YouTube's best paid stars revealed - with creator, 23, who made £39m in 2021 topping the list

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YouTube's best paid stars revealed - with creator, 23, who made £39m in 2021 topping the list

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Highest Paid YouTube Stars List Revealed

The list of the highest-paid YouTubestars of the year has been released, and it's an eclectic mix of high-profile content creators. YouTube has been a driving force of Internet content since its creation in 2005, outliving many of its web contemporaries. For instance, the social media platforms Friendster and Myspace were created just two years earlier and are now completely defunct. While several video-sharing platforms have attempted to steal …

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YouTube's best paid stars revealed - with creator, 23, who made £39m in 2021 topping the list

The platform is increasingly lucrative for content creators, with the best paid stars collectively earning £219m last year, up from 40% a year earlier. Two children, aged seven and 10, also made the top 10.

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MrBeast Ranks as Highest-Paid YouTube Star Ever, Earning an Estimated $54 Million in 2021

MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, had a very, very good 2021 — the YouTube maestro pulled down $54 million in gross revenue last year, more than any YouTube creator in history, according to new e…

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The Highest-Paid YouTube Stars: MrBeast, Jake Paul And Markiplier Score Massive Paydays

MrBeast is the new No. 1 with record earnings, and Jake Paul ranks second despite past scandals. Here’s how much these celebs raked in.