- YouTubers can earn millions of dollars by playing video games, sharing vlogs about their daily lives, and recording viral challenges and stunts.
- Petey Vid, a video search engine, recently calculated just how much the 10 highest-paid YouTubers made in 2018 per minute of video they posted on YouTube.
- Here's how much stars like the Paul brothers, PewDiePie, and Jeffree Star made per minute of YouTube video, based on their earnings from 2018.
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The most successful creators on YouTube can rake in millions of dollars by regularly posting videos of anything from playing with toys, to doing a makeup tutorial, to making comments as they play their favorite video games.
Notable names like PewDiePie, Logan Paul, and Jeffree Star have made their livings creating content on the video platform. These YouTubers brought in over $10 million each in 2018 by giving fans videos they'll watch, and have turned their passions into profit.
Using Forbes' list of the 10 highest-paid YouTube stars in 2018, video search engine Petey Vid calculated how much those YouTubers earned per minute of video on their respective YouTube channels. The results may surprise you: Some of the most lucrative stars earn over $10,000 for each minute of video they publish.
Here's how much the highest-paid YouTubers from 2018 made per minute of video: