Music & Entertainment Influencers Lead Top YouTube Channels: September 2018

Music & Entertainment Influencers Lead Top YouTube Channels: September 2018

The top ten most-viewed channels alone pulled in more than 12 billion total views, an increase of 100 million over August. Out of all 100 creators, eight of them increased rankings by at least 100 positions, with +769 being the highest jump in ranking across these creators. Here are a few of the other musical channels that benefited from more views in September (though not all of them are rap or hip-hop): WorldStar Hip Hop, +5 ranking increase Ozuna, +10 ranking increase Sony Music India, +63 ranking increase GR6 EXPLODE, +18 ranking increase SMTOWN, +32 ranking increase Marília Mendonça, +110 ranking increase Marshmello, +107 ranking increase TV and Online Video Personalities Take Center Stage It’s no secret YouTube is one of the best places for musical entertainment; however, lots of other types of entertainment succeed well on the platform, as well, including vloggers and popular television personalities. In September, for example, Luccas jumped seven spots to land at #34 thanks to 432 million views; plus, he boasted a not-too-shabby V30 of 5 million and a higher-than-average ER30 of 2.3x. Felipe landed at #68 with more than 311 million views, and the highest ER30 out of the month’s top YouTube channels at 10x+! Luccas uploaded far more videos than his brother, which meant he claimed the most-watched video of the two at 11.5 million (check out his “baby for a day” video below). With more than 315 million total views, the titular YouTube channel landed at #65 after having increased its ranking by 38 spots. The late night host’s YouTube channel made it into the top 100 at #97 with over 260 million views after a fantastic ranking increase of 131 positions! With 164 videos uploaded in September, it’s no wonder Fallon’s outlet became one of the top YouTube channel of the month (i.e. the more videos you have, the more likely people are to find them and watch them). Tubular Video Ratings You’ll notice some exclusive data in this month’s chart as we include Tubular Video Ratings, a unique group of online video metrics that set the standard for measurement of views and engagements across videos and publishers.

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If you’ve been waiting for this month’s newest Tubular YouTube leaderboard, it’s finally arrived! Across the most-watched top YouTube channels, we saw a lot of familiar creators and brands show up, but a couple of trends clearly stood out above the crowd in the month of September. The top ten most-viewed channels alone pulled in more than 12 billion total views, an increase of 100 million over August.

These are just some of the other accomplishments of September’s creators:

  • The top four channels saw at least 1 billion views each, with the top performer garnering over 2 billion views alone.
  • The top six channels all maintained their ranks from August.
  • The highest average 30-day engagement rate (ER30) of the top ten channels hit 2.5x, while the highest ER30 of the top 100 publishers went all the way to 10x+!
  • The best 30-day average (V30) from the top ten channels was a generous 40.8 million, while the best overall V30 across the top 100 channels landed at an astounding 120 million.
  • Out of all 100 creators, eight of them increased rankings by at least 100 positions, with +769 being the highest jump in ranking across these creators.

Top YouTube Channels September 2018

op 10 Most Watched YouTube Publishers September 2018 (Data via Tubular) Rankings include only those creators and brands which publish primarily original content

At first, when we scanned the most-watched YouTube channels and creators from September, everything looked fairly normal. There were a lot of children’s and family programming channels ranking for millions of views and high V30s, as well as tons of international-based entertainment creators from countries where YouTube is wildly popular (namely, India and Brazil). However, a few key trends stood out in particular in September, so let’s dive in!

Rappers, Hip-Hop Music Have a Great Home on YouTube

In August, the top YouTube channels leaderboard clearly revealed a surge of popularity in K-pop music, a fact our Q3 State of Online Video report also backed up in terms of current video trends on YouTube. September’s leaderboard still showed plenty of K-pop musicians and bands ranking in the top ten, but it was other musical genres and artists that gained the attention of viewers this month.

For starters, we saw several rappers and hip-hop artists claim spots in the top 100. Eminem placed #31 thanks to a +294 jump in rankings with more than 445 million views; the driving force behind this success appears to be the release of two singles, the official audio from his diss track “Killshot,” and a four-part interview series where the rapper discussed his new album Kamikaze. These seven videos alone pulled in 334 million views in September, while the difference was likely made up due to views on older content.

In addition to Eminem, rapper 6ix9ine landed on September’s leaderboard at #63 after jumping 237 positions thanks to 316 million total views. While the New York native didn’t upload a single new video last month, his YouTube channel clearly didn’t suffer from it, as he…

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