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Vegetta777 is the hardest working gaming YouTuber – find out who made the top 10

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New research can today crown Vegetta777 as YouTube’s hardest working gaming creator – with over 4,800 hours of videos uploaded and an estimated £4,259 earnt per hour of content.
The research, from Lickd, looked at various popular Youtubers to calculate the total watch time of each Youtuber’s channel, to get an overall estimated figure of their Youtube earnings per video.
The hardest working gaming YouTubers

Rank

Youtuber

Hours of Content

Uploaded Video Every x Days

Estimated Earning Per Hour of Content

1

Vegetta777 (Samuel de Luque)

4,861

Once a day

£4,359

2

Markiplier (Mark Fischbach)

1,885

Once a day

£12,103

3

PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg)

1,202

Once a day

£36,264

4

James Turner (James Turner)

957

2 days

£658

5

Felipe Neto (Felipe Neto)

874

2 days

£22,789
The 10 hardest working creators

Rank

Youtuber

Hours of Content

Uploaded Video Every x Days

Estimated Earning Per Hour of Content

1

Mr Beast (James Donaldson)

15,439

5 days

£1,222

2

iJustine (Justine Ezarik)

15,180

3 days

£143

3

Thatcher Joe (Joe Sugg)

13,979

2 days

£162

4

Vegetta777 (Samuel de Luque)

4,861

Once a day

£4,359

5

Markiplier (Mark Fischbach)

1,885

Once a day

£12,103

6

PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg)

1,202

Once a day

£36,264

7

Joey Graceffa (Joey Graceffa)

1,124

Once a day

£2,997

8

James Turner (James Turner)

957

2 days

£658

9

Felipe Neto (Felipe Neto)

874

2 days

£22,789

10

Deligracy (Maddy)

667

2 days

£691
Further findings highlighted:
  • The hardest working industry on Youtube is tech, with over 15,000 hours of content on average for the industry.
  • Ryan’s World (Ryan Kaji) earns the most per hour of content on Youtube, earning £147,273 per hour, nearly 5 times more than the average salary in the UK.
  • To become a Youtube sensation it could take over 50,000 minutes of content to reach a large audience.

Check out the research in full by clicking here.

George Miller started his career in content marketing and has started working as an Editor/Content Manager for our company in 2016. George has acquired many experiences when it comes to interviews and newsworthy content becoming Head of Content in 2017. He is responsible for the news being shared on multiple websites that are part of the European Gaming Media Network.

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