Loads of people dream of starting a YouTube channel in the hopes of becoming the next
David Dobrik or Mr Beast, and it's pretty easy to understand why! These famous YouTubers
are rolling in money, but just how rich can our favorite e-celebs get off their videos
and ever expanding sub counts? The real numbers are sure to shock you! That's why we're about
to unload the biggest, richest and most famous YouTube success stories the world has ever
seen, and you won't believe how much these YouTubers are actually making! Ready to take
a look? Lets get it on!
MrBeast Arguably being the inventor of the now massively
successful genre of videos where a youtuber gives away or spends a ridiculous amount of
money to some group of people at just 22 years old, it isn't a great stretch of the imagination
to state that MrBeast is one of the most influential figures in the history of this platform. Of
course, you can't be giving away millions without first having and making millions,
and that's what we're all here to hear. Just how much cold hard cash is MrBeast pulling
in? Well that number's hard to lock down because MrBeast has one of the most successful merch
empires in YouTube history, with a recent video of his showing that he sold more than
67,000 limited edition shirts & hoodies within a 24 hour sale. At the lowest price, that's
over $2,000,000 made in a day, and the hoodies cost double that amount! With all his insane
spending, like giving away an $800,000 Island, or giving away $1M CASH every time he throws
a competition, we know he's pulling in some undeniably monstrous dough. Still, let's look
at numbers from nothing but his YouTube views, because even that fraction of his income is
enough to blow your mind. In an average year, the main MrBeast channel makes $13,860,000,
and honestly that's still a pretty conservative estimate. That's more than $160 every single
minute, talk about making money from your dreams!
PewDiePie The undeniable king of gamers and YouTube,
Felix Kjellburg is by leaps and bounds the most subscribed to YouTuber on the planet.
With the incredibly long lasting dynasty PewDiePie’s built, it's no surprise that being the only
person to ever gain more than 100M subscribers is a very lucrative spot to be in. Aside from
his personal brand, and his ever-changing high-quality merch line ups, Felix drops a
different video every single day, usually pulling in between 6 and 10 million views.
Numbers like that are what let him own homes in both England and Japan, and keep updating
his closet full of designer clothes. So what kind of numbers does a channel getting billions
of views a year generate? Well, conservative estimates place PewDiePie's annual ad revenue
above $12.2M per year! While he isn't quite the type to flex, in a 2019 video where he
analyzed websites guessing his net worth he claimed that the numbers were. Still, in the
face of his incredible success, Felix remains a humble and relatable guy, and that's exactly
what keeps us all coming back for more.
David Dobrik One of the most famous vloggers in the history
of YouTube, Slovakian born David Dobrik has done incredibly well for himself at the young
age of 24. With multiple channels each boasting tens of millions of subscribers, it isn't
hard to understand how David keeps surprising his friends with Teslas and Lamborghinis,
on top of keeping a $120,000 Model X and a $240k Ferrari for his own enjoyment. I mean,
you've gotta have an appropriate couple of luxury vehicles when you're living it up in
a $9.5M mansion in the heart of Los Angeles. But how does David Dobrik get it all done?
Well, with an average of nearly 4 million views on his channel per day, it's estimated
that Dobrik's pulling in around $6.6 million a year from ad sense alone. Of course, with
status that high, sponsorships and merch sales make up a much larger chunk of his true income,
so his channel's revenue is probably just going into a hefty retirement account for
when his Tesla Model X can drive itself to a mansion on Mars, which I'm sure David will
happily be vlogging about along the way.
Dude Perfect Initially a team of 5 friends with a passion
for combining sports and physics, Dude Perfect has gone on to become one of the biggest names
in modern entertainment. Sitting on a truly unimaginable 53 million plus subscribers,
along with multiple network TV shows and several other side projects, after becoming the symbol
of trickshots and sports world records the internet is so infatuated with, Dude Perfect's
audience currently outnumbers that of the NBA, MLB and NFL combined. So with an audience
the size of several nations, it's not hard to imagine that their income flows from a
huge number of sources, making it hard to track as a whole. But just taking a look at
some of the ways the Dude Perfect team has expanded their business, it's clear to see
that 53 million subs rakes in some serious cash flow. With their average 8M daily views
the Dude Perfect channel nets at least $14.22M a year, which means each of the 5 founding
members is netting the average American salary just about every week. Who knows what they'll
be putting that money towards next, but if their past is any indicator, we can be confident
they'll keep shooting for the moon and beyond.
DanTDM Minecraft is one of the biggest games on the
planet, being the most watched game on YouTube in 2019 and being sold to Microsoft for $2.5B.
Now the question is, who’s getting all those sweet, sweet views that put Minecraft at the
top of the YouTube Most Watched list? Well, chief among the thousands of Minecraft lets
players is DanTDM, the UK based YouTuber who set the Guiness World Record for most views
on a dedicated Minecraft channel, with 7.9B at the time of the record, which has since
been absolutely smashed, currently standing at over 17B at the time of this recording.
Of course, that number climbs every single day, and will likely only increase as Minecraft
isn’t showing any signs of slowing. But by just how many views is Dan breaking his
own World Record on the daily? Well on average Dan’s channel gains 6.5M views every single
day, which makes Dan not just the biggest Minecraft YouTuber, but also arguably the
richest, making at least $17k a day, or a whopping $6.1M a year, and that’s just from
the views on his channel. Add to that his merch lines, brand deals, and live shows,
and DanTDM has mined some serious diamonds..
Jelly A YouTuber made famous from his beloved video
game let’s plays of popular titles like GTA and the smash hit Fortnite, Jelly’s
excitable, relatable personality and love for gaming rocketed him to be a YouTube phenomenon
with almost 20M subscribers and climbing. Through his popularity since starting his
channel in 2014, Jelly’s scored a lucrative sponsorship deal with G-Fuel, the gaming energy
drink famously associated with PewDiePie himself, and to be signing the biggest youtuber on
the platform, you know this company isn’t offering small potatoes to the gamers it signs.
Of course, sponsorship numbers are kept private, so while we can’t know exactly what Jelly
is raking in from his entire career, a recent estimate placed his net worth around $25M
dollars. But with our secret knowledge of the algorithm, let’s see just how accurate
those numbers really are. With the constant flow of gaming videos on Jelly’s channel,
he reliably gets about 10M views a day, which adds up to on the low end, about $18M annually
from ads alone.
Markiplier It’s easy to forget how huge Markiplier’s
influence really is with his relatable and comfy feeling small scale gaming and subreddit
reviewing content. Nonetheless, Mark Fischbach is one of the most influential youtubers,
not just in the gaming sphere he came up through, but on the entire platform, and with a nickname
like red PewDiePie, you know he’s gonna be making some PewDiePie-esque gains. Aside
from the likely hundreds of thousands of dollars channels as big as Mark’s are assumed to
earn per sponsored video, Markiplier launched a high end clothing company called Cloak alongside
fellow gaming YouTuber Jacksepticeye, a brand targeted at, you guessed it, gamers! With
over 51M subscribers between them, 27M of which are on Markiplier’s channel, Cloak
has definitely got a huge amount of gamers copping their products. But we’re here to
see what kind of money a 27M subscriber YouTube channel makes, so with an average of 6.4M
daily views, a conservative estimate is an annual income of nearly $12M! Not bad for
only being Red PewDiePie that is.
James Charles At the young age of 21, James Charles has
accomplished more than most people could in multiple lifetimes. Besides shaking the beauty
industry and preconceptions about what a beauty influencer can look like to their core, James
has created one of the most massive, influential make-up empires the world over. In late 2020,
James’ new Sister merch line was shared on social media by the likes of Kim Kardashian
herself, just to give you an idea of how big a deal this guy really is. Add his nearly
22M subscribers on top of all that, and it’s not hard to understand that James is pulling
in some big-sister bucks. So a purchase like the $7M 10,000 square foot mansion he moved
into in 2020 really doesn’t seem like too big a splurge for someone of James’ caliber.
So while estimates rank his current net worth at somewhere around $12M, I’d venture to
say that’s extremely low. With 4M average daily views, his YouTube channel alone is
generating at least $7M annually, and that’s not including all his major sponsorships,
brand partnerships and successful make-up and merch lines. Having done so much in such
a short time, the sisters are all eager to see where James’ ever-growing success will
take him next.
Unspeakable Unspeakable is a Texan born YouTuber who at
the young age of 22 has already accomplished more than most people could ever dream of.
With a respectable 8.5M subscribers on his main channel, Unspeakable, also known as Nathan
gets to make a living uploading playthroughs of his favorite games with his friends who
together with him make up the collectives “Proper Productions” and “The Squad”.
And with his rapid rise to fame, of course also came the rapid rise to wealth that one
expects from young YouTube royalty. With 5 different channels each associated with a
different aspect of the Unspeakable YouTube empire, such as merch, toys, and of course,
Let’s Plays, Nathan’s generating a healthy amount of revenue for himself and The Squad.
But just how much does a channel like his main one alone pull in? Well, just looking
on the lower end, it’s safe to say that the main Unspeakable channel makes well over
$13M every single year, or more than $1M a month. Add onto that his merch lines, sponsorships
and all his other ventures, and you could almost say Nathan’s true net worth is pretty
unspeakable...
SSSniperWolf One of the most versatile YouTubers on the
platform, SSSniperwolf’s channel has managed to survive through years of massive shifts
in content. From gaming videos to reactions and vlogs, Sniperwolf has become the queen
of almost every niche found on all of YouTube. With such a long lasting career and her ever
present videos on so many topics attracting such a wide, varied audience, Lia is as of
late 2020 the most subscribed female YouTuber in the world, with 22M subscribers at the
time of recording. With a title like that, along with her Kid’s Choice Award for favorite
gaming YouTuber, Lia’s sure to be pulling in the big bucks, and we’re here to confirm
that aside from her obvious sponsorship deals and merch lines that likely make up a large
part of her income, the Sniperwolf channel definitely makes a mind blowing amount of
money. With her average 15M daily views, Lia’s channel makes at least $27M annually. That’s
enough to buy a James Charles’ mansion every 3 months, or enough to buy 2 Tesla Model 3’s
every single week. I guess looking surprised in every thumbnail really pays off!