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    Creator net worth

    YouTube star net worth: the richest creators, ranked and explained

    Most net worth lists give you one number and no working. These profiles show the working: estimated channel earnings based on views and niche advertising rates, how long the creator has been publishing, then the parts that usually matter more, such as product companies, licensing, book sales, touring, reported funding rounds and acquisition prices. Every figure is an independent estimate, not a confirmed account balance.

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    Richest YouTubers in 2026 (22 creators)

    #CreatorEstimated net worthMain money makerSince
    1MrBeast

    Entertainment · Editorial estimate

    $1B - $2.6BYouTube ad revenue2012
    2Jake Paul

    Boxing and entertainment · Editorial estimate

    $120M - $200MBoxing purses and PPV share2014
    3Jeffree Star

    Beauty · Editorial estimate

    $100M - $160MJeffree Star Cosmetics2006
    4Logan Paul

    Entertainment and wrestling · Editorial estimate

    $90M - $150MPrime Hydration stake2015
    5KSI

    Entertainment and music · Editorial estimate

    $80M - $150MPrime Hydration stake2009
    6Ryan Kaji

    Kids and family · Editorial estimate

    $60M - $100MToy and consumer licensing2015
    7Markiplier

    Gaming · Editorial estimate

    $60M - $95MYouTube ad revenue2012
    8Ms. Rachel

    Kids and early learning · Editorial estimate

    $40M - $70MYouTube ad revenue2019
    9Linus Sebastian

    Technology · Editorial estimate

    $35M - $60MLTT Store products2008
    10PewDiePie

    Gaming and commentary · Editorial estimate

    $35M - $60MYouTube ad revenue2010
    11Dhar Mann

    Scripted drama · Editorial estimate

    $30M - $50MYouTube ad revenue2018
    12Mark Rober

    Science and engineering · Editorial estimate

    $30M - $50MCrunchLabs subscriptions2011
    13Michelle Phan

    Beauty · Editorial estimate

    $30M - $50MIpsy stake2007
    14Blippi

    Kids and family · Editorial estimate

    $25M - $45MBrand sale proceeds2014
    15Jacksepticeye

    Gaming · Editorial estimate

    $25M - $45MYouTube ad revenue2012
    16Preston Arsement

    Gaming · Editorial estimate

    $25M - $45MMinecraft server and games2012
    17Like Nastya

    Kids and family · Editorial estimate

    $25M - $45MYouTube ad revenue2016
    18Unspeakable

    Gaming and challenges · Editorial estimate

    $20M - $40MYouTube ad revenue2012
    19DanTDM

    Gaming · Editorial estimate

    $25M - $40MYouTube ad revenue2012
    20IShowSpeed

    Live streaming · Editorial estimate

    $20M - $40MLive streaming revenue2016
    21Rhett McLaughlin

    Talk and comedy · Editorial estimate

    $25M - $40MMythical Entertainment share2006
    22Link Neal

    Talk and comedy · Editorial estimate

    $25M - $40MMythical Entertainment share2006
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    MrBeast net worth

    $1B - $2.6B

    MrBeast is the most valuable creator on the planet, and almost none of that value sits in ad revenue. Feastables, Beast Games and a media business investors have priced in the billions do the heavy lifting.

    Estimated yearly income $600M to $800M

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    Jake Paul net worth

    $120M - $200M

    Jake Paul turned an audience built on YouTube into pay-per-view boxing purses, a promotion company and a sports betting app. Boxing, not uploads, is where the money now comes from.

    Estimated yearly income $40M to $80M

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    Jeffree Star net worth

    $100M - $160M

    Jeffree Star Cosmetics was one of the first creator-owned beauty brands to do serious nine figure revenue, and the personal fortune is mostly the value of that company plus Wyoming property and ranch land.

    Estimated yearly income $15M to $40M

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    Logan Paul net worth

    $90M - $150M

    Prime Hydration is the reason this number is what it is. A WWE contract, the Impaulsive podcast and boxing add to it, but the drinks brand changed the scale entirely.

    Estimated yearly income $30M to $60M

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    KSI net worth

    $80M - $150M

    KSI holds a founder stake in Prime, a share of the Sidemen business, charting music and a boxing career. Few creators have four income engines of that size running at once.

    Estimated yearly income $25M to $50M

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    Ryan Kaji net worth

    $60M - $100M

    Ryan's World turned a toy review channel into a licensing business: a toy line in Walmart and Target, a Nickelodeon series and branded products in dozens of categories.

    Estimated yearly income $20M to $35M

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    Markiplier net worth

    $60M - $95M

    Fourteen years of near daily gaming uploads, a clothing label, a chart topping podcast and a feature film he financed himself. Markiplier is the clearest example of long term compounding on YouTube.

    Estimated yearly income $15M to $25M

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    Ms. Rachel net worth

    $40M - $70M

    Ms. Rachel built the most watched early learning channel in the world in six years, then added a Netflix series, a Penguin Random House book deal and a licensed toy range.

    Estimated yearly income $12M to $25M

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    Linus Sebastian net worth

    $35M - $60M

    Linus Media Group is a real company with a large payroll, a warehouse, a screwdriver that sold out repeatedly and technology advertising rates near the top of the table.

    Estimated yearly income $8M to $18M

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    PewDiePie net worth

    $35M - $60M

    The creator who defined the first decade of YouTube now uploads occasionally from Japan, lives off a very large catalogue, early investments and a long run of peak earning years.

    Estimated yearly income $4M to $10M

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    Dhar Mann net worth

    $30M - $50M

    Dhar Mann Studios runs like a small television network: a soundstage, a writing room and a release schedule that pushes short morality dramas out daily across several channels.

    Estimated yearly income $10M to $20M

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    Mark Rober net worth

    $30M - $50M

    The former NASA engineer built CrunchLabs, a subscription toy company that now earns more than the channel it grew out of, and the videos double as its advertising.

    Estimated yearly income $12M to $25M

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    Michelle Phan net worth

    $30M - $50M

    The original beauty creator co-founded Ipsy, which grew into a subscription business valued in the hundreds of millions, and launched the Em Cosmetics line she later bought back.

    Estimated yearly income $3M to $10M

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    Blippi net worth

    $25M - $45M

    Blippi is a character rather than a person now. Moonbug bought the brand, other performers wear the orange glasses, and the live tours and toy lines run worldwide.

    Estimated yearly income $8M to $18M

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    Jacksepticeye net worth

    $25M - $45M

    Thirteen years of daily gaming uploads, a co-owned clothing label, a coffee company and a documentary. Steady output rather than any single windfall built this one.

    Estimated yearly income $5M to $12M

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    Preston Arsement net worth

    $25M - $45M

    Preston runs a network of channels, a Minecraft server business and a merchandise operation, which together earn far more than any single channel of his size normally would.

    Estimated yearly income $8M to $15M

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    Like Nastya net worth

    $25M - $45M

    Like Nastya is one of the most watched channels in the world, translated into a dozen languages, with a licensed product range and a family production company behind it.

    Estimated yearly income $12M to $25M

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    Unspeakable net worth

    $20M - $40M

    Unspeakable moved from Minecraft into big budget real world challenge videos, and sells a merchandise range through mainstream retail rather than only online.

    Estimated yearly income $6M to $14M

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    DanTDM net worth

    $25M - $40M

    Britain's biggest gaming creator has a bestselling graphic novel, a world arena tour behind him and a catalogue of thousands of Minecraft videos still earning today.

    Estimated yearly income $4M to $10M

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    IShowSpeed net worth

    $20M - $40M

    The fastest riser on this list. Live streams that pull hundreds of thousands of concurrent viewers, world tours filmed on the move, football partnerships and a music side that actually charts.

    Estimated yearly income $10M to $20M

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    Rhett McLaughlin net worth

    $25M - $40M

    Half of Rhett and Link, co-owner of Mythical Entertainment, a studio with a daily talk show, a podcast network, a snack brand and an acquired competitor.

    Estimated yearly income $5M to $12M

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    Link Neal net worth

    $25M - $40M

    The other half of Mythical Entertainment. Same company, same ownership split, and nearly twenty years of daily output with his creative partner.

    Estimated yearly income $5M to $12M

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    Creator net worth calculator

    Add up what a creator earns each month from YouTube, sponsorships, a Skool community, courses and consultancy. We take off production costs and tax, keep the share that is actually saved or reinvested, then compound it across the years spent building the audience.

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    Estimated net worth

    $303.9K to $607.8K

    Central estimate $434.1K after 6 years.

    Gross income per month
    $32,500
    Gross income per year
    $390K
    After costs
    $273K
    After tax
    $191.1K
    Kept each year
    $85,995
    Years compounding
    6

    Yearly income by stream

    • YouTube ad revenue$144K
    • Sponsorships$72,000
    • Skool community$96,000
    • Courses and digital products$48,000
    • Consultancy and services$30,000

    These are planning estimates from the numbers you enter, not financial advice. Pair them with the YouTube earnings calculator, the Skool earnings leaderboard and the financial freedom calculator.

    How we estimate creator net worth

    We start with the channel. Lifetime and recent view counts are run through niche advertising rates to get an earnings estimate, the same model behind our YouTube earnings calculator and every channel earnings report on the site. Years active matter as much as subscriber count, because a creator publishing since 2012 has banked many more earning years than one who broke out last year.

    Then we add everything outside YouTube: sponsorship income based on detected brand deals, product and consumer goods revenue, book advances and royalties, touring, licensing and television deals, reported funding rounds and acquisition prices. Where a business is co-owned we only count a plausible share, and where earnings are held for a child performer we say so.

    Finally we subtract the obvious: production costs, staff, tax in the creator's country and the money that is tied up in stock or equity rather than available to spend. That is why each profile carries a range rather than a single confident figure. These are planning estimates from public information, not financial advice, and no creator has confirmed them.