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[Exile20]

This is an old story but it opened my eyes. Wow.

The Highest Earning Youtube Stars: (estimated annual earnings)

#40: TimothyDeLaGhetto – $1 million (553 million total video views)
#39: SHAYTARDS – $1 million (809m views)
#38: Shane Dawson – $1 million (1 billion views)
#37: TheRadBrad – $1 million (774m views)
#36: ElRubiusOMG – $1.1 million (610m views)
#35: Vsauce – $1.2 million (577 million views)
#34: PrankvsPrank – $1.3 million (638m views)
#33: EpicMealTime – $1.3 million (668m views)
#32: FPSRussia – $1.3 million (600m views)
#31: MichellePhan – $1.3 million (890m views)
#30: TheDiamondMinecart – $1.4 million (400m views)
#29: Potemi926 – $1.6 million (422m views)
#28: Vegetta777 – $1.6 million (586m views)
#27: WhiteBoy7thst – $1.7 million (590m views)
#26: TheLonelyIsland – $1.7 million (1.4 billion views)
#25: Sxephil – $1.7 million (1.2b views)
#24: FreddieW – $1.8 million (980m views)
#23: SpeedyW03 – $2 million (731m views)
#22: TheBajanCanadian – $2 million (574m views)
#21: HolaSoyGerman – $2 million (1.1b views)
#20: TheWillyRex – $2 million (1b views)
#19: Tobuscus – $2 million (940m views)
#18: TheFineBros – $2.2 million (1.4b views)
#17: AdamThomasMoran – $2.2 million (614m views)
#16: SkyDoesMinecraft – $2.3 million (1.7b views)
#15: BoyceAvenue – $2.3 million (1.2b views)
#14: Nigahiga – $2.3 million (1.7b views)
#13: ERB – $2.4 million (893m views)
#12: CaptainSparklez – $3.2 million (1.3b views)
#11: CollegeHumor – $3.3 million (2.3b views)
#10: RealAnnoyingOrange – $3.4 million (1.9b views)
#9: UberHaxorNova – $3.5 million (1.1b views)
#8: RayWilliamJohnson – $4 million (2.6b views)
#7: TobyGames – $4.2 million (1.6b views)
#6: JennaMarbles – $4.3 million (1.4b views)
#5: BluCollection – $4.8 million (1.4b views)
#4: DisneyCollectorBR – $5 million (1.6b views)
#3: Smosh – $5.7 million (3.1b views)
#2: BlueXephos – $6.7 million (2.4b views)

Spoiler

#1: Pewdiepie – $7 million (3.7b views)

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/celebrity/the-25-highest-earning-youtube-stars/

 

[Haloid1177]

Is it bad I've only heard of six of the 40?

 

[SmashN'Grab]

Are they all videogame related? I still can't wrap my head around the appeal, but I guess I'm too old.

 

[BunnyBear]

Only ever heard of JennaMarbles. What am I missing?

 

[Data West]

EpicMealTime are ok by me

 

[Daria Morgendorffer]

And I only know 5 of them

 

[Skyr]

Is it bad I've only heard of six of the 40?

No. I knew 7 of those and use youtube on a daily.

Have to check out some of the rest later to see what the fuzz is about.

 

[Volotaire]

You have to remember, many YouTube users are using a variation of Adblock or are not clicking the ad/not watching it the whole way through which diminishes the potential earnings.

 

[Biff]

That's 40

Lol

Chop those numbers in half and those are pretty accurate estimates.

But yeah, can't believe I live in a world where sxephil makes more money than doctors, surgeons, bankers, professional athletes, etc. That's probably the single most damning sign for the fate of humanity... Even worse than war, nuclear armament, and disease put together.

 

[Polk]

Is it bad I've only heard of six of the 40?

I know 5 of them, and didn't see anything from two (Pewdiepie and TheLonelyIsland)

 

[Foffy]

Lol

Chop those numbers in half and those are pretty accurate estimates.

But yeah, can't believe I live in a world where sxephil makes more money than doctors, surgeons, bankers, professional athletes, etc. That's probably the single most damning sign for the fate of humanity... Even worse than war, nuclear armament, and disease put together.

Don't remorse over the bad parts of humanity, try and bathe in the good.

Even if the good seems to be going the way of the dodo.

 

[Dr_Boris_Goltz]

There was a video of The Evil Within... I was watching it and thinking, "man I wish this guy commentating would shut up."

That guy ended up being Pewdiepie.

 

[The Lamp]

Fuck, I didn't know you could become a millionaire off funny videos on YouTube I should have kept pursuing that in high school instead of being boring and going to college.

 

[Dryk]

It's not a very well put together list considering some of those channels are staffed by multiple and some of those people run multiple channels

 

[eot]

JennaMarbles at #6?
Heh

I only recognise maybe 4 of those names though.

 

[Volimar]

#37: TheRadBrad – $1 million (774m views)

Love his gameplay videos.

"What the fuck Charles?!?!"

Surprised at no Grace Helbig.

 

[Exile20]

It's not a very well put together list considering some of those channels are staffed by multiple and some of those people run multiple channels

I know what the title says but it is more of the Youtube channel and not the Star of the channel themselves.

 

[clearacell]

Epic rap battles and freddiew deserve every penny.

 

[Arjen]

Hold on, that annoying douche makes 7 million a year with his channel?
Dayumn.

 

[elektrixx]

I know of three channels on that list. I assume the rest need a good slap to the face if they're all trying to act like PewDiePie.

 

[glaurung]

That annoying douche being #1 is an ominous reminder of just how fucked up and ignorant the dominating generation is at the moment.

 

[Broder Salsa]

Ray William Johnson earning that kind of money makes me angry.

 

[PK Strawstorm]

If only I'd realized ten years ago that people like emo hair and quick-cuts.

 

[Exile20]

That annoying douche being #1 is an ominous reminder of just how fucked up and ignorant the dominating generation is at the moment.

I went to his channel for the first time just now and was flabbergasted at why he was so popular and the comment section was so depressing.

 

[Welfare]

I thought that site was very unreliable when it comes to how much money channels earn. Should take the numbers with a grain of salt.

 

[figadapaura]

Fuck Pewdiepie and all other youtubers like him.

 

[Rootbeer]

"Hmmm 1m per year is pretty damn nice for making videos all year"

Then I realized the list was in ascending order.

Fuck my life. Fuck it so much.

 

[RandyBobandy]

Is it bad I've only heard of six of the 40?

I've heard of two.

#1 and that Shane guy

 

[Chainsawkitten]

Like many things, I understand neither the love nor the hate for pewdiepie.

 

[NekoFever]

Fuck, I didn't know you could become a millionaire off funny videos on YouTube I should have kept pursuing that in high school instead of being boring and going to college.

They don't even have to be funny, judging by some of them.

 

[Jibbed]

Tobuscus actually sits in 3rd when you add his TobyGames channel. $6.2m.

 

[Riki]

Sky makes 2.3 million?! Fuuuuuck

 

[Majine]

Wonder why Game Grumps aren't represented. They have a sick subscriber count.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

LonelyIsland is the only name I recognize.

 

[Slayven]

Pewdiepie literally hurts my soul.

 

[Kinyou]

I'm kind of amazed that this annoying orange thing is still going

 

[kirby_fox]

I kept telling my parents as a kid, way before YouTube, that I wanted a video camera. But no. They didn't want to buy me one and I didn't have the money for one until after college when YouTube was too popular to even try to make it big.

I'm going to blame my parents for this one.

 

[waypoetic]

Jenna Marbles is the only one on that list that I follow. She's funny. And hot.

 

[Calibus]

Like many things, I understand neither the love nor the hate for pewdiepie.

I can understand both, but I think he gets way too much unnecessary hate.

 

[Rootbeer]

What does a guy like PDP do with $7m a year... seriously! That's some insane dough for a gamer who spends a great deal of his time playing games at home. He is leveraging the system in the best possible way, can't blame him for that... just boggles my mind the kind of cash being exchanged.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

People that I don't generally like making gobs and gobs of money doesn't normally bother me on really any level, but I can't help but feel a little twinge in the back of my neck and one of my eyes to start wiggling when I read this:

#1: Pewdiepie – $7 million (3.7b views)


I also start feeling a bit nauseous.

 

[Spartacus]

no way.

 

[Spanx McFranks]

I have no idea who any of these people are.

 

[Volimar]

What does a guy like PDP do with $7m a year... seriously! That's some insane dough for a gamer who spends a great deal of his time playing games at home. He is leveraging the system in the best possible way, can't blame him for that... just boggles my mind the kind of cash being exchanged.

If he's smart (yeah right), he puts 90% of it back for when his cash cow dries up.

 

[RandyBobandy]

Pew knows how to play the game, so fair play to him

His videos are complete shit, but we aren't his audience

 

[atomsk]

Are they making these estimates like Socialblade does? Because those are wildly inaccurate.

And I say that as someone who makes around 100 bucks a month on youtube.

 

[acheron_xl]

From what little I've seen from CaptainSparklez, he seems decent enough. The rest can get fucked, probably.

 

[Kinyou]

What does a guy like PDP do with $7m a year... seriously! That's some insane dough for a gamer who spends a great deal of his time playing games at home. He is leveraging the system in the best possible way, can't blame him for that... just boggles my mind the kind of cash being exchanged.

Like many others he has a contract with maker studios http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_Studios so I wonder how much of that money he actually gets (don't ask me why someone like pewdipie needs a producer in the first place)

 

[Rokam]

This must be a couple years old I assume? No RoosterTeeth or it's LP channel which is pulling in pretty large viewer numbers. So if it makes you all feel better all those people on the list are probably making more money now.

 

[Exile20]

Are they making these estimates like Socialblade does? Because those are wildly inaccurate.

And I say that as someone who makes around 100 bucks a month on youtube.

Can you extrapolate?