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How old the ranked channels are

From Seven in ten YouTube channels above 10K subscribers are over five years old · Data as of 9 Oct 2026

How old the ranked channels are

  • Under 1 year2.6% (114,426)
  • 1 to 3 years12.4% (549,164)
  • 3 to 5 years14.9% (658,755)
  • 5 to 10 years38.9% (1,715,232)
  • Over 10 years31.2% (1,377,327)
Share of ranked channels with a known join date, by channel age on 9 Oct 2026. A full bar is 100%.

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Seven in ten YouTube channels above 10K subscribers are over five years old
We looked at how long the 4.4 million channels above 10,000 subscribers have existed. Older channels are more often quiet, and bigger channels skew older.

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