Top 7 Richest YouTubers in the World
Started on 15 February 2005, this American video-sharing site named YouTube is a website that allows its users to upload, rate, comment, view, share and subscribe as well, to various channels of other users. Since YouTube has become a big hit since its launch, there have been active users who upload videos for entertainment, updates and various other purposes. There are people who have made YouTube their career and their source of income. The top 7 richest YouTubers in the world are as follows.
Dan Middleton
According to the Forbes Magazine, DanTDM (TheDiamondMinecraft) a.k.a Dan Middleton is the richest YouTuber in 2017 for he made $16.5 million. The 26-year-old featured in the top ten last year for the first time. This year not only is he on the top of the list but he also went for his world tour where four of the shows were sold-out at the Sydney Opera House. He started by posting videos of himself while he played Minecraft and Pokemon.
Evan Fong
Evan Fong (or VanossGaming) is a 25-year-old Canadian who makes and posts comedy videos of himself while he plays video games. He compresses hours of gaming into one video containing all the funny moments. Evan is second on the list as he earned about $15.5 million this year.
Dude Perfect
A group of five friends from high school and a Panda is Dude Perfect from Texas taking the third position in the top richest YouTubers of the world, making $14 million. They are ex-high school basketball players and post videos of comedy and sports tricks.
Logan Paul
Former Vine Star and fourth richest YouTuber is Logan Paul who posts daily blogs on his personal channel. Logan Paul earned $12.5 million in the year 2017. He is a 22-year-old who not only blogs but also makes funny reaction videos.
Felix Kjelberg
PewDiePie a.k.a. Felix Arvid Ulf Kjelberg stands on the fifth position among the richest YouTubers in 2017 with $12 million. PewDiePie has the most subscribers on YouTube and in 2016, was on top of the list. The videos he posts are him playing video games and commentating as well. Earlier this year, Felix was criticised for giving out Anti-Semantic messages through his videos which forced Disney and YouTube to cut ties with him.
Jake Paul
Started by making videos on Vine with older brother, Logan Paul, Jake Paul is a YouTuber now who makes funny videos, vlogs and music. Jake is the sixth richest YouTuber of 2017 with $11.5 million. Even though Jake has become popular a lot lately, he is more of “a villain in pop culture.”
Smosh
Smosh is a comedy channel that was started by Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla. It stands at the seventh position in the richest YouTubers for earning $11 million this year. The channel became a YouTube sensation real quick for the parodied videos games. Earlier this year, in June, Anthony Padilla left Smosh and started his personal YouTube channel.
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