A: Apart from the channel of Xander 73, Taiwan’s first 10-million YouTuber, what other channels are also popular?
B: Some top Taiwanese YouTube channels include “Muse Asia,” “Cdrama BOX” and “Roman and Sharon” — with 6.65, 6.57 and 6.41 million subscribers respectively.
A: Oops, I’ve never heard of them.
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B: You must have heard of Jay Chou. At 23rd place, the singer’s channel has 29.4 million subscribers.
A: My favorite channel, “Listening While Working,” has 139,000 followers. Hopefully it’ll become a 10-million channel someday.
A: 台灣除了奇軒成為首位千萬YouTuber，還有哪些熱門頻道啊？
B: 接下來分別是︰「Muse Asia」，665萬訂閱、「Cdrama BOX」，657萬訂閱、「Roman and Sharon」，641萬訂閱。
A: 我都沒聽過耶。
B: 「周杰倫Jay Chou」你總聽過吧？他的頻道也有294萬訂閱，排在第23名。
A: 我最愛的頻道「上班可以聽LWW」還只有13.9萬訂閱，希望它有天也能突破千萬！
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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