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Top 10 Richest YouTubers in Delhi NCR (2026)
From Faridabad to Gurugram and Noida, the capital region has produced some of India’s biggest channels. Here is who they are, how they began, what the media says they are worth, and what is on the public record about them.
Please read first: YouTube earnings and net worth are estimates reported by media outlets and tracking tools. They are not verified by SkillCircle, are not audited, and often mix ad income with brand deals and other businesses. Subscriber counts are from each official channel, as of 16 Oct 2026.
How we picked and ranked the richest YouTubers in Delhi NCR
Delhi NCR covers Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and Ghaziabad, and a lot of India’s creator talent sits here. We started from the usual “richest YouTubers” lists, then kept only people who are from or based in the region and whose city we could confirm in a reliable source such as Wikipedia, a national outlet or their own channel. A few well-known names did not make it, and we explain why further down.
The order follows the highest net-worth estimate that a credible outlet has published, so it is a media ranking, not a wealth audit. Creators with no figure we could verify sit at the end. If you want the national picture, see our list of the richest YouTubers in India, for another campus city see the richest YouTubers in Lucknow, and for non-creator success stories from the same region, read about successful entrepreneurs from Delhi NCR.
Related reading on SkillCircle: profiles of Hubli’s biggest YouTube creators, profiles of Mumbai’s biggest YouTube creators and Patiala YouTuber rankings.
Richest YouTubers from Delhi NCR at a glance
| # | Creator | City | Niche | Subs* | Reported estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhuvan Bam | Delhi | Comedy, music | 26.5M | ₹122 crore (DNA India, Oct 2024) |
| 2 | Triggered Insaan | New Delhi | Commentary, gaming | 26.9M | ₹80–90 crore (News18 Hindi, Feb 2026) |
| 3 | Amit Bhadana | Delhi | Comedy skits | 24.3M | ₹58–80 crore (Financial Express; DNA India) |
| 4 | CarryMinati | Faridabad | Roasts, gaming, music | 45.8M | ₹50 crore+ (DNA India; News18 Hindi) |
| 5 | Elvish Yadav | Gurugram | Comedy, vlogs, TV | 16M | ₹50 crore (DNA India, Oct 2024) |
| 6 | Nisha Madhulika | Noida | Hindi recipes | 15.2M | ₹43 crore (Economic Times, Nov 2024) |
| 7 | Sandeep Maheshwari | New Delhi | Motivation | 28.3M | ₹41 crore (DNA India, Oct 2024) |
| 8 | Gaurav Taneja | Delhi NCR | Fitness, vlogs | 9.21M | ₹41 crore (DNA India, Oct 2024) |
| 9 | Fukra Insaan | Pitampura, Delhi | Challenge vlogs | 13.5M | No verified outlet figure |
| 10 | Harsh Beniwal | New Delhi | Sketch comedy | 16.6M | No verified outlet figure |
*Main channel, as of 16 Oct 2026 (YouTube). Net-worth figures are media-reported estimates, not verified by SkillCircle; they may include brand deals and other businesses.
One more reference point: Social Blade, which estimates ad income from public view counts, shows wide ranges for these channels. For 3–16 October 2026, its daily estimates add up to roughly $2.5K–$40K for CarryMinati, $4K–$65K for BB Ki Vines, $4.7K–$76K for Triggered Insaan, $3.3K–$52K for NishaMadhulika and $2.2K–$35K for Fukra Insaan, for example. Treat those as rough ad-revenue guesses for the main channel only. They exclude brand deals, shows, businesses and other channels. You can check any channel yourself on Social Blade.
1. Bhuvan Bam (BB Ki Vines) — Delhi
- Niche: comedy sketches, music, acting
- Base: Delhi (born in Vadodara; family moved to Delhi)
- Main channel: BB Ki Vines, 26.5M subscribers (as of 16 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: about ₹122 crore, as reported by DNA India (5 Oct 2024), LifestyleAsia (Oct 2024) and News18 Hindi (17 Feb 2026). Not independently verified.
How they started
Bhuvan grew up in Delhi, went to Green Fields School and studied history at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University, according to his Wikipedia profile. His break came from a viral video mocking a news reporter’s insensitive questions, which pushed him to start his own YouTube channel in June 2015. He shot the first sketches on a phone’s front camera and played every character himself, Titu Mama included.
Early days
The channel page shows BB Ki Vines joined YouTube on 20 June 2015. You can scroll through its earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) on the official channel to see how basic the early production was. We did not find a freely licensed early-days photo, so we are not showing one.
Critical information
Bhuvan has since moved into long-form shows (Titu Talks, Dhindora) and streaming acting roles, and appeared on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the Digital Content Creators category (per Wikipedia). No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
2. Triggered Insaan (Nischay Malhan) — New Delhi
- Niche: commentary, roasts, reactions, live streams, gaming
- Base: New Delhi (IIIT Delhi alumnus)
- Main channel: Triggered Insaan, 26.9M subscribers (as of 16 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: News18 Hindi (17 Feb 2026) cited roughly ₹80–90 crore in a feature on the Malhan brothers. Other websites quote lower numbers, so treat this as indicative only.
Photo: we could not find a freely licensed picture of this creator, so we have not used one. Their official channel is linked below.
How they started
Nischay Malhan was born in 1995 and studied at IIIT Delhi. News18 (Aug 2023) reports that he began his journey as Triggered Insaan in 2018 and built the channel around candid commentary and reaction videos. He is the younger brother of Abhishek Malhan (Fukra Insaan, covered below).
Early days
The channel itself shows it was created on 17 July 2014. Browse the earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see the early gaming-era content. No licensed photo found, so no image is used here.
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
3. Amit Bhadana — Delhi
- Niche: Hindi comedy skits, relationship and family humour
- Base: Delhi (born in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh)
- Main channel: Amit Bhadana, 24.3M subscribers (as of 16 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: estimates differ. DNA India (Oct 2024) reported about ₹80 crore, while an earlier Financial Express list put it above ₹58 crore. We show the range, not a single number.
How they started
Per his Wikipedia page, Amit’s family moved to Johripur in Delhi, and he is a law graduate from Delhi University. He started with dubbing and mimicry clips on Facebook in 2016, then moved to YouTube in October 2017. A video called “Exam Be Like” went viral that year and he never really looked back. He later became the first Indian YouTuber to reach 20 million subscribers.
Early days
Our photo above is from the 2019 IWMBuzz Digital Awards, not from his early days. For the real early material, see the earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) on his channel.
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
4. CarryMinati (Ajey Nagar) — Faridabad
- Niche: roasts, comedy, music, gaming
- Base: Faridabad, Haryana
- Main channel: CarryMinati, 45.8M subscribers (as of 16 Oct 2026, YouTube); a second channel, CarryIsLive, covers gaming
- Reported net worth: above ₹50 crore, as reported by DNA India (5 Oct 2024) and News18 Hindi (17 Feb 2026). Some aggregator sites quote far higher figures; we could not verify those.
How they started
According to Wikipedia, Ajey Nagar was born in Faridabad in 1999 and studied at Delhi Public School, Faridabad. He started uploading at the age of 10 with football tutorials, and his main channel has been active since 2014. It began as a gaming channel called AddictedA1, became CarryDeol, then CarryMinati. He was the first Indian YouTuber to cross 30 million subscribers (May 2021) and 40 million (August 2023).
Early days
The channel was created on 30 October 2014. If you want to see how far the production has come, open his earliest uploads (sorted oldest first). His team still films from his home in Faridabad, per Wikipedia.
Critical information
Two documented items. In May 2020, YouTube removed his video “YouTube vs TikTok: The End” for violating its harassment policies after complaints, including from LGBTQ+ activists. On 9 February 2026, a Mumbai court restrained him and his team from posting defamatory or objectionable content about filmmaker Karan Johar, who had sued over a video titled “Coffee With Jalan” (both per Wikipedia). We have stated these neutrally and only as reported.
5. Elvish Yadav — Gurugram
- Niche: comedy, vlogs, reality TV
- Base: Gurugram, Haryana
- Main channel: Elvish Yadav, 16M subscribers; Elvish Yadav Vlogs, 9.01M (as of 16 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: about ₹50 crore, as reported by DNA India (Oct 2024) and Financial Express. Some aggregators list ₹80 crore or more; unverified.
How they started
Elvish (born Siddharth Yadav in 1997) went to Amity International School, Gurgaon and then Hansraj College in Delhi, says his Wikipedia profile. He launched his channel on 29 April 2016 as The Social Factory, partly inspired by Harsh Beniwal, and later rebranded it. In 2023 he became the first wild-card entrant to win Bigg Boss OTT 2. He also runs a clothing label, Systumm Clothing.
Early days
Browse the earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see the original “Social Factory” era sketches.
Critical information
Elvish has faced legal and public scrutiny. Noida Police filed an FIR in November 2023 in a snake-venom case; he was arrested on 17 March 2024 and granted bail on 22 March 2024. On 21 March 2026 the Supreme Court quashed the criminal proceedings, while noting authorities could start fresh proceedings under due legal procedure (per Wikipedia). Separately, an FIR was reported by India Today after a viral March 2024 altercation video involving another creator. We found no report of a conviction in the sources we checked.
6. Nisha Madhulika — Noida
- Niche: vegetarian Indian recipes in Hindi
- Base: Noida, Uttar Pradesh (originally from Uttar Pradesh)
- Main channel: NishaMadhulika, 15.2M subscribers (as of 16 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: about ₹43 crore, per The Economic Times (11 Nov 2024), which itself cited other reports. Not verified by SkillCircle.
Photo: we could not find a freely licensed picture of this creator, so we have not used one. Their official channel is linked below.
How they started
Nisha was a teacher before she began blogging vegetarian recipes in 2007 to fill the quiet of an empty nest, living in Noida, as the Economic Times tells it. By 2011 she had over 100 recipes on her blog and launched her YouTube channel with simple, step-by-step videos in Hindi. She was named Top YouTube Cooking Content Creator at the 2017 Social Media Summit & Awards and crossed 10 million subscribers in 2020 (Wikipedia).
Early days
No licensed photo found. See her earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to watch the plain, one-camera kitchen videos that built the audience.
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
7. Sandeep Maheshwari — New Delhi
- Niche: motivation, self-improvement, entrepreneurship
- Base: born in New Delhi, 28 September 1980
- Main channel: Sandeep Maheshwari, 28.3M subscribers (as of 16 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: about ₹41 crore, as reported by DNA India (Oct 2024). Not verified by SkillCircle; this may include income beyond YouTube.
Photo: we could not find a freely licensed picture of this creator, so we have not used one. Their official channel is linked below.
How they started
His official site describes a journey from photographer to entrepreneur to speaker: he is the founder and CEO of ImagesBazaar.com, a large library of Indian images, and began giving motivational talks drawing on his own setbacks. The talks went online and the audience followed.
Early days
The channel was created on 13 February 2012. Open the earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) for the earliest seminar uploads. No licensed photo found, so none is used.
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
8. Gaurav Taneja (Flying Beast) — Delhi NCR
- Niche: fitness, family vlogs, lifestyle; co-founder of fitness brand BeastLife
- Base: Delhi NCR (born in Kanpur; BeastLife is headquartered in Gurugram)
- Main channel: Flying Beast, 9.21M subscribers (as of 16 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: about ₹41 crore, as reported by DNA India (Oct 2024). Unverified.
Photo: we could not find a freely licensed picture of this creator, so we have not used one. Their official channel is linked below.
How they started
Financial Express (July 2023) says he studied civil engineering at IIT Kharagpur and became a commercial pilot. He then turned to bodybuilding and, as he told The Indian Express (Jan 2025), won the Mr Delhi title. He started a fitness channel, Fit Muscle TV, in 2017 and launched Flying Beast in December 2017 as a lifestyle vlog channel.
Early days
See the earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) for the first vlogs. No licensed photo found.
Critical information
Financial Express reported that he raised concerns about alleged non-compliance with COVID-era regulations at AirAsia, which led to his termination from the airline and prompted a DGCA investigation. That is how the outlet described it; we have not independently verified the details.
9. Fukra Insaan (Abhishek Malhan) — Pitampura, Delhi
- Niche: challenge vlogs, reactions, music
- Base: Pitampura, New Delhi
- Main channel: Fukra Insaan, 13.5M subscribers (as of 16 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: we did not find a figure from a major outlet we could verify, so we are not printing one. Some aggregator sites quote wide ranges that we could not confirm.
How they started
DNA India (June 2023) says Abhishek was born and brought up in Pitampura and is a commerce graduate. He created the Fukra Insaan channel in 2019, and his first video, ₹20 vs ₹600 water, went viral. After that he leaned into challenge and dare videos, which earned him the “MrBeast of India” label in the press. He finished as runner-up on Bigg Boss OTT 2 in August 2023 (The Indian Express).
Early days
The photo here is from 2023. For the early channel, see the earliest uploads (sorted oldest first).
Critical information
The Indian Express covered an on-show argument with fellow finalist Elvish Yadav in which Malhan alleged negative PR by fan pages. That was a reality-TV dispute, not a legal matter. No major legal controversy reported in the sources we checked.
10. Harsh Beniwal — New Delhi
- Niche: sketch comedy, acting
- Base: born in New Delhi, 13 February 1996
- Main channel: Harsh Beniwal, 16.6M subscribers (as of 16 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: no figure from a major outlet that we could verify, so we are not printing one. News18 Hindi (17 Feb 2026) only says his brand and endorsement income runs into crores.
Photo: we could not find a freely licensed picture of this creator, so we have not used one. Their official channel is linked below.
How they started
Harsh started making small comic videos while in college and began his YouTube channel on 6 May 2015, mostly short vine-style clips at first, according to his IMDb biography. The channel crossed 1 million subscribers in 2018 and 5 million in January 2019. He made his film debut in Student of the Year 2 (2019). Per Wikipedia, Elvish Yadav drew inspiration from Harsh when starting out.
Early days
No licensed photo found. See the earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) for his earliest sketches.
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
Who we left out of this Delhi NCR list
We checked a few popular names and dropped them because the location did not hold up. Sourav Joshi is widely listed as a Delhi vlogger, but News18 reports he lives in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. A few other popular names were left out because we could not confirm an NCR base in a reliable source. We would rather publish ten names we can stand behind than pad the list.
What new creators can learn from these channels
Look past the net-worth headlines and the pattern is plain: consistent uploads, a clear niche, and a second income stream (shows, music, brands, products). Most of these creators also treat their channel like a small media business. They study retention, packaging and audience data, and they use search well.
That is where marketing skills help. If you want to build or grow a channel, our digital marketing course covers SEO, social media and analytics. Learners near you can look at the Faridabad, Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Pitampura pages. If you like numbers, the data analytics course in Noida is worth a look. For career options beyond YouTube, see our list of the highest paid jobs in Delhi.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the richest YouTuber in Delhi NCR?
Based on the highest estimates credible outlets have published, Bhuvan Bam (BB Ki Vines) is usually quoted first, at around ₹122 crore. These are media estimates, not audited figures, and other creators on this list are within the same range.
Is CarryMinati from Delhi?
CarryMinati (Ajey Nagar) was born and is based in Faridabad, Haryana, which is part of the Delhi NCR region. His team films from his home there, according to Wikipedia.
How much does a YouTuber earn per month in India?
It depends on views, audience location and content type. Tools like Social Blade only publish wide estimated ranges of ad revenue, and many creators earn more from brand deals, shows and their own businesses than from AdSense alone.
How were these creators chosen?
We included only creators who are from or based in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad or Ghaziabad, whose location and numbers we could check in reputable sources. Anyone we could not verify was left out.
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