Guest Post by Simon Black
There used to be a show from the 90s called America’s Funniest Home Videos, where host Bog Saget would show silly home movies that people sent in from across the country.
The videos typically featured people doing stupid things. And if the video was funny enough, someone could have won the $100,000 grand prize.
All of that was pre-Internet, of course. Now there are people amassing fortunes on YouTube with audiences that rival hit TV shows.
Today, a nine year old boy named Ryan Koji is the highest earning YouTuber. Last year he raked an estimated $30 million from about 12 billion views, all from videos of him opening and playing with toys on camera for his 42 million subscribers.
Another YouTuber named Logan Paul earns $10-$15 million per year, just for being generally annoying and obnoxious on camera.