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currently its one of if not the most used mons and can chunk well, anything really. if more mons were added well you have more counters like walking wake, thermal exchange baxcalibur or ogerpon wellspring but currently the only mon that really counters it I know of is aerodactyl. some other mons you could maybe use would be flash fire ceruledge, kommo-o, mega dragalge and hisuian typhlosion but all those just do neutral damage and dont outspeed mega charizard. maybe you could use milotic, toxapex or mega floette but idk.

tldr how to counter mega charizard y other than aerodactyl

edit: just as a fyi the currently most used moveset is protect, heat wave, solar beam and weather ball all at above 90% use, the next most used are air slash, overheat and helping hand at around 2.5% use, so mainly looking for something that lives a weather ball/solar beam and can revenge ko it or something that outspeeds and can ko it but anything that counters it can be included in the answer.

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Assuming you mean Champions Reg M-A or B VGC; these are both viable options to beat Charizard Y, speaking as someone who used it for the entirety of Season M-1 and 2.
Mega Tyranitar Sandstorm teams set up Sandstorm both when Ttar switches in and again when it Mega Evolves, making it almost impossible to gain weather control from them, and then Sand Rush Excadrill or +50% SpD Ttar OHKO with Rock Slide.
Choice Scarf Kleavor can unexpectedly outspeed and either OHKO or set up Stealth Rocks which then take 50% of Charizard's health with Stone Axe.
Aerodactyl, Garchomp, and Sneasler all outspeed and OHKO with Rock Slide.
Rain teams including mons such as Pelliper, Archaludon, Basculeigon, Mega Dragonite (and Mega Swampert in M-B) turn off Charizard's sun, wall Heat Wave with Wide Guard, and can 1/2-shot with any combination of Electro Shot, Weather Ball, Wave Crash, 2 stacks of Last Respects or Thunder.
Not a complete list, just wanted to mention a few things
After fiddling with a damage calculator here are some mons I found to be able to 2hko mega charizard y and wall it pretty well:
Mega dragalge can sludge bomb turn 1 and Draco meteor second turn
Hisuean arcanine can ohko with head smash/rock slide and also outspeeds modest charizard with max speed if you invest in max speed with beneficial nature
You can charizard can ko itself if it runs ancient power
Like ax said garchomp ohko es with rock slide
Kommo-o with clangerous soul and clanging scales 2hko but their not going to let you set up
Well rain teams are an option if, you can predict they mega evolve, you can use rain dance then use a fast water special attacker
rock slide

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In the current Pokemon Champions regulation (Reg M-B) there are several Mega Charizard Y counters in terms of both megas and non-megas. Mega Charizard Y is viewed as the strongest mega, but it is far from unstoppable.

Mega Evolutions:

Mega Tyranitar can activate weather twice and is slower (better for weather abilities), meaning it generally stops solar beam and OHKOs back with Rock Slide, the most common move used to counter Mega Charizard Y.

Mega Raichu Y has not seen the most tournament success but enables some decent hyper-offense compositions. I have a great team featuring it with Dragapult, but that is not relevant to this question and I will try to post it on my accout if you would like to see it. It outspeeds Mega Charizard Y and can OHKO it.

Mega Delphox resist Fire, Grass, and Fairy type damage. It does not deal super effective damage to Mega Charizard Y, but has won tournaments recently when used as a fast counter that is also good into other common megas such as Floette.

Mega Dragalge is slow, but very bulky. It is highly reccomended to run Thunderbolt for damage into Mega Charizard Y and rain teams.

Non-Megas:

As you mentioned, Aerodactyl outspeeds Mega Charizard Y and OHKOs. The thing is, almost every rock type in the format does the same, with minor difference between their secondary roles. I will list a few of the more relevant rock types / Rock Slide users as well as non-rock types. Rock Slide can also almost always be substituted with Rock Tomb.

Garchomp is the most commonly used Pokemon that is also a counter to Mega Charizard Y. Life orb allows it to do insane damage and OHKO even bulky Charizard sets. It is two points faster than Mega Charizard Y and resists fire damage.

Kleavor can not only OHKO Mega Charizard Y, but also sets up stealth rock in the same turn that it attacks. This makes Mega Charizard Y take 50% of total maximum HP on switch. Use it if you also need a Farigiraf counter.

Lycanrock (Midday Form) is generally only seen on snow teams but can OHKO Charizard with a priority move.

Glimmora can be used as a mega, but is more often seen using the focus sash. Power gem is a special move, meaning intimidate does not weaken it. It is one point faster than Mega Charizard Y.

Toxapex is very bulky. It resists fire but is not weak to grass. It can trap Charizard and either use Toxic or have a team member deal with it.

Flash Fire uses can also work on the right team, not to do damage, but rather take hits for the team similar to Toxapex.

What not to use:

Mega Floette has a bad matchup into Charizard Y, given it resists your STAB attacks.

Rain teams seem like they would be good, but are limited by how easy it is for Charizard to overwrite weather. Mega Swampert deals good damage, but cannot take a Solar Beam at all.

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Few things. Dusk form Lycanrock is the best form because it gets a good ability. You should also mention fire types somewhere in your answer because things like Incin can wall Charizard and allow you to position yourself in front of it without getting roasted by heat wave.
I think Kleavor is the worst Pokemon on here. It has some common weaknesses, all of its stats besides physical attack are low, and it doesn't learn any particularly useful status moves. A choice scarf Kleavor can easily be outsped with tailwind, and if a Pokemon needs both choice scarf and tailwind to work you should probably not use it.
what about trick room, what are some mons that can set up trick room in front of charizard y? also mega blastoise is a ok counter as it can tank a solar beam.
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Just use Lycanroc, it's priority Accelerock can OHKO even if Zard is max defense

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But what if you don’t want lycanroc on the team? You should give more options than just one, even if it’s extremely good. An answer more like gr8 Pokémon guy’s answer is almost always better.
This doesn't add anything the other answer doesn’t mention already.
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I like to use Flash Fire Flareon. Just keep Flareon in the back and switch them in if they send out their Charizard(assuming you have something weak to fire) then if you Flame Wheel and have a good speed stat, you should be able to outspeed and kill them with Flare Blitz

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I mean it works I guess. But then you have to have Flareon on your competitive team.
wouldent ceruledge or johto typhlosion work better
Literally any other flash fire Pokemon would do a better job.