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Top 10 Richest YouTubers in Mumbai (2026)
Mumbai is home to some of India’s biggest comedians, podcasters and gamers on YouTube. Here is who they are, how they began, what the media reports about their earnings, and what is on the public record.
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, live shows and other businesses. Where we found no credible figure we say so. Subscriber counts are from each official channel, as of 17 Oct 2026.
How we picked the richest YouTubers in Mumbai
Mumbai, with Thane and Navi Mumbai around it, is where much of India’s comedy, podcast and gaming scene is made. We started from the usual richest-YouTuber lists and kept only creators who were born in the Mumbai region or are clearly based there, as confirmed by Wikipedia, Forbes India, a national news outlet or the creator’s own words. Where someone was born elsewhere and built their career in Mumbai, we say so.
The order is simple. The first five have a net-worth estimate in a named news outlet and are ranked by that figure. Tanmay Bhat comes next because the only big number attached to him is one he has rejected. The rest follow by YouTube subscriber count, which measures reach, not wealth. For the national picture, see our list of the richest YouTubers in India. Earlier cities in this series: the richest YouTubers in Delhi NCR and the richest YouTubers in Lucknow. Next in the series: the richest YouTubers in Hubli.
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Richest YouTubers from Mumbai at a glance
| # | Creator | Mumbai link | Niche | Subs* | Reported estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samay Raina | Moved to Mumbai for stand-up | Comedy | 11.9M | ~₹140 crore (Net Worth Spot via News18, Feb 2025) |
| 2 | Raj Shamani | Mumbai-based since 2020 | Podcast | 19.9M | ~₹91 crore (Firstpost, 2025) |
| 3 | Ranveer Allahbadia | Born in Mumbai | Podcast, self-help | 8.23M | ~₹60 crore (Moneycontrol via TOI, Feb 2025) |
| 4 | Ashish Chanchlani | Ulhasnagar, Mumbai region | Comedy sketches | 32.8M | ₹29–40 crore (ET; Republic, 2025) |
| 5 | Prajakta Koli | Born in Thane | Comedy, vlogs | 7.23M | ~₹16 crore (Lifestyle Asia via Mint, 2024) |
| 6 | Tanmay Bhat | Born in Mumbai | Comedy, streams | 5.5M | No reliable figure; ₹665 crore claim denied by him |
| 7 | Mortal (Naman Mathur) | Born in Mumbai | Gaming | 6.95M | No credible figure |
| 8 | Abhi and Niyu | Mumbai-based | Explainers | 6.69M | No credible figure |
| 9 | Mumbiker Nikhil | Mumbai-based | Moto and family vlogs | 4.01M | No credible figure |
| 10 | Kunal Kamra | Born in Mumbai | Political satire | 3.48M | No credible figure |
*Main channel, as of 17 Oct 2026 (YouTube). Net-worth figures are media-reported estimates, not verified by SkillCircle; they may include brand deals, live shows and other businesses.
One more reference point: Social Blade estimates ad income from public view counts and shows very wide ranges. For 4–17 October 2026 (14 days) its daily estimates add up to roughly $14.5K–$231K for Tanmay Bhat, $9.3K–$150K for Raj Shamani, $4.4K–$70K each for Samay Raina and Ashish Chanchlani, $2.0K–$32K for Abhi and Niyu, $1.7K–$28K for MostlySane, $1.4K–$22K for BeerBiceps, $0.9K–$15K for Mortal, $0.8K–$12K for Kunal Kamra and $0.7K–$11K for Mumbiker Nikhil. Treat these as rough guesses of ad revenue on the main channel only. They exclude brand deals, live shows, films, memberships and other businesses. You can check any channel yourself on Social Blade.
1. Samay Raina — comedian who built his career in Mumbai
- Niche: stand-up comedy, chess streams and the talent show India’s Got Latent
- Mumbai link: born in Jammu and raised in Hyderabad; he moved to Mumbai to pursue stand-up, per his Wikipedia profile
- Main channel: Samay Raina, 11.9M subscribers (as of 17 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: about ₹140 crore (US$16.5 million), an estimate from the tracking site Net Worth Spot quoted by News18 and The Week (Feb 2025). News18 adds that the same site suggests it could be closer to ₹195 crore once all income streams are counted. These are third-party estimates, not figures Raina has confirmed.
How they started
Samay was born on 26 October 1997 and went to Pune to study print engineering, a course he has called a waste of time. He started doing open mics in 2017, opened for comedians such as Anirban Dasgupta and Abhishek Upmanyu, and then moved to Mumbai. In 2019 he was joint winner of Comicstaan 2 on Amazon Prime Video with Aakash Gupta. His chess streams grew a large audience, and in 2024 he launched India’s Got Latent, a comedy talent show on YouTube. In March 2026 he released his special Still Alive on YouTube, according to Wikipedia.
Early days
Browse the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see his early stand-up and chess videos. The photo above is a portrait, not from his early days.
Critical information
In February 2025 a remark by guest judge Ranveer Allahbadia on India’s Got Latent led to multiple FIRs against people linked to the show, including Raina, as The Indian Express reported. A separate petition by Cure SMA Foundation of India accused Raina of insensitive remarks about people with spinal muscular atrophy, and the Supreme Court directed him and other comedians to hold fundraising shows for people with disabilities. On 14 August 2026 the Supreme Court quashed the criminal cases against him, noting the shows organised for persons with disabilities, as Bar and Bench reported.
2. Raj Shamani — podcaster and entrepreneur based in Mumbai
- Niche: business and self-growth podcast Figuring Out
- Mumbai link: born in Indore (Wikipedia); he says he moved to Mumbai in 2020, and his podcast is made there
- Main channel: Raj Shamani, 19.9M subscribers (as of 17 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: about ₹91 crore, as reported by Firstpost (2025); DNA India put it at nearly ₹100 crore. Both are media estimates that include his businesses, not just 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
Raj was born on 29 July 1997 into a Sindhi business family in Indore. DNA India reports that he began by borrowing ₹10,000 and selling soap door to door, before building his family’s business and later his own ventures, including House of X. He launched Figuring Out in 2021, and long-form interviews with founders, politicians and public figures turned it into one of India’s most-watched podcasts. His 2025 interview with Vijay Mallya went viral, per Firstpost.
Early days
Browse the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see his early talks and short videos from before the podcast. The only Commons photo of him has an unclear source, so we have not used it.
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
3. Ranveer Allahbadia (BeerBiceps) — born in Mumbai
- Niche: podcasts (The Ranveer Show), self-improvement, fitness and spirituality
- Mumbai link: born in Mumbai on 2 June 1993 and schooled at Dhirubhai Ambani International School, per The Times of India
- Main channel: BeerBiceps, 8.23M subscribers (as of 17 Oct 2026, YouTube); he runs several other channels
- Reported net worth: about ₹60 crore, with roughly ₹35 lakh a month from YouTube, brand deals and his businesses, according to Moneycontrol as cited by The Times of India (Feb 2025). This is a media estimate.
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
Ranveer studied electronics and telecommunications engineering at D. J. Sanghvi College of Engineering in Mumbai. He started BeerBiceps in 2014 as a fitness channel, then moved into health, self-improvement and spirituality. The Ranveer Show podcast made him one of India’s best-known interviewers. He also co-founded Monk-E, a talent and influencer marketing agency, and an online learning platform, according to The Times of India.
Early days
Browse the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see the original fitness videos. We could not find a freely licensed photo.
Critical information
In February 2025 Allahbadia faced a strong backlash and several FIRs over a remark he made as a guest judge on India’s Got Latent, and he apologised publicly. The Supreme Court gave him interim protection from arrest and told him to deposit his passport, per The Indian Express. On 14 August 2026 the Supreme Court closed the proceedings on his petition, saying continuing them would serve no purpose, as Bar and Bench reported.
4. Ashish Chanchlani — Ulhasnagar, Mumbai region
- Niche: comedy sketches and short films
- Mumbai link: born in Ulhasnagar (Thane district, Mumbai Metropolitan Region) on 8 December 1993, and studied at Datta Meghe College of Engineering in Navi Mumbai, per The Economic Times
- Main channel: ashish chanchlani vines, 32.8M subscribers (as of 17 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: ₹29 crore to ₹40 crore. The Economic Times and others report ₹29 crore (2025), while Republic World reports ₹40 crore. Both are media estimates; he has not published his earnings.
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
Ashish created his channel, ashish chanchlani vines, in 2009 but uploaded his first video only in 2014. He chose content creation over a civil engineering career. Short, relatable sketches about family, friends and college life grew his audience quickly from 2016. He has since acted in web series and short films and had a cameo in the Hindi version of Men in Black: International, The Economic Times reports.
Early days
Browse the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see the first sketches from 2014. We could not find a freely licensed photo.
Critical information
Chanchlani was one of the panellists named in the FIRs over the February 2025 India’s Got Latent episode. On 14 August 2026 the Supreme Court closed the proceedings on his petition along with Allahbadia’s, as Bar and Bench reported.
5. Prajakta Koli (MostlySane) — Thane
- Niche: comedy, vlogs and interviews; actor and author
- Mumbai link: born and raised in Thane; Forbes India calls her a “resident of Thane, Mumbai”
- Main channel: MostlySane, 7.23M subscribers (as of 17 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: about ₹16 crore (2024), from Lifestyle Asia as cited by Mint. This is a media estimate.
How they started
Prajakta was born on 27 June 1993 and studied mass media at V. G. Vaze College in Mulund. She started as an intern at the radio station Fever 104 FM in Mumbai and launched MostlySane in February 2015, per her Wikipedia profile. She was on Forbes India’s 30 Under 30 list in 2019, stars in Netflix’s Mismatched, has written a novel, and in 2025 became the first Indian creator on the TIME100 Creators list.
Early days
Browse the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see her early sketches from 2015. The photo above is from a 2023 film premiere, not from her early days.
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
6. Tanmay Bhat — born in Mumbai
- Niche: comedy, reactions, gaming streams; co-founder of All India Bakchod (AIB)
- Mumbai link: born in Bombay (Mumbai) on 23 June 1990 and schooled in Andheri, per his Wikipedia profile
- Main channel: Tanmay Bhat, 5.5M subscribers (as of 17 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: no reliable figure. A wealth-management startup’s list in April 2024 put him at ₹665 crore, and the number went viral again in October 2025. Bhat said it was “wildly off”, per Moneycontrol, and joked that with that much money he would not be selling YouTube memberships, per NDTV. We have not used the ₹665 crore figure.
How they started
Tanmay co-founded the comedy group AIB in 2012 with Gursimran Khamba, Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakya. AIB became known for sketches, roasts and political satire before it wound down. Bhat then built a solo YouTube channel with vlogs, reaction videos, sketches and gaming streams, and co-founded the creative agency Moonshot, per Moneycontrol.
Early days
Browse the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see his first solo videos. The image above is a 2017 still from an AIB video.
Critical information
Wikipedia records an FIR filed after a 2016 Snapchat video in which he mimicked Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar. In October 2018, during the #MeToo movement, AIB announced that he was stepping away over how allegations against a former collaborator had been handled, and in 2019 AIB said he was no longer its CEO.
7. Mortal (Naman Mathur) — born in Mumbai
- Niche: mobile gaming (PUBG Mobile, BGMI) and streaming; co-owner of S8UL
- Mumbai link: born in Mumbai on 22 May 1997, per his Wikipedia profile
- Main channel: MortaL, 6.95M subscribers (as of 17 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: no credible figure found, so none is printed.
How they started
Naman launched his channel in 2016 with videos of the game Mini Militia, then took off in 2018 with PUBG Mobile. Playing for Team SouL he won the PUBG Mobile India Series in 2019 and the Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series in 2022. He co-founded S8UL, a gaming creator group that has won Content Creator of the Year at the Esports Awards, and in 2024 he was among the gamers who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, per Wikipedia.
Early days
Browse the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see the early Mini Militia videos. The image above is a 2024 video still.
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
8. Abhi and Niyu — Mumbai-based couple
- Niche: explainers on India, policy, history and the environment
- Mumbai link: Abhiraj Rajadhyaksha and Niyati Mavinkurve are described as a Mumbai-based couple by Condé Nast Traveller India
- Main channel: Abhi and Niyu, 6.69M subscribers (as of 17 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: no credible figure found, so none is printed.
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
The couple became widely known for 100 Reasons to Love India, a 2019–20 series of positive stories from across the country, filmed on a long road trip. They moved on to explainers about the economy, history, civic issues and sustainability, often in a solutions-first tone, and were named in Forbes India 30 Under 30 (2021).
Early days
Browse the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see the early travel videos. We could not find a freely licensed photo.
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
9. Mumbiker Nikhil (Nikhil Sharma) — Mumbai
- Niche: moto-vlogging, family and lifestyle vlogs
- Mumbai link: Mumbai-based; the city is in his channel name, and Free Press Journal covered his 2026 video on wrong-side driving in Powai
- Main channel: Mumbiker Nikhil, 4.01M subscribers (as of 17 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: no credible figure found, so none is printed.
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
Nikhil began vlogging his solo motorcycle trips in 2013 with a ride to Leh and Ladakh. His turning point was a Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir trip on a KTM Duke 390. He later moved into family and lifestyle vlogs and started a clothing line, LabelMN. Forbes India Digital Stars 2022 ranked him No. 1 on its list that year.
Early days
Browse the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see the early ride vlogs. We could not find a freely licensed photo.
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
10. Kunal Kamra — born and raised in Mumbai
- Niche: stand-up comedy and political satire
- Mumbai link: born and brought up in Mumbai, per his Wikipedia profile
- Main channel: Kunal Kamra, 3.48M subscribers (as of 17 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: no credible figure found, so none is printed.
How they started
Kunal studied commerce at Jai Hind College and dropped out to work as a production assistant at an advertising film house, where he stayed for 11 years. He began stand-up in 2013 at the Canvas Laugh Club in Mumbai. A 2017 clip on YouTube went viral, and the same year he started the talk show Shut Up Ya Kunal, per Wikipedia.
Early days
Browse the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first) to see early stand-up clips. The photo above is from 2018.
Critical information
Wikipedia notes that his political satire has repeatedly drawn legal action and backlash. In March 2025 Mumbai police registered an FIR over a joke about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in one of his shows. On 25 April 2025 the Bombay High Court admitted his petition to quash the FIR and protected him from arrest while it is heard, but allowed the investigation to continue, as The Indian Express reported.
Who we left out of this Mumbai list
Some big names are often linked to Mumbai, but we either could not confirm the link or it belongs to another city. Chef Ranveer Brar works in Mumbai but was born and raised in Lucknow, so he appears in our Lucknow list instead. Gaming creator Dynamo Gaming (Aaditya Sawant) was born in Gondia, Maharashtra, per Wikipedia, and we found no reliable source for a Mumbai base. TV comedians and film stars who also run YouTube channels were left out because YouTube is not their main work. If you have a solid source for anyone we missed, we will review it.
What new creators can learn from these channels
The ten channels look different, but a pattern shows up. Most picked one format, such as sketches, long interviews, live streams or explainers, and stuck with it for years before it paid off. Nearly all of them earn well beyond YouTube ads, through live shows, brand work, films, podcasts, esports teams, agencies or clothing lines. And several of the biggest stories here also show how quickly a single clip can create legal and brand trouble.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the richest YouTuber in Mumbai?
Going by published estimates, Samay Raina has the highest credible figure on this list: about ₹140 crore, an estimate from Net Worth Spot quoted by News18 and The Week in February 2025. Raj Shamani is reported at about ₹91 crore. These are media estimates, not audited figures. A viral ₹665 crore figure for Tanmay Bhat was rejected by Bhat himself.
Which Mumbai YouTuber has the most subscribers?
Ashish Chanchlani has the largest main channel on this list, with about 32.8 million subscribers as of 17 October 2026, followed by Raj Shamani at 19.9 million and Samay Raina at 11.9 million.
Is Tanmay Bhat worth ₹665 crore?
No reliable source supports that. The figure came from a wealth-management startup’s list in April 2024 and went viral again in October 2025. Bhat said the number was “wildly off”, so we have not used it.
Which famous YouTubers are from Thane and Navi Mumbai?
Prajakta Koli (MostlySane) was born and raised in Thane. Ashish Chanchlani was born in Ulhasnagar in Thane district and studied engineering at Datta Meghe College of Engineering in Navi Mumbai, according to The Economic Times.
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