Famous Twitch Streamers Out-earned by 9 Year Old YouTuber

9 year old Ryan Kaji is a young YouTuber who still has the high-ranking internet stars beat. His YouTube channel has a ton of educational content for fellow kids, including DIY science experiments and knowledge review games. Kaji also often does unboxing and reviewing videos for new toys, as well as storytime videos and pretend play scenarios to spark imagination.

Forbes recently released its list of 2020’s highest-paid YouTube stars, where young Kaji takes the lead with $29.5 million in earnings from the same period. According to Forbes, Kaji sits at 41.7 million subscribers on his Ryan’s World YouTube channel. His own channel, however, states 27.6 million subscribers. Following closely behind Kaji on Forbes’ list was MrBeast. Rounding out the top five on Forbes’ list were Dude Perfect ($23 million), Rhett and Link of Good Mythical Morning ($20 million), and Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach ($19.5 million). An even younger face, six-year-old Anastasia “Nastya” Radzinskaya, came in seventh place with $18.5 million. The girl’s lighthearted channel features Lego playdates with her dad and educational storytimes about viruses. 

Kaji even made more money on YouTube this year than the gaming industry’s top names, including Tyler “Ninja” Blevens and Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg.