Top 5 Richest YouTubers in 2017

Top 5 Richest YouTubers in 2017

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3. Dude Perfect

Dude Perfect

Dude Perfect is an American sports entertainment group which consists of five former high school basketball players. The members of the team are Coby and Cory Cotton, Garrett Hilbert, Cody Jones and Tyler Toney. The group first started their channel in 2009 after they posted a video of trick shot on YouTube. Within a week the video received 100,000 views and after that their popularity has been skyrocketed. The group has also worked with some of biggest superstars like Aaron Rodgers, Chris Paul, Paul Rudd, Ryan Tannehill, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr., James Hinchcliffe, Odell Beckham Jr. and many more.

Dude perfect often do sports tricks and comedy and also sports related stunts and tricks. Together they have broken several Guinness World Records and as of December 2017, their channel has received over 4.3 billion views and over 24.7 million subscribers. In 2017, only they earned $14 million together making them the third Richest YouTubers in 2017.

Data as of December 2017

Twitter Followers: 370K followers
Facebook Likes: 1.8 million likes
YouTube subscribers: 24.7 million subscribers
Instagram Followers: 6.4 million followers
Earnings in 2017: $14 million
Dude Perfect Net Worth: $15 million

4. Markiplier

Markiplier

Mark Edward Fischbach goes by the pseudonym Markiplier on YouTube. He went to University of Cincinnati to study a biomedical engineer but dropped out of college to pursue his career in YouTube. Mark first started his YouTube channel in 2012 under the channel name “Markiplier”. Within next two years his popularity skyrocketed and his channel was ranked at number 61 on Top 100 YouTube channels. The next year he was ranked sixth in a list of 20 most influential celebrities among teenagers in United States.

His videos mainly consists of fun sketches, involves yelling, screaming, crying during play videos and video game commentary. He specializes in playing survival horror video games like Five Nights at Freddy’s series, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and its sequel Garry’s Mod Happy Wheels. As of December 2017, Markiplier has over 19.9 million subscribers and has received over 8 billion views. His channel is also on the list of 32nd most subscribed channel on YouTube and this year only he earned $12.5 million making him the fourth richest YouTubers in 2017.

Data as of December 2017

Twitter Followers: 9.93 million followers
Facebook Likes: 3216600 likes
YouTube subscribers: 19.9 million subscribers
Instagram Followers: 6.2 million followers
Earnings in 2017: $12.5 million
Markiplier Net Worth: $16 million

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