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Comedy Shorts Japan

YouTuber Saito

Full Creator Stats Live · Updated 2026-05-28

Saito (@saito09) is a Japan-based short-form comedy creator who has built one of the largest non-English Shorts followings on the platform, with a combined…

NicheComedy Shorts TierMega Engagement1.3%

Total Followers +0.4%

50.1M

Across YouTube, TikTok

Primary Platform

YouTube

36.7M followers · 73% of audience

Engagement

1.3%

vs. 1.5% category median

Sponsorship Tier

Mega

Est. — / IG post

Quick facts
  • Short-form comedy engine built on #shorts skits and rapid-fire physical gags rather than long-form storytelling.
  • Cross-platform Saito09 stack mirrors the same funny-clip format across YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram for compounding reach.
  • Language-agnostic visual humor lets a Japan-based creator pull a majority US audience without translation overhead.
  • Female-skewed Gen-Z and millennial viewership dominates, with the 18–34 bracket making up roughly two-thirds of the audience.
  • Mega-tier scale with mid-tier engagement sitting just below category median, typical of viral Shorts-driven channels.

Performance Across Platforms

Updated 2026-05-28
PlatformFollowers30d GrowthEngagementPosts / wkLast upload
YouTube 36,700,000 +202K 1.3% 23.8 1 day ago
TikTok 13,400,000 +0 1.5% 8.2 1 day ago

Growth Trend

Last 365 days
WindowYouTubeTikTokCombined
Last 7 days +0 +0.0% +0 +0.0% +0 +0.0% +0
Last 30 days +202K +0.5% +0 +0.0% +0 +0.0% +202K
Last 90 days +609K +1.7% +0 +0.0% +0 +0.0% +609K
Last 365 days +609K +1.7% +0 +0.0% +0 +0.0% +609K

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Background

About YouTuber Saito

Saito (@saito09) is a Japan-based short-form comedy creator who has built one of the largest non-English Shorts followings on the platform, with a combined audience approaching the 50-million mark across YouTube and TikTok. His content sits squarely in the visual-gag and social-media comedy lane: brief, hashtag-tagged clips built around physical humor, prop-based punchlines, and reaction beats that translate across languages with minimal dialogue. That language-light formula is the engine behind a follower base that skews more international than domestic — roughly two in five of his viewers are in the United States, with the United Kingdom, India, and Canada all contributing meaningful shares alongside his home market of Japan.

Brand fit

Why brands partner

Saito is a short-form comedy and challenge creator whose visual, dialogue-light skits travel well across borders — a natural fit for brands that need globally legible creative without language localization. Categories that map cleanly include mobile gaming, snack and confectionery, beverages, QSR, mobile apps, e-commerce marketplaces, and entertainment/streaming launches. Audience signals favor sponsors with dual US-Japan ambitions: a young-skewing, slightly female-leaning viewership split primarily between North America and Japan, with meaningful UK and India spillover. Cadence is steady on TikTok and roughly biweekly on YouTube, with engagement tracking close to the comedy-shorts median at mega-tier scale. No specific brand partners are surfaced in the data, but his profile aligns with the gaming-app, CPG snack, and mobile-platform integrations typical of Japan-origin short-form comedy creators.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Saito09 on YouTube?

Saito is a Japanese comedy creator behind the channel @saito09, known for short, mostly visual gag videos that play without needing dialogue. That language-light format is a big reason his audience extends far beyond Japan, with the United States actually being his single largest viewer base.

Why are Saito's videos so popular outside Japan?

His shorts lean on facial expressions, physical comedy, and visual punchlines rather than spoken Japanese, so the jokes translate instantly anywhere in the world. That's why his top audience country is the United States at roughly 41%, with Japan second around 34%, followed by the UK, India, and Canada.

Is Saito on TikTok as well as YouTube?

Yes — he posts the same style of short comedy clips to TikTok under the handle @saito09, where he has built an audience in the tens of millions. His Instagram, @saito90000, is mainly used for business and work inquiries rather than primary content.

What kind of videos does Saito09 make?

His channel is built almost entirely around YouTube Shorts and TikTok-style comedy clips — short challenge bits, prank-style reactions, and social-media skits typically captioned simply as 'Saito09 funny video.' He sits in the challenges and social-media comedy categories rather than vlogging or long-form content.

How many subscribers does Saito have on YouTube?

Saito has built his YouTube channel past 36 million subscribers, putting him firmly in the Mega creator tier. Combined with his TikTok audience, his total following across platforms is north of 50 million.

Where is Saito from?

Saito is from Japan, and Japanese viewers make up about a third of his audience. However, because his comedy is largely silent and visual, the majority of his views actually come from English-speaking countries led by the US, UK, and Canada.

Does Saito09 do brand deals or sponsorships?

Yes — work inquiries are routed through his Instagram (@saito90000) as stated in his own YouTube bio. Given his Mega-tier reach across YouTube Shorts and TikTok, his rate range sits in the high five- to six-figure territory for TikTok campaigns, with YouTube integrations also commanding premium pricing.

How often does Saito post new videos?

He keeps a very consistent shorts cadence, with TikTok typically getting fresh uploads every couple of days and YouTube Shorts updated regularly as well. That steady drip of short comedy clips is a big reason his channel keeps pulling in new subscribers month after month.

Who watches Saito09 — what's his audience like?

His audience skews slightly female (around 54%) and is dominated by younger viewers, with the 18–24 and 25–34 age groups together making up roughly two-thirds of his fans. It's the typical Gen Z and younger millennial profile you'd expect for a shorts-first comedy creator.

Is Saito09 the same person as Saito on TikTok and Instagram?

Yes — '@saito09' on YouTube and TikTok and '@saito90000' on Instagram are all run by the same Japanese comedy creator, as confirmed in his own YouTube bio. There are several other unrelated creators named Saito online, but this is the silent-comedy shorts channel with tens of millions of followers.

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