A YouTuber is simply someone who has made successfully grown fame and even fortune on the website. Yes, you can get paid on YouTube and make a living out of it. Just ask anybody in the list below.
Here are some very famous YouTubers that millions watch and entertained by.
Nigahiga
Channel Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/nigahiga
Real Name(s): Ryan Higa
Genre(s): Comedy, Vlogging (Video Blogging), Music
Started: 2006
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 11.9M
Description: Ryan Higa is an Asian-American YouTuber known for this incredible comedic timing, obsession with lamps, and amazing editing abilities. Starting with his friend Sean Fujiyoshi with multiple "How to" videos that have gone viral, he expanded his work into original sketches, video blogs, and music videos. He's humor can span from intelligent and thoughtful to sometimes stupid, but always makes people laugh. He's also not afraid to poke fun at himself sometimes, which makes him different from most other YouTubers.
Ray William Johnson
Real Name(s): Ray William Johnson
Genre(s): Comedy
Started: approx. 2009
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 10.8M
Description: Ray William Johnson is a YouTuber most popular for his Internet comedy webseries Equals 3, where he reviewed three viral videos each week, starting in his dorm room to his own studio. A busy man, selling a television show, making his own movie Riley Rewind, and producing and then ending his own animated webseries YourFavoriteMartian where he also displayed music talent, he certainly has become a successful man. Unfortunately, the show that got him his most fame and fortune Equals 3 ended on March 12, 2014 where Ray announced that he explained that the show outgrew him, he lost his material, and he was too old. What will he do now with his most popular webseries gone? We'll have to see.
Tobuscus
Channel Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/Tobuscus
Real Name(s): Toby Turner
Genre(s): Comedy, Gaming, Music
Started: Unknown
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 5.6M
Description: A child at heart and an original comedian, Toby Turner is mostly known for his gaming videos on his channel TobyGames, but is centered on his main channel, full of comedy sketches, music videos, and even an animated webseries. Full of energy and enthusiasm, he certainly has become his own hilarious character.
Smosh
Real Name(s): Anthony Padilla (Left), Ian Hecox (Right)
Genre(s): Comedy
Started: 2005
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 17.1M
Description: The comedic duo Smosh, created by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, has become massively popular thanks to their originality, slapstick comedy, music videos, hilarious personas, and their satirical takes on pop culture, from two bored teenagers making lip-sync videos to a full-out entertainment extravaganza, with more channels where they hold gaming videos, video blogs, and even animated webshows.
TheFineBros
Channel Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFineBros
Real Name(s): Ben Fine (Left), Rafi Fine (Right)
Genre(s): Comedy
Started: 2007
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 7.5M
Description: Starting with film shorts and sketches, Ben and Rafi Fine are two brothers that have evolved big time, with multiple shows, webseries, and sketches including their most popular series React where they gather kids, teens, elders, and even other YouTubers to react to all kinds of the newest pop culture to their successful webseries My Music. They never fail to entertain and always amaze us on how they can keep up with everything that's going on with them.
PewDiePie
Channel Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie
Real Name(s): Felix Kjellberg
Genre(s): Gaming
Started: approx. 2010
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 24.9M
Description: With a mind-boggling 24 million subscribers and over 3 million views, Swedish YouTuber Felix Kjellberg, also known as PewDiePie, is the most popular gamer out on the web with his memorable accent, energy, foul-mouth, likeable personality, and attention to his fans. Calling his subscribers "Bros" and his subscriber number the "Bro Army," he never fails to appreciate all the support he gets from people that love his gaming abilities, filled with crude humor and multiple personas spanning from games like Happy Wheels and to Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
RocketJump
Real Name(s): Freddy Wong (Left), Brandon Laatsch (Right)
Genre(s): Comedy, Action
Starting: 2006
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 6.8M
Description: Although Asian-American filmmaker Freddy Wong started the channel, his close friend and fellow filmmaker Brandon Laatsch became part of the process as well as the both of them have brought on impressive special effects video editing to the YouTube community, with their action-packed comedy sketches and webseries mostly based on video games.
Jenna Marbles
Real Name(s): Jenna Mourey
Genre(s): Vlogging (Video Blogging)
Started: 2010
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 12.9M
Description: As you may have noticed, all the rest of the people on this list are men. Jenna Mourey is a rare exception into the more feminine side of YouTube, without all the silly makeup tutorials and taking on her chances of video blogs and simple comedy sketches. Her main theme is to poke fun of men and women, act out various personas, and give life advice videos. With her two dogs to keep her company, the cooky, weird, but likable Jenna Marbles is always fun to watch.
Dan and Phil
Dan and Phil have two different YouTube channels, but collaborate all the time, making them a pair.
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Real Name(s): Phil Lester (Left), Dan Howell (Right)
Genre(s): Vlogging (Video Blogging)
Started: Both in 2006
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014):
Dan: 3.3M
Phil: 1.6M
Description: Need advice? Need a quick laugh? Want to watch two British guys do stupid and silly things in front of a camera? That's the life of Dan Howell and Phil Lester, two British video bloggers who have two separate channels, but collaborate constantly to the point where they're basically a pair of best friends. They video blog whatever they can, from telling life stories, filming challenges, life advice, and comedy sketches, they are loved by many......all because of their British accents. Everyone loves British accents.
HolaSoyGerman
Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/HolaSoyGerman
Real Name(s): German Garmendia
Genre(s): Vlogging (Video Blogging)
Started: 2011
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 16.7M
Description: Many people, also known as Americans, fail to realize that people that speak different languages are on YouTube, but they are, and German Garmendia is a great example, with over 16 million subscribers on his channel HolaSoyGerman or "Hello, I am German" in English. This Spanish-speaking video blogger is popular and funny, talking about various subjects, mostly about relationships and everyday situations. Of course, if you're English-speaking like me, you have to translate it to understand. I need to learn more Spanish.
SkyDoesMinecraft
Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/SkyDoesMinecraft
Real Name(s): Adam Dahlberg
Genre(s): Gaming
Started: 2011
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 9.3M
Description: Dedicating his channel to the popular game Minecraft, Adam Dahlberg, also known as Sky, is a gamer that is most known for his Minecraft gameplay with his energetic commentary that shows his fun personality.
ERB
Channel Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/ERB
Real Name(s): Peter Shukoff (Left), Llyod Ahlquist (Right)
Genre(s): Music, Comedy
Started: 2006
Subscribers (as of March 15, 2014): 9.3M
Description: ERB simply stands for Epic Rap Battles of History, an extremely popular webseries starting on Peter Shukoff's channel, also known as Nice Peter, where usually two historic figures have a rap battle, sometimes with cameos of other famous historic figures. The idea was from Llyod Ahlquist, also known as Epic Llyod, who then started making the raps possible with his friend Peter Shukoff on Peter's channel with Adolf Hitler against Darth Vader. With the surprisingly massive amount of rising popularity, Peter and Llyod decided to create their own channel dedicated to these creative, original and incredibly well-made raps and music videos. Peter and Llyod also do a great job of connecting with the audience, letting them decide who won the rap battle and suggestions for future battles.
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