How much do YouTube stars earn? Young millionaires in the Forbes ranking

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Forbes journalists ranked the most popular YouTube video bloggers, using as a criterion the income of a blogger for the year. The rating turned out to be quite interesting, although there are practically no surprises. Most of the participants in the ranking are under 30 years old, the majority of income consists of advertising revenues, sponsors and media advertising. There are direct payments if a blogger advertises a product or service in his video.

In the first place is Pewdiepie , with its video reviews of passing games. Gamer earned this year already $ 12 million.

Another gamer, KSI , earned $ 4.5 million. In spite of the fact that video gaming earns well, there are representatives of other fields among the leaders.
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Comedians Smosh and Fine Brothers earned $ 8.5 million each.

The violinist Lindsey Stirling earned about $ 6 million this year.

Michelle Phan may not be as active as before, but still managed to get $ 3 million this year.

Rosanna Pansino completes the rating with an income of $ 2.5 million. The girl is engaged in cooking, and she demonstrates her recipes with a demonstration of cooking to viewers on YouTube, and the audience of the self-taught cooker is gradually expanding.

The YouTube service was launched about 10 years ago, and its main mission was positioned as “quick and easy access to video, with the possibility of posting your own video”. Now you can add the opportunity for young talents to receive millions of dollars.