YouTube: PewDiePie earns over $4 million each year
Better known by his phonetically troublesome online handle "PewDiePie," Kjellberg has turned online video game streaming into a massively lucrative venture. According to the Wall Street Journal, the PewDiePie brand now attracts more than $4 million each year in ad revenue, thanks to the 27 million subscribers who follow Kjellberg's YouTube channel, where the 24-year-old frequently uploads videos of himself playing (and swearing at) various games.
Kjellberg attributes his success not to dumb luck or having capitalized on the streaming games trend at the exact right moment, but to a more personal touch that comes through in his videos. "Unlike many professionally produced shows, I think I've established a much closer contact with my viewers, breaking the wall between the viewer and what's behind the screen," he told the Wall Street Journal. "What I and other YouTubers do is a very different thing, it's almost like hanging around and watching your pal play games."
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/06/17/youtube-wunderkind-pewdiepie-earns-over-4-million-each-year/
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R31Posted:
TV_Fanatic Wow, that's a lot of money. I'm not really surprised though, i'm a fan of his work and can tell he puts a ton of effort into making his video's.
you serious, effort haha
EvoVIIIPosted:
Wow, that's a lot of money. I'm not really surprised though, i'm a fan of his work and can tell he puts a ton of effort into making his video's.
NiizumaPosted:
4 million a year for making youtube videos that just surprises me... But he does put alot of his time into it all because he puts up about 2 videos a day(That is including recording and editing)...
imaqtpiePosted:
He does seem to care for his viewers, and I am not surprised. He gets at least a million views on most videos.
CyimkingPosted:
LBK117 I'm not hating on the fact that he's making that much from what he does, I'd be pretty happy too if I was making money like that. I just don't know what people see in content like his. He plays and game, records, talks, and edits. I see people on YouTube all the time that do extraordinary things yet aren't anywhere near as famous. Some are much more creative too, they'll actually make something themself. Definitely the right place at the right time, I don't care what he says. Him personalizing can only do so much for a "watch me play and listen to me" type of gig.
He doesn't make money for being funny, he makes money because he have millions of sub. Million subs = Advertising. At this point he doesn't even have to be funny, he just have to make videos. lol
XxBig_D_FreshxXPosted:
Love this post. Makes me want to get back into YouTube. All I do is game these days over the summer anyways. Who wants a comeback? :p
GaryPosted:
That is a crazy amount of money he is set for life thanks to YouTube. I don't know how he gets so much money his videos are so bad all he does is scream.
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