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YouTube stars: Forbes named top-10 richest video bloggers
On the tenth place is 30-year-old Colleen Ballinger. The popularity was come to the channel of the American video blogger thanks to imaginary comedic character named Miranda Sings. Colleen's total income from the channel on YouTube comes out at $5 million.
The next place belongs to a comedic duet from the USA Rhett and Link. The names of its authors – Rhett James McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal are encoded in the channel name. The webpage of these young men on YouTube is famous by "viral" video and reviews of low budget advertisement. Acсording to the Forbes data, the video blog brought in $5 million to the duet.
The blogger Hermán Garmendia known as HolaSoyGerman (nickname on YouTube) is on the eighth place. The income of the Chilean comedian and musician amounted to $5,5 million thanks to the video hosting. The main content of the Hermán's channel is video records of the songs performed by his musical band.
The seventh place comes to Mark Edward Fischbach (the Markiplier channel). The young man is one of the best known video gamers on YouTube. The return on the channel is up to $5,5 million.
Mathew Tyler Oakley, who is actively stands for the rights of the LGBTs members, takes the sixth place. The video blogger's income comes out at $6 million.
Rosanna Pansino, a baker and gamer, is on the fifth place. Thanks to completely opposite genres the video blog is viewed by both male audience and female audience. The demonstration of her own culinary and game achievements helped Rosanna to earn $6 million.
Smosh, one more comedic duet in the world of video blogging, is on the fourth place. Thanks to YouTube and their abilities Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox earned $7 million.
Top three is opened by Lilly Singh keeping her entertaining blog. The girl with Indian origins is also known as IISuperwomanII for the You Tube users. At the moment the video blog returned $7,5 million to Lilly.
Roman Atwood, a creator of the YouTube-channel dealing with pranks on people, takes the second place. The youth has already managed to profit $8 million from the video blog.
Forbes recognized Swede Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg as the richest video blogger of the world. The young man is known as PewDiePie on YouTube. The income of the blogger amounts to $15 million.