Over 1.3 billion users are known to be hitting YouTube platform daily. Hence, it has become a profitable platform for sharing video content with audiences. You can join in the trend of big YouTube earners by creating your channel for free, and getting connected with your audience.
That said, you must understand that it’s not enough to create a YouTube channel and just expect it to bring in cash for you; instead, you will need to work hard like every other person before you can start enjoying all the rich benefits. Pouted magazine highlights below the Top 20 richest YouTubers.
20 Wave Music
Known as one of the most liked YouTube channels for Indian music, Wave Music has enjoyed relative success after it came alive on YouTube in 2014. When ranking the most-watched channels on YouTube in India, these guys came out as fourth. With a viewership number of about 18.6 billion, you can quickly tell how much these guys are loved. They make up to $146,000 as their monthly income.
19 JustinBieberVEVO
This is Justin Bieber‘s YouTube channel. This channel has one of the largest viewership on YouTube. The channel is presently generating almost $290000 in a month. This channel can boast of over 19 billion views. However, for some reason, Justin Bieber may not be able to receive as much income as he used to because of the recent suspension of the account.
18 Little Baby Bum
No one would have thought an educational channel was going to make this list. We all thought people only loved hooking up with entertainment channels. Little Baby Bum seems to have changed that narrative. With over 19 billion views, these guys are a force to reckon with. Little Baby Bum has a total worth of about $41 million.
17 Zee Music Company
This YouTube channel was a product of Zee Entertainment Enterprise. The company’s CEO is Punit Goenka. Punit noticed that there was a huge demand for music, which was why the channel was created in the first place. They are proud of their 43 million viewers and are worth virtually $91 million.
16 WorkPointOfficial
If you are seeking for hip hop, rap, as well as other music genres, WorkPointOfficial is where you can find them. From when this channel was created to this day, these guys have had more than 21 billion viewers. They have enjoyed more than 36 k uploads, and are now worth close to $66 million from their subscribers and viewership base.
15 SAB TV
Seating as one of the most popular channels of all time is SAB TV. They have a total of 21.4 billion YouTube viewers so far. Here is where you can find soap operas and comedy shows. SAB TV happens to be an Indian channel, and Sony pictures are the ones managing it. They are worth about $2 billion.
14 Ryan Higa
This amazing Ryan Higa has been a YouTuber since 2006. He has been able to upload about 390 video pieces, and presently has over 4 billion views and 21 million subscribers. He’s got two YouTube channels, while his net worth is in the region of $2 million.
13 Ali-A
Ali-A is one person that has made a name for himself on YouTube. What he does is quite different in that he is into doing commentary for video games. Besides playing video games and commenting on them, he is known for his python programming skills. His large number of viewers is what has accounted for his annual net worth of about $6M.
12 James Charles
We cannot discuss the best YouTubers for this year and not talk about James Charles and his amazing YouTube channel. His make-up channel has done pretty well in attracting up to 16 million subscribers. He was CoverGirl’s ambassador as of 2016. He has been able to gross about 12 million dollars from operating his YouTube channel alone. James Charles has a lot of views on YouTube and has remained a favorite for many ladies in recent times.
11 Logan Paul
This remarkable internet personality has been trending on Vine before he popped up on YouTube. Logan Paul was the tenth biggest name on the site before its unfortunate shutdown. That was when he thought it necessary to make the switch to YouTube and create his channel. He has a total of almost 20 million subscribers on both of his channels. While Paul has been known to dabble into other things besides his social media exploits, he has managed a net worth of almost 15 million dollars.
10 Jake Paul
Don’t bother trying to figure this one out; let me help you out. Jake Paul is Logan’s younger brother, and he has equally been on Vine before coming to YouTube. Just like his elder brother, he was quite successful on Vine too. He loves to get his viewers intrigued by his various stunts. His many subscribers have made sure that he enjoys a net worth of about 8 million dollars. Jake Paul is a name that will always remain on the minds of his viewers.
9 Markiplier
A YouTube channel that is only concerned about let’s play challenge, Markiplier has cut out an unusual niche for himself, and he seems to be doing pretty well in it. Often, what the channel focuses on is all about horror video games and how you can survive your play. By June, he has got a viewership base of over 11 billion viewers, and a subscriber base of about 24 million. He has been able to gather for himself about 10 million dollars’ worth of wealth.
8 Tana Mongeau
The large number of people following Tana Mongeau on her YouTube channel and other social media channels is just amazing. While much of her success has come from doing storytime videos, she has equally excelled greatly based on a recent video she made. The video may have earned her a good number of views, but it did bring about some serious back clash from her viewers as well. That led her to upload another for apologizing to her fans, which ended up raking her almost 3 billion views. She has been a faithful part of the Tana Turns 21 Reality TV show. She earns as much $560000 per year on YouTube alone. She is worth about $1 million.
7 Ninja
The name behind the success of Ninja on YouTube is Richard Tyler Blevins. He has been popular on some social media platforms before he migrated to YouTube. He poses as a professional video game player on his channel. Yes, that is all he does. He is known to earn as much as $500,000 in a month streaming his adventures on Fortnite. Richard Tyler Blevins may not be the richest YouTuber, but he is doing pretty fine with his net worth of about six million dollars.
6 Anthony Padilla
Anthony Padilla hit the limelight after he developed his website. And they tried making flash animations together on the site, him and his friend. As such, they created a channel on YouTube. It didn’t take long for their channel to be liked by all and sundry. With a record of about 8 billion viewership and a subscriber base of about 24 million, you want to say these guys are not doing badly. He is worth about 8 million dollars.
5 Lilly Singh
Her YouTube channel was brought to life in 2010. Lilly Singh had always believed in herself and thought she was capable of doing whatever she wanted. That belief and self-will were later going to earn her much followership. Her channel was just a hot spot for celebrity and everything you needed to know about her culture. She has been gifted with 14 million subscribers and 3 billion views. She has got 9 million dollars to show for as her net worth.
4 Rosanna Pansino
This name has been known to YouTubers since 2013. All she does on her YouTube channel is cook, cook, and cook! This is by no means an ordinary YouTube channel as it had worn her several awards. Rosanna Pansino has been involved in some acting capacities as well. But she has been successful in her YouTube work, and it had accounted for her 9 million dollar net worth.
3 Jenna Marbles
Are you ready to find about Jenna Nicole Mourey? She is a YouTuber, vlogger, actress, and comedian. She has had several videos since she came on, but there was one remarkable video that shot her to the limelight. It earned her over 36M views. She is worth about $2.5M.
2 Roman Atwood
Roman Atwood has made a name for himself with plenty of prank videos on his YouTube channel. He uses this channel to promote some of his stunts. He appears to be doing pretty well on all his channels currently. He is worth about $10M.
1 Felix Kjellberg
We have saved the best for the last. The Swedish YouTuber is one that has rocked the YouTube database to a large extent. PewDiePie has several comedy videos for his audience. He has a net worth of about 60 million dollars for his hard work.
