Manchester City make Premier League history by becoming first club to reach one million subscribers on YouTube

  • Man City are the first Premier League club to hit one million YouTube subscribers
  • City celebrated by streaming a live video in which Yaya Toure unveiled a plaque
  • The club's most watched video is their version of the Harlem Shake in 2013 

Manchester City became the first Premier League club to reach one million subscribers on YouTube this week. 

City announced their historic achievement with a live stream starring Yaya Toure.

Midfielder Toure was filmed opening a cardboard package to reveal a plaque from YouTube.

Manchester City are the first Premier League club to gain one million YouTube subscribers

Manchester City are the first Premier League club to gain one million YouTube subscribers

City celebrated their achievement with a video in which  Yaya Toure unveiled a plaque

City celebrated their achievement with a video in which Yaya Toure unveiled a plaque

The plaque featured the message: 'Congratulations for surpassing One Million subscribers'.


City have doubled their number of followers on the social media platform in less than two years and have added almost 250,000 in the past 12 months.

PL TOP SIX RANKED BY YOUTUBE FOLLOWING

Man City - 1,004,060

Arsenal - 710,137

Liverpool - 698,581

Chelsea - 693,848

Tottenham - 212,256 

Man United - no official channel 

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The club's most memorable YouTube video saw the squad take on the Harlem Shake in 2013. That video alone racked up over 9.2million views.

Another famous video was a 2016 sketch in which young superfan Braydon Bent interviewed manager Pep Guardiola in the back of a taxi.

Michael Russell, City's head of social media, said: 'When we launched City's YouTube channel in 2011, we wanted to create a channel that produced original and innovative content.

'Through its unrivalled access to players over the years, CityTV has created outstanding content that has appealed not only to supporters of our Club, but also engaged fans from across the wider football community, both here in Manchester and around the world.'

City have more subscribers than Liverpool and Tottenham combined.

Rivals Manchester United are the only member of the Premier League's Big Six without an official YouTube channel.

The club's most watched video (over 9.2m views) is their version of the Harlem Shake in 2013

The club's most watched video (over 9.2m views) is their version of the Harlem Shake in 2013

Pep Guardiola being interviewed by young Braydon Bent also reached a seven-figure audience

Pep Guardiola being interviewed by young Braydon Bent also reached a seven-figure audience