A screengrab of KIMPRO’s YouTube channel / Captured from YouTube
Korean YouTuber KIMPRO ranked first amongst all YouTube channels worldwide for annual view counts final 12 months.
In response to information launched by the YouTube analytics website PLAYBOARD, the channel recorded a staggering 77.53 billion views final 12 months. The determine far exceeded the roughly 61.5 billion views of the second-place channel, “Double Date.” Additionally it is greater than double the annual views of MrBeast (roughly 38.1 billion), the YouTuber with probably the most subscribers globally.
“KIMPRO ranked #1 worldwide in annual YouTube views,” the creator shared in a publish on the channel’s neighborhood web page on Monday. We owe this completely to you. In 2026, we’ll maintain bettering and proceed to ship persistently good content material.
Thanks for being with us.”

YouTuber KIMPRO shares a message on his channel’s neighborhood web page on Monday. Captured from KIMPRO’s YouTube channel
KIMPRO was launched in August 2022 by Kim Dong-jun, an occasion planner, who grew the channel alongside his cousin and influencer, kkubi99. They primarily publish content material masking various themes corresponding to mukbang, challenges and sitcom skits.
KIMPRO made headlines final April by changing into the primary home channel to surpass 100 million subscribers. The channel now boasts roughly 127 million subscribers, rating ninth globally. The channel has a better proportion of worldwide subscribers than home ones.
In response to estimates by the web advertising evaluation website NoxInfluencer, KIMPRO’s each day income is roughly 470 million gained ($324,205), including as much as 172.2 billion gained ($118 million) yearly. Nonetheless, precise earnings can range relying on elements corresponding to advert codecs and viewer places.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Instances, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Instances.
