Anwar Yusuf

Anwar Yusuf, known as Sheikh Anwar Yusuf, is an Ethiopian sheikh who teaches Qur'an commentary, hadith and supplication in Afaan Oromo on his YouTube channel (@sheikhanwaryusuf), running since 2014. ^{1 2} The channel stood at 213,000 subscribers, 5,972 videos and about 26.7 million views in the data of October and November 2026 — dated platform figures, not facts the museum measures itself. ^{1 2}

The channel was created on 23 September 2014 and grew slowly and steadily: from about 149,000 subscribers in September 2023 to 213,000 in October 2026, with thousands of videos added across the years. ¹ The channel's own description, as quoted by the audit page, calls it the official channel of Sheikh Anwar Yusuf, dedicated in its words to spreading authentic Islamic knowledge. ¹

The channel description lists its content: Qur'an recitations, Tafseer sessions in simple and clear language, Hadith lessons connecting the Sunnah with daily life, Du'a and reminders, and educational talks. ¹ The titles of his most-viewed uploads are in Afaan Oromo, the most-watched of them a video from the end of 2021 at about 312,000 views, with another at about 249,000. ²

By the channel's size and its run of more than a decade, Sheikh Anwar Yusuf's channel is among the largest dawah channels in the Oromo language on YouTube, in an Ethiopian scene where lectures mostly circulate through broadcaster and aggregator channels rather than their authors' own. ^{1 2}

• SPEAKRJ audit page for his channel (UC764dFrVfbL6beNzUz5pkIg), data of 30 October 2026. ¹
• vidIQ statistics page for his channel, figures as of 4 November 2026. ²