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Here's what it pays to be a successful YouTuber


YouTubers are considered new celebrities at their lowest points. Specifically in recent years, most of the platform's celebrity or major figures and users have grown into the writing, singing and acting careers.

Although most consider it a place to be discovered by already-known celebrities, others consider it a platform that consists of people known by millions of people. The platform's most popular users, Felix Kjellberg, holds around 58 million subscribers at this moment, and it is growing extremely quickly.

Some simple math would tell anyone that around 0.8% to 1.0% of the global population follows Felix, known on YouTube as PewDiePie. But it might shock you that the most followed user simply isn't the company's most valuable, with numerous making quite a bit more money than him.

'Net Worths' simply do not tell us accurate numbers of how much these people, dedicated to making it big on social media, make throughout the year. Here's some of the top YouTubers' net worths in comparison to their average yearly salary. This is made possible using a feature add-on to Chrome called 'VID IQ'.

Do note that this only and exclusively includes their man channels. Many YouTubers hold different accounts, like Vlog Channels or Challenge Channels, but this includes their most followed or the one we specifically chose.

Pewdiepie

Yearly Salary: ≈ 3,240,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 58.1 Million

JennaMarbles

Yearly Salary: ≈ 502,800$ USD

YouTube subs: 17.7 Million

Tana Mongeau

Yearly Salary: ≈ 331,200$ USD

YouTube subs: 2.8 Million

Miranda Sings

Yearly Salary: ≈ 434,400$ USD

YouTube subs: 8.3 Million

Gabbie Hanna

Yearly Salary: ≈ 420,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 5.2 Million

Shane Dawson

Yearly Salary: ≈ 2,175,600$ USD

YouTube subs: 11.3 Million

Buzzfeed Video

Yearly Salary: ≈ 4,332,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 13.8 Million

iJustine

Yearly Salary: ≈ 364,800$ USD

YouTube subs: 4.4 Million

EverythingApplePro

Yearly Salary: ≈ 939,600$ USD

YouTube subs: 4.9 Million

The Dolan Twins

Yearly Salary: ≈ 624,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 4.8 Million

Bhad Bhabie

Yearly Salary: ≈ 764,400$ USD

YouTube subs: 2.8 Million

IISuperwomanII

Yearly Salary: ≈ 960,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 12.7 Million

James Charles

Yearly Salary: ≈ 465,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 2.2 Million

JustinBieberVEVO

Yearly Salary: ≈ 3,312,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 32.8 Million

DemiLovatoVEVO

Yearly Salary: ≈ 1,872,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 11.6 Million

Karlee and Conner

Yearly Salary: ≈ 180,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 1.2 Million

Liza Koshy

Yearly Salary: ≈ 1,260,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 12.6 Million

David Dobrik

Yearly Salary: ≈ 1,764,000$ USD

YouTube subs: 5.5 Million

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