A nine-year-old boy named Ryan Kaji has been named as the highest-paid YouTuber of 2020, earning a total of $29.5 million this year.
The boy, who is from Texas United States of America has been named as the highest-paid YouTuber of 2020.
Ryan Kaji has reportedly earned $29.5 million from his YouTube channel “Ryan’s World” as well as a further estimated $200 million from Ryan’s World branded toys and clothing. The nine-year-old has also reportedly signed a deal for his own TV series on Nickelodeon.
Kaji, one of a growing number of “child influencers,” began making YouTube videos in March of 2015 after watching other toy review channels and asking his mother why he was not on YouTube like other children were.
His family, who changed their surname from Guan to Ryan’s on-screen username of Kaji, now run nine YouTube channels. The most popular is Ryan’s World with 41.7 million subscribers and 12.2 billion views.
Kaji’s most popular video, Huge Eggs Surprise Toys Challenge, has more than 2 billion views which makes it one of the 60 most-viewed videos ever on YouTube.
