YouTuber PewDiePie made $7 million in 2014

[JordanWearinThe45]

Last year around this time, word got out that Felix Kjellberg, a 24-year-old Swedish bro known online as PewDiePie, made $4 million a year by playing video games, recording his reactions and uploading the resulting videos to YouTube. At the time, he had 27 million YouTube subscribers. Today, Kjellberg has 37.7 million subscribers on YouTube and his company, PewDiePie Productions, pulled in roughly $7.4 million in revenue in 2014, according to Swedish newspaper Expressen. It looks like this whole "watch people play video games on the internet" craze is here to stay.

When Kjellberg's revenue numbers hit last year, he was inundated with questions and messages of incredulity -- so many that he did a Reddit AMA to clear the air. He confirmed the $4 million figure and notedthat he does charity work alongside his "Let's Play" gaming videos: "I still spent far more money on charities than anything I've ever spent for myself. Which I am proud to say at least." In June 2014, Kjellberg announced that his bro army (see: fans) had raised more than $1 million for various charities, including the World Wildlife Fund, Save the Children, St. Jude hospital and Charity: Water. In March this year, Charity: Water thanked Kjellberg for helping 10,028 people in Rwanda get access to clean water. Not bad for a band of bros.

Kjellberg's next big thing is the launch of his book, titled This Book Loves You, a collection of inspirational quotes that he's said over the years as an online personality. For example: "Don't be yourself. Be a pizza. Everyone loves pizza." This Book Loves You is due to drop in October.

Cats caking like that off YouTube?

 

[Red Maverick II]

He's a major exception.

I dunno how though, his videos are straight mindless and grating

 

[Uh Oh]

He's a major exception.

I dunno how though, his videos are straight mindless and grating

He's got that kids market on lock

 

[NoMorePie]

He's got that kids market on lock

 

[be back in a bit]

living the dream.

 

[marcuz]

pewdie has a rabid fanbase. during his walking dead season 2 playthrough, i commented that he made just about every poor choice one could make. dude responded back (which seemed rare) with a harmless comment over his choices. next thing i know, i start receiving all type of hate comments and inbox messages from his crazy ass fanbase. pewdiepie got cacs that'll kill for this mans honor

edit: just checked to see if the comment was still there

seems like he cleaned up all the death threats i received though pewdies alright by me

 

[PS5 Pro]

pewdie has a rabid fanbase. during his walking dead season 2 playthrough, i commented that he made just about every poor choice one could make. dude responded back (which seemed rare) with a harmless comment over his choices. next thing i know, i start receiving all type of hate comments and inbox messages from his crazy ass fanbase. pewdiepie got cacs that'll kill for this mans honor

edit: just checked to see if the comment was still there

seems like he cleaned up all the death threats i received though pewdies alright by me

I hope PewDiePie is a trill G who knows bad boys move in silence and violence. If that is the case, it wouldn't be nothing for him to get one of his ANON pals to come and put his paws on you
I hope you know of a good VPN my nikka

 

[Tom Foolery]

I can't understand this youtube business model, They don't make any profit but people are caking from it.

This I.T. money man. You can become a million off of nothing.

 

[KushSkywalker]

I can't understand this youtube business model, They don't make any profit but people are caking from it.

This I.T. money man. You can become a million off of nothing.

Its all ad sharing

 

[Kingshango]

Can't even hate really.

pewdie has a rabid fanbase. during his walking dead season 2 playthrough, i commented that he made just about every poor choice one could make. dude responded back (which seemed rare) with a harmless comment over his choices. next thing i know, i start receiving all type of hate comments and inbox messages from his crazy ass fanbase. pewdiepie got cacs that'll kill for this mans honor

edit: just checked to see if the comment was still there

seems like he cleaned up all the death threats i received though pewdies alright by me

The people who have meet him in person says he's a cool dude, nothing like what you see in his video's. Some of the money he makes off of Youtube goes to charity's so at least he isn't being dumb with his earnings.

 

[Animal House]

He's got that kids market on lock

This. my son be all over that guys channel. Watching him play games

 

[Costanza]

is it really surprising that he made 7 million, for the level of celebrity and mainstream acceptance he's gotten... that number is not mindblowing at all....

he is literally the biggest draw in the supposed craze of online youtubers.... and he made 7 million before taxes? thats nothing.

 

[JetLife]

it's kids. kids will watch the same thing over and over again relentlessly because it makes them happy.

This channel is literally someone opening toys, they have 7 billion cumulative views
https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyCollectorBR/about

This channel is a kid opening up toys and playing with them, 1 billion cumulative views
https://www.youtube.com/user/EvanTubeHD/about

Here's the double dip catch, kids are dumb enough to click on ads, so the $$$ generated is way more impactful vs. adult views where people run ad block or know what an ad is.

 

[Zero]

Word is he's a decent dude, but I can't fukk with his content at all

Let the kids have it

 

[Biblical Goon]

clearly not meant for adults