Gamer Dan “DanTDM” Middleton Leads Forbes List Of Top-Earning YouTube Stars With Estimated $16.5 Million Income In 2017
A 26-year-old gamer from England took home a huge payday in 2017. In Forbes' list of the top-earning YouTube stars of 2017, Dan Middleton -- known to his subscribers as DanTDM -- claimed the top spot by pulling in a reported $16.5 million over a 12-month period.
Forbes compiled its list by pulling data from sources like YouTube, SocialBlade, and Captiv8. It also conducted "interviews with agents, managers, publicists, producers and lawyers" in order to hone its estimates of YouTuber earnings. Its ultimate list is based off a year-long period that ended on June 1, 2017. Taxes and management fees are not accounted for in the ranking.
Middleton's reported gross of $16.5 million is the highest single-creator total Forbes has measured since it started keeping track of YouTuber earnings in 2015. In total, the top ten videomakers on the 2017 list combined to collect $127 million, which is a dramatic increase over the $70.5 million pulled in by last year's top ten.
Forbes compiled its list by pulling data from sources like YouTube, SocialBlade, and Captiv8. It also conducted "interviews with agents, managers, publicists, producers and lawyers" in order to hone its estimates of YouTuber earnings. Its ultimate list is based off a year-long period that ended on June 1, 2017. Taxes and management fees are not accounted for in the ranking.
Middleton's reported gross of $16.5 million is the highest single-creator total Forbes has measured since it started keeping track of YouTuber earnings in 2015. In total, the top ten videomakers on the 2017 list combined to collect $127 million, which is a dramatic increase over the $70.5 million pulled in by last year's top ten.
- 12/8/2017
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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