The 10 Richest YouTubers Of 2022
The Richest YouTubers Of 2022
1. Jeffreestar (Jeffree Star)
Jeffree Star is currently the richest YouTuber in the world with more than 16.2 Million subscribers on the platform. Apart from YouTube, Jeffree also has a Cosmetics line that earns him more than $100 million every year. He also had a music career earlier and joined YouTube to promote that only.
Before becoming a full-time YouTuber, Jeffree used to do multiple make-up and modeling jobs. He also joined Myspace where he blogged about life, beauty, fame, and gained a massive audience.
Jeffree Star posted his first YouTube video in 2009, and now he has 412 videos on the channel. During this time, he has earned it all. In 2018 only, he earned $18 million from YouTube only.
- Earnings in 2020: $15 Million
- Net Worth: $200 Million
2. Dude Perfect
Dude Perfect comprises Cory Cotton, Coby Cotton, Cody Jones, Tyler Toney, and Garrett Hilbert. All of them are former college roommates who studied at Texas A&M. They started the YouTube channel in 2009 and started posting stunts and trick shots. They also used to have healthy games and contests amongst each other.
The first video was about trick-shots performed at Tyler Toney’s ranch. After that, they also filmed a video Sky Ranch and sponsored a child for Compassion International for every 100,000 views the video had.
Fast-forward to 2021, Dude Perfect now has over 56.9 Million subscribers and 277 videos on their YouTube channel. When their videos started going viral, ESPN contacted them and featured their videos. They now have countless collaborations and endorsements to add to their earnings.
- Earnings in 2020: $23 Million
- Net Worth: $50 Million
3. PewDiePie (Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg)
PewDiePie is a Swedish YouTube who might also be the most popular YouTuber in the world with over 111 Million subscribers. He also has 4,458 videos on his channel where he plays games, reacts to other videos, roasts people, and provides hilarious reactions.
Before joining YouTube, Pewd sold Photoshop art, worked as a harbor captain, and on a hot dog stand. His high school interests were art and gaming. After earning enough, he bought a computer, started playing games, and posted the gameplay on YouTube.
Back then, there weren’t many big gaming channels. This helped PewDiePie rule the platform with his videos, and he gained 5 Million subscribers by 2012 only. In 2018, PewDiePie got into a rivalry with T-Series, which is an Indian Music Studio.
Although T-Series dethroned him as the most subscribed channel on YouTube, Pewd’s popularity skyrocketed through the roof, and he is still the most subscribed individual channel on the platform.
- Earnings in 2020: $24 Million
- Net Worth: $40 Million
4. DanTDM (Daniel Middleton)
DanTDM’s YouTube channel was earlier known as TheDiamondMinecart which he started in 2012. On this channel, he primarily played Minecraft. He also holds the Guinness World Record for most views for a dedicated Minecraft video channel.
Before this, he used to play Pokemon and CS: GO in 2009. He renamed the channel DanTDM in 2016. He also wrote a book named Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal in the same year which became the New York Times Best Seller for hardcover graphic books for almost three months.
DanTDM has also starred in a web series called Creates a Big Scene which premiered on YouTube Red. He currently has 25.7 Million subscribers and 3,547 videos on his channel.
- Earnings in 2020: $18 Million
- Net Worth: $35 Million
5. Ryan Kaji (YT Channel: Ryan’s World)
Ryan’s World is probably the most popular YouTube channel among kids. The channel features videos of Ryan Kaji reviewing toys, DIY science experiences, and completing various channels. Ryan’s mom had quit his full-time job to work on this channel. Earlier, it was called Ryan ToysReview but they later renamed it.
The family currently runs nine YouTube channels. They also have Spanish and Japanese channels. Most of the toys Ryan reviews are donated to charity, friends, and family. Ryan’s World also has a branded clothing and toys line which is also named “Ryan’s World.”
This line was launched in 2018 exclusive to Walmart and has made over $250 million only in 2020. It is now available in other stores as well. Apart from this, Ryan also has a deal with Amazon, and Nickelodeon for a television series.
- Earnings in 2020: $29.5 Million
- Net Worth: $32 Million
6. Markiplier (Mark Edward Fischbach)
Markiplier has a YouTube channel with 30.5 million subscribers and 3,060 videos where he posts comedy sketches and video game commentary. He joined YouTube in 2012 and started doing sketch comedy where he played every character in the sketch. This is how he got the name which is a mix between Mark and Multiplier.
After that, YouTube banned his Adsense account, and he had to create another channel called MarkiplierGAME where he focused on Let’s Play videos. By 2018, he gained more than 20 million subscribers on this channel.
He also created another channel called Unus Annus with Ethan Nestor in 2019 that they deleted after a year. Markiplier also has a massively successful podcast called “Distractible.”
- Earnings in 2020: $19.5 Million
- Net Worth: $28 Million
7. Ninja (Richard Tyler Blevins)
Ninja is a full-time YouTube star who is also known as a pro-gamer. He never graduated from high school, and never went to college. Instead, he started playing Halo 3 professional and started streaming it.
He had played for Cloud9, Team Liquid, Renegades, and Luminosity Gaming. He also used to play PUBG and Fortnite on Twitch. Currently, Ninja has over 23.9 million subscribers and 1,5303 videos.
Apart from YouTube, Ninja also streams on Twitch and is a Facebook Gaming partner. He also joined Mixer and left Twitch in 2018 but then Mixer shut down in 2020, and Ninja returned.
- Earnings in 2020:
- Net Worth: $25 Million
8. Logan Paul
Logan Paul is the elder of the Paul brothers duo and has 23.2 million subscribers, and 721 videos on his channel. He started making YouTube videos when he was ten years old for a channel called Zoosh. In 2013, he started his own channel, and also started posting on “Vine.”
He was the most popular creator on Vine in 2015. Now, Logan Paul has also started participating in boxing matches. He fought against KSI, whom you’ll meet down this list. He also had the infamous boxing match against Floyd Mayweather in 2021 where he bagged approximately $10 million.
Logan Paul also acts in various TV shows and writes the screenplay. He regularly appears at boxing, MMA shows, and also appeared on WWE Wrestlemania 37.
- Earnings in 2020: $16 Million
- Net Worth: $25 Million
9. Mr. Beast (Jimmy Donaldson)
Mr. Beast might be the most generous YouTube creator who regularly holds real giveaways, and donates a major portion of his earnings. He started posting videos on YouTube when he was 13 years old that were about other YouTube stars’ wealth and gameplays.
He has now become a philanthropist and regularly does challenger videos that give away thousands of dollars in donations. Recently, Mr.Beast posted a video based on the popular Netflix series Squid Game which tool $3.5 million to create, and he gave away the cash prize of $623,000 to the winner.
Mr.Beast currently has 85 million subscribers and he has posted 716 videos. He also has a gaming channel that gained 10 million subs in the first year only. He had also hired his friends to help him run the channel.
- Earnings in 2020: $24 Million
- Net Worth: $25 Million
10. Rhett & Link (James McLaughlin & Charles Lincoln)
The Rhett & Link YouTube channel with over 4.99 million subscribers and 342 videos. James and Charles dub themselves as “Internetainers” and are massively popular for creating and posting the YouTube series “Good Mythical Morning.”
This series got the name from a day when Rhett and Link were caught writing swear words on their desks, and there weren’t allowed to go to recess and had to stay inside. They were given coloring books that had mythical creatures in them.
James and Charles met in the first grade in an elementary school in North Carolina. They also made a documentary about this meeting and named it “Looking for Ms. Locklear.” Currently, they have five YouTube channels, and also own “Smosh.”
- Earnings in 2020: $20 Million
- Net Worth: $24 Million
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