on his choices. I've been subscribed to Wheezy Waiter since he had only 3,000 subs or so - he's since been "discovered" and now is getting gobs and gobs of new subscribers and sits at 223K subscribers. I watch Wheezy regularly (and post here about him all the time: check here for Wheezy Waiter posts on Bradshaw's Blog).

Also, I liked seeing Charlie's shout out to elmify who I am also stalking, er, subbed to. I've been subbed to elmify since about mid-July after she was given a shout out by meekakitty and John Green of the vlogbrothers. With elmify, I would suggest watching her videos from the first one - she is so funny! I have put up some posts on here about her, but not enough. Check here for more elmify posts.

I had no idea who BrettDomino is, but because Charlie gave him a shout out I had to check out his channel and that's a definite thumbs up lol! Brett, along with band mate Steven Peavis make all sorts of great take offs of popular songs. I just watched their versions of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance along with We Speak No Americano and that is some wacky stuff! If you haven't been to Brett's channel, go over and subscribe.

The last one that Charlie wanted to highlight is the channel his mom does called Liliesarelike. I didn't know that Mrs McDonnell had a channel (she's up to 14K subscribers herself) and you might enjoy checking out what she has to say.

The video that Charlie mentioned at the start of his video is The Liker Chain by 1938superman that you can watch below:



If you liked that video, you should make a video response and attach to Andrew's video or attach it to Charlie's (there's already 20 video responses to his video if you want to watch those too).