This 7-Year-Old Earned A Whopping Rs 154 Crore To Become Highest Paid YouTuber Of 2018
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Which kid doesn't like unboxing toys and playing with them? But when Ryan does it, he means business.
With the year coming to a close, American business magazine Forbes has revealed its list of the world's highest-paid YouTube stars in 2018. With 17-million-plus subscribers and nearly 26-billion views, Ryan of Ryan Toysreview has made a whopping $22 Million (Rs 154.84 crore) in the last 12 months, leading up to June 1, 2018.
So what does Ryan exactly do?
Like every other kid, Ryan enthusiastically unboxes and plays with Legos, trains, cars, and action figures, except, it all happens in front of a camera as he reviews them. Launched in 2015, Ryan's YouTube channel has seen a meteoric rise, courtesy his innocent childhood antics and relentless energy to dish out a video every day.
When the news of Ryan's roaring success first hit on Twitter, the reactions that came forth were pretty much as expected.
"The world's highest-paid YouTube star: Ryan ToysReview has generated 26B views and earned $22M in the last year thanks to his signature line of stuffed animals, collectibles and apparel now selling at Walmart," tweeted Forbes.
The world's highest-paid YouTube star: Ryan ToysReview has generated 26B views and earned $22M in the last year thanks to his signature line of stuffed animals, collectibles and apparel now selling at Walmarthttps://t.co/59Pvme6gae pic.twitter.com/4KlR3CJcgQ
— Forbes (@Forbes) December 3, 2018
And clearly, social media is in disbelief!
My nephew has probably contributed 20 billion of the 26billion views 🙄🙄🙄
— Mrs M (@SnotFace1986) December 3, 2018
— ElTen11 (@the101100) December 3, 2018
— HK (@HKDeo) December 4, 2018