The Largest Churches on YouTube
The 100 churches of the Church Influence 100, ranked by official YouTube subscribers. Updated June 2026.
As of June 2026, Hillsong Church is the largest church on YouTube with 18.53M subscribers, followed by Elevation Church (12.63M) and Bethel Church (6.6M). Together, the 100 churches on this list hold 91.17M YouTube subscribers. This ranking is drawn from the Church Influence 100 and sorts churches by official subscriber count alone, which is why the order differs from the headline Influence Score.
Top 30 Churches on YouTube
By official YouTube subscriber count, June 2026. Click any church for its full profile.
| Rank | Church | Subscribers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillsong Church Sydney, Australia | 18.53M |
| 2 | Elevation Church Matthews, NC | 12.63M |
| 3 | Bethel Church Redding, CA | 6.6M |
| 4 | The Potter's House Dallas, TX | 2.98M |
| 5 | El Lugar de Su Presencia Bogotá, CO | 2.73M |
| 6 | City Harvest Church Singapore, Singapore | 2.35M |
| 7 | Transformation Church Tulsa, OK | 2.15M |
| 8 | Calvary Temple Hyderabad, India | 1.96M |
| 9 | Gateway Church Southlake, TX | 1.78M |
| 10 | Lagoinha Church Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 1.65M |
| 11 | Union Church Glen Burnie, MD | 1.65M |
| 12 | Planetshakers Church Melbourne, Australia | 1.64M |
| 13 | Life.Church Edmond, OK | 1.63M |
| 14 | Igreja Presbiteriana de Pinheiros São Paulo, Brazil | 1.63M |
| 15 | Christ's Commission Fellowship Pasig, Philippines | 1.61M |
| 16 | Cornerstone Church San Antonio, TX | 1.28M |
| 17 | James River Church Ozark, MO | 1.25M |
| 18 | Centro Evangélico Vida Nueva Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES | 1.16M |
| 19 | Winners' Chapel (Faith Tabernacle) Ota, Nigeria | 1.08M |
| 20 | JPCC Jakarta, Indonesia | 1.05M |
| 21 | Comunidade da Fé Church Americana, SP | 1.03M |
| 22 | Lakepointe Church Rockwall, TX | 1.02M |
| 23 | Dunamis International Gospel Centre Abuja, Nigeria | 1M |
| 24 | Abba Pai Church Criciúma, SC | 980K |
| 25 | Hungry Generation Pasco, WA | 953K |
| 26 | Igreja do Amor Paulista, PE | 934K |
| 27 | Luis Morales Ministries (Vida Real Internacional) Medford, MA | 881K |
| 28 | Centro Mundial de Avivamiento Bogotá, CO | 866K |
| 29 | Victory Manila Taguig, Philippines | 848K |
| 30 | Iglesia de la Ciudad Resistencia, AR | 848K |
The takeaway
Subscriber count rewards the churches that started early, but it is not the whole story. The fastest-growing YouTube channel on this list belongs to Lakepointe Church, up 618% in the last year. YouTube carries more church influence than any other platform, which is why we explore it in depth in The State of Church Social Media 2026. Compare it to the biggest church Instagram accounts and the best church TikTok accounts.
Questions, Answered
Which church has the most YouTube subscribers?
As of June 2026, Hillsong Church has the most YouTube subscribers of any church, with 18.53M subscribers on its official channel. Elevation Church (12.63M) and Bethel Church (6.6M) follow.
How is this YouTube ranking different from the Church Influence 100?
The Church Influence 100 scores churches across four platforms (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook) plus growth and breadth. This page ranks the same churches by YouTube subscribers alone, so the order differs: the largest YouTube channel is not always the most influential church overall.
Do worship and campus channels count toward a church's subscriber total?
Yes. Official church-operated and church-branded channels (worship, youth, and campus accounts) count toward the church. Personal channels belonging to pastors or staff do not. The full rule is on the methodology page.
How do these churches grow such large YouTube audiences?
Consistency in formats people actually watch and share: full services, sermon clips, worship, and vertical shorts published on a steady schedule. Helping churches build that kind of presence is exactly what our social media management service does.
Influence like this gets built on purpose.
Every church on this list posts consistently, in formats people actually watch. That's not luck. That's a system. We run that system for churches every week: sermon clips, graphics, carousels, captions, posted for you.