According to American Business Magazine, Forbes, 9-year-old Ryaj Kaji was the highest earning YouTube star of 2020. Shocking right? Well, Ryaj made over $29 million from his 12.2 billion views and 41.7 million subscribers. David Dobrick is 9th with $15 million from his 2.7 billion views and 18 million subscribers. 6-year-old Russian, Nastya also among top earners. Describing the methodology behind the list, Forbes defines a YouTube Star as someone whose primary form of digital and media revenue comes from YouTube.
See full list below.
#10 | Jeffree Star



Earnings: $15 million
Views: 600 million
Subscribers: 16.9 million
Content: Fashion, Beauty and Cosmetics
#9 | David Dobrik



Earnings: $15.5 million
Views: 2.7 billion
Subscribers: 18 million
Content: Comedy
#8 | Blippi (Stevin John)



Earnings: $17 million
Views: 8.2 billion
Subscribers: 27.4 million
Content: Kiddies Education, Kiddies
#7 | Nastya (Anastasia Radzinskaya)



Earnings: $18.5 million
Views: 39 billion
Subscribers: 190.6 million
Content: Father and Daughter, Kiddies
#6 | Preston Arsement



Earnings: $19 million
Views: 3.3 billion
Subscribers: 33.4 million
Content: Minecraft and Call of Duty
#5 | Markiplier (Mark Fischbach)



Earnings: $19.5 million
Views: 3.1 billion
Subscribers: 27.8 million
Content: Video Game Reviews, Stunt, Fashion, etc.
#4 | Rhett and Link (Rhett James McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln Neal III)



Earnings: $20 million
Views: 1.9 billion
Subscribers: 41.8 million
Content: Comedy and Nerdy Stuff
#3 | Dude Perfect (Coby Cotton, Cory Cotton, Garret Hilbert, Cody Jones and Tyler Toney)



Earnings: $23 million
Views: 2.77 billion
Subscribers: 57.5 million
Content: Stunts and Games
#2 | Mr. Beast (Jimmy Donaldson)



Earnings: $24 million
Views: 3 billion
Subscribers: 47.8 million
Content: Mix of Stunt and Humour
#1 | Ryan Kaji



Earnings: $29.5 million
Views: 12.2 billion
Subscribers: 41.7 million
Content: Kiddies, Toy reviews and Kiddies stories
Forbes says all earnings estimates and views are from June 1, 2019, to June 1, 2020 and that figures do not account for taxes, as well as agents’, managers, and lawyers’ fees. Also, estimates are based on data from Captiv8, SocialBlade and Pollstar and interviews with experts.
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