Top 10 highest earning YouTubers of 2018 sees surprising results PewDiePie, YouTube \/ YouTubers MagazineThis year has been a wild one for YouTube stars across the video platform; From Logan Paul\u2019s serious scandal at the beginning of 2018 to Markiplier\u2019s clothing line release in late October, YouTubers have been in the news for a multitude of reasons, and now, their earnings are taking the spotlight. This year\u2019s highest-earning YouTubers saw some surprising contestants, aside from the site\u2019s usual fare of social media stars like Jake Paul \u2013 who shockingly surpassed his older (and arguably more controversial) brother Logan Paul in terms of revenue. 2018\u2019s top-earning stars included the likes of makeup guru Jeffree Star, who reeled in a reported $18 million through his Jeffree Star Cosmetics line \u2013 which, according to Forbes.com, pulls over $100 million in yearly revenue. Also in the runnings were YouTube group Dude Perfect, gamer Vanoss Gaming, and even child star RyanToysReview, who managed to take the number one spot with a whopping $22 million (thanks to his wide audience and collectible toy line for sale at Wal-Mart). You can check out a complete list of 2018\u2019s highest-paid YouTubers below. Who are your favorite stars, and did they earn as much as you suspected they had? Source: Forbes.com #10 \u2013 Logan Paul, $14.5 M #9 \u2013 PewDiePie, $15.5 M #8 \u2013 Jacksepticeye, $16 M #7 \u2013 Vanoss Gaming, $17 M #6 \u2013 Markiplier, $17.5 M #5 \u2013 Jeffree Star, $18 M #4 \u2013 DanTDM, $18.5 M #3 \u2013 Dude Perfect, $20 M #2 \u2013 Jake Paul, $21.5 M #1 \u2013 RyanToysReview, $22 M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Top 10 highest earning YouTubers of 2018 sees surprising results PewDiePie, YouTube \/ YouTubers MagazineThis year has been a wild one for YouTube stars across the video platform; From Logan Paul\u2019s serious scandal at the beginning of 2018 to Markiplier\u2019s clothing line release in late October, YouTubers have been in the news for a multitude […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}