Claim: Wode Maya is Ghana’s biggest YouTuber
Source: GHOne TV
Verdict: False
Researched by Alfa Shaban
On September 17, 2025, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that five public figures would be granted diplomatic passports for their roles in serving Ghana in their private capacities. The passports were formally handed over to them on October 1, 2025.
The list included internationally-acclaimed artist Ibrahim Mahama, Anita Erskine, Dentaa Amoateng, international reggae star, Rocky Dawuni and famed YouTuber Wode Maya, real name Berthold Kobina Winkler Ackon.
In a news flyer circulated by GHOne TV, Wode Maya’s personality was highlighted with a caption that read: “Ghana’s biggest YouTuber, Wode Maya, granted diplomatic passport by Foreign Affairs Minister, Okudzeto Ablakwa.”
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This fact-check will verify whether, indeed, the globally-travelled vlogger is Ghana’s biggest content creator on YouTube.
Fact-check
According to GhanaFact’s checks, YouTube accounts are measured using a number of key performance indicators (KPIs) in a channel’s Google Analytics.
Some of the known KPIs include views, watch time, subscriber growth and engagements. Other known metrics include click-through rate, audience retention and impressions. Most of these KPIs are available to every account owner.
For purposes of this report, we analysed publicly available metrics including: total subscribers, total video views, global ranking and average watch time. Data was collected as of October 28, 2025 on the VidIQ YouTube analytics platform.
We found five content creators with big accounts in Ghana
| YouTubers | Total subscribers | Total video views | Global ranking | Average watch time |
| Wode Maya | 1.86 million | 289.29 million | 30,539 | 38 minutes |
| Father Ankrah | 2.04 million | 1.52 billion | 27,116 | 10 minutes |
| Jessica Opare-Saforo | 1.59 million | 135.8 million | 37,183 | 12 minutes |
| Sweet Adjeley | 1.43 million | 184.13 million | 42,304 | 41 minutes |
| Akpenebrigittemon | 5.01 million | 3.11 billion | 7,958 | 46 minutes |
From the above data on Ghana 5 top YouTubers in Ghana, we make the following conclusions:
- Akpenebrigittemon is Ghana’s biggest YouTuber in terms of all four metrics.
- She is followed by Father Ankrah, who ranks above Wode Maya in all metrics except average watch time.
- Wode Maya is the third biggest YouTuber in Ghana.
Verdict
The claim by GHOne TV that Wode Maya is Ghana’s biggest YouTuber is False.
