Latest count of Village Cooking Channel subscribers: 31M on YouTube (28 Sep 2026).
Food and cooking creator in India
Village Cooking Channel is an English-language food and cooking creator based in India, with about 31M subscribers on YouTube. In their own words: "Village grandpa cooking traditional village food, country foods, and tasty recipes for foodies, children, villagers, and poor people. Village cooking channel entertains you with cooking and sharing foods."
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Village Cooking Channel has 31,000,000 subscribers on YouTube (@villagecookingchannel), read on 28 Sep 2026.
| Platform | Account | Followers / subscribers | Share | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | @villagecookingchannel | 31,000,000 subscribers | 100% | 28 Sep 2026 |
How Village Cooking Channel's numbers are counted: YouTube showed 31M on 28 Sep 2026 for Village Cooking Channel.
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Village Cooking Channel is a massive food collective based in India, featuring a group of cousins and their grandfather who cook traditional meals. The channel is dedicated to showcasing country-style cooking and traditional recipes from rural Tamil Nadu. Their content is presented in English to reach a global audience while maintaining the authentic spirit of village life.
The channel rose to international prominence by documenting large-scale outdoor cooking sessions that often conclude with sharing meals with the local community. Their breakthrough was driven by the authentic, heartwarming dynamic between the family members and their commitment to charity. This unique blend of culinary skill and social good resonated deeply with millions of viewers worldwide.
The content typically features the preparation of enormous quantities of food, such as seafood, traditional curries, and regional specialties, all cooked over open fires. The videos are known for their fast-paced editing, rhythmic chopping sounds, and the iconic catchphrases of the team. Each episode ends with the group enjoying the meal or distributing it to villagers and children in need.
The collective has become a powerful marketing force in India, often attracting attention from high-profile figures and major brands. Their massive reach provides a platform for promoting regional tourism and traditional Indian food products. The team focuses on partnerships that align with their grassroots image and commitment to supporting their local community.
Village Cooking Channel is best known for large-batch outdoor cooking videos featuring traditional Tamil village dishes, prepared collaboratively and often shared with local communities.
Watch their cooking videos on the Village Cooking Channel YouTube channel. Availability varies by country.
The collective has reached approximately 30.9 million YouTube subscribers, a major audience milestone.
Sources: Wikipedia
Village Cooking Channel films a village family, led by its grandfather, cooking in the open for a crowd: whole-chicken fries, mud-baked chicken, mutton biryani, crab and stingray curries, plus fruit juices, ice pops and festival sweets such as bread gulab jamun. Every title spells out the dish in English, and the fruit-juice and ice-cream episodes are among the most-watched.
Across the 12 months to Oct 2026, @villagecookingchannel published 33 videos (about 2.8 a month) and was active in 12 of them. None of the 33 were Shorts, and the peak was Oct 2026 with 3 uploads. @villagecookingchannel holds 285 public uploads; 1 of them (under 1%) are Shorts and 284 are long-form. A typical long-form Village Cooking Channel video runs 10 min 4 s; half of the latest 50 fall between 9 min 1 s and 10 min 57 s.
Village Cooking Channel's channel declares India as its country. All of the latest 50 uploads are tagged with English audio. YouTube's own topic tags for Village Cooking Channel: Food and Lifestyle.
@villagecookingchannel on 5 Nov 2026: the 5 most-watched uploads, highest first.
Source: @villagecookingchannel on YouTube (YouTube Data API v3, read 5 Nov 2026)
Sources: Wikipedia
At 31M followers, Village Cooking Channel is priced per campaign; $120K+ covers one YouTube post before usage rights.
| Deliverable | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Story or short mention | $42K+ |
| Sponsored post, Reel or Short | $120K+ |
| Dedicated video or integration | $220K+ |
| Three-post campaign package | $310K+ |
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Food & cooking creators to compare with Village Cooking Channel's 31M: Thumbi's Home Cooking (Saudi Arabia, 140K), ABP NEWS (India, 51.4M) and T-Series Bollywood Classics (India, 54.1M).
By combined audience, Village Cooking Channel sits between ABP NEWS (51.4M) and Thumbi's Home Cooking (140K).
All of Village Cooking Channel's counted audience is on YouTube (@villagecookingchannel); Thumbi's Home Cooking, ABP NEWS and T-Series Bollywood Classics have their largest following on YouTube as well.
Village Cooking Channel posts in English; Thumbi's Home Cooking posts in Arabic, ABP NEWS posts in Hindi and T-Series Bollywood Classics posts in Hindi.
| Creator | Country | Biggest platform | Followers and subscribers | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village Cooking Channel | India | YouTube (31M) | 31,000,000 | 28 Sep 2026 |
| Thumbi's Home Cooking | Saudi Arabia | YouTube (140K) | 140,000 | 26 Oct 2026 |
| ABP NEWS | India | YouTube (51.4M) | 51,400,000 | 26 Oct 2026 |
| T-Series Bollywood Classics | India | YouTube (54.1M) | 54,100,000 | 26 Oct 2026 |
Profile depth (9.0) lifts Village Cooking Channel to 8.4/10, while platform presence 7.0 holds the score back.
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As of 28 Sep 2026, Village Cooking Channel has 31,000,000 subscribers on YouTube (@villagecookingchannel); @villagecookingchannel is Village Cooking Channel's only counted account.
Village Cooking Channel opened @villagecookingchannel on 25 Apr 2018, and “Eesal | Cooking Eating Winged TERMITES | Healthy village food | Village Cooking Channel” (9 Oct 2018) is the earliest Village Cooking Channel upload still online. @villagecookingchannel passed 100 public videos on 12 Mar 2021. On 5 Nov 2026, Village Cooking Channel had 285 public uploads there, 1 of them Shorts.
Village Cooking Channel's 3 most-watched uploads on @villagecookingchannel are “WATERMELON JUICE | Farm Fresh Fruit Juice Making | Watermelon Craft | Watermelon Experiment” (Apr 2022), “INSIDE MUTTON BIRYANI | Full Goat Mutton Cooking with Stuffed Biryani | Mutton Inside Biryani Recipe” (Nov 2022) and “BIG ICE CREAM | Biggest Stick ice making | Watermelon ice | Kiwi ice | Milk ice | Fruit ice Making” (Mar 2023), in that order. The channel dates from 25 Apr 2018 and holds 285 public uploads.
@villagecookingchannel on YouTube is Village Cooking Channel's one linked account (31M subscribers).
India is where Village Cooking Channel is listed; Village Cooking Channel posts in English on @villagecookingchannel (YouTube, 31M).
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4 CreatorFanBase rankings list Village Cooking Channel; the best placing is #4 of 68.
| Ranking | Position | Creators ranked |
|---|---|---|
| Top food creators on YouTube | #4 | 68 |
| Top English-language food creators | #13 | 120 |
| Top food creators and recipe influencers | #16 | 120 |
| Top YouTubers in India | #22 | 109 |
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