Top YouTube Searches – Most Searched on YouTube

This article includes several lists with YouTube search data, including:

• Top YouTube searches in 2022 

• Top YouTube searches of all time 

• Most subscribed YouTube channels in 2022

Plus, information about how to get more insights into your YouTube SEO. 

Let’s dive in. 

Top YouTube Searches in 2022

These are the top 20 searches on YouTube in the United States and worldwide.

	United States	Worldwide
1	tiktok mashup 2022	ukraine
2	glorilla	pink venom
3	msa	duy beni
4	ms rachel	naagin 6
5	rainbow friends	kacha badam song
6	ukraine	quevedo
7	sturniolo triplets	pushpa movie
8	la rosa de guadalupe 2022	pushpa song
9	maizen	xo team
10	yeat	rrr
11	god of war ragnarok	pushpa songs
12	encanto songs	sinf e ahan
13	sneako	shorts
14	miss rachel for babies	bhagyalakshmi full episode today
15	encanto	madam sir today full episode
16	pgf nuk	darna
17	charleston white	sidhu moose wala
18	ishowspeed	my story animated
19	master of puppets	real madrid
20	brown noise	jordan matter

In the US, music takes the win—40% of the top 20 YouTube trending searches are related to music. 

American rapper GloRilla makes the top of the list, followed by Yeat and PGF Nuk. 

And interestingly, children’s TV comes in at a close second, taking 20% of what is most searched on YouTube in the US. 

MSA (previously My Story Animated) takes first place. Closely followed by Ms. Rachel and Disney’s Encanto. 

It’s an entirely different story for the worldwide stats. 

TV is the obvious leader, with 35% of the top global YouTube searches. 

As a country, Turkey wins with TV show Duy Beni. 

Closely followed by India with four TV shows in the top YouTube searches worldwide — Naagin 6, Pushpa, Bhagya Lakshmi, and Madam Sir. 

Top YouTube Searches of All Time 

What is the most searched thing on YouTube?

These are the top 20 searches of all time on YouTube in the United States and worldwide.

	United States	Worldwide
1	fortnite	minecraft
2	minecraft	tiktok
3	asmr	comedy
4	nba youngboy	tik tok
5	tiktok	asmr
6	cardi b	fortnite
7	gacha life	música
8	cocomelon	bts
9	tik tok	pubg
10	pewdiepie	free fire
11	post malone	اغنيه
12	bruno mars	blackpink
13	ariana grande	gana
14	bts	gacha life
15	lil durk	cocomelon
16	peppa pig	motu patlu
17	markiplier	baby shark
18	jake paul	bad bunny
19	juice wrld	bhojpuri song
20	fgteev	bhojpuri gana

Games and entertainment take center stage with all-time top searches on YouTube. 

Fortnite and Minecraft make it to the top of the list, both in the US and worldwide. 

TikTok comes in at a close second. And that’s no surprise. The platform has grown steadily to over 90 million users and shows no signs of slowing down. 

As for the rest of the list, music still takes center stage. Both in the US and worldwide. 

Most Subscribed YouTube Channels in 2022

These are the top 10 most subscribed YouTube channels: 

	Channel	Category
1	T-Series	Music
2	Cocomelon	Education
3	SET India	Entertainment
4	MrBeast	Entertainment
5	PewDiePie	Entertainment
6	Kids Diana Show	Film
7	Like Nastya	Entertainment
8	WWE	Sports
9	Vlad and Niki	Entertainment
10	Zee Music Company	Music

Out of the top 10 most subscribed channels, the dominant categories are:

• Music
• Children’s
• Sports
• Entertainment

Makes sense based on the top searches. It’s clear users head to YouTube for mostly one thing: entertainment. 

Get More Insights Into YouTube SEO

Now that you know what the top YouTube searches are, you can take things a step further. 

If you want to find the most searched things on YouTube, you can use Google Trends. First, set the filter to “YouTube Search.”

And then you can filter by country, time frame, and category. 

Here are other tools you ca use:

• Semrush’s Keyword Magic Tool can filter for keywords that trigger a video snippet in the SERPs

• YouTube’s Trending page to see what’s trending today 

And if you’d like to dive deeper, check out our YouTube keyword research guide.