Neither Ibai, nor AuronPlay, nor anything at all. The highest paid youtuber on the planet is called Ryan Kaji and he is 10 years old.
The kid has 30.9 million subscribers on his Ryan's World channel and all his videos add up to 48.7 billion views. And this, how much money translates into? Well, a whopping 29 million dollars a year, according to Forbes magazine. It is almost a utopia. An elite soccer player or NBA star salary.
Of course, his success on the platforms has not been without controversy, because he has been known to the whole world since he was three years old. So, it was his parents who shared his videos, something that has opened the debate on a possible exploitation of the parents of the little one in order to profit. In fact, in his most viewed video of him (2 billion views) he was five years old.
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Ryan's money comes from many sources: social networks themselves, video games, various advertisements, sponsorships of certain products and even book sales. And that is only what the child perceives, because between him and his family there are nine channels. One of them, Kaji Family, has 7.86 million subscribers. Imagine that family… Surfing on the dollar.
Ryan even has his own video game. Roblox, an online game company, established an agreement with the Kaji to bring "Ryan's World" (to its online platform. This allows you to buy 'coins' with which to purchase items, as is the case today with many video games for mobile Well, the Kaji also receive a percentage every time a user buys 'coins'.
Also, the kid directs a show on Nickelodeon in which he solves riddles until he discovers the identity of the guests in each chapter, and has several product lines of toys, toothpaste, books and knickknacks. Ryan Kaji even in the soup.
