North Coast Church

North Coast Church serves North San Diego County from its main campus in Vista, California. It began as a home Bible study in Carlsbad in 1976 and was formally established in 1978. Larry Osborne led the church for decades and made it a laboratory for ideas the broader church later adopted, including video venues, multisite campuses, and sermon-based small groups, a model that keeps around 90 percent of adults in groups. Chris Brown, on the teaching team since 2004, now serves as senior pastor. The church is part of the Evangelical Free Church of America.

North Coast reaches 67,728 combined followers across three platforms. YouTube is the anchor at 29,100 subscribers, up 13.67 percent over the past year, with an upload on June 8, 2026. Instagram runs as a two-account family: @northcoastchurch at 17,741 followers and @northcoastchurch_vista at 3,887, totaling 21,628. Facebook adds 17,000 followers. No TikTok account is tracked.

North Coast's profile is balance. A reach score of 22.8, a velocity score of 45.1, and a breadth score of 82.5 describe a church growing evenly everywhere rather than spiking anywhere. Nearly 14 percent YouTube growth on a 29,000-subscriber base is solid mid-stage momentum for a 48-year-old congregation. The same instinct that made North Coast an early mover on video venues shows up in the data: no platform neglected, no platform carrying the whole load.