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Highest Paid You Tuber Award Goes To ... This Guy?

By: Evan Jankens
@kingofthekc

I pride myself at being pretty darn good at the Madden video game series, but no one pays me for it.

And that means this guy is smarter than me.

A list of the top 10 highest paid YouTube stars came out and the winner was PewDiePie or otherwise known as Felix Arvid. He is a pro gamer from Sweden and made $15 million this past year thanks to his 49 million subscribers. Arvid is the first person to reach 10 billion YouTube views and was also named as one of Time Magazine's most influential people.

THE MOST INCREDIBLE GAME OF 2016 - The Last Guardian - Part 2 by PewDiePie on YouTube

Felix has recently landed in hot water after joking he was joining ISIS and claiming YouTube was sabotaging his channel because he is white.

The gamer recently threatened to delete his YouTube account after reaching 50 million subscribers because he felt the site was trying to hamper his success.

Below is the complete list of the top 10.

1. PewDiePie - $15 million
2. Roman Atwood - $8 million

10 MILLION FAMILY MEMBERS!! by Roman Atwood Vlogs on YouTube

3. Lilly Singh - $7.5 million

What Clubbing Is Actually Like (ft. Liza Koshy) by Lilly Singh on YouTube

4. SMOSH - $7 million

SMOSHTOBER ANNOUNCEMENT! by Smosh on YouTube

5. Tyler Oakley - $6 million

100 Things We Did In 2015 by Tyler Oakley on YouTube

6. Rosanna Pansino - $6 million

GINGERBREAD HOUSE DECORATING CHALLENGE ft iJustine! by Rosanna Pansino on YouTube

7. Markiplier - $5.5 million

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location - REACTION COMPILATION by Markiplier on YouTube

8. German Garmendia - $5.5 million

Los Hermanos | Hola Soy German by HolaSoyGerman. on YouTube

9. Colleen Ballinger - $5million

Fifth Harmony - Worth it - SASSY DANCE! by Colleen Ballinger on YouTube

10. Rhett and Link - $5 million

Rhett & Link Channel Trailer by Rhett & Link on YouTube
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