Charles is most known for his YouTube channel focusing on makeup which he launched on December 1 , 2015 . At its highest point ( May 6 , 2019 ) his channel had 16.6 million subscribers . It currently has 15.9 million . His channel also has over 1.6 billion views on YouTube . On May 11 , 2019 , he became the first ever YouTube personality to lose over 1 million subscribers in 24 hours . At the 8th Streamy Awards he won the award for best channel in the Beauty category
8th Streamy Awards
8th Streamy Awards
James Charles (Internet personality)