The YouTube channel was launched as the trial scheme in May 2013 with only 53 channels. But as per the data on 9th May, 2013, more than 1 million paid channels were there on YouTube and I think this number has gone much bigger in last 9 months. Some of the most popular channels are: Smosh, nigahiga, Fred and lonelygirl15.
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The YouTube channel was launched as the trial scheme in May 2013 with only 53 channels. But as per the data on 9th May, 2013, more than 1 million paid channels were there on YouTube and I think this number has gone much bigger in last 9 months. Some of the most popular channels are: Smosh, nigahiga, Fred and lonelygirl15.
I think more than 1.2 million paid channels are there on YouTube.