YouTube: PewDiePie earns over $4 million each year

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If you're contemplating a career change, you may want to look into playing video games and shouting into a camera, as doing just that has made Felix Kjellberg a millionaire.

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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lolohnoeszszPosted:

Medion
CyberPunk
Jovetic
80085
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


You think he got 27 million subs by wacking off?

i reckon out of that 27million , not even 1 million are classed as "Active subscribers" alot of views will be shares, rewatches (intentional and unintentional/unavoidable from OLD youtube systems like the old comment system where you had to load the video page to comment back to someone) and people who just stumble across his videos.
There is SOME effort put into games but they way he acts its more as if a 13 year old just drinks a litre of redbull hits record and is done :D
You're an idiot. You should refrain from posting in the future.

yes because he has an active 27M sub count right? that's why all his videos have 20+ million views each right? if you're going to call someone an idiot at least do it with some effort idiot.

IanP98Posted:

Teezla *he makes in-between $2.5 million - $19 million


Source/proof: http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/pewdiepie


Social blade is fairy vague.... Not a reliable source for revenue

1989Posted:

That's a lot of money for enjoying yourself

MedionPosted:

CyberPunk
Jovetic
80085
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


You think he got 27 million subs by wacking off?

i reckon out of that 27million , not even 1 million are classed as "Active subscribers" alot of views will be shares, rewatches (intentional and unintentional/unavoidable from OLD youtube systems like the old comment system where you had to load the video page to comment back to someone) and people who just stumble across his videos.
There is SOME effort put into games but they way he acts its more as if a 13 year old just drinks a litre of redbull hits record and is done :D
You're an idiot. You should refrain from posting in the future.

CyberPunkPosted:

Jovetic
80085
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


You think he got 27 million subs by wacking off?

i reckon out of that 27million , not even 1 million are classed as "Active subscribers" alot of views will be shares, rewatches (intentional and unintentional/unavoidable from OLD youtube systems like the old comment system where you had to load the video page to comment back to someone) and people who just stumble across his videos.
There is SOME effort put into games but they way he acts its more as if a 13 year old just drinks a litre of redbull hits record and is done :D

JoveticPosted:

80085
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


You think he got 27 million subs by wacking off?

PolygonPosted:

It's such a mad career to get in to!
I've always wanted to do this ever since I first watched YouTube videos.

It's a shame there is WAY to much competition and it's hard to get noticed.

KayleighPosted:

*he makes in-between $2.5 million - $19 million


Source/proof: http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/pewdiepie

AftermarketPosted:

Genuine great guy though, deserves it in my books.

CentPosted:

I don't even watch PewDiePie but I know some people that do, that's insane how much he makes but awesome at the same time.


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