Popular YouTube content creator “Mr Beast” has been ranked the number one influencer on the planet according to Forbes’ recently released Top 50 Creators list after pulling a staggering 85 million dollars last year.
The 2024 list, released on Monday, combined total follower count, engagement, entrepreneurship of influence and earnings among criteria that guide their ranking.
“Mr Beast” has a collective 503 million followers and a 2.38% engagement paired with his $85 million haul. He earned an entrepreneurship best score of 4 and easily dominates his peers in earnings. He almost doubled the next best earner, social topic creator Dhar Man, who ranked second with an impressive $45 million.
Comedian Matt Rife also made bank on the Forbes list after earnings of $50 million with an average 3% engagement of 30.4 million followers entrepreneurship score of 3 puts him in third on the list.
Khaby Lame was ranked in the top 10 Forbes list with $20 million in earnings from his comedic silent video reaction videos to his 255 million followers.
Comedia Druski and fighter Paul are just outside the top 10 spots, coming at number 11 and 12 with $12.9 and $9.8 million in revenue, respectively.
According to Forbes-“This year’s listers earned almost $720 million over the last 12 months—a jump of $20 million from 2023.”