Top 19 Comedy Influencers on YouTube

Comedy has become one of YouTube's most durable and globally distributed content categories, spanning everything from classic physical humor and late-night television clips to scripted sketches, gaming commentary, and stand-up. As short-form platforms have intensified competition for attention, YouTube's long-form comedy creators have responded by building loyal, repeat-visit audiences that advertisers and brand partners consistently rank among the most engaged on the platform. The nineteen channels featured here represent a cross-section of comedy's range on YouTube, different languages, formats, and generational cohorts, reflecting how humor translates across cultural boundaries and why comedy remains a reliable driver of subscriber growth and watch time.

Top 19 Comedy Influencers on YouTube

1) – Mr Bean

Mr Bean The Mr. Bean channel distributes archive and remastered content from Rowan Atkinson's long-running physical comedy franchise, relying on wordless or near-wordless slapstick that travels exceptionally well across language barriers. With 35.9 million subscribers, the channel demonstrates the enduring platform value of catalog IP when properly formatted for digital consumption. Its global viewership skews broad in age, making it one of the few comedy channels with genuine cross-generational appeal.

2) – ToRung

ToRung ToRung is a Cambodian sketch comedy channel with 59.4 million subscribers, making it one of the largest comedy channels in Southeast Asia by subscriber count. The content centers on family and rural life scenarios performed in a broad physical comedy style with minimal dialogue, which contributes to its accessibility beyond its core linguistic audience. The channel's consistent output and family-friendly positioning have helped it build one of the larger comedy subscriber bases on the platform globally.

3) – whinderssonnunes

whinderssonnunes Whinderssonnunes is one of Brazil's most prominent digital comedians, with 44.6 million subscribers built on a career that began with observational humor and impression-based sketches targeting Brazilian youth culture. His content has evolved over time to include music, vlogs, and social commentary, reflecting a creator who has successfully navigated the transition from single-format comedy to broader personal brand. He remains a significant entry point for brands seeking reach within Portuguese-speaking Latin American audiences.

4) – Smosh

Smosh Smosh is one of YouTube's oldest active comedy brands, originally launched in 2005 and now operating as an ensemble channel with a roster of recurring cast members producing sketches, gaming content, and reaction-style videos. With 27.1 million subscribers, the channel has maintained relevance across multiple YouTube algorithm cycles by expanding its format library and building a recognizable ensemble cast dynamic. It functions today more as a comedy studio brand than a single-creator channel.

5) – Jimmy Kimmel Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel Live operates as the official YouTube presence for the ABC late-night program, distributing clip-based content including monologue segments, celebrity interviews, and recurring comedy bits. With 22.1 million subscribers, it represents one of the stronger-performing broadcast late-night channels on YouTube, benefiting from a consistent clip upload strategy that captures search and recommendation traffic around celebrity and news moments. The channel's content is largely dependent on the broadcast production schedule rather than a native YouTube creation cadence.

6) – Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live's YouTube channel functions as the primary clip distribution outlet for NBC's long-running sketch comedy program, with 17.2 million subscribers. The channel performs particularly well around culturally significant sketch moments, political impressions, celebrity appearances, and viral cold opens, that drive discovery traffic well after the original air date. Like other broadcast-native channels, its YouTube performance is closely tied to the relevance of individual episodes rather than a native content strategy.

7) – Ray William Johnson

Ray William Johnson Ray William Johnson built one of YouTube's earliest large-scale comedy audiences through his =3 (Equals Three) series, which applied a commentary format to viral internet videos and accumulated a subscriber base that peaked before the platform's algorithmic shifts around 2013-2015. With 18.7 million subscribers, the channel now sits largely dormant in terms of regular uploads, but its historical subscriber count reflects its significance in establishing the commentary-comedy format that many later creators adapted. Johnson is a useful reference point for understanding YouTube comedy's first-generation growth dynamics.

8) – MrBeast

MrBeast MrBeast, with 503 million subscribers, is the largest channel on YouTube and operates at the intersection of high-production stunt content, game show formats, and broad accessibility humor. While not a comedy channel in the traditional sense, the content incorporates consistent comedic framing and ensemble cast dynamics that position it within the entertainment-comedy spectrum. The channel's scale sets it apart from every other entry on this list and reflects a model where production investment is the primary differentiator.

9) – PewDiePie

PewDiePie PewDiePie built a 110 million-subscriber channel primarily through gaming commentary and reaction content, with humor functioning as the consistent throughline across format shifts that have included Let's Plays, meme reviews, and commentary videos. His longevity on the platform across more than a decade of significant algorithm and cultural changes makes him a notable case study in creator brand durability. The channel's current output is lower frequency than its peak years, but its subscriber base remains one of the largest on the platform.

10) – David Dobrik

David Dobrik David Dobrik developed a recognizable format during the peak vlog era, heavily edited, four-to-five minute videos structured around rapid-cut comedic moments involving a recurring cast, that earned him 17.2 million subscribers and significant crossover attention in mainstream media. His upload activity has been substantially reduced in recent years following public controversies involving members of his former content group. The channel remains a frequently cited example of how ensemble-cast vlog formats can be optimized for comedic pacing.

11) – Markiplier

Markiplier Markiplier is a gaming and comedy creator with 38.7 million subscribers whose content spans Let's Play videos, comedic sketches, and increasingly ambitious scripted or interactive projects. His on-camera persona relies on expressive physical and vocal comedy, which has distinguished him within a gaming content space where personality differentiation is a primary competitive factor. He has invested in longer-form narrative projects in addition to standard gaming content, signaling a continued expansion of his format range.

12) – Natupuboldi

Natupuboldi Natupuboldi is a Brazilian comedy creator with 20.7 million subscribers whose content focuses on observational humor, parody, and lifestyle-adjacent comedy skits. The channel contributes to a broader ecosystem of Portuguese-language comedy on YouTube that has produced several high-subscriber channels targeting Brazilian audiences. Specific content themes and upload patterns position the channel within the domestic humor and relatable everyday-scenario segment of Brazilian digital comedy.

13) – El Tío Néstor

El Tío Néstor El Tío Néstor is a Spanish-language comedy creator with 20.4 million subscribers whose content leans on character-based humor and sketch formats oriented around recognizable social archetypes. The channel is part of a growing tier of Spanish-language comedy creators who have built significant subscriber bases by targeting shared cultural reference points across Latin American audiences. Its subscriber count places it competitively within the Spanish-language YouTube comedy segment alongside other creators on this list.

14) – Luis Méndez

Luis Méndez Luis Méndez is a Spanish-language creator with 22.2 million subscribers whose content covers comedy skits and relatable social scenarios, contributing to the same broad Latin American digital comedy ecosystem as several other entries on this list. The channel's subscriber base indicates consistent audience retention and discovery performance within Spanish-language recommendation clusters on the platform. Format and cultural specificity make it a relevant option for brands seeking reach with Latin American youth demographics.

15) – Si Bocil - Bocah Cilik

Si Bocil - Bocah Cilik Si Bocil - Bocah Cilik is an Indonesian comedy channel with 21.1 million subscribers, producing content that centers on child-led comedic scenarios and family-accessible humor formats common in Southeast Asian digital entertainment. The channel is part of a broader pattern of high-subscriber Indonesian family comedy channels that have scaled significantly on YouTube, partly driven by Indonesia's large and growing mobile-first YouTube user base. Its content positioning makes it relevant for brands targeting family demographics in the Indonesian market.

16) – Señorita Influencer

Señorita Influencer Señorita Influencer is a Spanish-language comedy creator with 18.1 million subscribers whose content parodies influencer culture and social media behavior, a format that has demonstrated consistent audience demand across multiple platforms and languages. The self-referential framing of the channel's content, comedy about the creator economy directed at audiences who actively consume creator content, gives it a specific tonal niche within the broader Spanish-language comedy space. The channel's subject matter keeps it structurally relevant as long as influencer culture remains a dominant cultural reference point.

17) – Mati Spano

Mati Spano Mati Spano is a Latin American comedy creator with 17.2 million subscribers whose content draws on observational humor and character-based sketches oriented toward younger Spanish-speaking audiences. The channel sits within the competitive Spanish-language YouTube comedy tier and has built its subscriber base through content that reflects regional youth culture and social dynamics. Its audience demographic and cultural specificity make it a functional option for regional brand activations targeting Spanish-speaking Latin American markets.

18) – The MriDul

The MriDul The MriDul is an Indian comedy and entertainment creator with 20 million subscribers, producing content that spans comedic skits, family-oriented scenarios, and daily life humor formatted for Hindi-speaking YouTube audiences. The channel is part of a substantial ecosystem of Hindi-language comedy creators that has grown in scale alongside India's expanding broadband and smartphone user base. Its subscriber count and content positioning reflect the platform's increasingly significant Indian creator tier.

19) – Max Amini

Max Amini Max Amini is a stand-up comedian and digital creator with 4.5 million subscribers whose YouTube presence distributes stand-up specials, short-form comedy clips, and behind-the-scenes content. As one of the few creators on this list whose primary comedy format is traditional stand-up rather than YouTube-native sketch or vlog content, his channel offers a distinct content profile and audience segment. His material frequently draws on Iranian-American cultural identity, giving the channel a defined comedic perspective that differentiates it within the broader stand-up content space on the platform.

The comedy category on YouTube resists easy generalization precisely because it encompasses so many formats, languages, and audience demographics. What the creators on this list share is a demonstrated ability to sustain audience attention over time, whether through recurring characters, consistent upload cadences, or formats that transfer well across regions. For brands and media buyers evaluating influencer partnerships, comedy channels offer high engagement baselines and broad demographic reach, making them a consistently competitive placement category within the broader creator economy.