The Most Followed Pastors on YouTube
The 100 pastors of the Pastor Influence 100, ranked by personal YouTube subscribers. Updated August 2026.
As of August 2026, Bruno Leonardo has the most YouTube subscribers of any pastor, with 76.3M on @bispobrunoleonardo. Joel Osteen (3.83M) and Steven Furtick (3.62M) rank second and third. 18 pastors in the index are past one million subscribers, and the 78 with a channel hold 130M subscribers between them. The list comes from the Pastor Influence 100 and counts personal channels only. Church channels are ranked on the largest churches on YouTube list.
Top 25 Pastors on YouTube
By personal channel subscribers, August 2026. The growth column is the change over the previous twelve months.
| Rank | Pastor | Subscribers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Leonardo Igreja Batista Avivamento Mundial | 76.3M |
| 2 | Joel Osteen Lakewood Church | 3.83M |
| 3 | Steven Furtick Elevation Church | 3.62M |
| 4 | Jerry Eze Streams of Joy International | 3.39M |
| 5 | Clodomiro Ramirez Iglesia Cristiana Jehova Shammah | 2.9M |
| 6 | Vladimir Savchuk Hungry Generation | 2.44M |
| 7 | Bruno Souza Igreja Nascidos para Vencer | 2.41M |
| 8 | Mike Signorelli V1 Church | 2.17M |
| 9 | Josué Gonçalves Igreja Família Debaixo da Graça (also founder/senior pastor of Ministério Amo Família) | 1.97M |
| 10 | Silas Malafaia Assembleia de Deus Vitória em Cristo | 1.95M |
| 11 | Alph Lukau Alleluia Ministries International | 1.7M |
| 12 | Michelle Corral Breath of the Spirit Prophetic Word Center | 1.49M |
| 13 | Elvis Agyemang Grace Mountain Ministry | 1.36M |
| 14 | Philip Mantofa GMS Church | 1.35M |
| 15 | Cash Luna Casa de Dios | 1.29M |
| 16 | John Hagee Cornerstone Church | 1.28M |
| 17 | Bobby Schuller Shepherd's Grove (Hour of Power) | 1.19M |
| 18 | Josh Howerton Lakepointe Church | 1M |
| 19 | David Jeremiah Shadow Mountain Community Church | 937K |
| 20 | Osiel Gomes Assembleia de Deus Tirirical | 909K |
| 21 | Luis & Blanca Morales joint entry Vida Real / Luis Morales Ministries | 880K |
| 22 | Guillermo Maldonado Ministerio Internacional El Rey Jesus | 817K |
| 23 | John Anosike Spirit Revelation Ecclesia | 764K |
| 24 | Ezekiel Odero New Life Prayer Centre & Church | 745K |
| 25 | Miz Mzwakhe Tancredi New Life Global Church | 701K |
See the full Pastor Influence 100
Personal channels only. Growth is the 1-year change in subscribers from public platform data. Blank means no verified 1-year figure.
What the YouTube Numbers Show
The most top-heavy platform in the index, measured across all 78 personal channels.
59%
of all subscribers sit on one channel
78 of 100
with a personal channel
326K
median channel size
19.9x
the leader against second place
One channel bends the whole platform. Bruno Leonardo holds 76.3M subscribers. That is 59 percent of the 130M counted across every personal channel in the index, and 19.9 times the channel in second place. The top 5 hold 69 percent between them and the top 25 hold 90 percent, which leaves the remaining 53 channels sharing what is left.
Ignore the mean. It reads 1.67M. Remove the single largest channel and the remaining 77 average 700K. The median, 326K, is the honest description of a pastor's channel in this index. 18 channels are past one million and 66 are past one hundred thousand.
No other platform is shaped like this. The gap between first and second place is 19.9 times here. It is 2.3 times on Instagram, 2.9 times on Facebook, and 1.3 times on TikTok. Long-form video concentrates audience in a way short-form does not.
Brazil holds the subscribers. 11 channels based in Brazil carry 85.01M subscribers, 65 percent of the total. United States follows with 32 channels and 26.1M. The 78 channels span 19 countries.
Growth is measured, not guessed. 75 of the 78 channels carry a verified 12-month subscriber figure. The other 3 are left blank in the growth column rather than filled with an estimate, and the pastors adding audience fastest are ranked on the fastest-growing pastors list.
The takeaway
Subscriber counts are a record of the past. The growth column is the one to read. Some of the biggest channels here added single digit percentages last year while smaller channels doubled. Size and momentum are two different measurements, and only one of them predicts next year. The pastors adding audience fastest are on the fastest-growing pastors list, and the same names sort differently again on Instagram.
Why YouTube Matters for Pastors
What the platform does for a preacher that no other platform does.
It is a search engine wearing a feed
People type questions into YouTube. A passage, a doubt, a diagnosis, a decision. A sermon preached three years ago can answer one of those tomorrow morning. Nothing else on this list works that way. Everywhere else, old content is gone.
Length is not a penalty
A forty-minute message can live on YouTube unedited and still find an audience. The thing a church already produces every week fits there as it is, without being cut down to fifteen seconds first.
The back catalog compounds
A channel is the only asset here that keeps working after you stop posting. Every sermon uploaded adds another way for a stranger to find the church. That is also why subscriber counts reward whoever started earliest.
Shorts sit on the same channel
A clip cut for TikTok can be published as a Short without a second account, and the people it reaches land on the full sermon library. One upload habit, two distribution surfaces, no extra production.
How to Read This List
- What the number measures
- Public subscribers on the pastor's personal YouTube channel in August 2026. The growth column is the change in that same count over the previous twelve months.
- What it does not measure
- Views, watch time, or attendance. Subscribers are people who once clicked a button. Plenty of channels are watched far more than their subscriber count suggests, and plenty of subscribers never watch again.
- The limitation worth naming
- Subscriber counts lag. They are cumulative and they never reset, so a channel that has published since 2010 can outrank a channel growing three times faster today. That is exactly why the index scores velocity separately, and why a channel at the 326K median can be the more interesting one.
- What is excluded
- Church channels. A sermon uploaded to the church's channel counts toward the church on the largest churches on YouTube list, not toward the pastor here. 22 of the 100 pastors in the index have no personal channel at all and are left out of this ranking rather than placed last.
Questions, Answered
Which pastor has the most YouTube subscribers?
Bruno Leonardo of Igreja Batista Avivamento Mundial has the most YouTube subscribers of any pastor in the 2026 Pastor Influence 100, with 76.3M on @bispobrunoleonardo. Joel Osteen (3.83M) and Steven Furtick (3.62M) follow.
What does the 1-year growth column mean?
It is the change in that channel's subscriber count over the previous twelve months, measured from public platform data. 75 of the 78 channels on this list have a verified 1-year figure. The rest are left blank rather than estimated.
Are these personal channels or church channels?
Personal channels only. Sermons posted to a church channel count toward the church in the Church Influence 100, not toward the pastor here. Several pastors on this list have a personal channel that is larger than their church's.
How many pastors in the index are on YouTube?
78 of the 100 pastors run a personal YouTube channel with a public subscriber count. 22 do not. It is the platform where the index publishes the most audience, 130M subscribers in total.
How many subscribers does the typical pastor’s channel have?
The median channel holds 326K subscribers. The mean is 1.67M, and that number is misleading: one channel holds 59 percent of every subscriber counted here. Take it out and the other 77 channels average 700K. 18 channels are past one million and 66 are past one hundred thousand.
Why is one channel so far ahead on YouTube?
Bruno Leonardo holds 76.3M subscribers, 19.9 times the next channel and 59 percent of the 130M counted across the index. No other platform is that top-heavy. The equivalent gap between first and second is 2.3 times on Instagram, 2.9 times on Facebook, and 1.3 times on TikTok.
Which country holds the most pastor YouTube subscribers?
Brazil. Its 11 channels in the index hold 85.01M subscribers, 65 percent of the total. United States is second with 32 channels and 26.1M, or 20 percent. The 78 channels come from 19 countries in all.
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