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  • Well you said you pay yourself 100 grand, plus you have lots of employees and a huge office building, ya you make 400k+ a year easy.

  • For me, I only hope that u make enough money to support yourself and your family, and never have to stop youtubing to make money elsewhere. Always a fan,

    -me

  • MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

  • Personally, I hope you are making tons of money and you shouldn't ever feel guilty for being successful. Unless you making money by doing something awful to someone else, it's your success.  You work for it, you earned it.

  • Cool. But you should try reading "Atlas Shrugged" It could change you.

  • i love when he yays in the most gay way :DD <3

  • so many people get paid to do what they hate....its nice to see people getting paid to do what they love. Good jobPhil

  • He said once in an intervier that he makes 250000$ in a year.

    If thats true then im fucking happy for you man!!

    dont be ashamed or whatever.... why would you

  • I know this is a way late comment, but I think knowing how much money you make from youtube would change peoples opinions. It would change mine. I question everything. I would start to question why certain news matters to you. Most cases, people who get sponsored don't want to bite the hand that feeds them, so you may not choose to put out certain news that would paint your sponsor in a bad light.

  • if i was the money in my wallet i would be a cheap prostitue

  • @parrish001 there is a difference. he's making money because he's entertaining, you (the audience) are just a resulting factor that plays into his success. you've never sent him money or payed to watch his show, so i really don't understand where you're coming from.

  • @bjhMus1C

    Without the audience he wouldn't be making money and because of the audience he is making money. I don't know how to make that any clearer.

  • @parrish001 because he's entertaining, he has an audience; which in turn makes him money. We specifically do not give him any money. You're fucking stupid.

  • @bjhMus1C

    Just because someone is entertaining doesn't mean they'll become known for it. I suppose if you're 12 years old you might still have that mindset, but that's not how it happens in reality.

    Every time you click on his video you're giving him money...

    I'm stupid for making sense? Ok.

  • @parrish001 No, you're stupid for making no sense what so ever. Is it really that hard for you to understand that not one of us is actually giving him money. Every time someone clicks this video, the views go up along with the value of his next paycheck containing money that DOES NOT come from us. All of the money he earns off of youtube comes from youtube.

  • @parrish001 and I know not every entertaining person is well known for being an entertainer, if that's what you're trying to say. I'm not saying he was destined to make a bunch of money, I'm saying that overtime his audience accumulated because he was entertaining to them. His audience is still growing as we speak.. but I doubt people continued to watch his shit just to help him buy another rolex. They watch his videos because they enjoy them.

  • @blueblade50 I totally agree

  • Dude! Shut the funk up!

  • @Catheelee I don't think that will work. Maybey you could fuck off this youtube page.

  • Why must you be so disgusting with such video titles?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

  • so you won't give us a range? i would love to know. i think it's fascinating.

  • i wanted to know HOW u get money from youtube in the first place

  • @spartan3924 you have to average a certain number of views, on your videos and then you can become a youtube partner and you make money from ads

  • @Yondaimeku ah that makes sense i thought it was something to do with ads but was confused as to how thanks for the response

  • You aren't your wallet dude! Liiiike why should we care, you would be you if you didn't have money or if you did, cuz you're a good person. And haters just gon hate. Ignore em. You rock!(:

  • dude we dont care how much cash you make......we like you for you (no homo) :D

  • Hey Mr. DeFranco, I, like many others like and respect your work. I think you don't have to explain how much you make, olther than to Uncle Sam.

  • holy crap! I absolutely don't believe you make that much. My guess has always been a bit more than half that number. But honestly, you do work hard and there is a reason you have so many fans so you deserve every penny.

    In fact it encourages me because this could be the future of news--I had no idea the pay was that great.

  • yo phil, fuck a sea-doo. i love to jetski but in the realm of water crafts you have to jet-lev. google "jetlev" and watch that video. its like flying with the help of a water pressured jetpack.

  • It's funny how the related videos all point to pervert videos.

  • wait a minute....YOU GET MONEY FROM THIS?

    so there is a god!

  • @metalicrobot66 all youtube partners do :P

  • Nice Copout

  • I'm pretty sure you can't be unhappy while on a seadoo.

  • You didnt make 20million last year?

    Oh i gotta stop viewing you then.

  • Let the haters hate, Phil, it shows how much they are worth themselves.

    OH BURN!! xD

  • lets go club baby seals!

  • dude if you can make money for being funny and awesome, props to you.

  • It's funny, Shane Dawson was fat too. I guess it's an important step in becoming a famous bloger. The worm becomes a butterfly trough metamorphose.

  • Shane Dawson is number 1 on the list which isn't that surprising because he has two of the most popular channels, but the fact that RWJ isn't on there is BS. He has like the most total views over any other Youtuber.

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  • @Dude36593 Oops you were talking about the article lol sorry

  • Dont care how much money you make. I actually didnt know you made money off of doing this. Thought you did it fun...Either way i think you are funny as hell. I now have my mother watching you.

  • @SavannahLPN

    He only started making money in late '08 when youtube created the partner program (a program where youtubers had the option to get paid for their vids) and invited him and a few other youtuber with over 50,000 subs. He's one of the old tubers though - one of the ones who started in '06 or '07 and actually DID start doing this for free and for fun, just to vlog. It's those 2008 and on noobs I find hard to trust (wondering if they're just trying to get into the PP and make money).

  • So when you lose all the weight, your gonna get a eight pack and be a Model Correct?

    Cause YOU could totally do it! :D

    3

  • everyone who comments on our videos are nice which is odd for youtube

  • i don't care what you make, philly. That's your biz. i just wanna know, if my youtube idea(s) work out, will i be able to live off of what i (might potentially) get?

  • your mom gets paid to do it

  • You have a good attitude, its nice to hear someone who don't let there popularity and amount of money in their wallet get to their head. Your unbiased attitude and honesty is rare for someone as successful as yourself. Its nice that you still be yourself and not censor yourself even with your sponsor commitments, its funny and its enlightening to hear your take on things. Who cares how much you make, people are so obsessed with dollars and levels of wealth.

  • W00t for fiber! I still hate having to take fiber pills, and only be 17. :/ THAT'S always fun to explain to people.

  • Respond to this video... THEY MAKE A FEW HUNDRED G A YEAR ALEX JONES PRO EARNS HALF A MILL OR MORE

  • If they (top youtubers) don't want to give us some sort of ballpark in how much they make then I suggest everyone put on an AD BLOCKER to their internet browser.

    That or be extra careful to never click on their ads! We are essentially giving them their salary. I want to know how much that is!

  • That article was so terribly written, it was actually somewhat humorous.For example: "Shane Dawson is so popular that he is three different YouTube channels." Really? Shane Dawson personifies three different YouTube Channels? Well, I know this article is legitimate...

  • why dose it matter how much he makes good vids and we watch they and he gets payed 2 do it

  • well i completely agree with Phil, it's none of our business how much he makes and it's rude to ask, he makes us laugh we enjoy his videos that's all that matters

  • Your money is your business Phil. Still love ya brother.

  • well if he wants a seadoo...i googled it to check the price and it costs like 800 for the one i saw....so if he is wanting to "work up" for that, then he obviously doesn't make TOTAL bank but a reasonable extra penny in his pocket (or else he uses most of it to keep the nice place he has, and has a tiny spare bit left he saves)...anyways. Who cares. period

  • NICE!

    You want a seadoo (Read: Bombardier, everything else is "meetoo" plagiarism wannabe crap.) and and want to club baby seals?!?

    Welcome to what defines being a Canadian Phil!

    YEAHHHH!!!!!!!!!

  • sexy nose picker!!!!

  • the estimates are off?

    HOW MUCH MORE MONEY DO YOU EARN??

    just kidding ^^

    also

    where are the babies?

    also

    I was raised in the same belief that talking money is not polite

    so thank you

    for making me comfortable

  • I know the answer 1 view = 0.0033 dollars so a millian veiws = 1000000 x. 0.0033= 3390 so it's 3390$ and Raywillian johnson makes 2 times that and he makes 2 videos everyday that's how much he makes

  • @fatzy9ttuts That would mean hes making over 300k a year. Sorry, I dont believe it.

  • @rockindrumms search it up on google!!

  • Somehow I find robotpanda77's comment to be the most ignorant comment anyone can have on this video. Hands down. Seriously, you dont see him living in like a beach front house with an enzo or something. My god.

  • So it sounds like you make a lot more than the article claimed. Well hello mr. fancy pants! I hope you build a giant money bin like scrooge mcduck but when you try to swim in it you drown.

  • Well sxephill I think you just have a way of giving a free survice and getting money anyway. Smartest thing ever done by anyone. ( exept electricity )

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  • i have 2 seadoos

  • @ozzyskyler, the estimates are from the money youtubers like, Shane Dawson, make on merchandise... Youtube doesn't pay them

  • @FastBMXer well youtube does pay em. that part of the whole partership. you see the links on vids. evertime you click on them the get some money

  • How do you even get payed from YouTube????

  • I wanted to see burning babies.

  • Stupid olsen twins always letting me eatem and making me fat

  • Hey dude i dont care how much you make. I watch cuz i wind up laughing my ass off, but if you do make 20 mil hook it up with a nissan 370 z jk... not really

  • get a tripod

  • @landnotlevel for vlogging? I'd like to see that :D

  • You don't need to justify what you do, or what your earn. Your compensated for what you do, and if you feel that what you earn for what you do is acceptable then who gives a crap what we all think about how much you make. Although I do hope that maybe you do give some to charity.

  • lies lies lies... i didnt see a single burning baby with, or without, money... oh well

  • Phil, I watch RWJ also... but I enjoy your show much more!

  • Who do you have meetings with youtube? or advertising companies?

  • says you make 181000$

  • Whether you like it or not, in most people's minds you are the money in your wallet, but you know that already.

  • wait.. wat? How much youtubers are make? from what? are they just talking about what they make doing whatever they do? or are they imployed by youtube? people are getting paid by youtube now?

    WHY IS THERE NO CONTEXT!!!!

  • @SirHolme Some people have contracts with youtube to make videos for money, yes. It's been that way for quite some time.

  • @clixx13

    huh.. I had no idea

  • @SirHolme Yes, people make money from youtube.

  • He's right, the numbers are way off i mean 300k ammonth? please this is the real numbers i know due to TMZ relasing it like 6 months ago. IJustine=$8,500 a month,Sexphil=$12,000,Fred=$18­,500 and shaneDawson makes the most with $22,000 a month. This all seems like alot but taxes get taken out each check so they lose about 10% of this money. But still it's alot of money, they desrve it becase shane has some expensive high tech computers for editing his stuff.

  • I don't care how much money you have the more money you have makes you more awesome to me anyway

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  • Thumbs up if you had to google seadoo.

  • @Twisted86 lmfao@not knowing what a seadoo is... you must be from canada

  • @rkive612

    I wish....pot and hot Canadian girls. Down south most just call um Jet Skis.

  • @rkive612 Actually, we call them seadoos in Canada... nice argument ;)

  • @Twisted86 seriously o_o

  • @dreamkacher4

    Yep. Well down south they are called Jet Skis not Seadoos.

  • @Twisted86 seadoos and jetskis are two different things. seadoos have a fixed steering console, jet skis move up and down

  • @Twisted86 131 people are ignorant

  • Retards - he's not paied by youtube, he's paied by youtube's parent company google. You ever see the ads on his vids - everytime someone clicks on the ad (even if they don't buy anything) they get paied!!!!!

  • Well, if you did make that much money, I would say that you deserve it Mr. DeFranco.

  • Have you thought about human growth hormones?

  • You said you would talk about the business of youtube. You just talked about yourself. there was no "business" in your business of youtube video. Very disapointing Phil.

  • Shane dawson gets 300k?! What a load of bull

  • I don't see why people get mad that the people on YouTube get paid to make videos and they really don't need to tell us shit if they didn't want to. If you wanna cry about not having money get a fucking job.

  • @elementohsix Im on of the people who just wanna know how much youtube actually pays, i dont care if any youtuber makes money - i think they deserve it. But im curious to know if they really just get money from Adsense or if Youtube pays them personally.

  • I think some may be curious how much you make because they are interested in starting up the same thing your doing, you know. If you said you can make a living doing it, all they have to do is work hard and commit. Some wont make that commitment without the knowledge that they can make a 30grand income off doing something like what you do. I for one wouldnt be able to do it unless part time could make 20 grand and full time 50 grand just to cover cost of living in portland oregon.

  • Well Phil no one should ever have to feel that they need to defend how much money they make. I myself enjoy what you do. Lot's of people enjoy the books J.K. Rowling wrote. Does she need to defend the money she made? No and neither do you. Please keep up the good work and thank you for entertaining me at work. 8)

  • You are just making money with the skills you posses, even if you make $10 million. If people feel you make too much why do they not go and do the same thing. I like you show, if you were not making enough money to make a living then we would not have the entertainment that you provide.

  • so how much to you make???

  • nah, dont worry Phil, we won't think of u differently. however, we are quite really intriguingly curious. so plz giv us a 20k range  ballpark number!

  • how much mother fuckin money you make phil

  • I sure hope some day that you make 20 million! *Christian Side Hug*

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  • Dude people who think like that are douche bags if you can make money off what you love why the fuck not huh?!?! WHAT the hell people!? Why are there so many out there who think low of people that are making money like this. Its just down right absurd and moronic to think this way. People like Phil are paving the way for future internet growth. GET A CLUE dont hate

  • Meetings dont count if its in a bar Phil.Your so silly you.

  • You're > Awesome. I wouldn't care if you were No. 1 on the Forbe's most richest douchebag...i mean people's list. You let us into a little bit of your life and make news doing the rounds on the internet funny/entertaining. Watching something that inspires others is rare. So thankyou for doing what you're doing and being you!

  • Who does he mean by "his family"?

  • @vamoncho Well, his dad does have PKD (not exactly sure what it stands for, but it is a serious disease, good says Polycystic kidney disease). Either way, it's a serious disease.

  • OMG PHIL MAKES MONEY OFF HIS JOB! THIS IS SO WRONG! PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE PAID FOR THEIR WORK!

  • what the fuck this video sucked you said you were guna tel whats up i thought no one made money on youtube how the fuck you make money homie shit. shit id tel someone how much i make if the asked. tell what up. what up? what up? what up?

  • @cockboy12 hmm......ebonics. well i do agree with Phil. it is kind of rude to ask someones salary. Also, there are too many crazy people out there to tell that type of info so if you see this Phil please dont release that info; for you and our families safety. My cousin won the lottery and i had to turn into turbo cop for her. I fear for her life and dont tell people shit about her b/c .....well, i love her. I understand being curious but somethings just shouldnt be told.

  • @cleodeoleo I kind of agree, but disagree. If you're making money on YouTube you should let people know how much so other people know how much effort they should/could spend on YouTube (If they are uploaders). I always thought no one made money on YouTube till this video and if I would have known earlier I might have tried something to make money off the site. Making money on YouTube isnt winning the lottery. I do lawn mowing and snow removal n make almost a six fig salary n im 21 so what?

  • Phil, you are not the money in your wallet.  We, the viewers, are.

  • Well said, Phil. Those busybodies need to keep their nose out of your business! I love your shows!! Who cares how much you make?

  • F the haters, they gonna hate, its in the job title. You do a job you get paid for your job, whats it matter what you get paid?

    ill be pissed if you came on your show everyday wearing a jacket made of $50 bills and thru paper airplanes made of goldleaf at the camera, but your down to earth. stay that way man its what has got you this far.

  • Dude, Veggies and Fruit have fiber too... not just bran muffins and grains.

  • PHIL I HAVE A SEADOO I WILL LET YOU GO WITH US :D AND I ONLY LIVE LIKE 45 MINUTES AWAY FROM YOU!!!

  • @VVeeB  Thats kinda creepy.

  • @VVeeB dude thats kinda creepy just saying

  • Love the Seal comment! Where I come from the seal industry is a part of life, we never kill baby seals, but I like the comment because it makes a point about the misinformed douche bags who so passionately oppose the seal hunt. Paul Mccartney and his C*nt of an ex wife where all over the news protesting it and they were so misinformed didn't even know which province they were in. Anyway, big fan, keep it up, love your views of this high strung world we try to live in

    LONG MAY YER BIG JIB DRAW!

  • thnks phil you really filled us in....

  • The amount of money you make would not make me change my opinion of you, but refusing to be upfront about it certainly raises an eyebrow

    People aren't asking what YOU make exactly, they are trying to figure out how much high level youtubers make, Because we don't know. For some reason you guys are oddly tight lipped on the matter. Professional youtubers are a brand new career, we are just curious how much someone in this new profession makes. There is no reason to get your panties in a bunch.

  • @spiralgear I think Google doesn't want people to know. How much they're paying the top users because most likely it is a lot more than other people think. I think the article is wrong on how it works out roughly how much Youtubers get paid. Im sure they get paid depending on Ad clicks views and subscribers. It might some sort of contract thing the way Phils going on about it.

  • @spiralgear Hasn't it always been considered rude to ask the income of others?

    Some people may feel they make to little and might feel embaressed, or fear others will become jealous if they make a lot.

    In the end, it's really none of our business. Do we really need to know? I don't think so. The youtubers are still people and have the right to keep their private business private.

  • @spiralgear So if you work at mcdonalds and I come in and ask how much you make per hour you should just tell me and not get mad about it. Right? No big deal? Oh, wait you mean thats personal information? huh, weird.

  • @spiralgear i don't think they really can tell you how much they make , i think that youtube tells them not to cause youtube doesn't want people to be "like oh this person makes "x" amount of money a year, i'm going to start uploading alot of random vids so youtube can pay me"

  • @spiralgear try asking someone on the street how much they make and see how they respond.

  • @spiralgear They're not allowed to talk about it, Youtube won't let them. Plus it's not really anyone's business.

  • @spiralgear do you talk about how much money you make with people you dont know or have even see face to face it ould be like me calling you and asking how much you make 

  • @spiralgear or most people who arent stuck up are embarrassed about how much they make

  • @spiralgear My guess is they can't legally talk about how much they make. You would think that one of these guys would say how much they make. Clearly they make more than 30k after taxes or they would get real jobs.

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  • DEAR PHILIP,

    I am a Vegan and I'd say to try it for just 3 weeks.

    It's very beneficial :).

    DON'T CLUB BABY SEALS

  • I read that article and of the 10, you and Natalie Tran are the only ones I watch. But I was happy to hear that you guys are getting PAID. There's nothing wrong with it, and there's no need to explain. I love watching your vids, I think you're entertaining and informative and I'm glad you get paid to do something you like and aren't promoting some psycho political/religious agenda while doing it.

    xxlove.

  • dude i read that article and i thought right on. if you get paid to do something you love and your gud at, which you are, then gud on you man! im still tryna figure out how to get paid for doing nothing!

  • In all honesty I really don't think it's anyone's place to know how much you make or any other YouTuber's make. Even at an office job no one should need to know what you make. Plus, all the people who have bad opinions about you because you and other YouTuber's make money for doing something you love are the biggest hypocrites in the world. If they could do something they love and get paid for it then they would do it. I guess it all boils down to bitterness and jealousy.

  • I don't care how much you make...though the higher the number the more I am jealous of your lucky ass. ;D

  • i think its awesome that you work your ass off, live where you want, and seem to have a a kick ass time doing what you do.

  • How ever you make money, it's your biz. I mean really? People are upset or asking? Really? Who here pays for the T.V. they watch, the internet they use, the damn electricity that boots up their computer. It's called C-A-P-I-T-O-L-I-S-M : no, it's not a desiese, it's the way the world works.

  • woah phil you should become a politician. becuz while its absolutely true u dont have to tell anyone how much u make you totally did the politician thing like "i believe in america we all have our right to say how much we make as stated... constitution... forefathers... america.. country"

  • How many people in the comments are ignoring the fact that the whole point of this vid was him saying that the numbers on the site are WAY OFF. Not that this is how much he earns. Gah...

  • Phil, you should never have to justify how much you make to anyone. And if how much you make cause a shift in someone's view of you, then they suck cause they cannot / will not / are too damn lazy to do the things you are willing to do just to have a slice of pie, a home to live in, and be able to provide for your family. You keep doing what you do and i'm going to keep watching. Best of luck to you in all of your endeavors.

  • omg u r so right, RWJ has like 2,3 million viewers and its his average viewers...

  • i'd say phil gets 70k

  • we should start a fund to buy Phil a seadoo.

    Like if you agree

  • @CartyProductions Yes! lol Lets make the seadoo a reality!! :D

  • @CartyProductions pretty sure he can afford one dumb ass