An extensive look at Hard Rock / Metal on YouTube, inclusive of the past month’s total views for a whole bunch of bands, some recent music videos, the all-time videos from traditional media brands (and each channel’s total subscribers; plus the numbers on several channels that do commentary, cover songs, and scene related silliness.
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One thing worth considering before you dive into these hard rock and heavy metal numbers… The top artists in the world this month includes five Indian playback singers - Alka Yagnik (1B views), Udit Narayan (774M), Kumar Sanu (707M), Lata Mangeshkar (578M), Arijit Singh (558M) - as well as Puerto Rican singer/rappers Bad Bunny (867M) and Anuel AA (612M), Colombian reggaeton star J Balvin (749M), South Korean boy band BTS (567M), and Indian pop singer Neha Kakkar (513M).
And just for fun, here are the all-time most viewed female artists (including features).
This Liquid Death album sold more than 550 copies first week! (Say what?!)
COMMENTARY/REACTION CHANNELS
JARED DINES
(2.79M subscribers)
Every Guitar Store Guitarist 13M
10 styles of metal 13M
11 styles of metal 9.6M
The Legend of Zelda “Song of Time” (Ukulele/Metal… 9.5M
Lead vs rhythm guitar 9M
Metal screaming doesn’t take talent 8.5M
Weird drum setups that actually work 8.4M
ANNOYING THINGS GUITARISTS DEAL WITH 7.5M
The biggest shred collab song in the world II (2018) 6.9M
10 styles of metal drummers 6.9M
NO LIFE SHAQ
(1.86M subscribers)
First Reaction to Queen! I Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 1.5M
(First Reaction to HEAVY METAL) I Metallica - One… 1.5M
FIRST TIME HEARING AEROSMITH “DREAM ON” 1.4M
Black Sabbath ~ War Pigs I REACTION (First Time… 1M
FIRST TIME HEARING Led Zeppelin “Stairway to… 764k
Metallica-Master Of Puppets I REACTION 721k
NEW METALHEAD REACTS to SLIPKNOT Spit It Out Live A… 696k
Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence I REACTION 644k
REACTING TO Van Halen ERUPTION GUITAR SOLO 640k
The heaviest breakdown ever was witnessed here! I… 633k
TOO LIT MAFIA
(273k subscribers)
Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster (EPIC REACTION)… 590k
Falling In Reverse - Drugs (ANOTHER EPIC VIDEO?!) T… 341k
INSANE!! Falling In Reverse - Losing My Life “Official… 269k
Slipknot - The Devil In I (First Time Listening) TM Reacts… 233k
Falling In Reverse - The Drug In Me Is Reimagined “Officia… 228k
Killswitch Engage - The Signal Fire (First Time… 183k
Falling In Reverse - Losing My Mind (TM Reacts) 2LM… 137k
First Time Hearing!! Wage War - The River “Official… 132k
METAL HEAD!? Lamb Of God - Moments Mori “Official… 100k
JINJER - Pices (Live Session) 2LM Reaction - 100k
THE PUNK ROCK MBA
(213k subscribers)
WHAT KILLED NU-METAL? Korn, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit 1.1M
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT RONNIE RADKE. 888k
WHAT KILLED POP-PUNK? New Found Glory, Sum 41… 707k
90s SKATEPUNK IS DEAD? NOFX, Bad Religion… 494k
MOST HATED METALCORE BANDS: Emmure, Bring Me… 453k
WHAT HAPPENED TO METALCORE? Of Mice &… 444k
WHAT KILLED 90s ALT-METAL? - Danzig, Primus,… 403k
MOST HATED BANDS VOL 2: Brokencyde, Asking… 390k
WHAT KILLED DEATH METAL? Morbid Angel,… 386k
WHAT KILLED CHRISTIAN-CORE?? Tooth & Nail,… 329k
TRASH THEORY
(141k subscribers)
Songs That Are Most Likely About Courtney Love 1.5M
Before 1976: How Punk Became Punk 1M
How ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Changed the World 746k
Before Korn: How Nu Metal Became Nu Metal 711k
A Short History of the Best Bad Top of the Pops… 507k
Blur vs. Oasis: Who Won The Battle of Britpop? 476k
Before Bauhaus: How Goth Became Goth 476k
“How Soon Is Now?” - The B-Side That Defined… 470k
“Firestarter” - How The Prodigy Won Over the… 441k
How The Smashing Pumpkins’ 1979 Evokes… 385k
PASTOR ROB REACTS
(106k subscribers)
Pastor Reacts to Five Finger Death Punch // Wrong side… 1M
Disturbed “Sound of Silence” // Pastors React and Discuss 909k
A Perfect Circle - Judith // PASTOR Reaction + Lyrical… 872k
Slipknot “Snuff” // Christian Pastor Reaction // Featuring… 813k
Jinjer Pisces // Pastor Rob Reacts // Lyrical Analysis… 452k
Thy Art is Murder “Holy War” // Pastor Reaction Video // … 414k
Tool “Lateralus” // Pastor Rob Reacts // Lyrical Analysis.. 411k
TOOL Wings 1 & 2 // Pastor Reaction // Most Requested 409k
Slipknot Unsainted // Pastor Rob Reacts // Lyric Video 376k
Tool Right in Two // Pastor Rob Reacts // Lyrical… 322k
NATE THE MATE
(37.5k subscribers )
How To Start A Clothing Brand In 2019 449k
How Is The Black Parade Still Relevant? 356k
How Is Mr. Brightside Still Relevant? 285k
Why Pop Punk Sucks 140k
Brand New - The Rise And Fall 133k
Why Hobo Johnson Blew Up Overnight 124k
How Blink 182 Wrote A Pop Punk Masterpiece 119k
The Is Why Parker Cannon Hates His Fans 47k
Long Live Modern Baseball 46k
Pop Punk Albums of the DECADE (2010 - 2019) 44k
TRADITIONAL MEDIA
LOUDWIRE
(1.5M subscribers)
10 Times Marilyn Manson Outclassed Interviewers 11M
Zakk Wylde Plays Black Sabbath on Hello Kitty Mini… 10M
Mike Portnoy: ’Name That Tune’ on Hello Kitty Drum Kit 10M
10 Unforgettable Crowd Participation Moments 6.1M
10 Rebellious TV Rock + Metal Performances 5.2M
10 Epic Concert Ejections 5.1M
10 Rockers Too Wasted to Perform 5.1M
12 Disturbing Songs People Love 5M
13 Unforgettable Kurt Cobain Moments 4.7M
10 Most Evil Bands of All Time 4.6M
ROCK FEED
(520k subscribers)
The Tragic History of Slipknot 6.3M
Rockstars Destroy Hecklers 3.9M
10 Bands Going Off Onstage 2.9M
The Sad History of System of a Down 2.2M
The Sad True Life Story of Marilyn Manson 2.1M
The Tragic History of Korn 2M
The Sad History of Puddle of Mud 1.9M
Slipknot - Most Insane Moments 1.8M
Serj Tankian Calls Out System Of A Down 1.3M
The Untold History Of Rage Against The Machine 1.1M
ALTPRESS
(332k subscribers)
APMAs 2016 Performance: BABYMETAL perform with… 5M
Vic Fuentes and Jenna McDougall, “Hold On Till…” 3.1M
Shooting Hoops with Twenty One Pilots 2.4M
Tricks, Treats and Lil Peep 2.2M
APMAs 2014: Sleeping With Sirens - “If You Can’t Hang” 2.1M
Brendon Urie Plays EVERYTHING on “This Is… 1.6M
APMAs 2016 Performance: NECK DEEP perform the… 1.6M
APMAs 2014: Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes wins… 1.4M
BRING ME THE HORIZON with LIGHTS - “Don’t Go // A… 1.2M
Arts & Chats: Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides draws… 1.1M
METAL INJECTION
(223k subscribers)
GUNS N’ ROSES “Paradise City” Performed by STEVE ‘… 7.3M
PANTERA “Cemetery Gates” Gone Polka by STEVE ’N’… 3.7M
LED ZEPPELIN “Black Dog” Hillbilly Version by STEVE N… 2M
AC/DC “You Shook Me All Night Long” By STEVE ’N’… 1.5M
Guitar Shopping with LITA FORD on Metal Injection 1M
WWE Superstars Reveal Favorite Metal Bands 2016… 1M
Memories of SLAYER’s Jeff Hanneman (Metallica,…) 902k
WWE Superstars Reveal Favorite Rock / Metal Bands… 813k
LAMB OF GOD A Day in the Life I Metal Injection 761k
Dave Grohl, Corey Taylor, Scott Ian cover Pantera… 723k
METALSUCKS
(125k subscribers)
John Petrucci Watches DREAM THEATER Fan… 1.6M
Zakk Wylde Watches Fan YouTube Covers 1.4M
POLYPHIA Guitarist Watches Fan YouTube Covers 1.1M
Death Metal NYC Subway Busking with ALLEGAEON 769k
Family Listens to Metal for the First Time 687k
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Watch Fan YouTube Covers 601k
Selena Gomez Fans React to Metal 575k
“Can You Smell My Fart” BRING ME THE HORIZON… 560k
Every TOOL Fan Ever 549k
Mark Tremonti (ALTER BRIDGE, CREED) Watches… 485k
KERRANG!
(109k subscribers)
You Me At Six - If I Were In Your Shoes *KERRANG!... 6.2M
Skunk Annie Because of You Kerrang! Exclusive 3.1M
Bring Me the Horizon Diamonds Aren’t Forever… 1.9M
Skunk Anansie - My Ugly Boy - Exclusive Preview! 1.6M
Attack! Attack! - Not Afraid - official video 1.5M
The Blackout - Higher And Higher - Official Video 1.2M
K! Tour 09: Oli Sykes (BMTH) answers fans’ questions 1M
Kerrang! Podcast: Slipknot exclusive! 972k
Fightstar The English Way video *Kerrang! Exclusive* 913k
Kerrang! Video Exclusive: Skindred - Stand For… 759k
REVOLVER
(92k subscribers)
PAPA ROACH - Scars (Acoustic) 1.5M
Maynard James Keenan: The Art of Work Pt. 1 (Tool, A… 1.1M
Dave Grohl and Lemmy goofing off backstage at… 1.1M
Dave Grohl + Sebastian Bach Uncensored backstage at… 958k
Ozzy Interrupts Zakk Wylde’s Interview at Golden Gods 934k
Maynard James Keenan: The Art of Work Pt. 2 (Tool, A… 681k
Phil H. Anselmo of Pantera - Outtakes (Uncut &… 629k
Maynard James Keenan: The Art of Work Pt. 4 (Tool, A… 597k
Revolver Golden Gods 2013 - Five Finger Death Punch - Li… 555k
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein and Alissa fro… 556k
COVER SONG CHANNELS:
FROG LEAP STUDIOS
(3.79M subscribers)
Adele - Hello (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli) 58M
Toto - Africa (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat. 42M
Feel Good Inc. (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli) 37M
Zombie (metal cover by Leo & Stine Moracchioli) 37M
Sultans of Swing (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli 23M
Eye of the Tiger (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat. 17M
Despacito (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli) 17M
Dance Monkey (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat… 15M
Smells Like Teen Spirit (metal cover by Leo & Stine… 14M
Poker Face (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli) 13M
ROB SCALLON
(1.98M subscribers)
Slipknot - Pyschosocial (Banjo cover ft. Leo… 19M
Slayer - Raining Blood (Banjo cover w/ solos) 9.2M
Metallica’s “One” Played on One Guitar 8.5M
30 Songs in 1 Minute 8.3M
Bass Battle (ft. Davie504) 8.3M
Theremin (An instrument you play by not touching it) 7M
Metal in Inappropriate Places 5.8M
Metallica - Master of Puppets (Banjo cover) 5.8M
Getting Delay, without using any effects… 5.7M
Slap Guitar Battle (ft. Jared Dines) 5.4M
331Erock
(1.5M subscribers)
Let It Go (from Frozen) Meets Metal 11M
Super Mario Bros Meets Metal 9M
Skyrim Meets Metal 8.5M
Gangnam Style Meets Metal 6.7M
Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) Op 1 Meets Metal 6.1M
Game of Thrones Meets Metal 4.4M
Skrillex Meets Metal 4.3M
Lord of the Rings Meets Metal 3.9M
Trololo Meets Metal 3.9M
Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement) Meets Metal 3.7M
COLE ROLLAND
(902k subscribers)
DragonForce - Through Fire And Flames (Cover) 11M
Canon Rock (Guitar Cover) 10M
Canon Rock 2013 3.6M
The Spectre - Alan Walker (Guitar Cover) 3.3M
Misery Business - Paramore (Cover) 3.3M
Alone - Marshmello (Guitar Remix) 2.9M
Dragonforce - Through the Fire (Guitar Cover) 2.8M
Every time We Touch - Cascada 2.7M
Avicii - Wake Me Up (Guitar Cover) 2.5M
The Sound of Silence - Disturbed (Cover) 2.3M
VIOLET ORLANDI
(469k subscribers)
The Cranberries - Zombie (cover) 9M
Linkin Park - Numb (cover) 4.5M
Toss A Coin To Your Witcher (Rock Cover) 2.8M
Guns N’ Roses - Don’t Cry (Cover) 1.8M
Linkin Park - In The End (Cover) 1.6M
Scorpions - Still Loving You (Cover) 1.5M
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (Cover) 1.4M
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (Cover) 1.3M
Evanescence - Bring Me To Life (Cover) 1M
Linkin Park - Crawling (Cover) 1M
AVERY DRUMMER MOLEK
(399k subscribers)
Master Of Puppets (6 year old drummer) 16M
Welcome to the Jungle (6 year old drummer) 10M
HOT FOR TEACHER Live Onstage (6 year old drummer) 5.2M
SHOOT TO THRILL - AC/DC (7 year old drummer) 4.3M
Hot For Teacher (6 year old drummer) 4.2M
Paradise City (6 year old drummer) 4M
WIPE OUT - LIVE (6 year old drummer) 4M
NIGHTMARE - A7X (7 year old drummer) 3.8M
TOM SAWYER - RUSH (7 year old drummer) 3.7M
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN (age 11) 3.3M
ANDREA BOMA BOCCARUSSO
(315k subscribers)
20 ICONIC METAL RIFFS 8.4M
25 HEADBANGING RIFFS 4.2M
15 STYLES OF METAL 4M
50 RAMMSTEIN RIFFS 3.9M
100 METAL RIFFS 2.8M
50 AC/DC RIFFS 2.7M
50 METALLICA RIFFS 2.7M
20 ICONIC ROCK RIFFS 2.1M
50 SYSTEM OF A DOWN RIFFS 1.5M
50 IRON MAIDEN RIFFS 1.4M
LAUREN BABIC
(301k subscribers)
PIERCE THE VEIL - King For A Day (Cover) 3.9M
SLEEPING WITH SIRENS - If You Can’t Hang (Cover) 1.2M
BRING ME THE HORIZON - Happy Song (Cover) 1.1M
VEIL OF MAYA - Mikasa (Cover) 891k
BRITNEY SPEARS - Toxic (Pop Goes Metal Cover) 852k
OF MICE & MEN - My Understandings (Cover) 716k
BRING ME THE HORIZON - Shadow Moses (Cover) 690k
How To Scream (For Beginners) 696k
FLYLEAF - I’m So Sick (Cover) 632k
AVENGED SEVENFOLD - Afterlife (Cover) 594k
HALOCENE
(294k subscribers)
The Masked Singer STOLE our cover of Bad Guy 1.8M
System of a Down - Chop Suey Cover 1.2M
My Chemical Romance - Helena - Cinematic ballad 1M
Camila Cabello - Havana - Fusion / Rock cover 1M
Billie Eilish - Bad Guy Rock cover 910k
Heathens - Rock cover by Harley Quinn 770k
Billie Eilish - all the good girls go to tell (Rock Cover) 614k
Billie Eilish - bury a friend - Rock cover 518k
Taylor Swift - …Ready For It? - Rock cover 449k
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill - Cinematic Ballad 442k
Misc.
HATE5SIX
(95k subscribers)
Harm’s Way - July 26, 2019 784k
Turnstile - July 27, 2014 730k
Code Orange - July 23, 2015 637k
Jesus Piece - July 29, 2017 488k
Knocked Loose - July 28, 2018 402k
Madball - July 27, 2014 299k
Jesus Piece - July 26, 2019 304k
Power Trip - August 06, 2016 278k
Code Orange - July 24, 2014 272k
Vein - July 30, 2017 267k
YouTube Music
Global Views
(Past 28 days)
Queen 220M
Linkin Park 174M
Metallica 133M
Guns N’ Roses 102M
AC/DC 90.2M
Red Hot Chili Peppers 84M
Skillet 80.6M
Fall Out Boy 73.4M
Nirvana 69.4M
Green Day 61.2M
Slipknot 55.1M
System Of A Down 50.2M
Nickelback 48.4M
Avenged Sevenfold 47M
Evanescence 45.8M
Five Finger Death Punch 45.3M
Disturbed 40.6M
Led Zeppelin 39.2M
Aerosmith 38.1M
Three Days Grace 34.3M
Sabaton 33.6M
Pearl Jam 33.5M
Iron Maiden 32.8M
My Chemical Romance 32M
Paramore 30.5M
Blink-182 27.2M
Marilyn Manson 26M
The Offspring 25.8M
Black Sabbath 25.4M
Korn 24.8M
Foo Fighters 24.7M
Breaking Benjamin 24.5M
Bring Me The Horizon 23.6M
Def Leppard 23.1M
Ozzy Osbourne 22.8M
Shinedown 22.8M
Kiss 20.1M
Alice In Chains 18.2M
Falling In Reverse 16.5M
Godsmack 15.6M
Mötley Crüe 14.9M
Rage Against The Machine 14.4M
Van Halen 14.2M
Pantera 13.5M
Megadeth 12.6M
Seether 12.3M
Weezer 12.3M
Papa Roach 12.1M
Judas Priest 11.1M
In This Moment 10.9M
A Day To Remember 9.74M
Trivium 9.53M
Asking Alexandria 9.36M
I Prevail 9.3M
Bullet For My Valentine 9.17M
Ghost 8.8M
A Perfect Circle 8.21M
Powerwolf 8.07M
Motionless In White 7.39M
All Time Low 7.32M
Lamb Of God 7.12M
Halestorm 7.09M
Dance Gavin Dance 6.62M
Killswitch Engage 6.43M
Slayer 6.38M
Escape The Fate 6.35M
Pierce The Veil 6.07M
Dio 5.72M
Dream Theater 5.5M
Rob Zombie 5.52M
Poison 5.46M
Black Veil Brides 5.29M
Sleeping With Sirens 5.18M
Alter Bridge 4.85M
Good Charlotte 4.8M
Sepultura 4.47M
Arch Enemy 4.21M
Amon Amarth 4M
Parkway Drive 3.66M
In Flames 3.3M
The Used 3.26M
The Amity Affliction 3.26M
Black Label Society 3.22M
Gojira 3.09M
All That Remains 2.65M
Suicide Silence 2.63M
Neck Deep 2.45M
As I Lay Dying 2.34M
Pop Evil 2.3M
Opeth 2.03M
August Burns Red 2M
Anthrax 1.86M
Testament 1.71M
Avatar 1.66M
Of Mice & Men 1.66M
Ice Nine Kills 1.65M
Mastodon 1.65M
Beartooth 1.62M
New Found Glory 1.53M
Machine Head 1.49M
Sevendust 1.45M
The Ghost Inside 1.44M
Meshuggah 1.39M
Demon Hunter 1.38M
Silverstein 1.37M
Wage War 1.34M
Periphery 1.21M
Whitechapel 1.1M
New Years Day 1.02M
Soulfly 1.02M
Hatebreed 972k
We Came As Romans 969k
Attila 959k
Exodus 958k
Memphis May Fire 853k
Underoath 848k
Fit For A King 725k
Black Flag 641k
Animals As Leaders 639k
The Devil Wears Prada 605k
Code Orange 553k
Butcher Babies 501k
The Word Alive 490k
DevilDriver 483k
Emmure 463k
Tesseract 397k
Knocked Loose 429k
Miss May I 373k
Every Time I Die 272k
Norma Jean 240k
The Contortionist 229k
The Dillinger Escape Plan 207k
At The Drive-In 186k
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! 175k
Stick To Your Guns 128k
Power Trip 127k
Converge 113k
Some recent music videos…
1 day ago
Ice Nine Kills “Jason’s Mom” 64k
Asking Alexandria “House on Fire” 59k
As I Lay Dying “Torn Between” 53k
3 days ago
Hayley Williams “Dead Horse” 656k
Puscifer “Apocalyptical” 527k
1 week ago
Paradise City Season One Teaser 9.4M
Slaughter To Prevail “Demolisher” 900k
The Hu “Song of Women” ft. Lzzy Hale 887k
DED “A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby)” 629k
Weezer “Hero” 343k
Goldfinger “99 Red Balloons” 337k
Lauren Babic “Face Down” 295k
Papa Roach “Feel Like Home” 289k
Veil Of Maya “Outsider” 272k
Killswitch Engage Atonement II B-Sides 195k
Firewind “Welcome to the Empire” 185k
Iron Maiden “Aces High (Lockdown)” 177k
Motionless In White “Another Life” (Remix) 119k
Feurschwantz “I See Fire” 116k
2 weeks ago
Evanescence “Wasted On You” 2.2M
The Ghost Inside “Aftermath” 890k
Mushroomhead “Seen It All” 724k
Lamb Of God “New Colossal Hate” 521k
Hayley Williams “Dead Horse” 372k
Alestorm “Tortuga” 311k
Trivium “Bleed Into Me” 291k
Trivium “The Defiant” 256k
Paradise Lost “Ghosts” 221k
3 weeks ago
Breaking Benjamin “Dear Agony” ft. Lacey Sturm 2.5M
A Day To Remember “Mindreader” 990k
Trivium “Amongst the Shadows…” 657k
Hayley Williams “Why We Ever” 554k
From Ashes To New “Panic” 517k
Asking Alexandria “Down to Hell” 499k
Dance Gavin Dance “Three Wishes” 424k
1 month ago
Lamb Of God “Memento Mori” 4.4M
Skillet “Save Me” 2.4M
Trivium “What the Dead Men Say” 2M
Dance Gavin Dance “Strawberry’s Wake” 1.7M
Korn “Can You Hear Me” 1.7M
Palaye Royale “Lonely” 1.6M
All Time Low “Monsters” ft. Blackbear 1.5M
Nightwish “Music” 1.2M
Blink-182 “Happy Days” 1M
Pearl Jam “Who Ever Said” 1M