PewDiePie reportedly made $7.45 million in 2014 – Destructoid

Kjellberg’s channel has the biggest subscriber base on YouTube, with over 37 million in total and has worked hard to make it all happen. It means PewDiePie walks away with over 3 million Dollars for his on-camera shenanigans. The fame has brought him exceptional wealth from advertising contracts to the extent of $7.45 million in profit in 2014 alone, according to Swedish tabloid newspaper Expressen. They’ll soon have more sway among Wall Streeters, too: Endgadget reports that PewDiePie, a YouTube star who records his reactions to playing video games for a living, made about $7.4 million in revenue previous year. His channel has also helped change how games are marketed, with YouTubers becoming a reliable tool for publishers and developers to make use of in order to get their games noticed.

Kjellberg created his PewDiePie account six years ago, and has become so popular that he signed a deal with Maker Studios, an online video company owned by Disney, back in 2012.

Kjellberg recently uploaded a video to his YouTube channel to address the news – and criticism – that he’s made so much money in his non-traditional career path. Video views are just one source of income. But he also has used his social capital for good causes, including a fundraiser that garnered $630,000 in donations to celebrate his 25 millionth YouTube subscriber. Yeah, sure you would.

In short, don’t give up the day job just yet.