Both channels package visual challenges for a broad audience. Subscriber scale is one part of the comparison; format mix, catalog coverage and the way each title frames a reveal are separate questions.
Main YouTube channels only: @mrbeast and @stokestwins. Counts do not combine secondary channels, translated channels or off-platform audiences.
PUBLIC SUBSCRIBERS
Retrieved 2026-10-28 02:49:55 UTC · Source JSON ↗
@stokestwins · Main channel
PUBLIC SUBSCRIBERS
Retrieved 2026-10-28 03:47:59 UTC · Source JSON ↗
MrBeast leads by 375M public subscribers in the dated observations above.
Each current lookup has its own recorded retrieval time. Public subscribers are rounded; these are reported totals, not live estimates.
Showing 26 saved daily records · 2026-09-28 to 2026-10-27 (UTC). Growth is measured from the first record in this period.
These are saved collector records. Original daily API responses were not retained; repeated counts do not establish zero growth. Gaps remain missing observations.
Change in saved view counts since Sep 28. Each value is the difference between saved cumulative counts; this is not a live counter.
Hover or touch the chart to inspect a date. Keyboard: ← / →, Home / End.
Latest archive: 2026-10-27 (UTC). Each dot has a saved source record. Lines connect saved observations, including across missing dates; no counts are added for those dates. Rounded subscriber counts can stay flat while the channel gains subscribers.
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Research with Kabo Agent →| Metric | MrBeast | Stokes Twins |
|---|---|---|
| Public subscribers · dated lookup | 524,000,000 | 149,000,000 |
| Lifetime video views · dated lookup | 144,848,012,904 | 33,655,111,226 |
| Public videos · dated lookup | 1,009 | 478 |
| Recorded subscriber change · 2026-09-28 → 2026-10-27 | 6,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Recorded view change · 2026-09-28 → 2026-10-27 | 3,759,493,887 | 447,397,676 |
Current totals use the individually dated source records above. Recorded changes use only the 26 paired saved dates from Sep 28, 2026 through Oct 27, 2026. Those are separate observation windows; flat public counters do not establish zero activity.
The tracked long-video examples include a Squid Game recreation, a plane-ticket price comparison and a last-to-leave contest. Their titles tell the viewer what is being tested or won. The contrast is easy to summarize before the video starts. For creator research, look at the link between that headline promise and the actual sequence of tests. An expensive premise is not, by itself, a reusable strategy or a guarantee of a particular result.
Several tracked Stokes Twins long videos use secret rooms as the premise, with variations in number, location and theme. The room is a visible object that can be built, concealed and revealed. Those examples suggest a repeatable format with room for variation. They do not establish how every recent upload is made. The sample includes older successes, so this is a catalog pattern to inspect rather than a claim about the channel’s latest editorial calendar.
A subscriber total combines the audience attached to the channel across formats. A long-video median, a Shorts median and the cumulative views of selected uploads describe different sets. The tables below keep those sets separate. Before calling one channel more efficient, decide whether you mean reach per Short, long-video viewing, upload frequency or growth in a fixed observation period. Those measures can lead to different conclusions without contradicting one another.
The daily graph joins saved observations and exposes each day’s source file. It does not fill missing dates or infer watch time, revenue or production spending. The two lifetime catalogs also differ in size, and the baseline sample covers a different share of each. A fair creative benchmark would compare similar formats at similar ages. This page supplies examples and a source trail so that decision can be made with the limitations visible.
| Metric | MrBeast | Stokes Twins |
|---|---|---|
| Channel created | Feb 20, 2012 | Apr 11, 2008 |
| Baseline sample size | 600 | 478 |
| Long-video median · cumulative views in sample | 116.46M | 21.11M |
| Shorts median · cumulative views in sample | 352.54M | 63.66M |
| Sampled 2026 uploads | 75 | 75 |
| Sampled 2026 Shorts | 55 | 57 |
| Cumulative views on sampled 2026 uploads | 18.04B | 3.15B |
Content snapshots: MrBeast, Oct 26, 2026; Stokes Twins, Oct 26, 2026. Baselines can have different computation dates, publication windows and catalog coverage. The 2026 figures describe sampled uploads and their cumulative views, not views gained during 2026 or complete annual publishing totals.
Baseline computed Oct 21, 2026 · 600 sampled / 1,009 saved public uploads · capped sample
Inspect archived content source ↗Baseline computed Oct 21, 2026 · 478 sampled / 480 saved public uploads · collector marks sample uncapped
Inspect archived content source ↗Ranked by recorded cumulative views within each channel’s tracked videos. This is not an all-time ranking of the entire channel.
25:42Published Nov 24, 2021
10:31Published Apr 1, 2023
15:37Published Sep 16, 2023
14:47Published Jun 10, 2023
17:44Published Aug 31, 2021
Views snapshot: Oct 26, 2026 · Source JSON ↗
29:04Published Jun 2, 2024
14:13Published Jul 12, 2024
33:34Published Aug 5, 2024
26:46Published Mar 26, 2024
35:49Published Jun 27, 2024
Views snapshot: Oct 26, 2026 · Source JSON ↗
Published Nov 24, 2021. The archived sample records 978.2M cumulative views. Inspect the promise made in the title, the format and the age of this upload before treating it as a benchmark for a new video.
Watch the selected example ↗Published Jun 2, 2024. The archived sample records 285.64M cumulative views. Inspect the promise made in the title, the format and the age of this upload before treating it as a benchmark for a new video.
Watch the selected example ↗The dated counter cards above show which main channel has the larger public subscriber total. The historical graph has a separate, labeled observation window.
Shared challenge conventions do not establish copying. This page compares visible titles and formats and makes no claim about private production decisions or ownership.
No. They are the most-viewed examples within the archived sample. The sample’s coverage and observation date are shown with its source.
Counter cards link to dated Kabo public-data source records. Daily points link to complete creator files saved by the collector. The archive proves the file’s content and date; it does not prove every upstream counter refreshed that day.
Only paired daily records with matching collector timestamps. Lines connect observed points across missing dates; there are no inserted values. Totals may be adjusted by the platform. A change in cumulative totals is not an Analytics daily-view report.
YouTube’s channel documentation explains the public statistics and three-significant-figure subscriber reporting. Watch time, precise subscriber gains, earnings and audience demographics are not inferred here.
| UTC date | MrBeast source record | Stokes Twins source record |
|---|---|---|
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