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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KevinGPosted:
A bit to much for screaming in a mic faking being scared over idiotic games.
I hope a other more better user gets ahead of him as I think he is overrated by far with stupid sayings such as brofist and broarmy.
I hope a other more better user gets ahead of him as I think he is overrated by far with stupid sayings such as brofist and broarmy.
WheyPosted:
BallinOnABudget WOW! I knew he made a lot but 4 million, dang.
All for playing games and acting silly, what more could a guy ask for. Getting paid for that!
Plus the girls he knows are stunning.
KEMPosted:
I have always wondered how much money he approximately makes.
I knew he had to make a lot but I did not expect this much.
I knew he had to make a lot but I did not expect this much.
R35Posted:
They're forgetting the fact that he raised a million for charity. If you watch his latest video, the "I google myself" video, he explains this whole thing.
MissPosted:
CHP this is freaking ridiculous.
Yes it is, but you gotta give him some props. You know you wouldn't mind sitting at home playing games making thousands of dollars a week. I know I would.
XOPosted:
OpethSlade_Wilson Really? Well, everyone's always said nerds would make a lot of money. Someone that sits on their **** all day shouldn't be getting paid this much! It should go towards something like sports or helping our soldiers!
You do realize he takes a lot of his money and gives it to charities right? He knows he doesn't deserve the money. Also, why the **** should the money go to sports??
What he does isn't that easy either. It's still a lot of money, but he has to do a lot of work on his videos. And he's a real youtuber, unlike a lot of others.
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