Top Fifty Religious YouTube Channel Statistics

If your looking for the top 50 list, click here.

Part A: Divided by religion
Part B: Gender

Part A

64% of the top fifty YouTube channels defined as religious was from Christian Evangelicals.
22% was from Muslims.
6% was from Mormons.
6% was from Catholics.
2% was from Buddhists.

No Jewish, Sikh, New Age or other religious channels made the list.

It is interesting the to note that the percents generally match the pressure to spread their beliefs. Furthermore this gives us an idea of how willing followers of the faith are willing to subscribe to major YouTube channels that tend to focus on or represent their faith.

A Pi-graph can be viewed using this link: https://www.meta-chart.com/share/untitled-4451

Part B

Also interesting to note is the percentage of channels that are predominately male, female or mixed. Mixed is defined as having at least 40% of the opposite gender. Channels such as Jefferson Bethke is considered male dominate because most people who watch his videos watch them when he`s in them.

82% were male dominated.
12% were mixed.
6% were female.

A pi-graph can be viewed here: https://www.meta-chart.com/share/untitled-4484

The popularity of male-dominated channels isn`t entirely surprising when you consider that in Evangelical Christianity the vast majority of women aren`t pastors, in Islam imams can`t be female, and in Catholicism women can`t be priests.

Even the most popular Buddhist channel features a male monk. The few channels that are female-dominated are Evangelical music channels.

The top male-dominated channels are: Jerferson Bethke (1st), Anthem Lights (3rd) and The Merciful Servant (4th). 


The top mixed channels are: SkilletBand (2nd) and Mormon Channel (5th). 

The two female-dominated were KariJobeVEVO (18th) and FrancescaBattistelli (36th)

While the statistics may be surprising to some, the fact is that even in the secular realm of YouTube `Male-dominated` channels top the charts. 


For example out of the top fifty most subscribed YouTube channels PewDiePie (4th), HolaSoyGerman (8th) and Smosh (9th) are all male dominated. Whereas female-dominated channels such as RihannaVEVO (11th), KatyPerryVEVO (12th) and JennaMarbles (15th) always fall behind. Still, it`s clear that the ``gender balance`` between the popular secular channels and the popular religious channels is significantly different.

To see the statistics for the top fifty secular channels click here.