Who is Pawan Sahu, India's top YouTube breakout creator 2023?

Pawan Sahu has 21.9 million subscribers on YouTube. (Images: @pawan_sahu_777/Instagram)

YouTube has released its top breakout creators list from India for 2023 and fitness influencer Pawan Sahu has topped the list.

India’s top 10 breakout creators this year are Pawan Sahu, Neetu Bisht, an account named “cute.Shivani.05”, “aman real dancer”, Shintu Mourya, Sagar’s kitchen, Priya Biswas, Prashant Sharma entertainment and Great Indian ASMR.

Sahu, with a whopping 21.9 million subscribers on YouTube, topped the list while Bisht has 20 million even with substantially lower number of videos. Sahu also has 3.4 million followers on Instagram.

Who is Pawan Sahu?
Sahu runs a fitness channel on YouTube and has undergone a massive transformation in the past few years. The first video on his channel was posted four years ago but reports indicate he joined YouTube in 2017.

Several of his videos and shorts have millions of likes. Most of his videos are fitness and diet tips apart from some challenges and other clips of his daily life. He also posts workout videos.

His videos are in Hindi and according to YouTube, uploaded for Bhilwara, Rajasthan, where he is likely based. He likely runs a gym and is also a trainer and coach.

So far, Sahu has posted 1,600 videos on YouTube and his channel’s bio says: “For paid online training transformation msg me on Instagram.”
According the reports, Sahu is 31-years-old.

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Several reports estimate that his monthly income from YouTube is between Rs 4-5 lakh, and an additional Rs 25-30 lakh annually from advertisements and business ventures. His annual income is Rs 60 lakh and reportedly has a net worth of Rs 4 crore.