A live-style follower and subscriber counter for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Twitch, Kick and Facebook. Animated odometer, 90-day growth chart, milestone countdown, creator race and an earnings estimate — plus an embeddable OBS overlay widget.
Quick answerA live follower/subscriber counter shows a social account's current count in a real-time-style, animated odometer. It takes the last officially known value and fills the gap between two updates with the channel's average growth rate, second by second — so the number always looks like it's climbing live. It is a data-informed estimate, not a raw feed from the platform.
What's an odometer?
A mechanical-style counter where each digit scrolls like a dial. Here, every digit is a continuous 0-9 strip that rolls smoothly to show growth in motion.
What is interpolation?
Estimating the values between two known measurements. Live counters fill the gap between two API readings with a steady average rate, which is what creates the "live" feeling.
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Embeddable widget (site + OBS overlay)
Add this channel's live counter to your site or stream. Copy the code below — it runs on a transparent background.
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In OBS: Add Source → Browser → paste this link as the URL → width 600, height 200. The counter overlays your stream on a transparent background.
Who's ahead, what's the gap, and when will they overtake?
Race two channels side by side. See the live gap, a relative-share bar, and a projection of when the trailing channel might overtake the leader at current rates.
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Trending today
Biggest movers — today's fastest-growing channels
A quick spotlight on the channels adding followers fastest relative to their size right now, ranked by growth rate rather than raw daily gain. Scroll sideways and tap a card to open its live counter.
Leaderboard
Most-followed and fastest-rising channels
Quick answerAs of mid-2026, YouTube's most-subscribed channel is MrBeast (roughly 507 million), followed by T-Series (roughly 313 million). The fastest-rising channels are the ones with the highest daily gain relative to their size. Tap any row below to open that channel's live counter.
Rankings are computed from this tool's curated dataset; for a full global list, check official platform sources.
Creator earnings
How much do views earn? (RPM calculator)
Quick answerEarnings track views, not subscriber count. Estimated revenue = (views ÷ 1,000) × RPM. RPM varies by country, niche, and format. Enter your monthly views below, choose a country and niche, and see an instant monthly/yearly USD estimate.
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Effective RPM: — per 1,000 views · Estimates ad revenue only; sponsorships, memberships, and merchandise are not included.
Comparison
How is this different from other live counters?
A feature comparison against tools like Social Blade, SocialCounts, and Livecounts. This tool is free, single-page, and runs entirely in your browser.
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Platform guides
Live counters by platform
YouTube live subscriber counter
Watch a YouTube subscriber count update in real time. The YouTube Data API rounds subscriber counts to 3 significant figures, so no site publishes the exact raw value — the live counter fills the gap with the channel's growth rate instead. Try channels like MrBeast, T-Series, Mark Rober, Dude Perfect, and Joshua Weissman.
Instagram live follower counter
Track an Instagram follower count live — from world-record holders like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to major US names like Dwayne Johnson and Selena Gomez. Official Instagram data is only exposed through the Graph API for Business/Creator accounts.
TikTok follower & like counter
Follow a TikTok follower and total-likes count live. Try platform giants like Khaby Lame and Charli D'Amelio. TikTok growth swings quickly, so the live counter is based on each channel's average daily rate.
Twitch & Kick follower counter
A follower counter built for streamers. Watch names like Kai Cenat, Ninja, Pokimane, xQc and Adin Ross, or start your own channel's live counter and drop it into OBS as an overlay using the "Embeddable widget" code.
Quick answers
MrBeast, T-Series, and the race to 1 billion subscribers
How many subscribers does MrBeast have, and did he overtake T-Series?
Quick answerMrBeast (roughly 507 million subscribers as of mid-2026) is YouTube's most-subscribed channel, and permanently passed T-Series (roughly 313 million) in late 2024. MrBeast adds an estimated 275,000 subscribers a day versus about 40,000 a day for T-Series, so the gap keeps widening. Watch the difference grow live with the race tool above.
Who will reach 1 billion subscribers first, and when?
Quick answerAt current growth rates, the channel projected to reach 1 billion subscribers first is MrBeast. Growing roughly 275,000 subscribers a day from about 507 million puts that milestone a little under 5 years away by straight-line math — but real growth speeds up and slows down, so the milestone section above recalculates the ETA live from the current pace.
How often does the live counter update?
Quick answerThe on-screen odometer animates every frame, well under a second. A production system would poll a platform's API every 30-60 seconds and interpolate the gap using the measured growth rate — this keeps the number feeling continuously live while keeping server load and API quota low.
How to use it
How to use the live counter in 4 steps
Choose a platform. Tap YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Twitch, Kick, or Facebook.
Enter a username (e.g. mrbeast) or tap one of the example channel chips.
Start the counter. The live odometer, 90-day chart, channel report card, milestone countdown, and earnings estimate all open up.
Compare, explore, or share. Race two channels, download the card as a PNG, or copy the widget code into your site or OBS.
âš™ï¸ Prototype note: This tool is not connected to a live platform API. The counter is simulated second by second from a
researched real baseline value (sourced below) and each channel's average daily growth rate — the same method real live-counter
sites use after periodically polling an API and interpolating the gap. Chart history is generated backward from the baseline and average rate
with a channel-specific, repeatable wobble. Usernames not in the dataset generate a demo value and are labeled SIMULATED.
For developers
How to switch to real live data
YouTube (subscriber count) — recommended approach
Get a YouTube Data API v3 key (Google Cloud Console → APIs & Services).
Endpoint: GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=statistics&id=CHANNEL_ID&key=API_KEY → read statistics.subscriberCount from the response.
Important: the API rounds subscriber counts to 3 significant figures (e.g. 507,000,000). For a "live" feel, poll periodically and interpolate between two readings using the average growth rate — the exact logic this prototype simulates.
Use a proxy: never put an API key in the browser. Write a serverless function (Cloudflare Workers / Vercel / Netlify Functions), keep the key there, cache the result for 30-60 seconds, and have the client call that proxy (CORS, quota, and privacy).
Instagram / TikTok / X / Twitch
Instagram: the official route is the Instagram Graph API (Business/Creator accounts only, followers_count) and requires Meta app review. Scraping violates platform terms.
TikTok: the TikTok Display / Research API is limited and requires an application; there is no public open counter endpoint.
X (Twitter):API v2 with users?user.fields=public_metrics → followers_count; requires a paid access tier.
Twitch: the Helix API/channels/followers and /streams endpoints return follower and live-viewer counts; an App Access Token is enough.
The pattern is always the same: server-side proxy + cache + client-side interpolation. This prototype leaves the interface ready — you just need to wire a getLiveCount() function to your proxy.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is the live follower counter real-time data or an estimate?
This is a simulation, not a direct real-time feed. The counter starts from a researched real baseline value for each channel and fills the gap using its average daily growth rate, second by second. Real live-count sites use the same trick — they poll a platform's API periodically and interpolate the gap between readings.
Why doesn't this live count match other counter sites exactly?
The YouTube Data API rounds subscriber counts to 3 significant figures. Different sites fetch that rounded value at different moments and estimate the gap in between, so a difference of a few thousand between sites is normal. No source publishes an exact, unit-precise live count.
How is the estimated revenue calculated?
Estimated ad revenue = (daily views ÷ 1,000) × RPM. RPM varies by country and content niche — commonly $1-$12 per 1,000 views for US audiences, and lower in other markets. The result is broken out into daily/weekly/monthly/yearly USD estimates. It's a rough estimate only; sponsorships, memberships, and merchandise are not included.
What does the milestone countdown mean?
The number of followers/subscribers remaining until the next "round" target (e.g. 20 million, 500 million, 1 billion), plus an estimated time of arrival at the channel's current growth rate. The ETA updates live as the rate changes.
What determines the report card's letter grade?
The letter grade (A+ through C) is a Social Blade-style growth-quality score that blends a channel's absolute daily gain with its growth rate relative to its size. A+ signals exceptionally strong, consistent growth; C signals flat or stalled growth. It recalculates automatically from the current rate.
How do I add the counter to my site or OBS stream?
After launching a channel, copy the iframe code from the "Embeddable widget" card and paste it into your site. For OBS, press "Copy OBS browser-source link," then in OBS add a Browser Source and paste the link — the counter runs live on a transparent background (the URL includes ?widget=1).
How is the Trending spotlight different from the leaderboard?
The Trending spotlight is a quick, scrollable highlight of roughly the top 8 channels ranked purely by growth rate — daily gain as a percentage of current size — for an at-a-glance view of today's biggest movers. The leaderboard below it is a full ranked table you can also sort by total size ("Most followers"). Tap any card or row to open that channel's live counter.
Can I save or star channels to check on later?
Yes — tap the star icon next to a channel's name once its counter is open to add it to your Favorites. Favorited channels show up as chips above the search box for one-tap access, saved locally in your browser (no account needed). Tap the × on a favorite chip to remove it.
Methodology & transparency
Where does the data come from?
Publisher
ToolPico — free, browser-based tools from an independent publisher. No data is ever sent to a server; every calculation runs on your device.
Sources & date
Channel baseline values (≈ July 2026) were compiled by cross-referencing socialcounts.org, Social Blade, and Wikipedia. RPM ranges are based on industry-average estimates by country and niche.
Method
Live value = baseline + (daily rate ÷ 86,400) × elapsed seconds. Chart history is generated backward from the same baseline with a channel-specific, repeatable wobble (deterministic pseudo-random) — it renders the same line on every visit. This is an estimate, not an official record.
Last updated: July 19, 2026.
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