Top 20 famous South African YouTubers worth watching in 2024

Top 20 famous South African YouTubers worth watching in 2024

We live in an era where you can find videos about almost anything in the world. The rise of YouTubers has created endless opportunities for education and entertainment for people of all ages. The most famous South African YouTubers worth watching are known for their engaging content. They have millions or thousands of subscribers.

famous South African YouTubers worth watching
Lasizwe, Mpoomy Ledwaba, and Gogo Skhotheni posing for the camera. Photo: @lasizwe, @mpoomy_ledwaba, @gogo_skhotheni (modified by author)
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The ranking of the most famous South African YouTubers worth watching is based on the number of subscribers as of 2024. It considers content creators whose work is commonly watched. Note that it exempts preachers, musicians, DJs, and motivational speakers whose sessions are uploaded on YouTube. Instead, it features regular vloggers.

Overview of the most famous South African YouTubers worth watching

RankingNameSubscribers
1Caspar Lee6.59 million
2Noel Deyzel4.85 million
3Belle Delphine2.15 million
4Josh Pieters1.47 million
5Liezl Jayne Strydom1.17 million
6Cobus Potgieter1.02 million
7Lasizwe Dambuza841k
8Dan Mace831k
9Steegs Vlogs824k
10Ghost Hlubi667k
11AirArmsHuntingSA553k
12Joseph Dary447k
13Mihlali Ndamase446k
14Gogo Skhotheni401k
15Skits By Sphe387k
16Anton Koen363k
17Mpoomy Ledwaba296k
18Kay Yarms295k
19King Oumar285k
20MCPEMike272k

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Most famous South African YouTubers worth watching

The top South African YouTubers are known and respected for creating content that people enjoy consuming. Most are persons who built their names from scratch, seeing they were not famous before joining the platform. Check out the South African YouTubers worth watching in 2024 below.

20. MCPEMike - 272k subscribers

  • Name: MCPEMike
  • Date of birth: 12 December 1998
  • Age: 25 years (as of 2014)
  • Channel: @MCPEMike

MCPEMike is one of the top male South African YouTubers right now. He gathered a huge following by playing Minecraft. He is a web video star and video gamer who posts gameplay videos featuring tricks and glitches. MCPEMike plays games on his iPad and has at least 272k subscribers.

19. King Oumar - 285k subscribers

  • Name: King Oumar
  • Date of birth: 13 June 2001
  • Age: 22 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @KINGOUMAR

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With over 285k subscribers, King Oumar is among the most famous South African YouTubers today. He is known for his prank and social experiment videos. His videos often feature strangers answering uncomfortable questions.

18. Kay Yarms - 295k subscribers

Kay Yarms out for lunch in yellow and brown tops
Kay Yarms out for lunch in yellow and brown tops. Photo: @kay.yarms (modified by author)
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  • Name: Khethokuhle Ngonyama
  • Date of birth: 5 April 1994
  • Age: 30 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @KayYarms

Khethokuhle Ngonyama, alias Kay Yarms, is one of the leading female South African YouTubers. She is a renowned South African beauty influencer who has made a significant impact in the beauty industry over the years. She creates makeup tutorials, chitchat, product reviews, and routine videos.

17. Mpoomy Ledwaba - 296k subscribers

Mpoomy Ledwaba in curly hair smiling for the camera
Mpoomy Ledwaba in curly hair smiling for the camera. Photo: @mpoomy_ledwaba (modified by author)
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  • Name: Mpoomy Ledwaba
  • Date of birth: 23 January 1994
  • Age: 30 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @Mpoomy Ledwaba

Wellness is the theme of Mpoomy Ledwaba's channel. She is among the best female South African YouTubers today. Mpoomy is well known as the founder of Aneno Beauty. Her channel talks about her journey, including her faith, relationships, and lifestyle.

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16. Anton Koen - 363k subscribers

Former police officer Anton Koen runs one of the most subscribed YouTube channels in Africa in 2024. He is the founder of NoJack Vehicle Tracking, a South African vehicle and asset tracking company. Anton documents the process of recovering stolen vehicles in the country.

15. Skits By Sphe - 387k subscribers

Skits By Sphe is a channel run by Sphelele Mtshali. He creates comedic skits, parodies, and funny videos. Besides creating videos, Mtshali sells branded merchandise on his official website.

14. Gogo Skhotheni - 401k subscribers

Gogo Skhotheni in green and pink outfits
Gogo Skhotheni in green and pink outfits. Photo: @gogo_skhotheni (modified by author)
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  • Name: Patricia Tumi Motsoeneng Shange
  • Year of birth: 1992
  • Age: 32 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @GogoSkhotheni

Patricia Tumi Motsoeneng Shange, alias Gogo Skhotheni, is a YouTuber and podcaster who has gained national attention through her larger-than-life personality. She is also a businessperson and traditional healer.

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13. Mihlali Ndamase - 446k subscribers

Mihlali Ndamase in purple and orange outfits
Mihlali Ndamase in purple and orange outfits. Photo: @mihlalii_n (modified by author)
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  • Full name: Mihlali Ndamase
  • Date of birth: 29 November 1996
  • Age: 27 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @MihlaliN

Born in Kokstad, Kwa Zulu-Natal, Mihlali Ndamase is a fast-rising South African YouTuber and social media influencer. She is a professional makeup artist, so her content revolves around fashion and beauty.

12. Joseph Dary - 447k subscribers

Joseph Dary standing in front of wall murals
Joseph Dary standing in front of wall murals. Photo: @josephdary (modified by author)
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Vlogger Joseph Dary uploads pranks and interactions with strangers in public places. He started his channel on 12 July 2021 and has amassed over 447k subscribers as of 2024.

11. AirArmsHuntingSA - 553k subscribers

Matt Dubber runs AirArmsHuntingSA. The channel provides educational and informative gear reviews, tutorials, and hunting adventures. Matt Dubber has had a passion for precision shooting from a young age.

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10. Ghost Hlubi - 667k subscribers

Ghost Hlubi sitting on a Porsche and a Range Rover
Ghost Hlubi sitting on a Porsche and a Range Rover. Photo: @ghost.hlubi (modified by author)
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  • Name: Khanya Hlubi
  • Date of birth: 10 April 1998
  • Age: 26 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @ghosthlubi

Ghost Hlubi is a channel run by a young man named Khanya Hlubi who is known largely for pranks and comedy videos. His girlfriend appears in many of his videos.

9. Steegs Vlogs - 824k subscribers

Keegan Hall in white tops and denim pants
Keegan Hall in white tops and denim pants. Photo: @steegs_ (modified by author)
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  • Name: Keegan Hall
  • Date of birth: 12 May 1998
  • Age: 26 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @SteegsVlogs

Born and raised in South Africa, Keegan Hall is the founder of Steegs Vlogs. He creates character-based comedy skits and POVs. He is also famous because of his reactions after trying different things.

8. Dan Mace - 831k subscribers

  • Name: Dan Mace
  • Date of birth: 7 March 1990
  • Age: 34 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @DanMace

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Dan Mace is a creative and visionary filmmaker, YouTuber, the founder of JOE and ALL OF US Studios in Cape Town, and the CCO for Beast Philanthropy. Mace joined YouTube in 2011. He showcases the filmmaking process and documents activities happening in his life.

7. Lasizwe Dambuza - 841k

Lasizwe Dambuza in blue, black, and white outfits
Lasizwe Dambuza smiling for the camera in blue, black, and white outfits. Photo: @lasizwe (modified by author)
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  • Name: Thulasizwe Siphiwe Dambuza
  • Date of birth: 19 July 1997
  • Age: 27 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @LasizweDambuza

Lasizwe is a media personality, television host, YouTuber, and social media influencer. He charms audiences by humorously interpreting everyday human behaviour. Lasizwe Dambuza is passionate about making people smile and laugh.

6. Cobus Potgieter - 1.02 million subscribers

Cobus Potgieter in a checkered shirt holding his drumsticks
Cobus Potgieter in a checkered shirt holding his drumsticks. Photo: @cobuspotgieter (modified by author)
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  • Name: Cobus Potgieter
  • Year of birth: 1986
  • Age: 38 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @cobuspotgieter

Cobus Potgieter was born in Carnarvon in the Karoo in the Northern Cape province and grew up in a small town in South Africa called Humansdorp. He is a drummer who teaches people the art of drumming. Cobus Potgieter also talks about his passion on the channel.

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5. Liezl Jayne Strydom - 1.17 million

Liezl Jayne Strydom posing next to some of her dishes
Liezl Jayne Strydom posing next to some of her dishes. Photo: @liezljayne (modified by author)
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  • Name: Liezl Jayne Strydom
  • Date of birth: 26 November 1992
  • Age: 31 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @LiezlJayne

Liezl Jayne Strydom enjoys making and sharing simple, healthy recipes that actually taste good. She is a lifestyle, healthy recipe, fitness, and beauty YouTuber primarily known for her weight loss videos. Liezl Jayne Strydom is a nutritional therapist.

4. Josh Pieters - 1.47 million

Josh Pieters in black and grey outfits
Josh Pieters in black and grey outfits. Photo: @joshua_pieters (modified by author)
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  • Name: Joshua Pieters
  • Date of birth: 17 September 1993
  • Age: 30 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @josharchie

Joshua Pieters is known for pranks on celebrities. Originally from Knysna, he is currently based in London. His YouTube partner Archie Manners. Josh and Archie have pranked high-ranking politicians.

3. Belle Delphine - 2.15 million

Belle Delphine in blue and pink outfits
Belle Delphine in blue and pink outfits. Photo: @belle.delphine (modified by author)
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  • Name: Mary-Belle Kirschner
  • Date of birth: 23 October 1999
  • Age: 24 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @belledelphine1032

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Mary-Belle Kirschner, commonly known as Belle Delphine, is a South African-born British media personality, adult actress, model, and YouTuber. Her channel features cosplay modelling. Belle Delphine started her channel in July 2016.

2. Noel Deyzel - 4.85 million

  • Name: Noel Deyzel
  • Date of birth: 30 September 1984
  • Age: 39 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @NoelDeyzel

YouTuber Noel Deyzel gives fitness tips, workout routines, and comedy videos to his audience. People made fun of him for being tall and skinny before he decided to become a bodybuilder. Today, he is one of the leading fitness content creators on the continent.

1. Caspar - 6.59 million subscribers

Caspar in black and white outfits
Caspar in black and white outfits. Photo: @caspar_lee (modified by author)
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  • Name: Caspar Richard George
  • Date of birth: 24 April 1994
  • Age: 30 years (as of 2024)
  • Channel: @caspar

Caspar Lee is South Africa's most famous YouTuber. He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2020 for his work in media and advertising. He started his YouTube channel dicasp in 2011 and later renamed it Caspar. The South Africa-born vlogger is based in London.

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Who are the top South African travel YouTubers?

The top South African travel YouTubers are Millicent Mashile, Fehmz, and Ishay Govender.

Caspar Lee is South Africa's most famous YouTuber. He has at least 6.59 million subscribers.

Who has 1 million subscribers on YouTube in South Africa?

South Africans with over one million YouTube subscribers include Caspar, Noel Deyzel, Belle Delphine, Josh Pieters, Liezl Jayne Strydom, and Cobus Potgieter.

Who is Africa's biggest YouTuber?

The biggest YouTubers on the continent include Oum Walid, Mark Angel, Ahmed Hassan Family, Henry Desagu, Hussein and Zeinab, and Shangazi Emma-Claudine.

Do South African YouTubers get paid?

Yes, they get paid depending on the number of views per video.

Who are the famous female South African YouTubers?

Famous female YouTubers in the country include Belle Delphine, Liezl Jayne Strydom, Mihlali Ndamase, Gogo Skhotheni, and Mpoomy Ledwaba.

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