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Here are the top 20 richest
YouTubers in the world today
1. Jeffree Star – net
worth of $200 million
2. Ryan's World – net
worth of $50 million
3. PewDiePie – net
worth of $40 million
4. Markiplier – net
worth of $35 million
5. DanTDM – net worth
of $35 million
6. Rhett & Link –
net worth of $32 million combined
7. Dude Perfect – net
worth of $30 million
8. Vanoss Gaming – net
worth of $25 million
9. Ninja – net worth
of $25 million
10. James Charles –
net worth of $25 million
11. Preston – net
worth of $20 million
12. Like Nastya – a
net worth of $20 million
13. David Dobrik – net
worth of $20 million
14. Jake Paul – net
worth of $20 million
15. Lilly Singh – net
worth of $20 million
16. Good Mythical
Morning Talk Show – net worth of $20 million
17. Logan Paul – net
worth of $19 million
18. MrBeast – net
worth of $16 million
19. Unspeakable – net
worth of $16 million
20. Blippi – net worth
of $16 million
Read about each
YouTuber, and how they made their money below.
Net Worth: $200 Million
2020 Earnings: $15 Million
Subscribers: 16.5 Million
Total Views: 2.4 Billion
Before YouTube,
Jeffree Star supported himself by doing different makeup and modeling jobs.
Jeffree joined Myspace and had one of the largest following. He received tens
of thousands of comments on his posts. He blogged about life, fame, and beauty
and posted his music. His first video on YouTube was in 2009. It was actually
to promote his music career.
In 2014, his music
career wasn’t panning out, and he was almost bankrupt. Jeffree used his life
savings to start Jeffree Star Cosmetics. He used YouTube to promote himself and
his brand. Jeffree Star Cosmetics now earns an estimated $100 million a year.
It’s pretty safe to say that was money well spent. Jeffree also made $18
million off YouTube alone in 2018.
Subscribers: 45 Million
Total Views: 61.3 Billion
Ryan’s World started
on YouTube channel in 2015. He watched toy review channels and asked, why isn't
it on YouTube when other kids are? His mom quit her job and worked at Ryan’s World full-time. The name
used to be Ryan ToysReview. His family also changed their surname, Guan, to his
on-screen surname, Kaji.
They currently run
nine YouTube channels. These channels cover toy reviews. They also cover DIY
science experiences and Ryan participating in various challenges. They also
have channels in Spanish and Japanese. A lot of the toys Ryan's World reviews
get donated to charity. They also give them away to friends and family.
Ryan's World has a
branded clothing and toys line which is also called Ryan’s World. It launched
only with Walmart in 2018 and made over $250 million in 2020. Now you can get his line from other stores as
well. He also signed a deal for a television series with
Nickelodeon and Amazon.
(Felix
Kjellberg)
Net Worth: $40 Million
Subscribers: 109 Million
Total Views: 27 Billion
PewDiePiE became
famous for his commentary on video games.
He played games while commenting on his experiences and displaying his
hilarious reactions. There weren't any big gaming channels at the time, so
PewDiePiE's rise came at the perfect time.
PewDiePiE’s interests
in high school were art and gaming. He bought a computer by selling his art. He
also used to skip classes to play video games with friends. PewDiePiE graduated
from high school in 2008. Then he dropped out of Chalmers University of Technology in
2011. He left due to a lack of interest in his current studies at the time.
The early days weren't
easy. Felix supported himself by selling Photoshop art, working as a harbor
captain, and on a hot dog stand. He even almost got an apprenticeship at a
well-known advertising agency in Scandinavian.
Everything worked out
in the end, as Felix had 5 million subscribers in 2012, which was the most at
the time. Now he's the most subscribed individual user channel on YouTube. He's
the third-most subscribed channel as well.
(Mark Fischbach)
Net Worth: $35 Million
2020 Earnings: $19.5 Million
Subscribers: 28.8 Million
Total Views: 15.4 Billion
Markiplier joined
YouTube in 2012. He started off doing sketch comedy where he would play every
character in the sketch. That’s how he got the name Markiplier. A mix
between Mark and multiplier. Before YouTube banned his Adsense
account, he played video games on that channel. He went on to create a new one
called markiplierGAME later that year.
Markiplier moved to
Los Angeles in 2014 and focused on Let’s Play videos. His breakthrough
playthrough of Five Nights at Freddy’s. This series now has over 80 million
views. He continued to play FNAF games and even had a cameo in Five Nights at
Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery. By 2018, Markiplier already had over 20 million
subscribers.
In 2019, Markiplier
made a new YouTube channel called Unus Annus with Ethan Nestor. They made a
video a day for a year. After the year was up, they would delete the entire
channel, along with its content. Unus Annus gained over a million subscribers
and over 11 million views in its first week. Before deleting it in 2020,
Markiplier and Ethan did a live stream, which peaked at 1.5 million viewers.
(Daniel Middleton)
Net Worth: $35 Million
Subscribers: 29.3 Million
Total Views: 18.5 Billion
DanTDM played Pokemon
and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive under PokemanDanlvl45 in 2009. He then
started his main channel, TheDiamondMinecart, in 212. His primary focus on that
channel was Minecraft.
He continued to play
other games as well. He set a Guinness World Record for the most views for a
dedicated Minecraft video channel. DanTDM also set the record for most goals
scored in a Rocket League game by a team of two or three players.
In 2016, He changed
his channel to the famous name today known as DanTDM. In the same year, he
wrote a best-seller called Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal. This book was
on The New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover graphic books for almost
three months. In 2017, he went on a book tour and starred in a web series
called DanTDM Creates a Big Scene. It premiered on YouTube Red, which is
YouTube’s subscription service. It ran for six episodes.
(Rhett McLaughlin and
Charles Lincoln “Link” Neal III)
Net Worth: $32 Million Combined
2020 Earnings: $20 Million
Subscribers: 27.9 Million
Total Views: 9.2 Billion
Rhett & Link met
in the first grade in an elementary school in North Carolina. They made a
documentary about this meeting called Looking for Ms. Locklear. One day, they
got caught writing swear words on their desks. That’s how they got the name of
their most popular YouTube channel, Good Mythical Morning. They weren’t allowed
to go to recess and had to stay inside instead. They received coloring books
that had mythical creatures in them.
Rhett & Link went
on to be roommates at North Carolina State University. They studied civil and
industrial engineering respectfully. They both worked in their chosen field for
a time. Rhett & Link also made videos and comedic sketches for an
organization called Cru. They worked and developed as a duo before working as
entertainers full-time. They currently run five YouTube Channels and brought
the Smosh brand in 2019.
Net Worth: $30 Million2020 Earnings: $23
Million
Subscribers: 57.5 Million
Total Views: 12.8 Billion
Dude Perfect is a
group of former college roommates. They all studied at Texas A&M. The
members are Cory and Coby Cotton, Cody Jones, Tyler Toney, and Garrett Hilbert.
Their content is primarily stunts and trick shots. They also have good-natured
games or contests against each other.
Dude Perfect got
started on YouTube in 2009. It was a trick-shot video filmed at Tyler Toney’s
ranch. Then they filmed a video at Sky Ranch, which is a Christian summer camp.
This video got over 18 million views. For every 100,000 views the video
received, Dude Perfect sponsored a child from Compassion International.
Espn reached out to
Dude Perfect after their videos went viral. Their videos then appeared on
various ESPN shows. They continued to stay involved in sports. Dude Perfect has
collaborations and endorsements from players in various professional leagues.
They range from the NBA, NFL, Nascar, Volleyball, and Tennis.
(Evan Fong)
Net Worth: $25 Million
Subscribers: 26 Million
Total Views: 13.7 Billion
Vanoss Gaming is a music
producer, video game commentator, and DJ. He studied economics in college and
started his channel in 2011. His parents had concerns when he began to shift
his focus toward his YouTube channel. Vanoss Gaming waited until his channel
was successful before dropping out his sophomore year. In
2015, He had over 10 million subscribers.
He got the name
VanossGaming from VANOS. It's a variable valve timing system produced by BMW.
Evan's father used to play under vanoss62. That name came from the S62 engine
used on the BMW M5 (see a pattern here?) Vanoss Gaming then took up the mantle.
Vanoss Gaming produces
and performs music as Lynx. He released his first album, In Pieces, in October
2019. He then released a remixed version of that album in July 2020. He was a
voice actor for the YouTube Premium series Paranormal Action Squad. And for the
animated series Alpha Betas, the pilot episode aired on his channel in March
2021.
(Tyler Blevins)
Net Worth: $25 Million
Subscribers: 24.2 Million
Total Views: 2.4 Billion
Ninja graduated from
high school and never went the college route. He instead focused on competing
in Halo 3 professionally and streaming. He played for Cloud9, Team Liquid,
Renegades, and Luminosity Gaming. Besides Halo, he streamed H1Z1, PlayerUnkown
Battlegrounds, and Fortnite Battle Royale on Twitch.
By 2018, Ninja had
over 2 million followers. He also broke the records for the most viewers for an
individual stream with 635,000, and 667,000 viewers live. Ninja made around $10
million in 2018. Ninja said he was making over $500,000 a month streaming Fortnite. That same year,
Ninja had almost 100 million views in a single month on his YouTube channel. He
also gained over 2 million subscribers.
He left Twitch in 2018
to join Mixer, a streaming platform by Microsoft. Mixer shut down in 2020 and
partnered with Facebook Gaming. Ninja then returned to Twitch.
Net Worth: $25 Million
Subscribers: 25.6 Million
Total Views: 3.3 Billion
James Charles
graduated from high school in 2017. It wasn't an easy experience since he got
bullied, but he ignored it and pushed through it. He got started in makeup
after helping his friend do hers for a dance at school. He then taught himself
how to do it and started doing it professionally for other people.
While he worked as a
local makeup artist in New York, James started his YouTube channel. He posted
makeup tutorials, and by 2016, he became the first male ambassador for
CoverGirl. He worked with fellow ambassador Katy Perry. By 2019, Charlies had
over 10 million subscribers on YouTube. He also had the same amount of followers on Instagram. His net worth
was around $12 million that year.
Net Worth: $20 Million
2020 Earnings: $19 Million
Subscribers: 37.7 Million
Total Views: 10.3 Billion
Preston Arsement has
been on YouTube for over ten years now. He started as TBNRfrags. In 2012,
he changed his name to PrestonPlayz, where he played Minecraft and Call of
Duty. Now he also does challenges, pranks, and vlogs under Preston. He posted 5
Ways To Prank Your Little Brother's Minecraft House on that channel. This video
currently has over 55 million views. He now runs five channels.
Preston married his
wife Brianna in 2018, and she appears in his videos. She currently has over 3
million subscribers on her channel BriannaPlayz. Preston also has an adoptive
father, four brothers, and one sister. One of his brothers, his sister, and his
father have YouTube channels as well.
Keeley, his sister,
has over 600,000 subscribers on KeeleyPlayz. She also has a Keeley Elise
account that has almost 250k subscribers. His brother, Caleb, had almost 60k on
his channel TbnrCJ but hasn't uploaded for over two years. His father, David,
only uploaded two videos over four years ago. But he still had close to 7,000
subscribers on his channel Papafrags.
(Anastasia
Radzinskaya)
Net Worth: $20 Million
2020 Earnings: $18.5 Million
Subscribers: 214 Million
Total Views: 115 Billion
Like Nastya was born
in Southern Russia in 2014. She got diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth. Her doctors thought there was a chance she would
never speak or talk. Her parents both worked and owned their own companies but
ended up selling them in 2015. They put all their time into taking care of her.
By the time she was two, she no longer showed signs of cerebral palsy.
In 2016, their family
created the Like Nastya YouTube Channel. They started unboxing toys. They also
showed their travels to amusement parks in various countries. In just the first
year alone, they traveled to 6 countries. The family dipped into their savings
to support the channel. Now Nastya and her family live in Florida.
The channel eventually
became profitable on its own. Her videos get dubbed into several different
languages. These dubs have helped her grow into one of the world's highest-paid
YouTubers.
Net Worth: $20 Million
2020 Earnings: $15.5 Million
Subscribers: 28.3 Million
Total Views: 6.7 Billion
David Dobrik was born
in Slovakia in 1996. His family then moved to Illinois when he was six. After
he graduated from high school, David's parents gave him a choice. Either he goes
to college or moves out. David went to Los Angeles to pursue his Vine
career full-time. He had over 1 million followers on Vine before the
app shut down. That helped make his transition to YouTube easier than most
creators. He started his channel in 2015.
His channel featured
collaborators he worked with on Vine. The videos are comedies based on
real-life situations and semi-scripted skits. He also started another channel,
David Dobrik Too, in 2016. Here he posts challenge videos and blooper reels.
In 2018, he made a
third channel called Views Podcast. On this channel, he posts the video version
of his podcast Views with Jason Nash. In that same year, David reached over 10
million subscribers. In 2019, he was the fifth most-viewed channel with 2.4
billion views.
Net Worth: $20 Million
Subscribers: 22.4 Million
Total Views: 6.9 Billion
Jake Paul was born in
1997 and grew up in Ohio with his brother Logan Paul. Logan is also a popular
YouTuber. Jake started his career in 2013, posting videos on Vine. He had over
5 million followers and 2 billion views before the app shut down. His first
upload on YouTube was a Vlog in 2014.
In 2017, Jake started
Team 10 and released a single called It's Everyday Bro that featured them. The
song's peak was 91st on the Billboard Hot 100. He started his boxing career in
2018. So far, he has two wins and no losses. His first win was a TKO in the
first round against another YouTuber AnEsonGib. His second win was against Nate
Robinson, who lost by KO in the second round. Nate used to be a professional
basketball player in the NBA.
Net Worth: $20 Million
Subscribers: 17.7 Million
Total Views: 3.9 Billion
Lily Singh started her
YouTube career in 2010. She posted using the name IISuperwomenII. The
inspiration came from her childhood, a belief that Lily could do anything. She
graduated from York University with a degree in Psychology that same year.
Lily planned to go to
graduate school as her parents wanted but opted to focus on her YouTube
channel. She was willing to go back if she didn't get the progression she
wanted from her YouTube channel. In case you're wondering, Lily, didn't have to
go back. In 2011, she started SuperwomanVlogs, which is now known as Lilly
Singh Vlogs. Here Lily records what she does daily and, behind the scenes looks
at clips from her videos.
In 2014, she ranked
#39 on NMR's Top 100 Channels and got nominated for a Shorty and Streamy Award.
She moved to Los Angeles in 2015. By 2017, she won a People's Choice Award for
Favorite YouTube Star and won her fourth Steamy Award.
Good Mythical Morning Talk Show
Net Worth: $20 Million
Subscribers: 17 Million
Total Views: 7 Billion
This is Good Mythical
Morning, which is also known as GMM. It is a YouTube comedy, talk, and variety
comedy series, created by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. The first episode of
this show aired on YouTube on January 9, 2012, and it is uploaded to YouTube
every weekday during the seasons. As of January 2023, there were 21 regular
seasons and five summer seasons, one part of season 11, and four separate
seasons. YouTube has almost 17 million subscribers and more than 7 billion
views of all videos.
In the first season,
the series had only one member, but it has grown to have 28 members and is now
part of Mythical Entertainment. The fan reactions to the drama that took place
behind the scenes of their movie, led to the creation of a Youtube channel that
is called ‘Mythical’ and shows other skits of their movie. Shows that highlight
Rhett and Link, their adventures, their stories, their songs, their challenges,
and more. On November 6, 2017, the “Good Mythical Morning” series was released
on YouTube. Shortly after that, they reverted to their original format.
Net Worth: $19 Million
Subscribers: 28 Million
Total Views: 6.3 Billion
Logan Paul got started
making videos when he was ten years old for a YouTube channel called Zoosh. In
2013, he posted on Vine and started his YouTube channel. Logan was studying
Industrial Engineering at Ohio University before dropping out in 2014. He
pursued focusing on social media full-time and moved in with other Vine stars
in Los Angeles.
He was the most
influential figure on Vine in 2015. He then went on to act in various TV shows
and even wrote a screenplay. He's also a boxer like his brother Jake Paul. He
fought against KSI, another famous YouTuber, and lost in a split decision.
There was an exhibition fight scheduled against Floyd Mayweather in 2020. But
that fight’s postponed for now.
(Jimmy Donaldson)
Net Worth: $16 Million
2020 Earnings: $24 Million
Subscribers: 90.5 Million
Total Views: 12.6 Billion
MrBeast started
posting on YouTube when he was 13 under the name MrBeast6000. His videos
estimated how wealthy other YouTubers were and Let's Plays. He broke through in
2017 on his counting to 100,000 videos. The first video took him 40 hours.
Since then, he's
become a philanthropist as well. He does challenger videos that give thousands
of dollars away in donations. In 2018, he gave away $10,000 to a local animal
shelter and $70,000 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He also $32,00 to
the Veterans Army Wounded Warrior Program and $100,000 in items to homeless
shelters. He also spends a lot to ensure the quality of his videos. In August alone last year, MrBeast spent $3 Million to
produce his videos.
MrBeast also hired his
friends to help him run the channel. He currently employs at least 30 people.
He runs several other YouTube channels. MrBeast Gaming hit over 10 million
subscribers in under one year.
(Steve John)
Net Worth: $16 Million
2020 Earnings: $17 Million
Subscribers: 30.1 Million
Total Views: 21.1 Billion
Blippi was raised in
Washington and wanted to be a fighter pilot and limousine driver when
he grew up. He ended up serving in the United States Air Force as a loadmaster.
His responsibilities were to do calculations and plan the cargo placement.
After Steve served, he moved back to Washington. He then saw his nephew watching
low-quality videos on YouTube.
Blippi started posting
in 2014 and did all the work for his early videos himself. He took inspiration
from educators who came before him, such as Mr. Rogers. His goal was for Blippi
to act and think like a child would but also be educational. A dream he has
achieved and then some. He has since expanded his production staff and produced
videos in Spanish. He also made DVD and digital downloads on his website and
started his line of Blippi Toys.
Net Worth: $16 Million
Subscribers: 4.6 Million
Total Views: 1 Billion
Nathan is a player of
Minecraft who was born on December 5, 1997, in the United States. Nathan is the
creator of the Unspeakable Gaming Channel. He has also appeared alongside
George D. Millar participating in the 2016 Minecraft daycare series. His witty
personality and insightful commentary have led to him having a large fan base
and a large number of followers. Unspeakable is one of the fastest-growing
YouTubers.
When Nathan was 15
years old, he learned about YouTube. He also created a YouTube channel titled
‘Mr. Gaming’ that he eventually deleted. Unspeakable then went and started
playing more games on his Unspeakable gaming channel. Unspeakable also owns a
company with its own brand of merchandise. As of 2019, it was valued at $15
million.
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