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Is it bought
by firms, on YouTube?

A running ledger of YouTube channels that have been acquired, majority-bought, or had their back-catalogs licensed by media firms and private-equity-backed roll-ups. Not every deal is an outright purchase — but every one of them means someone other than the creator now has a say.

Updated Apr 2026
— channels logged
Channels tracked
Firms exposed
Combined subscribers
Largest known deal
~$3B
(Moonbug → Candle/Blackstone, 2021)
THE BIG FIVE MOST-BOUGHT YOUTUBE CHANNELS
ranked by subscriber count at time of deal
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The firms, briefly.

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