With his extravagant challenges and elaborated stunts, Mr. Beast (Jimmy Donaldson) is the most renown content creator online. The American YouTuber was the top-earning creator worldwide, with an estimated revenue of 82 million U.S. dollars for the year. Comedic duo Rhett & Link, gamer Preston Arsement, as well as child influencer and YouTuber Ryan Kaji were estimated to have generated approximately 35 million U.S. dollars, respectively. YouTuber and boxer Jake Paul followed, with revenues of 34 million U.S. dollars in 2023.
Estimated annual earnings of social media and video creators as of September 2023
(in million U.S. dollars)
According to the source: "To rank the world's Top Creators, Forbes crunched data on the estimated earnings, follower counts, engagement rates, and entrepreneurial activities of thousands of internet personalities [...]"
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Forbes. (September 26, 2023). Estimated annual earnings of social media and video creators as of September 2023 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1461193/creators-monetization-earnings/
Forbes. "Estimated annual earnings of social media and video creators as of September 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1461193/creators-monetization-earnings/
Forbes. (2023). Estimated annual earnings of social media and video creators as of September 2023 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1461193/creators-monetization-earnings/
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