It's easy to tell why YouTube (or, YouTubing) is the new American Dream of today. In real life, making as much as $500k, let alone a million bucks, while pursuing your typical 9-5 job is no joke. You will have to toil hard, maybe get an extra job on the side, and accept to live like a monk!
But, for a YouTuber who probably owns a camera, a microphone, a powerful internet connection, and, of course, thousands of subscribers, making double or ten times that amount is nothing hard. And that's why folks, in droves, are quitting their jobs to get rich and famous the YouTube way.
In fact, Forbes' 2018 list of YouTube's top-earning stars, couldn't have painted a clearer picture. Hundreds of individuals or perhaps more, some of them posting videos with nothing of substance literally, rack in millions every year!
PewDiePie, the 27-year-old Swedish Vlogger, reportedly earns well over $15.5 million a year, despite being quite controversial. Jacksepticeye, another famous, 28-year-old Irish YouTuber takes home over $16 million a year. Roman Atwood, the world-famous comedian, prankster, and YouTuber, for example, made over $12 million from YouTube in 2018, thanks to the channel's millions of subscribers.
Logan Paul also makes a vast fortune, despite this eviction from the prestigious Google Preferred program as the tidings of his brother, Jake Paul, kept rising. Of course, Ryan ToysReview is still the most paid YouTuber right now. Other famous individuals who make more on YouTube than anyone else include America's Markiplier, VanossGaming