Top 10 Richest YouTubers 2024

You and I are sure we have one thing in common when watching YouTube videos, we skip the ads and jump straight in watching the video. Think about it, have you ever wondered whoever took time and made that video for you deserve to be paid? The input of work he or she put in for you?

Well, I am not here to tell you how to watch those videos on YouTube, but just take a moment and think about it. Google owns YouTube, and it takes 45% of the advertiser’s money as the video creator gets 55% of every dollar paid by the advertisers.

So for those who love skipping ads, you definitely deny the content creator some revenue for his work.

But there those content creators out there who have made it with YouTube making millions of dollars.

Here is a list of the world’s richest YouTubers in the world as of December 2024.

1. Jeffree Star – $50 million net worth

Jeffree StarYouTube Channel’s name is Jeffree Star. He is a makeup artist and, over the years, has grown to become so successful. He owns a makeup line known as Jeffree Star Cosmetics; this company was promoted on his YouTube channel.

In 2018 alone, he is said to have made a whopping $18 million from his YouTube Channel. Apart from YouTube, he is also a songwriter, Makeup artist, DJ, and Internet Celebrity Model. Jeffree Star is the richest YouTuber with a net worth of approximately $50 million as of December 2024. He posts videos reviewing Makeup products. He has 17.6 million subscribers on his channel. He makes a monthly income of around $7.3k – $117k.

2. DanTDM – $30 million net worth

lovers of gaming online are familiar with Daniel Robert Middleton; he is a YouTuber and Professional gamer who is of British descent. He is popular for video games like Minecraft, Pokémon, and Roblox. His YouTube channel has been ranked among the top in the United Kingdom, and in 2015 he was listed as the most popular YouTuber basing on viewership.

DanTDM worth $30 million as of December 2024. Having started his channel in 2013, he has gained over 22.5 million followers. He has also starred in his own series known as YouTube Red; apart from YouTube, he also has published a graphic novel which was listed among the New York Best Seller.

3. PewDiePie – $30 million net worth

Arvid Ulf Kjellberg is his real name, having gained popularity in gaming content creation over the years. His channel has held the title of being the most-subscribed Channel for more than five years, that is from 2013 to 2019. He is of Swedish nationality. He posts action video games and horror when he started, but with time his style of content creation shifted to Vlogs, formatted shows, music videos, and comedy shorts.

Due to his popularity, he was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people. PewDiePie estimated to be worth approximately $30 million as of December 2024. He has a whopping 103 million subscribers on YouTube. His posts in total have been viewed over 24.9 billion times; the name of his YouTube channel is PewDiePie.

He is estimated to earn around $69.6k-$1.1 million monthly. He has been ranked as the 4th in terms of the number of subscribers. Over the years, he has become very successful and now has a clothing line. In 2020, he announced that he would step away from following some allegations, and this has dramatically impacted his income, which seems to be declining.

4. Markiplier – $24 million net worth

being among the most lucrative niche that content creators have used to make money on YouTube. Mark Edward Fischbach is among the gaming You Tubers; he is popular for his hilarious Video Games Playthroughs on YouTube. Having started in 2012, he has amassed a massive following on Instagram of around 25 million subscribers.

His unique style is what has attracted this massive following; his videogame commentary involves cursing, yelling, and screaming. Mark has also appeared on several shows as a voice actor. His YouTube Videos have around 12.5 billion views in total. He is estimated to have a net worth of around $24 million as of December 2024. His monthly earnings are estimated to be around $40,000-$600,000. This is how he has earned his wealth over the years.

5. Ryan Kaji – $26 million net worth

Kaji is one of the young- richest You Tubers. Amazing how one can be so rich at such a young age. He kick-started his YouTube career at the age of four where he starred in videos in his own YouTube channel, the channel was known as Ryan Toys where he reviewed toys.

His videos also featured his parents and sister. Later the channel was renamed to Ryan world. He has evolved and grown over the years and now owns a Toy-line, App, and TV. The video that has the most views is “Huge Eggs Surprise Toys Challenge,” which attracted 1.3 billion viewers on YouTube.

He is estimated to have a net worth of around $22 million as of December 2024. In 2019 alone, he was estimated to earn a whopping $26 million in a single year. He is ranked as the highest earners on the 2019 Forbes list, two years in a row. He has around 22.5 million YouTube Subscribers.

6. Dude Perfect – $20 million net worth

is made of Corry and Cobby Cotton, who are twins, Garret Hilbert, Cody Jones, and Tyler Toney. All of them were roommates in college, and they attended Texas A&M University. Their YouTube channel is the second most subscribed sports channel on YouTube.

Their videos are of themselves depicting some trick shots like bottle flipping. They sometimes upload videos battling among themselves, guided by a set of rules. Their videos revolve around six classifications, which are Tricks hots, Stereotypes, Battles, Overtime, Bucket list, and Games with consequences. Their most famous is Trick shots.

Dude Perfect is estimated to be worth approximately $20 million as of December 2024, with over 49 million subscribers on YouTube. Their monthly earnings from YouTube is estimated to be around $636k-848k. They have an approximation of 10.2 billion views on their posts on YouTube. Since their onset, they have grown and have launched their mobile app, television show, and draft.

7. VanossGaming – $20 million net worth

Fong, who is also known as “VanossGaming” is a Canadian YouTube video game commentator, his montage-style videos on YouTube has attracted a lot of fans. He posts videos that feature himself playing with other creators. His style of videos is between montage and compilation.

The simplicity in which he exhibits in his game unique and has often been described as a group of friends laughing, chatting, and making jokes.  His content has earned him nominations for awards like Shorty Award under the category of Tech and Innovation. He created his YouTube channel on 15 September 2011.

YouTube Channel has a total of 11 billion video views on all his posts. The channel has approximately 24.8 million subscribers ranking as the 63rd most subscribed channel on YouTube as of 2019. He is estimated to have a net worth $20 million as of December 2024; his monthly income is estimated to be between $27.1k-433k.

8. Logan Paul – $20 million net worth

Video creation is also another way that has gained fame over the years. YouTubers use this to express their opinions on a particular subject matter. Logan Paul is famous for his Impulsive podcast in November 2018. Although, he started creating content first on the vine where he posted sketches, the closure of Vine saw the birth of Paul YouTube channel in August 2015, which gained momentum overtime and became his most subscribed channel ever online. Paul is also an actor and has been featured in a few shows like Law & Order.

His YouTube channel has over 20 million subscribers and a total of approximately 4.8 billion views. It ranked the 54th subscribed channel in the USA and gave Paul a spot among the 140 subscribed channels on YouTube. Logan Paul has a Net Worth of $20 million as of December 2024; his monthly income is estimated to be within $25.6k-$409k. This is how Logan Alexander Paul has gained his wealth over the years. Although in 2017 he faced some controversies after he posted a video that had a dead body while filming in Japan, he lost some fans due to this, but still, he ranks among the top.

9. John Green – $17 million net worth

John Green is a renowned author who has, over the years, gained fame by writing best-selling novels like “The Fault in our Stars.” He sees YouTube as a lucrative way to earn money on the side. Green and his brother Hank launched their YouTube channel, which is called” Vlog Brothers,” after which they have launched a lot of programs on YouTube.

Their work on YouTube includes Project for Awesome and Vidcon and others, including Crash Courses, where they post educational courses teaching History, Literature, and Science and others that they have created over the years.

John Green is estimated to have a net worth of approximately $17 million as of December 2024. Their channel the VlogBrothers is estimated to earn an amount of between $676k-$10.8k per month.

10. Lilly Singh – $16 million net worth

Known by his star name “Superwoman,” Lilly Singh is a big-time YouTube Content creator. She created her YouTube channel in October 2010 under her pseudonym superwoman, the idea for this name as explained by Lily is due to her childhood idea that she believed she could do anything. She then started a second channel called SuperwomanVlogs, which is now referred to as Lilly Singh Vlogs. The Vlogs posts included the chronicles of her daily activities. The other channel she used to post videos until 2014 then converted it to daily Vlogs.

Lilly Singh Net Worth is estimated to be $16 million as of December 2024 with a monthly income of approximately $4k-$64.6k. She has 14.9 million subscribers on her YouTube Channel. Apart from YouTube, she is also a Television host and Writer. In 2019, she was nominated by the 9th Streamy Awards.  Lilly has featured in Films like Bad Moms, Dr. Cabbie, to say a couple of.

In Conclusion

Content creation on YouTube can pay really well if you have the subscribers, and your videos are fantastic to watch. You just need a few items in terms of quality camera, microphone, a computer and that’s it you’re good to go.