YouTube has completely cemented its spot as
the new king of entertainment, with most kids who grew up in the last 10 years idolizing
YouTubers way more than pop and movie stars. And along with that level of admiration often
come some serious earnings on par with and even exceeding the biggest celebrities in
the world. While we’re getting awesome free entertainment,
the people on the other side of the screen can be making amounts that would make most
peoples’ heads spin. I’m talking more in a day than most people
make in an entire year! It’s seriously mind-blowing, and that’s
why today we’re letting you take a peek behind the youtube curtain to get an idea
of just how much some of the most popular entertainers of this generation are actually
making. Ready to have your mind blown? Let’s get it on! LOGAN PAUL
One of the most well-known names in all of YouTube, for better or for worse, no one can
deny that Logan Paul is absolutely killing the game at just 25 years old. Originally starting out on Vine, Logan has
had a sticking power that few other veterans of the now-defunct platform can come close
to claiming. While many people had some negative views
of Logan for a few years, in recent times he has turned his public perception around
in a way that’s never been seen before in the history of YouTube, and gained not just
a ton of new subscribers, but the respect of a whole lot of people. Sometime in 2019, Logan switched up almost
everything in his content, focusing on making more engaging and entertaining works for all
ages, and he couldn’t have done a better job. These days the American vlogger, podcaster
and highest-earning loser in the history of celebrity boxing easily pulls in about 5.4M
views a day, which adds more than $16,200 to his already hefty net worth, bolstered
by his legendary earnings from his boxing matches with KSI. Of course, Logan’s Maverick merch and other
businesses rake in huge sums of cash everyday, but that doesn’t dissuade him from continuing
to make content for his channel. And with earnings of more than $5.8 million
a year, who would ever wanna stop? PEWDIEPIE
Standing as the undisputed king of YouTube with the largest non-corporate channel on
the entire platform by a massive margin, is the Swedish Slaughterer of Water-Sheep, Felix
Kjellberg, or as most people know him PewDiePie. Beginning to upload gameplay videos in 2010
when the trend was still pretty much unheard of on youtube, PewDiePie has uploaded a video
a day for over 10 years straight, only recently starting to take weekend breaks. Along the way, he managed to become the first
YouTuber to ever earn the 50 million and eventually the 100 million subscriber play buttons, an
honor we probably won’t see another person receive for close to another decade. With the kind of passionate and dedicated
audience his approachable and humble personality has amassed, it’s obvious that he’s the
poster-child for YouTube millionaires for a reason. On average Felix amasses more than 10.6 million
views on any given day, which brings in about $30,600 daily, and that’s just from views
on his videos. He’s also got merch, a fashion line called
Tsuki, mobile games, and what have to be the most expensive sponsored videos on the platform. Still, even if we don’t take all those clearly
huge sources of income into account, PewDiePie’s channel pulls in at least 11 million dollars
every year. Not bad for a college dropout who had to sell
hotdogs to support himself not too long ago. DAVID DOBRIK
One of the original kings of vlogging, David Dobrik seems to have the ultimate dream life
that just keeps getting better and better somehow. Aside from befriending the star of his favorite
TV show, David has made quite a name for himself through his extremely charitable attitude
towards his friends, to whom he’s given away more than 20 cars, and we’re not talking
Corollas and Civics here. However if you think he’s giving away teslas
and lambos for free, I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but his “surprising my friend
with” series is one of the biggest hits on his massive 17 plus million subscriber
channel, which means they’re also his biggest earners. Even if he isn’t uploading one of his massive
philanthropic feats however, David easily pulls in more than 6.3 million views a day
on his vlogs, and numbers like that mean that even a bad day for the Slovakian-born YouTuber
means making at least $18,900. As one of the most well known YouTubers in
the world, David’s also got money coming in from merch, promotions and live events,
but just from the revenue on his main channel he earns more than $6.8 million dollars a
year, and that is a whole lot of Teslas to give away. MRBEAST
Hailing from a small city in North Carolina, Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast fully
embodies the YouTube fantasy. Growing up idolizing youtubers and trying
for years with no success to make it big himself, eventually Jimmy invented what would become
the most popular trend in YouTube history at only 18-years-old: YouTube philanthropy. By posting videos of himself either spending
or giving away crazy sums of money, Jimmy’s videos absolutely dominated YouTube’s trending
page over and over, launching his channel to over 34 million subscribers and, uh…
let’s say “inspiring” an entire generation of copycat channels. As his channel grew, so did the acts of charity
he could pull off, like making a free car dealership, or tipping a pizza guy with an
entire furnished house! Now to go from giving a homeless man $10,000
cash to upgrading an entire homeless shelter, there must be some serious leaps in earnings,
and trust me, there were. MrBeast’s channel regularly pulls in over
8,000,000 views daily, earning him more than $24,000 on a daily basis. On top of that, based on his own words, the
average sponsorship for just one of his videos is between 100 and 250 THOUSAND dollars. Even if we don’t account for his merch line,
which is probably one of the most popular on YouTube, MrBeast’s channel earns over
$8.64M a year from views alone. At least we know he’ll be doing a lot of
good with all that money. ZHC
Sitting right on the edge of an incredible 12 million subscribers and growing, ZHC is
an artsy youtuber who seems to have come out of nowhere to those who stumble upon his videos
only to find the absurd amounts of money he puts into them. Regularly pulling off insanely charitable
stunts like customizing Lamborghinis or Teslas and giving them to other huge YouTubers has
allowed those creators’ audiences to flow in ZHC’s subscriber base, giving him one
of the best formulas for success on the platform to date. But he isn’t just generous to his colleagues;
in fact, in most of his videos ZHC will give away super costly prizes to random subscribers,
like 50 new iphones in just one video, or 50 ipads in another. With incentives like those, it’s no wonder
his subs and views always skyrocketing. Of course, to be able to afford such lavish
stunts, you’ve gotta be pulling in some serious cheddar, and ZHC isn’t exactly paying
for those custom teslas with his credit card. On an average day, ZHC’s channel amasses
over 3 and a half million views, which brings in at least $10,500 bucks every day. Of course, on top of those numbers, he’s
got massive sponsorship deals and a huge merch line that he and his creative friends design
themselves. Even if we ignore those massive money generators
though, ZHC earns an incredible 3.78 million dollars a year just from views on his YouTube
channel. Now that’s a whole lot of iPhone 11 giveaways. KSI
One of the biggest legends to emerge from the YouTube landscape, KSI has more than earned
his reputation for lavish spending. Having earned a rumored 10 million from his
two boxing matches with Logan Paul, at 26 the British vlogger wasn’t quite ready to
retire, and continued uploading not just to his main channel, but also to his more frequently
updated second channel during the buildup to both fights, and he’s only picked up
in uploads since then. Known for regularly getting into crazy scenarios
that often involve hyper expensive jewelry, famous rappers and Dragon Ball Z references,
it’s no surprise that he holds an audience of over 30 million subscribers between his
two channels. As of 2020, JJ seems to be focusing more on
his second channel, and it isn’t surprising why. The channel regularly receives more than 3.1
million views a day, which nets him over $9300 daily, and that’s not even counting all
his music, merch lines, live shows and of course, the multi-million dollar YouTube grudge
matches. Uploading videos that center around his popular
personality and that are more intimate than his main channel videos, it’s crazy to think
that he brings in more than $3.34M a year just from what’s essentially a side hustle. Still, he might make that in a single night
the next time he picks up his boxing gloves. LAZARBEAM
With Fortnite being one of the biggest games in the world right now, it’s no surprise
to learn that the free-to-play game has seriously set up some major YouTube millionaires. Take Lazarbeam for example. Originally rising to prominence from his Fortnite
gameplay videos, the Australian gamer has since branched out to other types of videos,
but always comes back to his bread and butter to the tune of millions of views. Along the way Lazar managed to stack up over
13 million subscribers, which is certainly nothing to scoff at. And while the biggest gaming tournament winnings
of all time were 3 million dollars from a fortnite tournament, those stats might have
to be seriously adjusted if you take into account the earnings of YouTubers like Lazarbeam. On average he pulls in over 9 million views
every single day, which in ad revenue alone, earns him over 27 grand daily, or about a
brand new Tesla every 2 days. As if that kind of money weren’t enough,
Lazar like many other youtubers, has a very successful merch line and gets paid tens of
thousands of dollars for sponsorships on a single video. Even if we aren’t taking all that into account
however, Lazarbeam’s annual earnings are still more than enough to make your head spin,
at over 9.7 million dollars a year, and those are US dollars, which are worth more in Australia. Hmm, maybe I should give gaming videos a go? JELLY
Who would’ve thought that pranking your friend in a bunch of different video games
could be one of the most profitable jobs in the world? Well, with a very impressive 17 plus million
subscriber channel, apparently Jelly did. This youtuber has been absolutely crushing
it in the gaming sphere for years, and shows no signs of slowing down. Regularly finding new and honestly exhaustive
ways of pranking his friend Slogoman in pretty much every game around, Jelly has found a
formula that just can’t stop bringing in mountains of views. On any given day, Jelly’s channel receives
an unbelievable 15 and a half million views, which nets him a cool $46,500 on what’s
just a regular Tuesday for most of us. That’s about what the average American makes
in a year! And, yeah that’s impressive, but when you
think about what that means annually, Jelly pulls in a handsome 16.74 million just by
sitting back and goofing around playing video games. Maybe now you can prove to your parents that
gaming isn’t a waste of time after all! PRESTON
Originally starting out in the gaming sphere, Preston’s channel really started picking
up steam when he switched over to making challenge videos, and well, if it ain’t broke don’t
fix it! Preston has managed to grow his channel’s
audience to an impressive 13 million subscribers, or about the population of New York City and
Los Angeles combined. He regularly puts his friends and family up
to odd challenges to win thousands of dollars, but the competitors aren’t the only ones
raking in the cash from these videos. While some of his greatest hits have nearly
20 million views, on an average day Preston pulls in nearly 5 million views on his channel,
which gains him about $14,700 every single day, which is a whole lot more than he gives
away in a single challenge video! Like most YouTubers of his size, Preston pushes
his merch line pretty consistently, and while that’s sure to bring in a ton of dough,
from views on his channel alone the 26 year old earns an extraordinary 5.29 million dollars
a year, or enough to take more than 20 tickets to outer space on the first space tourism
launches! I guess you could say his earnings are out
of this world. UNSPEAKABLE
With a name like Unspeakable, it's pretty ironic that this guy’s generated so much
buzz online. After grinding to try to make it as a youtuber
for over 10 years, Unspeakable finally broke out by creating crazy, elaborate videos where
he does things like convert his entire house into a beach or build a whole indoor waterpark! That’s sure to get the neighbors speaking
about you. To date he’s amassed more than 6.7 million
subscribers, and his audience seems really dedicated, because the views on his videos
are usually pretty close to his entire sub count, something that’s actually pretty
uncommon for bigger YouTubers. Through his insane household antics Unspeakable
manages to drive over 7.8 million sets of eyes to his videos every single day, which
in ad revenue alone generates more than $23,400 every day, or about an iPhone every hour to
put in perspective. Of course, Unspeakable also makes money from
selling merch, sponsorships on videos, a huge gaming channel, and tons of other secretive
avenues that’re, well, unspeakable. But while we can only guess at his total annual
income, just his main YouTube channel’s views earn him an insane 8.42 million dollars
a year, which is more than most CEOs make! Now that’s an UNSPEAKABLE amount of money…
okay no more bad puns, I promise.
