Net earnings: top YouTubers' income rises 23% in past year
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen from Technology | The Guardian on (#2496W)
Ranking of 12 highest-earning YouTube stars by Forbes shows they are increasingly monetising their popularity on platform
Their talents range from comedy to gaming and from singing to playing pranks, often captured with nothing more than a handheld camera. But YouTubers are at the vanguard of an industry worth tens of millions of pounds.
Forbes' ranking of the 12 highest-earning YouTube stars shows they collectively earned 55m in the past 12 months, an increase of 23% on last year.