Forbes calculated the revenue of YouTube’s video bloggers and published a list of the richest. What brings all the people in the rating closer together? Youth: Most of the top leading video blogs are under 30 years old. Thus, they are only slightly older than their subscribers from a generation that prefers YouTube to old-fashioned television.
Here's what it looks like ranking of the highest paid YouTube video bloggers for 2014-2015.
10. Rosanna Pansino, 2.5 million dollars
The list of the richest YouTube video bloggers opens with a former chef, actress, and now the host of Nerdy Nummies, one of the most popular cooking shows. Rosanna delights viewers with amazing dishes, such as cupcakes in the form of My Little Pony or an ice cream sandwich that looks like a game console.
9. Roman Atwood, $ 2.5 million
A highly paid specialist in crazy pranks. The Washington Post called Atwood “the worst YouTube prankster” after a blogger chose his wife, Britney Smith, as the object of the rally. He staged an ATV explosion, allegedly controlled by their three-year-old son.
8. Lilly Singh, $ 2.5 million
Indian culture is one of the main sources of inspiration for Singh, and the video blogger has gained popularity by making satirical videos about people's daily lives and activities. Some of her popular clips are titled “How Girls Go On A Date,” “Types of Children at School,” “My Parents Respond to .. (Insert Series Name)”
7. Michelle Fan, $ 3 million
Her video blog focuses on using makeup to turn a woman into a celebrity lookalike such as Angelina Jolie. The video tutorial Lesson on Turning into Barbie has been watched more than 60 million times. ABC reports that Fan launched her own cosmetics line in collaboration with L’Oreal.
6. KSI, 4.5 million dollars
22-year-old Briton, whose real name is Olajid Olatuni, comments on video games. He does it very funny and emotionally, for which he is loved by the audience. His plans for the future are to make a rap career and, possibly, to act in films.
5 James McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln (Rhett and Link), $ 4.5 million
This comedian duo shoots online ads sponsored by well-known companies (Hummer, Coca Cola, McDonald’s, etc.). In addition to viral videos, Rhett and Link has a second channel called Good Mythical Morning. In it, a couple dilutes the morning show with crazy tricks.
4. Lindsay Stirling, $ 6 million
The violinist and dancer once received rejections from record companies. However, Stirling made incredible success on YouTube: the number of subscribers to her video blog exceeded 7 million people. The girl released several albums and launched a mobile game called Pop Dash, where players run around and collect coins and violins.
3. Brothers Rafi and Banny Fine (Fine Brothers), 8.5 million dollars
Two brothers, who entered the top 3 of the richest YouTube video bloggers, once decided that people like watching YouTube so much that it would be nice to show the audience’s reaction to a particular video. They started making funny videos about how children and friends react to different videos, such as movie trailers. Also in the Fine Brothers collection there are staged humorous videos.
2. Ian Hickox and Anthony Padilla (Smosh), 8.5 million
Video bloggers from Sacramento have a comedic video blog on YouTube with over 21 million followers. The team receives most of the profit from advertising. In addition to short skits and sketches, Smosh has a game channel and a channel with cartoons. And recently, Hickox and Padilla starred in a fantastic comedy called Smosh: The Movie.
1. Felix Chelberg (Pew Die Pie), $ 12 million
YouTube's highest paid video blogger 2014-2015 The summers of this Swedish gamer attracted a 30 million army of subscribers. His videos are full of profanity, jokes and sudden screams. Initially, the entire gameplay was accompanied only by off-screen commentary by Chelberg, but in 2011 he showed his inimitable facial expressions to fans.
