The Fastest-Growing Pastors Online
The pastors adding audience faster than anyone else in the index, ranked by 1-year YouTube subscriber growth. Updated August 2026.
As of August 2026, Ben Eragbai of Divine Appointment Ministry Int'l is the fastest-growing pastor online, adding +2,290% to a personal YouTube audience in one year to reach 552K subscribers. Joby Martin (+2,030%) and Dede N'Landu (+927%) follow. Growth here means measured online audience, not attendance. Across the 75 pastors with a verified 12-month figure, the median grew 14% and only 2 declined. The ranking is drawn from the Pastor Influence 100, and the pastors with the largest audiences today are on the most followed pastors on YouTube list.
The 20 Fastest-Growing Pastors
By 1-year YouTube subscriber growth, August 2026. Every pastor here has a verified 12-month figure.
| Rank | Pastor | 1-Yr Growth |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Eragbai hand-verified Divine Appointment Ministry Int'l | +2,290% |
| 2 | Joby Martin The Church of Eleven22 | +2,030% |
| 3 | Dede N'Landu hand-verified Mission Apostolique Golgotha (MAG) | +927% |
| 4 | David Walker Alamo City Church | +395% |
| 5 | Michelle Corral Breath of the Spirit Prophetic Word Center | +347% |
| 6 | Omayra Font Fuente de Agua Viva Ministries | +244% |
| 7 | Isaiah Macwealth Gospel Pillars International Church / Ark of Light for All Nations | +194% |
| 8 | Samuel Felipe Igreja Evangélica Manancial da Graça | +111% |
| 9 | David Uche The Righteous and Faithful City (aka City of Truth) | +68% |
| 10 | Godwin Ndelwa Rehoboth Neno kwa Maombi | +66% |
| 11 | Esteban Loza Presencia del Rey | +65% |
| 12 | Bobby Schuller Shepherd's Grove (Hour of Power) | +62% |
| 13 | Mike Signorelli V1 Church | +58% |
| 14 | Jackie Greene Forward City Church | +49% |
| 15 | Otoniel Font Fuente de Vida Church | +42% |
| 16 | Estevam Hernandes Igreja Apostólica Renascer em Cristo | +42% |
| 17 | David Jeremiah Shadow Mountain Community Church | +38% |
| 18 | Guillermo Maldonado Ministerio Internacional El Rey Jesus | +36% |
| 19 | Sam Oye The Transforming Church (TTC) | +35% |
| 20 | Mar Mari Emmanuel Christ The Good Shepherd Church (Assyrian Orthodox) | +28% |
See the full Pastor Influence 100
Growth is the 1-year change in personal YouTube subscribers from public platform data. Ben Eragbai (+2,290%) and Dede N'Landu (+927%) were verified by hand as genuine viral growth.
What the Growth Data Shows
The 20 above are the top of a measured field of 75. Here is what the whole field looks like.
75 of 100
pastors with a verified 12-month figure
+14%
median 1-year growth across the field
109K
median size of these 20 a year ago
4.85M
subscribers the 20 added in a year
Most channels move a little. A few move a lot. The median measured channel grew 14 percent in twelve months. 32 of the 75 cleared the 20 percent floor for this list, 13 grew at least 50 percent, and 8 at least doubled. 2 lost subscribers.
They started small. The median channel in this 20 began the year at about 109K subscribers. Across all 75 measured channels the median starting point was 258K. 10 of these 20 were under 100,000 a year ago. That is the arithmetic behind the biggest percentages on the table, and it is why the floor exists.
Percentage and volume are different lists. Michelle Corral added about 1.16M subscribers, the largest raw gain in the group, and sits 5 on the percentage ranking. The 20 added roughly 4.85M subscribers between them.
Momentum is spread across the map. The 20 come from 8 countries and 10 are based in the United States. 11 of them already sit inside the top 25 of the overall index, which is what you would expect when velocity carries 30 percent of the score. The rest are further down the full 100 today.
What the growth pastors have in common
Almost nobody on this list started big. That is the point of measuring velocity separately from reach: it shows momentum a year or two before it shows up in the overall rankings. 10 of the 20 are based in the United States, so the rest of this list is a map of where the audience is moving next. Two of the steepest jumps in the set, Ben Eragbai (+2,290%) and Dede N'Landu (+927%), were checked by hand and confirmed as real viral growth rather than a data error. Compare this list with the most influential pastors in America and you will see how little overlap there is.
How to Read This List
- What the number measures
- The percentage change in a pastor's personal YouTube subscriber count over twelve months, to August 2026. Only pastors with a verified 12-month figure are eligible, which is 75 of the 100.
- What it does not measure
- Attendance, giving, baptisms, or anything that happens in a building. It also does not measure total audience. A pastor can appear here with a smaller following than dozens of names further down the full index.
- The limitation worth naming
- This is YouTube-only velocity. YouTube is the one platform that publishes a comparable 12-month figure for most of the index, so a pastor whose year happened on TikTok or Instagram will not appear here at all. And a percentage flatters a small base: Michelle Corral added the most subscribers of anyone on the table, about 1.16M, and still ranks 5 by percentage.
- Why there is a floor
- Below 20 percent in a year, a channel's movement reads as noise rather than momentum, so the list starts there. 32 of the 75 measured channels clear that floor and the top 20 of them are ranked above. The median channel in the field grew 14 percent.
Questions, Answered
Who is the fastest-growing pastor online?
Ben Eragbai of Divine Appointment Ministry Int'l is the fastest-growing pastor in the 2026 Pastor Influence 100, growing a personal YouTube channel +2,290% in one year to 552K subscribers. Joby Martin (+2,030%) and Dede N'Landu (+927%) rank second and third.
How is growth measured?
Growth is the 1-year change in personal YouTube subscribers, taken from public platform data. YouTube is the only platform that publishes a comparable 12-month figure for nearly every pastor in the index, so it is the one growth signal we use. Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook counts feed the reach and breadth scores instead.
Are the huge percentages real?
Yes, and the outliers were checked individually. Ben Eragbai (+2,290%) and Dede N'Landu (+927%) were both verified by hand as genuine viral growth, not tracking errors or channel migrations. Percentages that large come from a small starting base: a channel going from 20,000 to 500,000 subscribers produces a bigger number than a channel adding a million.
Does this mean these churches are growing in attendance?
No. This measures online audience only. A pastor can double a YouTube channel without adding a single seat on Sunday, and a church can pack its building while its digital reach stalls. Attendance rankings like the Outreach 100 measure something different.
What counts as fast growth in this index?
The median pastor with a verified 12-month figure grew 14 percent. Of the 75 measured channels, 32 grew at least 20 percent, which is the floor for this list. 13 grew at least 50 percent and 8 at least doubled. 2 channels lost subscribers over the year.
How big were these channels a year ago?
Small, mostly. The median channel in this top 20 started the year at about 109K subscribers, against 258K for all 75 measured channels in the index. 10 of the 20 began the year under 100,000. A percentage is easier to move from a low base, which is why the list is read alongside the subscriber totals on the most followed pastors on YouTube page.
Who added the most subscribers in raw numbers?
Michelle Corral, who added about 1.16M subscribers in twelve months and ranks 5 on this list by percentage. Percentage and volume are different questions. Together the 20 pastors here added roughly 4.85M subscribers in a year.
Is this list mostly American?
No. 10 of the 20 are based in the United States and the 20 come from 8 countries. 11 of them also sit inside the top 25 of the overall Pastor Influence 100, because velocity carries 30 percent of the index score.
Growth like this is a system.
Nobody on this list grew by accident. They publish on a schedule, in formats people actually watch, on more than one platform. We run that system for churches every week: sermon clips, graphics, carousels, captions, posted for you.