Welcome to the Top 100 Most Watched Pro Wrestling Promotions on YouTube!
We uncover which companies are at the forefront of today’s wrestling boom. Take a deep dive into what fans are truly watching across the globe.
YouTube, now the second largest search engine in the world, behind Google (who also owns YouTube) allows us to tap into an endless myriad of different styles and niches. How privileged we are to have this unthinkable access to professional wrestling.
Regardless your age or where you live, as long as you have an internet connection, you can watch millions of hours of free pro wrestling. Now let’s see where everyone stacks up heading into 2022.
All YouTube channels below have been ranked by lifetime views. We updated views and subscriber counts through Jan 1, 2022. This list only showcases active wrestling promotions so no gaming, news or podcast channels have been ranked. We will release a separate list that includes all wrestling-related channels shortly.
Hopefully in reading this, you will find some new favorites to follow. Please let us know what you think and tell us if we missed anyone!
| Top 100 Most Watched | Through | 1/1/22 | Through | 1/1/20 | ||
| Promotion | Subs | Views | Gains | Subs | Views | |
| 1 | WWE | 84.7M | 65.2B | +25.5B | 55.1M | 39.7B |
| 2 | Impact | 4.29M | 2.6B | +500M | 3.13M | 2.01B |
| 3 | CWE Khali | 4.17M | 1.43B | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | Beyond Wrestling | 3.36M | 1.28B | +479M | 2.11M | 801M |
| 5 | AEW | 2.95M | 948M | +738M | 446K | 13.1M |
| 6 | Title Match Wrestling | 2.08M | 773M | +460M | 1.01M | 313M |
| 7 | Lucha Libre AAA | 1.45M | 369M | +133M | 1.12M | 236M |
| 8 | Limitless Wrestling | 944K | 356M | +145M | 615K | 211M |
| 9 | NJPW (Official) | 465K | 302M | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 10 | Estrellas Del Ring | 635K | 272M | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 11 | Defiant Wrestling | 738K | 190M | +52M | 568K | 138M |
| 12 | Ring of Honor | 681K | 186M | +67M | 427K | 111M |
| 13 | Big Japan Pro Wrestling | 453K | 152M | +31.7M | 368K | 119.3M |
| 14 | Women’s Wrestling Revolution | 331K | 143M | +24M | 281K | 119M |
| 15 | Reality of Wrestling | 549K | 139M | +114.7M | 150K | 24.3M |
| 16 | Queens of the Ring (via Title Match) | *** | 108M | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 17 | NJPW (English) | 381K | 106M | +44M | 274K | 62.1M |
| 18 | AIW Wrestling | 178K | 103M | +26M | 128K | 76.6M |
| 19 | Combat Zone Wrestling | 271K | 99M | +42M | 206K | 57.7M |
| 20 | Stardom | 165K | 99M | +62M | 114K | 37M |
| 21 | CMLL | 269K | 92M | |||
| 22 | Battle Club Pro (via Title Match) | *** | 88M | |||
| 23 | Warriors of Wrestling | 200K | 64M | |||
| 24 | Ladies Night Out (via Title Match) | *** | 54M | |||
| 25 | DDT Pro | 98K | 49M | |||
| 26 | ICW (Scotland) | 153K | 39M | |||
| 27 | Pro Wrestling NOAH | 74K | 36M | |||
| 28 | Santino Bros Wrestling | 105K | 29M | |||
| 29 | WOW: Women of Wrestling | 57K | 27M | |||
| 30 | RISE | 85K | 24M | |||
| 31 | Riot City Wrestling | 71K | 22.5M | |||
| 32 | Brii Combination Wrestling (via Title Match) | *** | 21M | |||
| 33 | Premier Pro Wrestling | 47K | 17M | |||
| 34 | Championship Wrestling Ontario | 50K | 16M | |||
| 35 | A Matter of Pride | 55K | 14.5M | |||
| 36 | Mission Pro Wrestling (via Title Match) | *** | 11M | |||
| 37 | Hurricane Pro Wrestling (via Title Match) | *** | 10.5M | |||
| 38 | WrestlePro | 65K | 10M | |||
| 39 | MLW | 146K | 9M | |||
| 40 | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | 61K | 9M | |||
| 41 | F1RST Wrestling | 47K | 9M | |||
| 42 | Zelo Pro | 35K | 9M | |||
| 43 | FITE | 10K | 9M | |||
| 44 | German Wrestling Federation | 28K | 8.7M | |||
| 45 | Pro Wrestling 2.0 | 27K | 8.5M | |||
| 46 | Freelance Wrestling | 43K | 8M | |||
| 47 | FEST | 40K | 8M | |||
| 48 | Boston Wrestling | 24K | 8M | |||
| 49 | Wrestle-1 | 18K | 8M | |||
| 50 | AJPW | 21K | 7M | |||
| 51 | WWN LIVE (Evolve) | 36K | 6.4M | |||
| 52 | OTT Wrestling | 32K | 6M | |||
| 53 | Future Stars of Wrestling | 29K | 6M | |||
| 54 | Dragon Gate | 24K | 5.3M | |||
| 55 | House of Glory | 30K | 5M | |||
| 56 | MCW Maryland | 25K | 5M | |||
| 57 | Shimmer | 22K | 5M | |||
| 58 | AAW Pro | 27K | 4.9M | |||
| 59 | Pro Wrestling Eve | 31K | 4.7M | |||
| 60 | Progress | 34K | 4.6M | |||
| 61 | Queens of the North (via Title Match) | *** | 4.2M | |||
| 62 | Tokyo Joshi Pro | 19K | 4.1M | |||
| 63 | NWA | 226K | 4M | |||
| 64 | WXW: Westside Xtreme | 18K | 4M | |||
| 65 | Heel/Face (Sabotage) | 15K | 4M | |||
| 66 | PCW Ultra | N/A | 3.8M | |||
| 67 | Championship Wrestling from Memphis | 16K | 3M | |||
| 68 | Hoodslam | 13K | 3M | |||
| 69 | Southside Wrestling | 10K | 3M | |||
| 70 | GCW: Game Changer Wrestling | 36K | 2.9M | |||
| 71 | Wrestlecade (via Title Match) | *** | 2.9M | |||
| 72 | River City Wrestling | 6K | 2.8M | |||
| 73 | Loko Wrestling (via Title Match) | *** | 2.8M | |||
| 74 | SMASH Wrestling | 13K | 2.6M | |||
| 75 | IWA Mid-South | 12K | 2.6M | |||
| 76 | Chikara | 11K | 2.3M | |||
| 77 | PCW UK | 9K | 2.3M | |||
| 78 | United Wrestling Network (Championship Wrestling from Hollywood) | 9K | 2.3M | |||
| 79 | Chaotic Wrestling | 8K | 2.2M | |||
| 80 | Atomic Championship Wrestling | N/A | 2.2M | |||
| 81 | WHAT! Wrestling | 9K | 2.2M | |||
| 82 | DEFY | 19K | 2M | |||
| 83 | PWX | 7K | 1.9M | |||
| 84 | ECCW | 5K | 1.7M | |||
| 85 | WXW RageTV | 3M | 1.7M | |||
| 86 | Brazilian Wrestling Federation | 25K | 1.6M | |||
| 87 | Empire State Wrestling | 5K | 1.6M | |||
| 88 | Shine | 8.3K | 1.5M | |||
| 89 | New Texas Pro Wrestling | 7K | 1.4M | |||
| 90 | Go Pro Wrestling | 11K | 1.2M | |||
| 91 | Wrestling Revolver | 5K | 1M | |||
| 92 | FLAWLESS (via Title Match) | *** | 1.1M | |||
| 93 | FIP | 3K | 875K | |||
| 94 | Melbourne City Wrestling | 4K | 795M | |||
| 95 | Generation Championship Wrestling (via Title Match) | *** | 775K | |||
| 96 | OVW TV | 17K | 732K | |||
| 97 | Elite Wrestling Entertainment | 2K | 657K | |||
| 98 | Fight Factory Wrestling UK | 3.9K | 632K | |||
| 99 | VCW Wrestling | 3K | 602K | |||
| 100 | Create a Pro Wrestling | 5.4K | 581K |
Few takeaways from the list:
*WWE is still as dominant as ever and had more growth than all other 99 brands combined
*There is a massive appetite and consumption of alternative promotions
*If AEW continues their growth, they could hit Top 3 very soon
*Only 6 promotions in the world have over 2 Million subscribers. Beyond & Title Match Wrestling are the only ones, not owned/funded by a millionaire or billionaire
*If you ever dreamed of the wrestling territories coming back, it looks like they’re already here
Yes
Old School Championship Wrestling should definitely be on this list!
Big fan of Mission Pro and Future Stars of Wrestling