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Do you have a go-to YouTube channel that you watch ALL their videos religiously? Turns out being a full-time YouTuber can pay off if you're one of the successful ones and Forbes just revealed its highest-paid YouTubers of 2021!
MrBeast took the top spot this year earning over $54 million last year, which almost doubled what he made in 2020, and if you haven't watched a MrBeast video yet then just know he went MEGA-viral last year for his recreation of Squid Games!
Collectively in 2021, YouTubers earned about $300 million and about half of that came from ad revenue so the next time you see an unskippable ad just know you're helping your favorite YouTuber pay for dinner. Here are the rest of the top ten:
- MrBeast - $54 million
- Jake Paul - $45 million
- Markiplier - $38 million
- Rhett and Link - $30 million
- Unspeakable - $28.5 million
- Nastya - $28 million
- Ryan Kaji - $27 million
- Dude Perfect - $20 million
- Logan Paul - $18 million
- Preston Arsement - $16 million
Also in case you haven't seen a MrBeast video, then check out his latest video below!
(Forbes)