The 50 Highest-Paid Creators in 2026

[The Notorious SLAV]

MrBeast makes almost a million per day? Damn.

Also, I had no idea that IShowSpeed and MrBallen, mostly the latter really, would be anywhere near close to the top 10, nevermind a part of it.

Top Creators of 2026

See the world's highest-paid creators of 2026, led by MrBeast's $300M empire, and explore how the $1B creator economy is reshaping marketing.

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[LeFrenchCel]

Idk who most of these fags are nor what they do

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

Idk who most of these fags are nor what they do

Same, I think I recognize like 10 names at the very most.

 

[St3v3Cel]

The average AdSense payout on YouTube is 3 USD per 1000 views, you can use that to estimate how much money a YouTube channel has earned. Go to the YouTube channel's about page, copy the total amount of views there, divide it by 1000 and multiply it by 3 and you will have your answer. Moist Crit1Kal revealed his YouTube earnings in this video at 07:14:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGTaWcU8I3E

if you run his YouTube views through a calculator like I described you will see that it corresponds closely with his actual lifetime earnings (it did at the time that video was released, at least). There are some caveats to this though. For one, YouTube AdSense rates vary depending on content. The reason for that is because different advertisers spend different amounts of money for their ads on videos, and they spread them out differently too.

Sometimes gaming channels will receive as little as 1 USD per 1000 views, because the ads they receive are from advertisers who spread their net far and wide, and in other cases a channel can be earning 15 to 30 USD or more per 1000 views because advertisers are specifically placing ads on their channel and nowhere else, or even just on one of their videos. The latter is apparently a common practice when it comes to investment YouTube channels and similar.

YouTubers and content creators have other revenue streams too of course, like sponsorships, donations, merchandise and etc. They also have all kinds of expenses and taxes, so you never really know exactly how much money someone has. But it's interesting to look into this stuff sometimes.

 

[tranny destroyer]

Sometimes gaming channels will receive as little as 1 USD per 1000 views, because the ads they receive are from advertisers who spread their net far and wide, and in other cases a channel can be earning 15 to 30 USD or more per 1000 views because advertisers are specifically placing ads on their channel and nowhere else, or even just on one of their videos. The latter is apparently a common practice when it comes to investment YouTube channels and similar.

That’s is insane, they always say that YouTube pays like shit. They had mention that YouTube pays like 1.5 dollars for every 10,000 views

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

The average AdSense payout on YouTube is 3 USD per 1000 views, you can use that to estimate how much money a YouTube channel has earned. Go to the YouTube channel's about page, copy the total amount of views there, divide it by 1000 and multiply it by 3 and you will have your answer. Moist Crit1Kal revealed his YouTube earnings in this video at 07:14:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGTaWcU8I3E

if you run his YouTube views through a calculator like I described you will see that it corresponds closely with his actual lifetime earnings (it did at the time that video was released, at least). There are some caveats to this though. For one, YouTube AdSense rates vary depending on content. The reason for that is because different advertisers spend different amounts of money for their ads on videos, and they spread them out differently too.

Sometimes gaming channels will receive as little as 1 USD per 1000 views, because the ads they receive are from advertisers who spread their net far and wide, and in other cases a channel can be earning 15 to 30 USD or more per 1000 views because advertisers are specifically placing ads on their channel and nowhere else, or even just on one of their videos. The latter is apparently a common practice when it comes to investment YouTube channels and similar.

YouTubers and content creators have other revenue streams too of course, like sponsorships, donations, merchandise and etc. They also have all kinds of expenses and taxes, so you never really know exactly how much money someone has. But it's interesting to look into this stuff sometimes.

An informative post.

 

[nazianime]

Idk who most of these fags are nor what they do

Same, never watched any of these guys. Except one Mr beast video.

 

[St3v3Cel]

That’s is insane, they always say that YouTube pays like shit. They had mention that YouTube pays like 1.5 dollars for every 10,000 views

Yeah, it surprises me how few people know about this. In case you're curious, artists and bands on Spotify and other streaming platforms also earn around 3 USD per 1000 streams of their music (most of the time). Ad revenue on websites and in mobile games also work pretty much like this. Everyone should know that most all YouTube channels and similar are businesses, or at least serious side hustles, if it wasn't possible to earn serious money doing these things these platforms wouldn't be as active as they are.

The math for other revenue streams is also interesting but I won't get too far into that here. I will say that the money some online creators earn from donations alone is ridiculous, but I suppose that's more widely known.