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 $4 million each year in ad revenue, thanks to the 27 million subscribers who follow Kjellberg's YouTube channel, where the 24-year-old frequently uploads videos of himself playing (and swearing at) various games.
Kjellberg attributes his success not to dumb luck or having capitalized on the streaming games trend at the exact right moment, but to a more personal touch that comes through in his videos. "Unlike many professionally produced shows, I think I've established a much closer contact with my viewers, breaking the wall between the viewer and what's behind the screen," he told the Wall Street Journal. "What I and other YouTubers do is a very different thing, it's almost like hanging around and watching your pal play games."
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/06/17/youtube-wunderkind-pewdiepie-earns-over-4-million-each-year/
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SpyPosted:
I'm proud for him. He's not a bad guy, I love some the games he plays, he's actually introduced me to some awesome video games, and plays the horror games for me so my wuss self doesn't have to play them alone. He's entertaining in my opinion.
SlyestcatPosted:
This video should explain how Pewdiepie is so large and as for the amounts of money, which ever network he is partnered with will pay him more per 1k views because of his size so he probably makes around 5.50$ per 1k views while most other youtubers make around 2-4$
EstablishedGamingPosted:
117.7K - 980.4K
ESTIMATED MONTHLY EARNINGS
1.4M - 11.8M
ESTIMATED YEARLY EARNINGS
ESTIMATED MONTHLY EARNINGS
1.4M - 11.8M
ESTIMATED YEARLY EARNINGS
EstablishedGamingPosted:
4M$ ARE YOU CRAZY HELL NO!
So while i'm working my arse off for 300 pound a day he is earning 4m for doing ridiculous videos
So while i'm working my arse off for 300 pound a day he is earning 4m for doing ridiculous videos
MD5Posted:
I used to watch his videos when he had a few thousand subscribers and continued all the way up to a few million, then he got boring and I stopped watching.
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