YouTube Millionaires

摘要

Our first-ever ranking of the richest YouTubers (yeah, it's a word) uncovers 13 DIY filmmakers minting millions by commenting on videogames, serving up comedy, blogging about beauty and even dancing while playing the violin. The minimum to make the final cut? $2.5 million in pretax earnings in the year ending June 1,2015. Most of that cash comes from advertisements, but some of these stars are diversifying into traditional television and movies-and a few even have their own product lines, selling everything from sweatshirts to eyeliner. Six of the biggest earners gathered in the YouTube Space LA-a massive 41,000-squarc-foot complex of production studios, editing spaces and recording booths that occupies a former airport-in mid-September.