YouTube is one of the most popular websites on the internet. It has its own app, it’s where people go to watch videos and it’s where people go to learn how to do things. There’s a YouTube video for just about anything you could ever imagine, from how to curl your hair to how to make sure you know how to change a tire. It’s a great site that can help people learn just about anything, and it’s certainly profitable for those who know what they’re doing. Read on to find out which YouTube stars are making the most money with their videos.
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BlueXephos – $1.93 million
While it’s not certain that they’re making this much money, the experts believe that this due is making as much as $1.93 million per year based on their financial calculations. This is a couple of guys named Lewis Brindley and Simon Lane. They produce videos about video games, as well as commentary on games. They have almost 7 million subscribers to their site and a grand total of more than 2.38 billion views on their page. Video games are a big industry, and these two have also made it a profitable business venture.
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SpeedyW03/Kyrsp33dy – $1.98 million
With nearly 7.2 million subscribers and more than 805 million views, the mysterious person behind the videos on this YouTube channel is making a lot of money. The deal is that most people know very little about this person. All that’s know is that it’s a guy who rarely ever shows his face on camera, and does very little more than simply commentate – rather hilariously – on video game plays. It’s working for him, however, as he’s making almost $2 million a year to hide behind his channel making jokes about something he enjoys.
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The BajanCanadian – $2.04 million
Mitch Donald Ralph Hughes is his name, and he is the BajanCanadian. He’s known for being a video game commentator on YouTube. He entertains his 3.25 million subscribers with his witty commentary. He is so funny and so popular that his page as more than 556 million views. What people love about his YouTube videos is the fact that he has some sort of personal slang he’s created that he understands and other people have to work hard to learn. Those who follow him religiously, however, know what he means when he’s talking, and it makes them more interested.
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HolaSoyGerman – $2.11 million
This 23-year-old Chilean man is named German Garmendia and he is a comedian. He makes videos in Spanish that crack people up. His followers love the fact that he’s so funny and so real about his comedy. He burst onto the scene with something called Las Cosas Obvias de La Vida, and has been adding subscribers left and right ever since. He’s up to 18.86 million subscribers and more than 1.11 billion page views since he began his comedy site. He posts new videos regularly, and each one seems funnier than the last.
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TheDiamondMinecart – $2.15 million
This is a site with more than 1.7 million subscribers and 372 million page views. He’s a popular YouTube sensation because he focuses on Minecraft. It’s a video game that people love to play. He plays the game and talks about it while he’s playing, and he’s also married to another very popular YouTube star who does the same thing as he. His videos are interesting to those who play this particular game, and he helps people get through their levels and talks them through what’s going on in his own games. It’s working for him, clearly.
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TobyGames/TobyTurner – $2.18 million
He’s got approximately 2.87 billion page views and almost 14 million subscribers to his channel on YouTube. He’s a comedian, and he’s one of the most popular and most famous ones on the internet. He’s been around since 2006, when he began posting his humorous videos to the web. His first parody was of the movie Click, which is an Adam Sandler movie. Since then, he’s made two more channels and elicited the approval of millions of people who love to watch what he has to say and do in his regular comedy routines.
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BFvsGF/PrankvsPrank – $2.26 million
This is a couple that’s done fairly well for themselves. They’ve created a channel on YouTube that has more than 7.7 million subscribers and more than 1.31 billion page views. This page started by accident. The boyfriend, Jesse Wellens, tricked his girlfriend, Jeanna, into eating a spoon filled with cinnamon and then put the video on the internet. Not to be outdone, she decided to film her retaliation and the two became a huge prank war. People love to watch this couple play pranks on one another, and they are making millions from their kind of mean-natured relationship.
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TheWillyRex – $2.31 million
Guillermo Diaz is a YouTube video game commentator. His comments stem from the games Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto V. He’s from Spain and he’s known for being one of the most talented and skilled players in the world. His comments have more than 6.95 million subscribers and he has more than a billion views on his page. His knowledge and skill of the game are earning him millions of dollars in revenue each year, and he’s only becoming more popular as the years go on. He’s one of the most successful YouTube stars in the world.
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TheFineBros – $2.41 million
They are some of YouTube’s first stars, and they have some big sponsors and endorsements, including Ford and Comedy Central. These two guys are from Brooklyn. What they do is take kids, teens, and everyone in between, sit them down and show them web videos. They film the person’s reaction to the videos and put it on their site. It’s usually hilarious and completely crazy, and it’s what’s making them millions of dollars each year. These guys are among the first ever people to use YouTube to become famous, and they’re great examples.
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Vegetta777 – $2.59 million
Of his 4.46 million subscribers, most are located in Latin America and Spain. His page has gotten more than 552 million hits, and he’s one of the most famous people on the internet. Samuel de Luque is hugely popular for his voice overs and commentaries for his video games. He’s famous for playing games such as Minecraft, Battlefiend and several others. While playing, he likes to tell stories about different characters in a very movie-like experience. People get a huge kick out of it, and he’s making bank because of it.
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SkyDoesMinecraft – $2.92 million
He has nearly 8.99 million subscribers are more than a billion and a half page views on his YouTube page. Adam Dahlberg is his name and Minecraft is his game. He’s known for being a widely successful YouTube sensation who is making millions producing videos about his game. He was part of a team of players called Team Crafted, which is where he rose to fame. Now people love to watch him play and learn his skills by listening to him talk on his videos. He’s a commentator who loves to post game plays and go on about them online.
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Smosh – $4.5 million
It’s a big jump from the guy above who is making less than $3 million a year to these guys, who are making more than $4.5 million a year. These duo of comedians are very popular on the internet. They like to do slapstick comedy and make parody videos of the biggest pop culture icons and happenings in the world. They became famous fast, and haven’t really stopped ever since. Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla are making a lot of money with their comedic videos, and that’s nothing to laugh about. Although, they probably laugh all the way to the bank.
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DisneyCollectorBR – $5.06 million
With more than 1.05 million subscribers and more than 1.5 billion page views, this is a popular YouTube page. The woman who posts her videos to this page is not really known. Her identity remains a secret, but her income is impressive. She posts herself playing with Disney toys while she talks about the actions in a soft, lovely voice. People love her because she’s a great source of entertainment for kids and those who want to find something to do. They put this channel on to entertain their children so they can get things done.
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BluCollectoin – $6.38 million
This is yet another Disney lover with an unknown identity. There is a lot of money to be made by filming yourself opening Disney toys, assembling them and then playing with them. If you have a comforting voice, you can do this yourself and make a lot of money in the process. It’s a great way for parents to entertain their kids, which is primarily what subscribers do with this channel. It’s an interesting channel, but a very profitable one. It’s one of the few very successful channels that has nothing to do with video games.
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PewDiePie – $8.47 million
PewDiePie has more than 23.9 million subscribers and more than 3.69 billion page views. Felix Arvid Ulf Kjelberg is Swedish. He has bad language and he’s obsessed with video games. He films himself playing games such as Minecraft and all the others and he spends his time talking about them while he plays. He’s funny, in a very rude and crude sort of way, and people love it. The videos are of his game, but there is his face in a box at the top of the screen that allows people to see his reaction to what’s going on in his game.
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