8 Self-Made YouTube Millionaires


Skydoesminecraft:

Adam Dahlberg, known as Skydoesminecraft on YouTube  is an immensely popular Minecraft YouTuber who is popularly known  for calling gold "Butter" and hating the Minecraft squids. He was a member of the famous Minecraft group,  Team Crafted.

According to the Official Wikitubia’s Most Subscribed Lists, SkyDoesMinecraft is the 8th most subscribed channel on YouTube and is one of the fastest growing gaming channels.

His channel started as a spinoff when someone suggested him to play it that made the first episode of his Minecraft, ‘Let's Play series’, SkydoesMinecraft, to  come out.

At present he has combined 9.8 million followers and 1.9 billion video views. His estimated income ranges from $702,500 and $5.9 million per year.

Smosh:

Ian Andrew Hecox and Anthony Padilla run a web-based comedy duo named Smosh, one of the first real YouTube breakout stars, attracting a notable audience in 2005.

The Smosh.com website was built in 2002 in order to…..? and made several different Flash animations. It has more than 18 million subscribers and 3.4 billion video views as of August 2014.

In 2005, they joined YouTube and made several videos, lip syncing to theme songs such as Pokemon, Mortal Kombat, Power Rangers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Pokemon theme song went on to become You Tube’s most viewed video at the time in 2006.

Their annual YouTube earning is estimated to range between $627,800 and $5.2 million.

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