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A seven-year-old boy who reviews toys has been revealed as YouTube's highest-earning star, raking in $22m (£17.3m).

The estimate by Forbes magazine found that Ryan of Ryan ToysReview pipped Jake Paul by $500,000 for the 12 months to June.

Videos are posted most days and one promoting a blue giant mystery egg bearing Ryan's face has had more than a million views since Sunday.

The Dude Perfect channel was in third place, making $20m, Forbes said.

Ryan's earnings, which do not include tax or fees charged by agents or lawyers, have doubled compared with the previous year.

Asked by NBC why kids liked watching his videos, Ryan - who is now eight - replied: "Because I'm entertaining and I'm funny."

Since the channel was set up by Ryan's parents in March 2015, its videos have had almost 26 billion views and amassed 17.3 million followers.

Forbes said all but $1m of the $22m total is generated by advertising shown before videos, with the remainder coming from sponsored posts.

The amount generated by sponsored posts is small compared with other top YouTubers, Forbes writes. It is "the result not only of how few deals Ryan (or his family) chooses to accept, but also the fact that his pint-sized demographic isn't exactly all that flush".

The toys featured in one of the channel's videos can sell out instantly.

In August, Walmart began selling an exclusive range of toys and clothing called Ryan's World, and a video showing Ryan and his parents searching for his own toys at a Walmart store has had 14 million views in three months.

The revenues from the Walmart deal are set to substantially increase Ryan's total earnings next year.

As he is still a child, 15% of Ryan's earnings are put into a bank account that he can only access when he becomes a legal adult.

Ryan's twin sisters haven't been left out of the fun either: they feature in some videos on a related YouTube channel called Ryan's Family Review.

A video titled "Top 10 Science Experiments you can do at home for kids" starring the three children has had more than 26 million views:

Daniel Middleton, the Minecraft gamer who topped the 2017 list with earnings of $16.5m, has slipped to fourth place.

While Jake Paul moved up six places to second, his brother Logan Paul has tumbled down the Forbes rankings this year to 10th place with $14.5m - still $3m more than 2017.

Logan Paul apologised in January after showing the body of an apparent suicide victim in Japan in one of his videos.

Google, which owns YouTube, removed Paul's channels from its Google Preferred programme, where brands sell ads on the platform's top 5% of content creators, in the wake of the controversy.

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I'm happy for the kid but I still feel they should be cautious exposing that family's wealth like that. People out here are crazy and some will do anything for money and having your life on YouTube makes you a fairly easy target.
 

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I knew it was him. My 4 year old likes watching him. I don't get the hype, his videos are boring and the mom is annoying with man sausage hands. :poop:
 

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Wow 22 million for reviewing toys...why wasn't Youtube around when I was a kid
The sad part is youtube was around when I was a kid, and I wasted my earning potential at 11 by posting sh!tty song covers sounding like a strangled cat, not making one dime. Only thing I earned was hate comments telling me their ears are bleeding...SMH a damn shame.
 

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Congrats to him! I don't understand the appeal, but my little cousin who is 5, she likes watching other kids review/play with toys on youtube.
 

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I'm not surprised. I'm sure parents have his videos on auto play for their kids while they can go about doing other things.
 

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Not surprised given the popularity of his videos. I wonder what he is going to do when he reaches his teen years and beyond.
 

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I'm happy for the kid but I still feel they should be cautious exposing that family's wealth like that. People out here are crazy and some will do anything for money and having your life on YouTube makes you a fairly easy target.

I agree.
I just mentioned that in another thread-about that woman killed in Jamaica.
More and more each day, people are NOT happy about your wealth, fame or what makes you famous and a stand-out.
I refuse to be obviously wealthy in public.

They don' kidnap his lil' ass.:LOL:
 

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A seven-year-old boy who reviews toys has been revealed as YouTube's highest-earning star, raking in $22m (£17.3m).

The estimate by Forbes magazine found that Ryan of Ryan ToysReview pipped Jake Paul by $500,000 for the 12 months to June.

Videos are posted most days and one promoting a blue giant mystery egg bearing Ryan's face has had more than a million views since Sunday.

The Dude Perfect channel was in third place, making $20m, Forbes said.

Ryan's earnings, which do not include tax or fees charged by agents or lawyers, have doubled compared with the previous year.

Asked by NBC why kids liked watching his videos, Ryan - who is now eight - replied: "Because I'm entertaining and I'm funny."

Since the channel was set up by Ryan's parents in March 2015, its videos have had almost 26 billion views and amassed 17.3 million followers.

Forbes said all but $1m of the $22m total is generated by advertising shown before videos, with the remainder coming from sponsored posts.

The amount generated by sponsored posts is small compared with other top YouTubers, Forbes writes. It is "the result not only of how few deals Ryan (or his family) chooses to accept, but also the fact that his pint-sized demographic isn't exactly all that flush".

The toys featured in one of the channel's videos can sell out instantly.

In August, Walmart began selling an exclusive range of toys and clothing called Ryan's World, and a video showing Ryan and his parents searching for his own toys at a Walmart store has had 14 million views in three months.

The revenues from the Walmart deal are set to substantially increase Ryan's total earnings next year.

As he is still a child, 15% of Ryan's earnings are put into a bank account that he can only access when he becomes a legal adult.

Ryan's twin sisters haven't been left out of the fun either: they feature in some videos on a related YouTube channel called Ryan's Family Review.

A video titled "Top 10 Science Experiments you can do at home for kids" starring the three children has had more than 26 million views:

Daniel Middleton, the Minecraft gamer who topped the 2017 list with earnings of $16.5m, has slipped to fourth place.

While Jake Paul moved up six places to second, his brother Logan Paul has tumbled down the Forbes rankings this year to 10th place with $14.5m - still $3m more than 2017.

Logan Paul apologised in January after showing the body of an apparent suicide victim in Japan in one of his videos.

Google, which owns YouTube, removed Paul's channels from its Google Preferred programme, where brands sell ads on the platform's top 5% of content creators, in the wake of the controversy.

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They (brands)'ll NEVER pay a lil' black kid these kinda G's. EVER.
 

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I am not saying he's not making bread but Forbes = Lies. They are pretty much the Radar Online of fake financial news and stats.
 

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I knew it was him. My 4 year old likes watching him. I don't get the hype, his videos are boring and the mom is annoying with man sausage hands. :poop:


Mine too! And has the AUDACITY to act underprivileged because he doesn’t get everything this kid has!!!! I do like that they donate a lot of the toys given to them to charity. They literally upload every month on the dot!!! They should be set for life
 

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Congrats to this kid and his success but are still buying Forbes Figures. I mean let’s get real? Forbes is like the MTO finance media
 

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The money is nice but it couldn't be my kid. Who knows the long term results of pimping your kids out to strangers on the goddamn Internet. I feel like the price will be very high. Plus, let me know when Black kids or Black folks in general are allowed to earn like this. Whenever it's about to happen, they get their goddamn channels yanked. :disdain:
 

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Eh, I guess there's a market. I saw my brother-in-law's 7 year old niece just sit and watch some woman open up toys and say how cute they were. Just sat there watching one video after the other. Hell, I was even getting mesmerized by the cuteness.

This lady got over 10 million subscribers from just playing with toys. Them beauty gurus are in the wrong profession. A lot of them can barely get 1mil. Even the children send this lady toys. :emoji_joy:

 
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I checked out his channel and none of his videos have comments...?

Probably because YouTube kids can disable children from posting comments- he also only has a few likes (relative to views) for the same reason.

Little children don’t usually know how to comment on the video yet...
 

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I’m gobsmacked at these sums. I’m too boring but I think my kitty girls need to start contributing to the household. Internet loves cats.
 

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If you are popular then electronic companies are paying thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to you if you review one of their new product that will be coming out. Unreal how much some of these youtubes are making.
I think some of their gamers (watching them play video games) made over couple of millions per year.
 

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A seven-year-old boy who reviews toys has been revealed as YouTube's highest-earning star, raking in $22m (£17.3m).

The estimate by Forbes magazine found that Ryan of Ryan ToysReview pipped Jake Paul by $500,000 for the 12 months to June.

Videos are posted most days and one promoting a blue giant mystery egg bearing Ryan's face has had more than a million views since Sunday.

The Dude Perfect channel was in third place, making $20m, Forbes said.

Ryan's earnings, which do not include tax or fees charged by agents or lawyers, have doubled compared with the previous year.

Asked by NBC why kids liked watching his videos, Ryan - who is now eight - replied: "Because I'm entertaining and I'm funny."

Since the channel was set up by Ryan's parents in March 2015, its videos have had almost 26 billion views and amassed 17.3 million followers.

Forbes said all but $1m of the $22m total is generated by advertising shown before videos, with the remainder coming from sponsored posts.

The amount generated by sponsored posts is small compared with other top YouTubers, Forbes writes. It is "the result not only of how few deals Ryan (or his family) chooses to accept, but also the fact that his pint-sized demographic isn't exactly all that flush".

The toys featured in one of the channel's videos can sell out instantly.

In August, Walmart began selling an exclusive range of toys and clothing called Ryan's World, and a video showing Ryan and his parents searching for his own toys at a Walmart store has had 14 million views in three months.

The revenues from the Walmart deal are set to substantially increase Ryan's total earnings next year.

As he is still a child, 15% of Ryan's earnings are put into a bank account that he can only access when he becomes a legal adult.

Ryan's twin sisters haven't been left out of the fun either: they feature in some videos on a related YouTube channel called Ryan's Family Review.

A video titled "Top 10 Science Experiments you can do at home for kids" starring the three children has had more than 26 million views:

Daniel Middleton, the Minecraft gamer who topped the 2017 list with earnings of $16.5m, has slipped to fourth place.

While Jake Paul moved up six places to second, his brother Logan Paul has tumbled down the Forbes rankings this year to 10th place with $14.5m - still $3m more than 2017.

Logan Paul apologised in January after showing the body of an apparent suicide victim in Japan in one of his videos.

Google, which owns YouTube, removed Paul's channels from its Google Preferred programme, where brands sell ads on the platform's top 5% of content creators, in the wake of the controversy.

The seven-year-old making $22m on YouTube
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I knew it was him. My 4 year old likes watching him. I don't get the hype, his videos are boring and the mom is annoying with man sausage hands. :poop:

Yes! I know! I can’t stand that family. Most annoying voices ever. I don’t know how or why they appealed to the masses (kids). I blocked that channel from my phone. My child is not going to watch that uglass family.
 
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Well damn... I think this is the lil boy channel that got my husband to buy my son this suped up toddler car that is better than hotwheels. Let me text him real quick:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 

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