Forbes 2015: The Highest Paid YouTube Stars of 2015

The highest paid YouTube stars they are a relatively young category of celebrities, but they are quickly climbing the ranks of the highest earners. Today, their earnings are measured in millions, which is not surprising considering that YouTube is the third most visited website after Google and Facebook. The king of YouTube according to the calculation of Forbes magazine in 2015 it remains Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg. Who will you say? Perhaps the 25-year-old Swede is better known to you as PewDiePie, who became famous with videos of humorous and hysterical commentary on video games. Today, his channel has almost 40 million followers, and in the last year he has made quite a bit of money 12 million US dollars, most of it from ads. He is also the first in the list of the 12 most influential people in the digital world #Famechanger, produced by Variety magazine.

The duo shares the second place on the first ever list of the highest paid YouTube stars Smosh (via 21 million followers)- Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla- and Fine Brothers (over 13 million followers - Benny and Rafi Fine - who each earned a 8.5 million. A musician (violinist, dancer and composer) is among those who got rich from YouTube. Lindsey Stirling, which with 6 million earnings in 2015 took third place (11 on the #Famechanger ranking).

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And how much did you have to earn to break into the list of the top 10 YouTube earners who have earned a combined income in the last year 54.5 million US dollars? 2.5 million.

The highest paid YouTube stars of 2015 are…

8th place (place sharing):

Lilly Singh (aka IISuperwomanII), Roman Atwood and Rosanna Pansino: US$2.5 million

7th place:

Michelle Phan: US$3 million

5th place (place sharing):

Rhett & Link and KSI: US$4.5 million

4th place:

Lindsey Stirling: US$6 million

2nd place (place sharing):

Smosh and Fine Brothers: US$8.5 million

1st place:

PewDiePie: US$12 million