In 2013, PewDiePie, a Swedish gamer, gained almost 2.3 billion video views on his YouTube channel, making it the most popular in the world. However, in February of 2014, his popularity was surpassed by Shakira and Rihanna.
Shakira and music star’s duet “Can’t Remember to Forget You” was released in January. The music video became a hit on YouTube, making Shakira’s official channel the most-viewed on the platform in February, according to Tubefilter. The channel garnered 258.7 million views that month, a rise of 229% from January. As of March 13, the video had been viewed 189.1 million times, while an audio-only version had reached 32.2 million views.
In the year 2009, Shakira’s official YouTube channel was created. However, in February 2014, it received a sudden increase of popularity as almost 10% of its 2.7 billion views were obtained during this period. Additionally, over 780,000 individuals subscribed to Shakira’s channel in that same month, resulting in a total of 3.1 million subscribers.
During the month of February, PewDiePie (also known as Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg) was the second most popular channel on YouTube, receiving nearly 250 million views. Despite this, he still maintains a significant lead over Shakira in terms of subscribers, having gained 2.2 million new ones in February and reaching a total of 24.4 million.
The newest chart highlights the variety of YouTube channels that are currently trending. The top 10 includes both well-known music icons like Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, and Beyoncé, who racked up millions of views in February, as well as lesser-known channels like toy review channel BluCollection and Minecraft-focused Stampy, which also gained a significant number of views.
According to Tubefilter, the leading 100 YouTube channels garnered a total of 7 billion views in February. Interestingly, a number of these popular channels are based in the UK. Although PewDiePie is based in Brighton, he is categorized as Swedish in the chart.
Stampy was leading the pack among British YouTube channels in February, with a whopping 159.3 million views. One Direction came in second place with 109.2 million views, followed by The Diamond Minecart at 62.5 million, iBallisticSquid at 61.6 million, Yogscast at 59.8 million, and the BBC at 50.9 million.
It is interesting to observe that four channels, namely Stampy, The Diamond Minecart, iBallisticSquid, and Yogscast, revolve around the video game Minecraft. Together, these channels garnered 343.2 million views in February.