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Top 9 Richest YouTubers in Kolkata (2026)
Kolkata’s biggest home-grown YouTube creators include a gaming Shorts star, two pioneers of Bengali comedy, a food-label crusader, a couple who document Calcutta’s cooking and a stand-up comic from Park Street. Here is who runs each channel, how they began, and what is on the public record.
Please read first: no credible news outlet has published a net-worth or earnings figure for anyone on this list, so we print none and rank by subscribers instead. That measures reach, not wealth. Subscriber counts are from each channel’s YouTube page, checked on 21 Oct 2026.
How we picked Kolkata’s top YouTubers
We counted creators who live in or work from the Kolkata metropolitan area, or who grew up in the city and are publicly identified with it, as shown by a news report or interview. A channel with “Kolkata” or “Bong” in its name was not enough on its own.
This list is about creators who built an audience on YouTube: gamers, comedians, food and recipe channels, and lifestyle creators. Official channels of singers, music labels and film stars are left out, even when the star lives in the city. We could verify nine creators, so this is a top 9 rather than a padded top 10. Earlier cities in this series: the richest YouTubers in Delhi NCR, the top YouTubers in Patiala and the richest YouTubers in Chandigarh. Next in the series: the richest YouTubers in Hyderabad.
Richest YouTubers in Kolkata at a glance
| # | Channel | Kolkata link | Niche | Subs* | Reported net worth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjoy Das Official | Kolkata-based (The Indian Express) | Gaming Shorts | 18.4M | No credible figure |
| 2 | Wonder Munna (Indrani Biswas) | Kolkata (Times of India, The Telegraph) | Bengali comedy | 4.23M | No credible figure |
| 3 | The Bong Guy (Kiran Dutta) | Kolkata (Forbes India, Times of India) | Bengali comedy, music | 4.16M | No credible figure |
| 4 | Food Pharmer (Revant Himatsingka) | Kolkata (The Telegraph) | Food labels, health | 2.2M | No credible figure |
| 5 | Bong Eats | Kolkata (Mint) | Bengali recipes | 1.65M | No credible figure |
| 6 | Pretty She Is (Preeti Sarkar) | Kolkata-based (CNBC) | Fashion, beauty, lifestyle | 1.56M | No credible figure |
| 7 | Foodka (Indrajit Lahiri) | Kolkata (The Telegraph) | Food stories | 495K | No credible figure |
| 8 | Henglabazz (Arpan Goswami) | Kolkata (The Telegraph) | Street food vlogs | 359K | No credible figure |
| 9 | Anirban Dasgupta | Raised in Kolkata, now Mumbai (The Telegraph) | Stand-up comedy | 219K | No credible figure |
*Main channel, as of 21 Oct 2026 (YouTube). Ranked by subscribers because no credible outlet publishes earnings or net-worth figures for these creators. Many of them also earn from brand deals, live shows, their own brands or memberships, not only from YouTube ads.
1. Sanjoy Das — gaming Shorts creator
- Niche: gaming Shorts, mainly Garena Free Fire, plus Minecraft and GTA clips
- Kolkata link: described as “Kolkata-based Sanjoy Das (22)” by The Indian Express (2022)
- Main channel: Sanjoy Das Official, 18.4M subscribers, about 500 videos and 3.9 billion views (as of 21 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 above.
How he started
The Indian Express reported in 2022 that Sanjoy had barely 50,000 subscribers before he switched his focus to YouTube Shorts of his Free Fire, Minecraft and other gaming sessions. He was then adding more than a million subscribers a month, had reached about 9.5 million, and was posting around three Shorts a day. The paper does not name his channel; we matched it to Sanjoy Das Official by name and by its Free Fire-led content, which has since doubled to 18.4 million subscribers.
Early days
See the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first).
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
2. Wonder Munna — Indrani Biswas’s Bengali comedy
- Niche: Bengali comedy sketches about everyday family and city life
- Kolkata link: The Times of India (2018) reports that Indrani Biswas left a job at a Delhi production house and returned to her hometown, Kolkata, to make videos; The Telegraph interviewed her for its My Kolkata section in 2022
- Main channel: Wonder Munna, 4.23M subscribers, about 205 videos and 1.26 billion views (as of 21 Oct 2026, YouTube); she also runs Munna Unplugged (1.86M) and Wonder Munna Shorts (1.76M)
- 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 above.
How she started
Indrani told The Times of India that she began with Facebook videos and moved to YouTube on her friends’ advice in 2017, shooting and editing everything on her phone. Her Durga Puja videos were the turning point: Bengali viewers shared them widely, and the channel took off. In 2022 she told The Telegraph that she now shoots in 4K and treats content creation as “a 24x7 job/business”.
Early days
See the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first).
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
3. The Bong Guy — Kiran Dutta, Bengali comedy pioneer
- Niche: film roasts, comedy, music videos and collaborations
- Kolkata link: listed with city “Kolkata” on Forbes India’s 2024 Digital Stars list (rank 10); The Times of India (2018) called him “the leading YouTuber of the city”
- Main channel: The Bong Guy, 4.16M subscribers, about 97 videos and 389 million views (as of 21 Oct 2026, YouTube); his vlog channel Your Bong Guy has 2.22M
- 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 above.
How he started
Kiran, a civil engineer by training, started his channel in 2015 while still a student, sharing videos through meme pages he ran on Facebook. Forbes India says his ‘E Kemon Cinema’ series of Bengali film roasts made him a star in 2017; he has since released music videos, made the film Kolkata Chalantika and the web series Time-Up, and worked with brands such as YouTube, Google, Netflix and Samsung. In 2018 he told The Times of India that he was already earning more from YouTube than he would in a basic IT job, but he gave no figure.
Early days
See the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first).
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
4. Food Pharmer — Revant Himatsingka reads the food label
- Niche: packaged-food labels, sugar and nutrition, told with humour
- Kolkata link: “the Kolkata boy” who studied at Don Bosco Park Circus and moved back to Kolkata from the US in 2023, per The Telegraph (2024)
- Main channel: Food Pharmer, 2.2M subscribers, about 550 videos and 611 million views (as of 21 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: no credible figure found, so none is printed.
How he started
The Telegraph reports that Revant, a Wharton MBA, quit a finance job in the US in April 2023 to work full-time on nutrition awareness. A single video about the sugar in a popular health drink took him from about 1,000 to over 100,000 Instagram followers in a week, and he reached a million within six months. He scripts and shoots the videos himself, and told the paper he had turned down paid promotions to keep his credibility.
Early days
See the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first).
Critical information
In April 2023 he took down his viral video on Bournvita’s sugar content after Cadbury (Mondelez) sent him a legal notice, and said he had not meant to defame the company, per The Indian Express. The Telegraph reported in 2024 that he had received five legal notices from four brands since starting Food Pharmer.
5. Bong Eats — the food of Calcutta, step by step
- Niche: Bengali home-style recipes and Kolkata street and restaurant classics
- Kolkata link: co-founders Saptarshi Chakraborty and Insiya Poonawala were born and raised in Kolkata and cook, shoot and edit at home, per Mint (2023)
- Main channel: Bong Eats, 1.65M subscribers, about 440 videos and 268 million views (as of 21 Oct 2026, YouTube); there is also a Bengali-language channel, Bong Eats Bangla
- 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 above.
How they started
Mint reports that the couple launched Bong Eats in 2016 while living in the US, where Saptarshi worked in tech and Insiya in publishing. Their calm, carefully produced videos, with detailed steps and English descriptions, found an audience among Bengalis around the world. They returned to India and quit their day jobs in 2021 to run the channel full-time; Insiya does most of the cooking while Saptarshi films.
Early days
See the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first).
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
6. Pretty She Is — Preeti Sarkar’s fashion and lifestyle
- Niche: fashion, beauty and everyday lifestyle videos, mostly in Bengali
- Kolkata link: “based in Kolkata”, per CNBC (August 2025)
- Main channel: Pretty She Is, 1.56M subscribers, about 1,390 videos and 1.74 billion views (as of 21 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 above.
How she started
Preeti told CNBC that she started posting skincare and fashion videos on YouTube in 2018, at 18, using an upturned bucket as a phone tripod and editing for eight to ten hours a day, with little success for years. Things changed when she began filming without make-up or filters and simply talking to the camera. She has since launched her own clothing label, Preetizen, and recruited its first models from her followers.
Early days
See the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first).
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
7. Foodka — the stories behind Bengal’s food
- Niche: food stories, history and eateries across Kolkata and Bengal
- Kolkata link: profiled by The Telegraph (2021) as one of the city’s best-loved food vlogs, led by Indrajit Lahiri with RJ and actor Mir Afsar Ali and Sunando Banerjee
- Main channel: Foodka Series, 495K subscribers, about 860 videos and 73 million views (as of 21 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 above.
How it started
Lahiri told The Telegraph that he wrote a food blog while running an IT company, and that he, Mir and Sunando set up Foodka to tell the story behind each dish rather than just rate it, with “a foodie uncle and his hungry nephew” at the centre. The team has worked with Incredible India on a campaign tracing Calcutta’s history through its food, and Lahiri says the aim is to put Bengal on the map as a food destination rather than to make money from YouTube.
Early days
See the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first).
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
8. Henglabazz — Arpan Goswami’s street food vlogs
- Niche: cheap street food and small, hidden eateries in Kolkata and across Bengal
- Kolkata link: profiled by The Telegraph (2021) alongside Foodka as a Kolkata food vlog
- Main channel: HENGLABAZZ, 359K subscribers (as of 21 Oct 2026, YouTube); its Shorts channel has a further 517K
- 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 above.
How he started
Arpan Goswami told The Telegraph that he left his orthopaedic business in 2019 to vlog full-time, inspired by travel-food vlogger Mark Wiens. Restaurants turned him away when he had 200 subscribers, so he focused on low-cost stalls, such as a Rs 10 unlimited ghugni stall opposite SSKM Hospital, and on helping small vendors find customers. He aims to post a vlog every day, filmed by his friend Piyush Saha.
Early days
See the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first).
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
9. Anirban Dasgupta — stand-up comic from Park Street
- Niche: stand-up comedy, much of it about growing up in Kolkata
- Kolkata link: brought up in Minto Park and schooled at Apeejay School, Park Street, per The Telegraph (2021); he later moved to Mumbai for comedy, so he is on this list as a Kolkata-raised creator rather than a current resident
- Main channel: Anirban Dasgupta, 219K subscribers, about 80 videos and 39 million views (as of 21 Oct 2026, YouTube)
- Reported net worth: no credible figure found, so none is printed.
How he started
The Telegraph reports that Anirban discovered stand-up through Russell Peters’ YouTube videos while studying engineering in Pune, then started performing in 2013 after returning to Kolkata for a sales job. With fellow comics Vaibhav Sethia and Sourav Ghosh he organised open mics in cafés and bars to build a comedy scene in the city, before moving to Mumbai. He went on to release the Amazon Prime Video special Take It Easy and co-create the series Afsos.
Early days
See the channel’s earliest uploads (sorted oldest first).
Critical information
No major public controversy reported in the sources we checked.
Who we left out of this Kolkata list
Desi pola, a Bengali comedy channel with about 8.1 million subscribers, would rank second, but we found no news report or interview that says where its creator is based, so it is not ranked. Bitkel Bangali (Syed Shamsil) is a popular Bengali comic, but The Telegraph reports that he lives in Haldia, outside the Kolkata metro. Actor Ashish Vidyarthi’s large travel and food vlog channel often features Kolkata, but he is not from the city. Several recipe, vlog and dating-show channels with Bengali or Kolkata branding have only social-media or directory profiles as sources, so they are not ranked either. If you have a solid source for anyone we missed, we will review it.
What new creators can learn from these channels
Kolkata’s top creators show how far a clear niche and a local voice can travel. Wonder Munna and The Bong Guy built huge audiences in Bengali when few others were doing it; Bong Eats and Foodka turned the city’s food into channels watched across the world; and Sanjoy Das grew fastest once he matched his content to a new format, Shorts. Several of them now earn from their own brands, shows or memberships as well as from YouTube.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the richest YouTuber in Kolkata?
Nobody can say for sure, because no credible news outlet has published a net-worth or earnings figure for any YouTuber from Kolkata. By reach, gaming creator Sanjoy Das leads by a wide margin, with about 18.4 million subscribers on his main channel as of 21 October 2026.
Which Kolkata YouTuber has the most subscribers?
Among creators whose Kolkata link we could confirm, Sanjoy Das Official has the most, with about 18.4 million subscribers as of 21 October 2026. Next come Wonder Munna (4.23 million), The Bong Guy (4.16 million), Food Pharmer (2.2 million) and Bong Eats (1.65 million).
Who are the most popular Bengali YouTubers from Kolkata?
For Bengali-language content, the biggest names on this list are Wonder Munna (Indrani Biswas) and The Bong Guy (Kiran Dutta) for comedy, Bong Eats for Bengali recipes, Preeti Sarkar for fashion and lifestyle, and Foodka and Henglabazz for Kolkata food stories and street food.
Why are some big Bengali channels not on this list?
We only rank creators whose link to Kolkata is backed by a news report or interview. Some large Bengali channels have no such source, and some well-known Bengali comedians live outside the Kolkata metro, so they are left out. Official channels of singers and film stars are also outside the scope of this list.
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