Even if you think you have strong knowledge about YouTube gaming community, some of the entries on our list of 11 most successful gaming YouTubers in the world will surely surprise you.
At some given moment, someone realized that people would be interested in watching someone playing video games. It happened before, on large video game competitions, so why wouldn’t it be possible on YouTube as well? We presume that this was how gaming channels on YouTube happened. At first, gaming videos had a purpose. They often featured explanations and tutorials about a particular game. Today, those kinds of gaming videos are in decline, while gaming videos where the YouTuber plays the game himself and makes funny commentaries represent one of the most watched categories of videos on YouTube. If you are just not so much into watching other people playing games, maybe these top 10 funniest YouTube channels in 2015 will fit you better.
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The gaming YouTubers enjoy celebrity status among the YouTube community, and some of them are even making a pretty decent living out of it. They practically live every boy’s dream, to earn money from playing video games. All of the big companies also recognized the potential, and they are sponsoring lots of gaming YouTubers in one way or another.
Unlike before, thanks to the subscription feature on YouTube, now we can pretty accurately determine how successful a YouTube channel is. The greater the number of subscribers, the more successful gaming YouTuber is. Let’s not waste any more time and see who are the 11 most successful gaming YouTubers in the world.
11. Sky Does Minecraft
Number of Subscribers: 12,082,035
Adam Dahlberg better known as Sky Does Minecraft started his YouTube career on February 27, 2011, and has 1,590+ videos published. As his name tells you, his channel is dedicated to the hottest gaming topic on YouTube, Minecraft. Adam first started with the game Rune Scape, but transferred to Minecraft when his followers suggested him to do so.
10. jacksepticeye
Number of Subscribers: 12,409,134
Seán William McLoughlin is Ireland born YouTuber that started his channel in 2012. He gained popularity when PewDiePie gave him attention in one of his videos. His channel is dedicated mostly to gaming, but he does occasional vlogs and sketches.
9. TheDiamondMinecart // DanTDM
Number of Subscribers: 12,611,491
When it comes to viewership alone, Daniel Middleton or Dan TDM that ranks 9th in our list of most successful gaming YouTubers in the world is one of the most popular YouTubers in the world. His channel started in 2012 and focuses primarily on Minecraft, but he does other videos about other video games like Roblox.
8. Markiplier
Number of Subscribers: 14,583,017
Real name Mark Edward Fischbach, Markiplier that ranks 8th in our list of most successful gaming YouTubers in the world focuses on indie games in survival horror and action genre, although occasionally he does Minecraft as well. The channel that started in 2012 now has over 5.6 billion views.
7. KSI
Number of Subscribers: 14,708,214
The interesting thing about Olajide “JJ” Olatunji is that he doesn’t have only a successful YouTube career, but he is also a successful rapper. The main game that KSI plays and features in his videos is FIFA serial. He recently started an acting career, starring in the movie “Laid In America”.
6. JuegaGerman
Number of Subscribers: 15,247,480
Germán Alejandro Garmendia Aranis, unlike other YouTubers, has two very successful YouTube channels. His primary channel is called HolaSoyGermán and revolves around vlogs being a second most subscribed channel on Youtube with 29 million subscribers. JuegaGerman is his secondary channel that he started in 2013 and includes exclusively gaming videos.
5. VEGETTA777
Number of Subscribers: 15,513,797
We are slowly entering top 5 on our list of 11 most successful gaming YouTubers in the world. Samuel de Luque started his channel in 2008 and has uploaded more than 2,800 videos to date. The games featured on his channel include Minecraft, Battlefield, Saint’s Row, Garry’s Mod and many others.
4. Fernanfloo
Number of Subscribers: 15,831,044
Born in El Salvador, Luis Flores or Fernanfloo, started his YouTube career on May 1, 2011. His channel features comedy gaming videos, but also contains other content like vlogs.
3. VanossGaming
Number of Subscribers: 18,757,581
VanossGaming is an alias for Evan Fong, who started his YouTube career in 2011. His channel is somewhat different than other gaming channels due to the fact that Fong usually revolves his gaming videos around funny moments in video games that he comments with his friends.
2. elrubiusOMG
Number of Subscribers: 20,936,909
Known as El Rubius, Rubén Doblas Gunderse started his YouTube career in 2006. His first channel was replaced with current one in 2011. It’s the most popular YouTube gaming channel in the Spanish language, gaining 4.4 billion views. His gaming videos include a variety of video games like Elder Scrolls series, Pokemon Go, The Legend Of Zelda and more. And now, let’s see the number one in our list of most successful gaming YouTubers in the world.
1. PewDiePie
Number of Subscribers: 48,235,542
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that PewDiePie is on the top of our list of 11 most successful gaming YouTubers in the world. With more than 48 million subscribers, Felix Kjellberg’s channel is the most subscribed channel on Youtube in any category and has over 13.5 billion views. He claimed the title of the most subscribed channel on 22 December 2013 and didn’t lose it since. Although at the start, he focused only on making gaming videos, he is now doing vlogs and occasional sketches in addition.
