United KingdomBritish Museum is the #8,344 most-subscribed YouTube channel worldwide and #564 in United Kingdom, with 788K subscribers and 86.9M total views across 598 videos.
Biography
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. Established in 1753, the British Museum was the world's first public national museum. In 2025, the museum received 6,440,120 visitors and was the second most visited attraction in the United Kingdom.
Channel description
Discover over two million years of human history and culture. Some of the world-famous objects include the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures and Egyptian mummies.
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Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does The British Museum have?
- 788K subscribers — #8,344 worldwide, #564 in United Kingdom.
- What is The British Museum's real name?
- The British Museum's real name is British Museum.
- When did The British Museum start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Aug 2006.