Hughes - but both are making a healthy living off the videos.īased on publicly available audience numbers and typical advertising rates, Peter Warman, an analyst with the market research firm Newzoo, estimates there are eight to 10 Minecraft YouTubers who earn over $1 million a year.
Neither would say how much they make - “Billions!” joked Mr. Garrett, who get a cut of advertising revenue from their videos. YouTube has become a lucrative, full-time career for Mr. BajanCanadian has 4.8 million subscribers on YouTube and, since he joined the service in 2011, his videos have been watched more than 1.2 billion times.
Garrett has more than 5.7 million subscribers to his Stampy videos, which have been seen almost 3.5 billion times, placing him just ahead of Lady Gaga in terms of cumulative views.
