Every major Nollywood YouTube channel — 196 channels
Every major Nollywood YouTube channel — 196 actors, directors, producers, and movie media outlets — compiled into a single downloadable OPML file for instant import into WP RSS Aggregator, Feedly, or Inoreader. Published on Naija News Feeds.
Nollywood is the world’s second-largest film industry by volume. Over 2,500 films produced every year. A domestic audience of 200 million. A diaspora stretching from London to Toronto to Houston that streams Nigerian content around the clock. And in 2025, the platform dominating that streaming? YouTube.
Ruth Kadiri crossed 3.58 million subscribers and 526 million views — cementing her as the undisputed Queen of YouTube Nollywood. Omoni Oboli TV was named YouTube Nigeria’s #1 Creator for 2025, uploading full-length premium films weekly and racking up 235M+ views. Uchenna Mbunabo TV is closing in on 3 million subscribers with over 660 million total views. And Maurice Sam’s Accidental Bride crossed 7.1 million views in its first month on his 2.3M-subscriber channel.
Keeping up with 196 active channels posting full films weekly is impossible. Until now.
The Nollywood YouTube RSS Feeds OPML is a ready-to-import directory of 196 Nollywood YouTube channels organised into 12 genre and format categories. One file. One click. Every channel streaming into your aggregator automatically.
👑 YouTube Nollywood Power Rankings — April 2026
The five biggest actor-owned Nollywood YouTube channels by subscriber count, updated for April 2026:
🏆 YouTube Nigeria 2025 — Top Nollywood Channels & Films
Source: YouTube Nigeria 2025 Year-in-Review (December 2025)🎬 What’s Inside: All 12 Categories
1. Nollywood Star Channels (17 channels — 2 new additions)
Nigeria’s biggest on-screen names running their own YouTube channels — uploading movies, skits, lifestyle, and exclusive behind-the-scenes directly to millions of fans. Two legacy Nollywood icons join this category for the April 2026 update.
2. Nollywood Drama Channels (90 channels — 4 new additions)
The lifeblood of Nollywood content online. The largest category in the file — packed with the biggest drama channels, from veteran legends to today’s most-streamed faces. The April 2026 update adds four channels that broke through in 2025.
3. Nollywood Romance Channels (4 channels)
Love, betrayal, second chances, and big wedding scenes. The comment sections alone are worth the subscription.
4. Nollywood Comedy & Drama (14 channels)
Nigeria’s comic sensibility is unmatched. Where full comedy films meet dramatic storylines — the sweet spot where Nollywood has always thrived.
5. Nollywood Multi-Genre & Aggregators (33 channels — 1 new addition)
The biggest Nollywood YouTube channels by raw subscriber count live here — high-volume aggregator channels posting across drama, comedy, action, and romance. If you only import one category, make it this one.
6. Nollywood Action & Epic (11 channels)
Nollywood’s action genre has undergone a dramatic upgrade in production quality — CGI, stunt work, and epic Kingdom films now hold their own globally.
7. Nollywood Faith-Based (3 channels)
Faith is woven into Nigerian storytelling. These channels have some of the most passionate audiences in the entire Nollywood ecosystem.
8. Yoruba Language Nollywood (14 channels)
Yoruba Nollywood is its own world — distinct stars, distinct storytelling traditions, and an audience stretching across Southwest Nigeria and the global Yoruba diaspora.
9. Igbo Language Nollywood (2 channels)
The original heartland of Nollywood. Igbo-language productions have been central to Nigerian filmmaking since the industry’s earliest days.
10. Hausa / Kannywood (4 channels)
Kannywood is Nigeria’s northern film industry — Hausa-language productions with an audience of tens of millions across Northern Nigeria, Niger, and the Hausa diaspora.
11. French-Language Nollywood (2 channels)
Often overlooked, always growing. Nollywood content reaches deep into Francophone West Africa — Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Benin Republic, and beyond.
12. Nollywood Entertainment News (1 channel)
The industry’s press circuit, red carpet, and rumour mill in one feed. If something happens in Nollywood, this channel has it within hours.
📊 The Numbers at a Glance
| Category | Channels | Apr 2026 Update |
|---|---|---|
| Nollywood Star Channels | 17 | +2 (Patience Ozokwo, Kanayo O. Kanayo) |
| Nollywood Drama Channels | 90 | +4 (Chizzy Alichi, Georgina Ibeh, Shaffy Bello, BamBam) |
| Nollywood Romance Channels | 4 | No changes |
| Nollywood Comedy & Drama | 14 | Subscriber counts updated |
| Nollywood Multi-Genre & Aggregators | 33 | +1 (NollyTube Originals) · 3 channels flagged as YouTube Nigeria Top 10 Creators 2025 |
| Nollywood Action & Epic | 11 | No changes |
| Nollywood Faith-Based | 3 | No changes |
| Yoruba Language Nollywood | 14 | No changes |
| Igbo Language Nollywood | 2 | No changes |
| Hausa / Kannywood | 4 | No changes |
| French-Language Nollywood | 2 | No changes |
| Nollywood Entertainment News | 1 | No changes |
| TOTAL | 196 | +8 channels vs March 2026 |
⚙️ How to Import into WP RSS Aggregator
Already using WP RSS Aggregator on your WordPress site? Get all 196 channels live in under two minutes:
- Download the OPML file using the link above.
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to RSS Aggregator → Feed Sources.
- Click Import (top right corner).
- Upload the
nollywood_youtube_channels.opmlfile. - All 196 channels will be imported automatically, grouped by category.
- Assign feeds to your preferred display category — e.g. Nollywood or Entertainment.
- Set your fetch interval and hit Save. You’re live.
🔗 How to Import into Feedly or Inoreader
- Download the OPML file.
- Feedly: Go to Organize → Import OPML and upload. All folders and feeds import in one step.
- Inoreader: Go to Preferences → Import / Export → Import OPML. Same process.
- Your 12 category folders will appear with all 196 feeds inside.
🎬 Why YouTube RSS Feeds?
Every YouTube channel has a public RSS feed. It doesn’t require an API key, doesn’t have rate limits, and updates automatically every time a channel uploads. The feed format is:
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=CHANNEL_ID
Your aggregator gets instant alerts when RuthKadiri uploads a new movie, when a Yoruba drama channel drops a new series, or when Omoni Oboli breaks her own weekly upload record — without you lifting a finger.
🇳🇬 Why This Matters for Nollywood
Nollywood generates over $1 billion annually and employs more than one million Nigerians. It is the world’s second-largest film industry by output. Nigerian films now stream on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Showmax — and the biggest stars have built YouTube followings that rival traditional broadcast TV.
In 2025, the numbers became impossible to ignore. RuthKadiri247 crossed 3.58 million subscribers. Uchenna Mbunabo TV is approaching 3 million. Funke Akindele broke box office records with ₦1 billion in 19 days at cinemas while simultaneously running one of Nollywood’s most active YouTube channels. And YouTube officially named Omoni Oboli Nigeria’s top creator — not top entertainment creator, not top Nollywood creator. Top creator, full stop.
Dedicated Nollywood content aggregation — a single destination where fans, journalists, promoters, and distributors can track every new upload, premiere, and interview across 196 channels in real time — barely exists. That’s the gap this OPML file is built to fill.
Also see: Naija Music YouTube RSS Feeds OPML — 170 channels, 11 categories (updated April 2026)
RSS feed URLs use the public YouTube Atom feed format and do not require a YouTube API key. Channel data compiled and verified April 2026. Subscriber counts are approximate, sourced from publicly available data as of Q1 2026. Some newer channels may require manual channel ID verification via the channel’s YouTube URL before feeds go live. See the OPML file header for technical notes.