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# Forbes Names Top Earning YouTube Stars 2015
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/forbes-names-top-earning-youtube-stars-2015/
- Published: 2015-10-15T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-15T13:00:00.000Z
- Description: [UPDATED] Forbes has named its 2015 list of Top Earning YouTube Stars and only 2 of them have any ties to music at all. Most of these millions come from ads. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/10/forbes-names-top-earning-youtube-stars-2015.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, YouTube & Video, Bloomberg L.P., California, Cosmetics, Crosscut Ventures, Epic Meal Time, Fine Brothers, Fortune (magazine), Michelle Phan, San Mateo, TPG Growth, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![image from i.ytimg.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0881f961970d-150wi "image from i.ytimg.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0881f961970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)\[UPDATED\] **[Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/10/14/the-worlds-highest-paid-youtube-stars-2015?ref=hypebot.com)** has named its 2015 list of [**Top Earning YouTube Stars**](http://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/10/14/the-worlds-highest-paid-youtube-stars-2015?ref=hypebot.com) and only 2 of them have any ties to music at all. Most of these millions come from **ads and** endorsements, although four also have book deals and several have their own product lines.1\. PewDiePie: $12 million2\. (tie) Smosh: $8.5 million2 (tie) Fine Brothers: $8.5 million4\. Lindsey Stirling: $6 million\*5 (tie). Rhett & Link: $4.5 million5 (tie). KSI: $4.5 million\*7\. Michelle Phan: $3 million8 (tie). Lilly Singh: $2.5 million8 (tie). Roman Atwood: $2.5 million8 (tie). Rosanna Pansino: $2.5 million

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**More @ Forbes – [The World's Highest Paid YouTube Stars](http://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/10/14/the-worlds-highest-paid-youtube-stars-2015/?ref=hypebot.com)**

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