WWE celebrates reaching 100 million YouTube subscribers

WWE is celebrating a big digital media milestone. On Friday, WWE announced that the company's YouTube channel has surpassed 100 million subscribers. It's only the 10th YouTube channel to ever reach the 100 million subscriber mark. T-Series (261 million), Mr. Beast (243 million), CocoMelon (172 million), SET India (169 million), Kids Diana Show (120 million), Like Nastya (113 million), Vlad and Niki (113 million), PewDiePie (111 million), and Zee Music Company (105 million) are the nine channels with more subscribers than WWE. "With more than 100 million subscribers and 81 billion lifetime views, WWE is the largest sports channel on YouTube and No. 10 overall," WWE wrote. "The new subscriber total is more than the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL combined." In their announcement, WWE credited The Rock's return for helping push them past 100 million subscribers: The return of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has helped supercharge the channel’s subscriber total in recent months, highlighted by the WrestleMania XL Kickoff event