Top 10 Highest Earning YouTubers in 2024

These YouTubers have showed how you can fill your bag with millions of dollars through content creation on YouTube


Top 10 Highest Earning YouTubers in 2024

YouTube has become the highest-earning content creation platform in the last decade. Many YouTubers are generating tonnes of cash from the platform, encouraging many people to pursue content creation on YouTube as a serious profession.

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The great thing about these YouTubers is that they are on very different spectra of content creation proving that this profession is not confined to just one type of genre.

1. Jay Jeon

Although this YouTube personality keeps himself shrouded, Jay Jeon holds one of the most successful YouTube channels in the world called CocoMelon. The YouTube channel has helped him generate more than $300 million.

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Jay Jeon (Image via Variety)

His YouTube channel is basically dedicated to children’s entertainment videos that have crossed more than a billion-lifetime views. As of 2024, Jay Jeon’s net worth is estimated to be $460 million.

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2. Jeffree Star

Jeffree Star is one of the richest YouTubers in the world with more than 16.2 million subscribers on the platform. He also has a cosmetics line that earns him more than $100 million every year. He also had a music career earlier and joined the platform to promote that only.

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Jeffree Star (Image via The US Sun)

3. Ryan Kaji

Ryan Kaji probably had the highest-earning channel a few years ago and also the most popular channel among kids. His videos feature him playing and reviewing toys, DIY science experiences, and completing various channels.

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Ryan Kanji (Image via YouTube)

His mom manages this YouTube channel and had to quit her full-time job to do YouTube. His net worth is estimated to be $100 million.

4. MrBeast

There is hardly any web-head in this world that doesn’t know about Jimmy ‘MrBeast’ Donaldson. He is one of the most popular YouTubers on this list, prominent for creating out-of-the-box content.

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Apart from his YouTube channel which holds more than 200 million subscribers, he has other business ventures too such as Feastables. He is currently on a mission to lag behind T-Series to take the top spot of the most subscribed YouTube channel.

5. Logan Paul

Logan Paul is among the OG YouTubers on YouTube and started his career by making vines and vlogging. He also started his podcast, Impaulsive which is till day is a major hit. Later on, the YouTuber showed his interest in the world of boxing and also bagged a contract from the TKO-owned WWE.

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He has been balancing his combat sport and podcaster persona with ease. Logan Paul is currently the United States Champion in WWE.

6. Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins

Richard Blevins, Ninja is a full-time YouTube star known primarily for his over-the-top Fortnite player. He never graduated from college, or high school and instead focused on playing and streaming games on Twitch professionally.

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Ninja (Image via ESPN)

The Blue-haired demon grew in popularity in 2017-18 and his hype is not stopping now. He usually collaborates with streamers like TimTheTateman and Dr DisRespect and these collab streams are just a treat to watch.

7. PewDiePie

Felix Kjellberg is a Swedish YouTuber who is also the most popular YouTuber in the world for being the most subscribed independent channel on the platform. He also has 4.7k videos on his channel where he plays games, reacts to other videos, roasts people, and provides hilarious reactions.

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In mid-2023, PewDiePiew revealed that his YouTube career would be taking a backseat after he welcomed his son. However, in 2024, Felix uploads wholesome vlogs with his small and beautiful family.

8. Markiplier

Mark Edward Fischbach is a 33-year-old YouTuber who recently joked about starting his OnlyFans account. He makes miscellaneous content on YouTube, ranging from reacting to interactive movies to playing survival horror games, and he keeps his audience hooked throughout his videos.

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9. DanTDM

DanTDM’s YouTube channel was earlier known as TheDiamondMinecraft which he started in 2012. On this channel, he primarily played Minecraft and also holds the Guinness World Record for most views for a dedicated Minecraft video channel.

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10. Jake Paul

Logan Paul’s brother, Jake Paul is doing wonders both in the boxing arena as well as YouTube. Even though his career on YouTube is on a side burner, he has still made millions of dollars from Google’s platform.

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Jake Paul (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

He has been hell-bent on proving himself as the best boxer of this time. Jake Paul will be going against the legend, Mike Tyson to prove what he is made of. ‘

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