Movies and TV was the fastest growing YouTube category worldwide in 2020, with a year-on-year subscriber growth of 279.5 percent. Entertainment followed with 180.6 percent, and pets rounded out the top three with 178 percent.
Fastest growing YouTube categories worldwide in 2020, by average subscriber growth
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Fastest growing YouTube categories worldwide in 2020, by average subscriber growth [Graph], HypeAuditor, June 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251513/fastest-growing-youtube-categories-subscriber-growth-worldwide/