He has 35 million subscribers on his active channel. Rounding out the top five is Chilean YouTuber JuegaGerman, who creates comedy, gaming and other types of content. DanTDM, a British video game channel with 24 million subscribers, makes more than $2.2 million in merchandise and almost $365,000 in advertising.

VanossGaming came in third, picking up more than $2.2 million in merchandise sales and almost $380,000 in advertising it has 24 million subscribers. YouTube’s biggest sports channel, Dude Perfect was created by five friends from Texas who do trick shots and stunts. PewDiePie denounced the gunman.ĭude Perfect was the second-highest-earning YouTube channel, with 44 million subscribers generating more than $29 million by selling products and $490,000 in advertising, according to the survey. The man who shot 49 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March also referenced the 'subscribe to PewDiePie' meme as he streamed the Mosque shooting on Facebook.

He earned $15.5 million last year, according to The New York Times.ĭisney ended a partnership it had with PewDiePie in 2017 after some of his videos were found to have anti-Semitic jokes or neo-Nazi imagery. PewDiePie previously streamed on rival platform Twitch, but switched to DLive exclusively in April.

He also has 17.7 million followers on Instagram and more than 440,000 on streaming platform DLive. PewDiePie sells merchandise through two websites: apparel company and.

Purple Moon’s figures were an average of these two amounts, said a spokesperson for the company. Purple Moon compiled data using a tool by Sellfy, which bills itself as the 'YouTube Money calculator,' determining the minimum and maximum amount a channel can earn through advertising and merchandise. The Swedish video-game personality, who has 98 million YouTube subscribers, potentially rakes in nearly $8 million in monthly revenue, including more than $6.8 million from selling merchandise and more than $1.1 million in advertising, according to the study. BIRMINGHAM, U.K.: PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, is YouTube’s highest earner by a mile, according to a study by Purple Moon Promotional Products.

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