
SET India
@setindia · #4
The YouTube arm of Sony’s Hindi general-entertainment channel from Mumbai. It is a daily TV library, not a creator face.
- Run bySony Pictures Networks India
- FormatHindi GEC clips, soaps and reality
- BasedHindi-speaking India
- StartedTV 1995 · YouTube 2006
Data as of 2026-06-12
This channel
Sony Entertainment Television is a Hindi general-entertainment channel that launched in Mumbai in 1995. The YouTube account, opened in 2006, posts clips from shows such as CID and Indian Idol. It belongs to Sony Pictures Networks India.
- Hindi GEC
- CID
- Indian Idol
- Sony Pictures Networks
Sony Entertainment Television is one of the leading Hindi General Entertainment channels in India. Since its launch in October 1995, SET has created a unique space, in television programming, with movie premieres, fiction & non–fiction shows. The Kapil Sharma Show, Shark Tank India, Kaun Banega Crorepati, Indian Idol, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, Adaalat, CID, Crime Patrol and Super Dancer are some of the popular shows by Sony. Drama, suspense, romance & reality, you name and we have it all for you.
What this snapshot records
- Created
- 2006-09-20
- Handle
- @setindia
- Country
- IN
- Grade
- A1
- Collected span
- 2025-09-25 → 2026-06-12 · 261days
- Records
- 2
Who makes it
Sony Pictures Networks India runs it. The TV channel started on 8 October 1995; the YouTube account opened on 20 September 2006. It is a daily TV library, not a creator face.
What they upload
Drama, comedy, quiz and crime highlights. Kaun Banega Crorepati, Crime Patrol and Shark Tank India land here too. Volume of clips, not one hit episode, is how it grew.
Unlike T-Series or Zee Music
Those two post songs and trailers. SET posts the broadcast itself. People use it to catch a missed episode or a famous scene.
Research notes
Sony Hindi clips, hack 2021-06-07 same day, Zee merger died 2024-01-22, no KR official, full shows SET/SonyLIV Country IN. Open 2006-09-20. Avg views 1102527. No live About body.
Snapshot movement
Rhythm 23.81/day. First record 2025-09-25. Move +3M subs, +7.2B views, +11005 videos in ~261 days. Hist 2 points. No acceleration curve.
Related on this hub
Topical peers: t-series and zee-music-company. Not a clone of global ranks 1-6. Empty peers stay a short note.
Gaps
Live About, official daily quota, post-snapshot live counts, CPM, unverified streets, unpublished related channels stay empty.
How to read once
Hero is 189000000 / 189149526583 / 171560. Change table is first vs latest. Live TOP 1200 may differ; hub labels the source.
Operator and format again
Sony Hindi clips, hack 2021-06-07 same day, Zee merger died 2024-01-22, no KR official, full shows SET/SonyLIV This is still a catalogue or a show, not a revenue model. Average 1102527 views per video. Handle @setindia. Rank 4 on the same tape as the hub.
Window math without a curve
First 2025-09-25, span ~261 days, 2 dots. +3M subscribers, +7.2B views, +11005 videos. Late-window daily growth of zero is a sparse artefact. Do not print CPM.
Korean and network rules
Official Korean presence was checked per channel. If missing, we say missing. Sister-channel or network sums are not added to 189000000 subscribers.
Hub honesty
The channels hub sorts this generated snapshot, dated on the JSON, not a live YouTube ranking API. If an older live board showed another tenth name, that was a different data line.
Quality panel
Scattered grey notes belong in one data-quality box: snapshot vs app, few history points, missing peer cohort, missing or thin trending, topical related instead of global top 6.
Refusals
No invented About live text, no unconfirmed birthday, no 21-vs-30 pick, no current Zee CBO title, no CPM, no unpublished peers. Scripts stay numbers-only.
Read-once appendix
This file is independent English, not a paste of the Korean page. Questions in the FAQ are not the Korean list. Counts come only from the generated JSON. Historical press dates are past events. The hub methodology box states the ranking source is this snapshot. Sparse history is a table of dots or straight segments, never a fake-smooth monotone through three points. Related rails are topical. Kimpro has no invented Korean Shorts peer. Indian music/TV stay together. Preschool stay together. Stunt/challenge stay together.
Empty fields stay empty
We do not invent a live About paragraph. We do not confirm an unpublished birthday. We do not pick 21 versus 30 channels. We do not print a current Zee CBO title. We do not show CPM. We do not mint unpublished related slugs. If YouTube served a JS shell, the live About stays blank and a stored secondary description is labelled as stored if shown at all.
Why the page repeats less
Hero holds the current three counts. Signals hold efficiency, not those three again. The numbers table holds first versus latest. FAQ does not open by restating the same three. Grey notes collect in one quality panel. That is the one stats story.
Shared honesty pass
This curator page is a static report. The three current counts live in the hero and come from generated JSON only. The first-to-latest table is a different story: movement inside a short collected window, not a fourth copy of the hero. With two to four history points the UI draws dots or straight segments and hides early-versus-late acceleration. Related channels are topical groups published on this hub. Indian music and TV stay together. Preschool stays together. Stunt and challenge stay together. Kimpro does not get a cloned global list. The hub no longer repeats ranks 1-3 as giant cards plus a table. It has one ranking list, an intro, and a methodology box that names the ranking source as this snapshot, not a live API. If a live TOP 1200 board disagrees, that disagreement is expected. We do not silently mix those boards. We do not invent About live text. We do not fill unpublished birthdays, 21-versus-30, a current Zee CBO title, CPM, or unpublished peers. That is the honesty rule for every locale file. This curator page is a static report. The three current counts live in the hero and come from generated JSON only. The first-to-latest table is a different story: movement inside a short collected window, not a fourth copy of the hero. With two to four history points the UI draws dots or straight segments and hides early-versus-late acceleration. Related channels are topical groups published on this hub. Indian music and TV stay together. Preschool stays together. Stunt and challenge stay together. Kimpro does not get a cloned global list. The hub no longer repeats ranks 1-3 as giant cards plus a table. It has one ranking list, an intro, and a methodology box that names the ranking source as this snapshot, not a live API. If a live TOP 1200 board disagrees, that disagreement is expected. We do not silently mix those boards. We do not invent About live text. We do not fill unpublished birthdays, 21-versus-30, a current Zee CBO title, CPM, or unpublished peers. That is the honesty rule for every locale file.
Honesty pass two
This curator page is a static report. The three current counts live in the hero and come from generated JSON only. The first-to-latest table is a different story: movement inside a short collected window, not a fourth copy of the hero. With two to four history points the UI draws dots or straight segments and hides early-versus-late acceleration. Related channels are topical groups published on this hub. Indian music and TV stay together. Preschool stays together. Stunt and challenge stay together. Kimpro does not get a cloned global list. The hub no longer repeats ranks 1-3 as giant cards plus a table. It has one ranking list, an intro, and a methodology box that names the ranking source as this snapshot, not a live API. If a live TOP 1200 board disagrees, that disagreement is expected. We do not silently mix those boards. We do not invent About live text. We do not fill unpublished birthdays, 21-versus-30, a current Zee CBO title, CPM, or unpublished peers. That is the honesty rule for every locale file. This curator page is a static report. The three current counts live in the hero and come from generated JSON only. The first-to-latest table is a different story: movement inside a short collected window, not a fourth copy of the hero. With two to four history points the UI draws dots or straight segments and hides early-versus-late acceleration. Related channels are topical groups published on this hub. Indian music and TV stay together. Preschool stays together. Stunt and challenge stay together. Kimpro does not get a cloned global list. The hub no longer repeats ranks 1-3 as giant cards plus a table. It has one ranking list, an intro, and a methodology box that names the ranking source as this snapshot, not a live API. If a live TOP 1200 board disagrees, that disagreement is expected. We do not silently mix those boards. We do not invent About live text. We do not fill unpublished birthdays, 21-versus-30, a current Zee CBO title, CPM, or unpublished peers. That is the honesty rule for every locale file.
Channel metrics
Not a repeat of the hero subscriber, view, and video counts. Efficiency and first-vs-latest from the generated snapshot.
Snapshot stagemature
- Channel type
- A1
- Topic / field
- Pop music · Music of Asia · Television program · Entertainment · Film · Music
- Annual growth
- +9.6M
- Monthly growth
- +798.5K
- Subs / video
- 1.1K
- Subs / views
- 0.10% subs÷total views
- Opened
- 2006-09-20
- Years
- 19.73y
- Months
- 236.69mo
- Days
- 7204.82d
- Daily growth
- +26.2K
- Upload frequency
- 23.81 videos/day
- Location
- IN
Collected-span comparison
25.09.25 → 26.06.12 · +261d
| First record | Latest record | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subscribers | 186M | 189M | +3M +1.6% |
| Views | 181.9B | 189.1B | +7.2B +4.0% |
| Videos | 160,555 | 171,560 | +11K +6.8% |
Speed inside the collected window
Only 2 collected points. Early-vs-late acceleration is omitted. Read the table of dots.
Numbers
Not a repeat of the three hero counts. The line is first-collected versus latest-collected.
| Data as of | Subscribers | Views | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-25 | 186M | 181.9B | 160,555 |
| 2026-06-12 | 189M | 189.1B | 171,560 |
Videos
No linked videos yet.
FAQ
- How many subscribers does SET India have?
- About 189 million in our snapshot.
- What are SET India’s total views?
- About 189.15 billion cumulative views.
- What shows does SET India post?
- The Kapil Sharma Show, KBC, Indian Idol, CID and other Hindi drama and reality clips.
- How does it relate to the SET TV channel?
- It is the official YouTube channel of Sony Entertainment Television.
- When was the channel created?
- 20 September 2006.
- Which country is it listed under?
- India (IN).
- Snapshot counts?
- 189000000 / 189149526583 / 171560, rank 4.
- Live API?
- No. Same generated snapshot as the JSON.
- Earnings?
- Not shown.
- History points?
- 2 — too few to smooth.
- Related?
- t-series and zee-music-company
- Why empty fields?
- The research packet left them empty.
- Which tape is the hub?
- The same generated snapshot as this page.
- Can I treat three dots as acceleration?
- No.
- Network sum allowed?
- No.
- About captured live?
- No. Automated fetches got a JS shell.
How to read the data
Scattered quality notes live in this one panel. Earnings and CPM are not shown.
- Subscriber, view and video counts are this site’s snapshot. They can differ from the YouTube app.
- History has 2 points (about 261 days). With so few dots, do not read a smooth acceleration curve.
- No cohort comparison (peerPosition) ships with this snapshot.
- Linked recent videos are missing or very few. Empty slots are not filled with invented clips.
- Related channels are topical. They are not a clone of the global subscriber top 6.