How long it took the world’s biggest YouTubers to hit 10M subscribers:
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Oct 22, 2026 · 2:36 PM UTC

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Some of the coolest facts about this: Logan Paul was one of the fastest YouTubers to reach 10M subscribers, doing it in just 11 months MrBeast took nearly 7 years to hit 10M. Imagine if he had quit! Ronaldo hit 10M subscribers in just 11 HOURS lol
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I can’t imagine the patience and consistency these guys had in that period
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That's the craziest part of this for sure
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That MKBHD bar is a reality check.
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What did Logan Paul do?
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What about @Cristiano
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I’m assuming this is cutting out shorts YouTubers? Cadel and Mia hit 10 million subs in 9 months
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Where is jack septiceye? Can’t mention pews and mark without jack 😂
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it took us 2 years! we would be number 2
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I'm proud that I don't know who most of these people are.
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This needs to be adjusted by total YouTube users at the point each channel got to 10M. Early channels needed YouTube viewership growth to get to 10M these days it can happen immediately!
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Got to say, the two last are the two best
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Do this again but remove short form
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So these are your personal fav YouTubers? Clearly there are many more of them who have hit more than 10-20Ms, specifically in India
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where's Outdoor Boys
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The proportion of black creators to white folks on the list is quite depressing. the playing field isn’t level.
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Where did u got this chart
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I can't work out Logan Paul's ridiculous 11 months. – at London, England
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We did it in 16 months with no pre-existing audience
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I find the one's who took longer more impressive in some ways. To not give up while constantly hitting a wall is a skill new creates must adopt to be successful.
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@ClementYtS I’d love to see a deep breakdown of each of these as a thread to understand what happened and how we can replicate their success! 👀
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Insane
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Logan Paul is INSANE, but what’s interesting is that the ones who have standing brands ie Joyride, Feastables, Crunch Labs: they built slower. Prime going from 1B to 50k is not an accident. The quicker they rise the faster they fall. Jake’s been able to build an insane wealth fund with Anti Fund but yeah dude it’s just crazy
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It took Ronaldo 11h.
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Even ronaldo had this in very less time and now his reach is not that good. Posting consistently is what matters
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You missed CR7
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This is false. Where is Ronaldo?
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why is cristiano ronaldo not on this list? 😂
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Where is @whistlindiesell
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It took Ronaldo 12hours😅but I guess technically he’s not considered a “YouTuber” so makes sense he’s not on the list
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How come you’ve not included any of the 3 Biggest Tech YouTubers at all if you say the ‘World’s Biggest YouTubers’? 🤔
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logan paul started in 2007, and hit 10m in 2017. Not really a meteoric rise youtube.com/watch?v=zn0lU4q5…
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Ronaldo hit that in hours
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I remember the shouting barrel days from Pewdiepie
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Wtf Pewdiepie had 10 million subs back in the early 2010s? Didn’t even realize that lol
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