2013 Getty Images 1. PewDiePie: $12 million
- For a guy who has nearly 40 million people subscribing to his “playing videogames with your bros” channel, this Swedish star, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, is notoriously private, rarely granting interviews, doing conferences or visiting the Los Angeles YouTube studios. Sorry, bro, but if you are making more than $10 million a year playing The Walking Dead, it’s going to be newsworthy.