T-Series hits one billion views on YouTube

T-Series is now the second Indian channel to cross one billion views on YouTube, after Rajshri Productions achieved it in May, 2012.

Music label T-Series has said that the brand's YouTube channel has crossed the one billion video views on the platform. The channel ( was launched just over two years ago and now has more than 2.3 million subscribers.

Recently, during the first week of February, T-Series' channel reached over one million subscribers and continued to rise, hitting the two-million subscriber mark within the following 15 weeks, and has now crossed one billion video views on its channel.

T-Series is now the second Indian channel to cross one billion views on YouTube, after Rajshri Productions. To recall, in May 2012, Rajshri Productions' YouTube channel ( had become the first Indian channel to serve one billion videos on YouTube. However, the Rajshri channel has only 840,627 subscribers on its list.

Among the most subscribed YouTube channels in India, T-Series is at the top with 2,361,469 people as subscribers. Sony Entertainment Television India's channel is at No. 2 with 1,922,454 subscribers. They are followed by Eros Now at No. 3, Yash Raj Films at No. 4 and Rajshri at No. 5.

According to SocialBakers.com data, T-Series has uploaded 6219 pieces of video content so far crossing total views of 1,003,453,699. T-Series' official YouTube channel offers Bollywood song videos, audio juke boxes, lyrical videos, Bollywood twisters, behind the scenes, and making of films/songs/videos.

Apart from mainstream Bollywood channel, T-Series also has many sub-channels on YouTube like Apna Punjab for Punjabi Pop, Hamaar Bhojpuri for Bhojpuri content, Bhakti Sagar for spiritual music, Pop Chartbusters for Indipop videos, Shabad for Punjabi devotional content, Bollywood Classics for 1980's and 1990's content, Regional Music Channel and channels dedicated to full length Bollywood movies and Indian classical music.

Commenting on the milestone achieved, Anthony Zameczkowski, head of music partnerships, YouTube APAC, says, "The internet is the global distribution channel of the future and T Series' recent momentum is a great example of how music labels are using YouTube to innovate online and find new audiences around the world."

Bhushan Kumar, CMD, T-Series, says, "I would like to dedicate this success to all our fans all over the world, who have helped us reach this milestone. I would like to congratulate my entire in-house digital team and the YouTube team for this tremendous feat. We look forward to achieving greater heights with our dedication and passion to offer quality content and experience to our discerning consumers worldwide."

Neeraj Kalyan, president, T-Series, states, "The past two years of our association with YouTube have been a great learning experience and we hope to achieve many more such firsts at T-Series. The proliferation of smart devices and growth in internet penetration, coupled with ever-increasing popularity of Bollywood, is adding momentum and traction in improving with each passing month. The growth acceleration in subscribers and video views is really encouraging for the industry and video search platforms will surely see further growth in the months to come."