Mei Yu
Mei Yu had 1.9M subscribers as of October 16, 2026, ranked #407 in Canada. The channel has accumulated 515.8M views across 1,263 videos since 2011.
Relative to its audience, that is 277 lifetime views per subscriber and 30.2K views generated per day.
Where does Mei Yu rank on YouTube?
Ranked by subscriber count, Mei Yu sits 407th in Canada and 9774th worldwide.
The YouTube API rounds subscriber counts to three significant figures. At this scale, any change below 0.54% over the period is undetectable — we prefer to show nothing rather than rounding noise.
When did Mei Yu start on YouTube?
Mei Yu published their first video on April 12, 2011, "How to Draw a Cartoon Parrot - Inspired by Blu from Rio - Fun2draw drawing channel", which has 980.8K views. Their biggest hit since does 27 × that number.

Mei Yu published 1,213 videos between 2011 and 2025, peaking at 195 in 2012. Since 2023, videos under 3 minutes account for 79% of output, against 26% before.
What is Mei Yu's most-viewed video?
Mei Yu's most-viewed video is "99% of People Get Dizzy | 3 Marker Color Drawing Art #shorts #artshorts #3Dart #funart", with 26.1M views. That is 65 × the performance of an average video on the channel. Its five best videos account for 10.5% of the channel's total views.
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Which format works best for Mei Yu?
On Mei Yu, mid-form (3 to 20 min) performs best: a median of 191.9K views across 685 videos analysed. That is 1.8 × short-form (under 3 min). Medians are used rather than averages: on a channel with isolated hits, the average describes no real video.
How often does Mei Yu publish?
Mei Yu currently publishes 1 vidéo par mois. The pace has slowed markedly against a lifetime average of 81 videos per year. Its catalogue generates 24 views per video per day.
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Mei Yu's YouTube ad revenue is estimated between $1,537 and $5,597 per month. The estimate weights monthly views by the 90-day observed split: 45% short-form, 55% long-form. At this scale, advertising is typically a minority of a creator's actual income, behind brand partnerships and merchandise, which are not measured here.
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How many views does a typical Mei Yu video get?
The median Mei Yu video has 160.9K views, computed across 1,263 analysed videos.
How long has Mei Yu been publishing on YouTube?
Mei Yu has been publishing for 16 years, averaging 81 videos per year.
Which country is Mei Yu from?
Mei Yu is registered in CA.
Is this data up to date?
Channel statistics are collected daily, last recorded on October 16, 2026. Per-video measures cover 1,263 videos indexed in our database of over 21 million YouTube videos.
Methodology
Channel statistics collected daily (last recorded 10/16/2026). Per-video measures computed across 1,263 indexed videos, from a database of over 21 million videos and 27,000 YouTube channels. The outlier multiplier compares a video's views to its channel average. Format performance uses the median, more robust than the mean when isolated hits are present.
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