10. Hank Green
To start with the list, we have William Henry “Hank” Green II. This 36yrs old guy is not just a youtuber but an entrepreneur, educator, musician, vlogger and producer from America. At present he has millions of viewer for his wide range of youtube channels. Presently his wealth is estimated to be $2 Million.
He started his youtube channel Vlogbrothers in 2007 by posting video of project Brotherhood 2.0. Later, they came up with other channels like Crash Course- featuring educational course videos based on high school syllabus, Scishow- feature videos on scientific field like chemistry, biology and physics with experts. Apart from educational videos, they have fun videos also like GameswithHank. Green has also co-created world’s biggest video conference online, with John Green, his brother. The duo is also involved in charity work as they started a project called “Project Awesome”, from which they raised a record amount of $1,546,384 in the year 2015.
Channel Name : vlogbrothers
Subscribers : 2.9m
Net Worth : $2 Million
9.Lilly Singh
The next on the list we have Lilly Singh, known by her youtube name IISuperwomanII and she also happens to be my personal favorite on the list. Lilly is of Indo-Canadian origin and was raised in Toronto. She is an actress, comedian, vlogger, youtube personality and a rapper. She currently lives in California to pursue her career. Her wealth is estimated to be $2.5 Million.
She started her youtube channel in the year 2010 as way to express her feelings and overcome her depression. Lilly is known for her funny and highly energetic videos based on the Sikh culture, on current issues, she plays role of her own parents etc. and one of the most popular video is “How Gilrs Get Ready”. She has tried her hands on acting and as a rapper also. She has won awards like MTV Fandom Award and Streamy Award in 2015. Lilly was on No#8 on Forbes lists of “World’s Top Earning YouTube Stars of 2015”.
Channel Name : IISuperwomanII
Subscribers : 9.8m
Net Worth : $2.5 Million
She started her youtube channel in the year 2010 as way to express her feelings and overcome her depression. Lilly is known for her funny and highly energetic videos based on the Sikh culture, on current issues, she plays role of her own parents etc. and one of the most popular video is “How Gilrs Get Ready”. She has tried her hands on acting and as a rapper also. She has won awards like MTV Fandom Award and Streamy Award in 2015. Lilly was on No#8 on Forbes lists of “World’s Top Earning YouTube Stars of 2015”.
Channel Name : IISuperwomanII
Subscribers : 9.8m
Net Worth : $2.5 Million
8. Rosanna Pansino
To Tie with Lilly Singh we have Rosanna Pansino. She is a 31yrs old female known for her baking videos. She is from America and is an actress, YouTube Personality and baker. Her estimated wealth for the year is $2.5 Million.
She started her YouTube channel “Nerdy Nummies” to share her passion for baking with others by teaching them how to cook nerd themed goodies. Although, she wanted to be an actress and had also participated in shows like Parks and Recreation, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and was a finalist in the show Scream Queens on VH’1. She started making videos after being encouraged by her YouTuber friends and to get more comfortable in front of the camera. Presently, she has about 6.9 million subscribers and get about 75 million views every month.
Channel Name : Rosanna Pansino
Subscribers : 7m
Net Worth : $2.5 Million
7. Jenna Marbles
Next up we have Jenna Nicole Mourey, better known as Jenna Marbles, is an actress, YouTube Personality, vlogger and comedian from America. According to a survey in May 2016, she had about 16 million subscribers, making her No#7 on the list of most subscribed channels on YouTube. Her wealth is estimated to be $2.9 million.
Her story is a perfect example of rags to riches story. Before she became a successful YouTuber, she used to work as a bartender, at a salon, blogging and dancing at the nightclubs for paying her rent. Her first video “How To Trick People Into Thinking You’re Good Looking” in the year 2010, which received over 5.3 million views in the very first week. Her next video “How To Avoid Talking To People You Don’t Want To Talk To” was a massive hit with over 35 million views and ABC news and The New York Times writing articles about it. She is also into acting and has appeared in Epic Rap Battles of History, The Annoying Orange, Wrecking Ball, Ridiculousness and Smosh: The Movie.
Channel Name : JennaMarbles
Subscribers : 16.5m
Net Worth : $2.9 Million
6. Roman Atwood
Born on 28th May, 1983, Roman Bernard Atwood is a YouTube personality, vlogger and comedian. He is known for his prank videos and has over 9.5 million subscribers and 1.35 billion views. His estimated wealth is about $4.5 Million.
Roman was interested in filming since his high school days and was involved in several commercials and filming projects. Later, he decided to follow his passion for comedy and started his YouTube channel “Sketch Empire”. In 2016, he produced a movie called “Natural Born Prankster” which wasn’t appreciated that much and 43% score on Rotten Tomatoes. He is usually criticized for his videos for staging prank ideas in people. He also has his own line of merchandise named “The Smile More Store”, selling hoodies, bracelets, T-shirts and other things.
Channel Name : RomanAtwood
Subscribers : 9.6m
Net Worth : $4.5 Million
5. Grace Helbig
She is a comedian, actress, YouTube personality, author and producer from America. Grace is creator of “it’sGrace”, her YouTube channel. Her genre is comedy and has over 3 million subscribers and gets 222million views. Grace’s estimated wealth is $5 million.
She started her vlogging to kill her boredom and entertain herself. She vlogged about her experiences sitting at home. From 2008-2013, she was a host to the show DailyGrace, on channel My Damn Channel, created by her. Later she had a list of channels featuring different videos. Apart from being a YouTuber, she is has appeared in various commercials, Talk shows and television shows and as an author she has Grace’s Guide: The Art of Pretending to be a Grown up for Millennials. The book was at No#1 spot on The New York Times Best Seller Advice, How- To and Miscellaneous list.
Channel Name : Grace Helbig
Subscribers : 3m
Net Worth : $5 Million
4. Markiplier
Mark Edward Fischban, from Hawaii is a YouTube personality. Born on 28th June, 1989, Mark presently lives in California and has about 14 million subscribers and 5 billion views. His present wealth is estimated to be $5.1 Million.
He is mainly known for his videos where play games like Five Nights at Freddy’s, Garry’s Mod, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Happy Wheels etc. and comment along with it. He is known for yelling, cursing, crying and screaming during the game. He created his first channel “Markiplier” on 26th May, 2012, which was banned by YouTube and then he created his present channel “MarkiplierGAME”. He has this ability to always surprise his viewers and often leave wondering. Recently, he discontinued uploading videos from Sept. 17- Oct. 5 2015, due to death of his friend. But as soon as he returned, the channel crossed 10 million subscribers. Mark is also actively involved in charity work.
Channel Name : Markiplier
Subscribers : 14.4m
Net Worth : $5.1 Million
3. Smosh
This duo of Daniel Anthony Padilla and Ian Andrew Hecox has come a long way from 2011. They started with revenue of just $133,000 and with about 3 million subscribers. Presently, they have about 22 million subscribers, with a total worth of $11.8 million.
The franchise started when Daniel developed the website smosh.com in 2012 and use to make Flash animations. Ian joined Daniel later on. Together they started their YouTube channel in 2005 with the duo lip synching songs to Power rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Mortal Kombat. They were raised to fame with their video “Pokémon Theme Music Video” which was viewed 24 million times in its lifetime. Since then they have expanded a lot and have been uploading short skits, gaming videos etc. under channels including Smosh, Smosh Games, Smosh 2nd Channel, EISmosh, Kalel, Shut up! Cartoon, AnthonyPadilla and many more.
Channel Name : Smosh
Subscribers : 22.4m
Net Worth : $11.8 Million
2. Pewdiepie
His real name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg. He is a video producer and comedian from Sweden and is known for his videos with commentary while playing and vlogs. Presently, he has 47 million subscribers with about 13 billion viewers. The net worth of PewDiePie is estimated to be $18 million.
He joined YouTube in 2010 and dropped out to focus on YouTube channel. His parents were not in favor of him leaving college and do something like this so; he started working at a hot dog shop to finance his videos. His videos gained popularity very soon and crossed the mark of 1 million subscribers. In 2013, his channel was one of the most subscribed and he was also on Forbes list of The World’s 100 Most Influential People.
Channel Name : PewDiePie
Subscribers : 48m
Net Worth : $18 Million
1. Michelle Phan
To top the list we have Michelle Phan, a YouTube personality, make-up demonstrator and entrepreneur. She is the richest YouTuber on the list with an estimated wealth of $50 million.
She use to write personal blogs, where she use to write about different makeup techniques and received request for elaborate instructions. Michelle started uploading vlogs on Xanga in 2007 and eventually shifted to Youtube. Her tutorial on “How To Get Lady Gaga’s Eyes” in 2009 and 2010 raised her to fame and got her million subscribers.
Channel Name : Michelle Phan
Subscribers : 8.7m
Net Worth : $50 Million
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