YouTube, the video sharing platform that came into our lives in 2005, now hosts videos with larger budgets than before. These videos attract millions, sometimes even billions, of viewers, which brings huge profits to the video owners.
It is quite curious how much money world-renowned content creators on YouTube earn. At this point, a new report published by Forbes answered this question. Here are the estimated earnings of YouTubers…
How much money do YouTubers make?
Business magazine Forbes listed the world-famous YouTubers who earned the most money estimated between June 2022 and June 2023. The names on this list are not unfamiliar to those who hear them.
According to the report, the highest-earning YouTuber is MrBeast, who has remarkable videos. It is estimated that the content producer, who became known worldwide by adding dubbing to his videos and distributing money to his followers, earned an income of 82 million dollars.
We see that the second, third and fourth highest-earning content creators are Rhett & Link, PrestonPlayz and Ryan Kaji, respectively. It is thought that the income of these three YouTubers last year was around 35 million dollars. So, there is equality.
The highest-earning YouTubers are listed as follows;
- 1. MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) $82 million
- 2. (equal) Rhett & Link $35 million
- 2. (equal) PrestonPlayz (Preston Arsement) $35 million
- 2. (equal) Ryan Kaji (Ryan’s World) $35 million
- 5. Jake Paul $34 million
- 6. (equal) Markiplier (Mark Edward Fischbach) $30 million
- 6. (equal) FuckJerry (Elliot Tebele) $30 million
- 8. Jacksepticeye (Sean McLoughlin) $27 million
- 9. Matt Rife $25 million
- 10. KSI (Olajide Olatunji) $24 million
- 11. Charli D’Amelio $23 million
- 12. Logan Paul $21 million
- 13. (equal) Emma Chamberlain $20 million
- 13. (equal) Alex Cooper $20 million
- 15. Brent Rivera $17.5 million
- 16. Khaby Lame $16.5 million
- 17. Amouranth (Kaitlyn Siragusa) $15 million
- 18. (equal) Huda Kattan $13 million
- 18. (equal) Zach King $13 million
- 18. (equal) Bailey Sarian $13 million