Ryan Kaji
These are the top earners on YouTube
Ryan Kaji (center) can hold the title of best-earning YouTuber.
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A "Forbes" list shows which YouTubers earn the most on the video platform. A nine-year-old is ahead.
Ryan Kaji (9) earned more than any other YouTuber last year. According to a list by the business magazine "Forbes", the boy from the US state of Texas is said to have made around 29.5 million dollars (about 24 million euros) with his channel "Ryan's World" this year. The channel is followed by around 27 million subscribers.
Kaji, who rates toys on his channel, began his YouTube career in March 2015. Later, he mainly made scientific experiments and published explanatory videos, in which his parents often support him. He now has his own shows on Nickelodeon and Amazon Kids Plus. In 2018 he moved up to the first "Forbes" rank with an income of 22 million US dollars, which he maintained in 2019 with an increase in income to 26 million US dollars.
Kaji is followed in this year's ranking by Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast (around 19.6 million euros), Dude Perfect (18.8 million euros), Rhett & Link (16 million euros), Mark Fischbach aka Markiplier (15.9 million euros), Preston Arsement (15.5 million euros), six-year-old Anastasia Radzinskaya aka Nastya (15 million euros), Stevin John aka Blippi (13.8 million euros), David Dobrik (12.6 million euros) and make-up artist Jeffree Star (12 million euros).