EnglishChannel age: 20 years (joined March 2006)
The Onion has 3,290,000 subscribers on YouTube. Its 2,524 videos have 1,482,730,821 views in total, about 587K per video. It has been on YouTube since March 2006, a channel age of 20 years.
Subscriber count
3.3M
Growth (7d)
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Total views
1.5B
Videos
2.5K
Avg views/video
587K
Subscriber growth
2026-06-10+80K over 137 days2026-10-26
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The Onion on YouTube - frequently asked questions
- How many subscribers does The Onion have?
- The Onion has 3,290,000 subscribers on YouTube. The count is refreshed from the YouTube Data API.
- How many views does The Onion have on YouTube?
- The Onion has 1,482,730,821 total views across 2,524 videos, about 587K views per video.
- When did The Onion start on YouTube?
- The Onion created its YouTube channel in March 2006. The channel is 20 years old. Searches for The Onion age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the channel age only.
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