Charles Leclerc receives YouTube plaque after reaching huge milestone

Charles Leclerc has reached a milestone away from Formula 1 after his personal YouTube channel surpassed 1 million subscribers.

The Ferrari F1 driver has now reached a total of 1.47 million subscribers on his channel, where he shares behind-the-scenes looks at race weekends, his piano music, what he gets up to during the winter and summer breaks, and insights into his personal brands, such as CL 16.

Google and YouTube COM Dan Oros shared a photo with Leclerc on Instagram, where the Monegasque driver held a 1 million-subscriber gold plaque.

Leclerc's most popular video on his YouTube channel was a day in the life vlog titled 'Charles Leclerc: 24 Hours in Monaco (Day in the Life)', which amassed an incredible 10 million views. This is followed by a video of his joining a 48-hour training mission with the French Air and Space Force, which boasts 3.6 million views, and a video of the behind-the-scenes of his home race victory at the Monaco Grand Prix in 2024, which has 3.4 million views.

His popularity on YouTube is mirrored across other social media platforms, with 22.4 million followers on Instagram, 4.6 million on TikTok and 3.6 million on X. 

This comes as Leclerc prepares for the 2026 F1 season, which welcomes a new set of regulations to the championship. Ferrari unveiled its 2026 challenger, the SF-26, on Friday 23 January. "The first day of a new era. Next stop is Barcelona for the first official tests of the season," Leclerc wrote on Instagram in a post from the launch. 

The Maranello outfit will now head to Barcelona for private testing next week ahead of two further testing blocks on 11-13 February and 18-20 February. The 2026 season will kick off with the Australian Grand Prix on 6-8 March.