The highest paid YouTube stars of 2015 can be compared with the biggest stars of show business with their amounts. YouTube's biggest names make millions. And while YouTube is a veritable breeding ground for people experiencing their five minutes of fame, and even more of them failing to rise above the vast ocean of Internet anonymity, YouTube also has regular stars. Today, we are no longer only talking about film, music and sports stars, but also YouTube stars who make a real fortune with their video storage channel. Check out who are the top earners on YouTube in 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
More information:
forbes.com
variety.com
