WhatsApp channel observatory

How many subscribers does a WhatsApp channel have?

A WhatsApp channel has no subscriber limit; a group holds at most 1,024 members. In practice, the typical channel among the 757 we list has 74 subscribers: 55% are below 100 and only 7% pass 100,000. With 1,000 subscribers or more, a channel is already in the top 26%.

Published on August 10, 2026. Updated on October 10, 2026; recalculated automatically every six hours.

757

Channels listed

287,497

Page views recorded

Measured by us; median of 26 per channel

Median subscribers

Across 519 channels with data (69%)

67,691,422

Biggest in the directory

Channel, group and community: limits of each format

These are WhatsApp's rules for each format, not figures from our directory.

Format	Maximum members	Who posts	Is the phone number visible?
Channel	No subscriber limit	Admins only	No: followers do not see the admins' number and admins do not see the followers'
Group	1,024 members	Every member, unless the admins restrict it	Yes: every member sees the others'
Community	Several groups of up to 1,024 members each, joined under an announcement group	In the announcement group, admins only; in each group, its members	In the announcement group only admins see it; in each group, its members do

What people actually look for

Subscriber counts tell you how big a channel is; our page views tell you which one people want. This is the live figure: we count it every time someone opens a channel page, 287,497 views so far.

How subscribers are spread

There is no middle ground: most channels are tiny and a minority holds millions of followers. This is the spread across the 519 channels we have data for.

Under 100 subscribers283 channels · 55%
Between 100 and 1,000101 channels · 19%
Between 1,000 and 10,00052 channels · 10%
Between 10,000 and 100,00045 channels · 9%
Over 100,00038 channels · 7%

Categories: what gets visited and how big they are

Ranked by the page views they get in our directory, which is what measures real interest. Categories with five channels or more are listed; the median subscriber count is only published when five channels carry that data, otherwise it shows a dash.

Category	Views	Median	Channels	With data
Varios	61,74921%	49	173	110
Influencers	58,62720%	819	45	30
Deportes	27,94710%	22,500	58	46
Noticias	25,2319%	1,409	38	22
Humor	17,1536%	50	71	51
Tecnología	15,8085%	43	31	19
Videos y películas	15,7135%	141	31	24
Business	12,0484%	40	42	31
Citas y frases	11,4044%	92	43	34
Música	9,3773%	84	33	20
Salud	9,0813%	21	13	6
Ventas	8,9343%	23	39	22
Juegos	5,6602%	38	28	21
Economía y política	2,2091%	2,721	9	9
Cocina	2,0451%	—	6	3
Viajes	1,0400%	91	14	8
Apuestas	9840%	130	6	5
Educación	6150%	64	44	34
Arte y fotografía	4610%	26	19	14
Psicología	360%	—	5	2

New channels per month

Listings added over the last twelve months. It measures our publishing pace, not the whole WhatsApp ecosystem.

Nov 255
Dec 2513
Jan 266
Feb 268
Mar 2626
Apr 2626
May 2619
Jun 2653
Jul 2666
Aug 26116
Sep 26157
Oct 2641

Most followed channels in the directory

Ranked by the subscriber count each channel had when the data was recorded.

Methodology

The directory holds 757 WhatsApp channels published on canaleswpp.com; channels deleted by their admin are excluded.
Page views are counted by us: they are the openings of each channel page on canaleswpp.com since it was published, 287,497 in total. This is the live figure on this page, and it measures interest, not size.
Subscriber counts are published by the channel itself and captured when it is listed: 519 channels (69%) have one, and it is not refreshed automatically, so these are figures from listing time.
We use the median, not the average: a single channel with 67,691,422 subscribers would drag any average.
A category appears in the table with five channels or more; its median subscriber count only with five channels carrying that data.
Everything comes from our own database and is recalculated every six hours; none of it is taken from third parties.

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 — you may reuse and republish these figures, including commercially, as long as you credit canaleswpp.com as the source.

Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does a normal WhatsApp channel have?

The median in our directory is 74 subscribers, and 55% of channels are below 100, so a recent channel with a few dozen followers is perfectly normal.

Is there a subscriber limit on a WhatsApp channel?

No. A WhatsApp channel can have an unlimited number of subscribers, unlike a group. In our directory, a channel with 1,000 subscribers or more is already in the top 26%.

How many members can a WhatsApp group have?

A WhatsApp group holds at most 1,024 members, and every member can post unless the admins restrict it. To reach more people without that cap there is the channel, where only admins post.

Which WhatsApp channels get the most interest?

By page views in our directory, Varios is the most consulted category and takes 21% of the 287,497 views recorded. The ten most visited channels are listed on this page.

Which categories hold the biggest channels?

It varies enormously: there are two orders of magnitude between the category with the highest median and the smallest one. The table on this page has the detail and updates itself.

Where does this data come from?

From our own directory of 757 WhatsApp channels, not from a third-party study. Every figure is recomputed from the directory database.

Can I cite this data?

Yes. Cite canaleswpp.com and the update date (October 10, 2026), because the figures move as the directory grows.