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Over the past decade, YouTube and its stars have become an increasingly important part of the entertainment landscape. These digital content creators are now celebrities in their own right and in 2021, being a YouTuber was more profitable than ever before. With viewership at an all-time high, the website’s top users brought in big bucks from ad revenue -- on top of all their other creative ventures. Forbes took a look at the earnings of YouTubers from January to December of 2021, estimating their income based on data from Captiv8, SocialBlade and Pollstar as well as interviews with industry insiders. What they found was incredibly impressive. Stars like Markiplier and Rhett and Link easily brought in millions of dollars over the course of the last 12 months -- and one star even broke records, making the most money of any YouTuber ever. Jake and Logan Paul even made a return to the list thanks to earnings bolstered by their recent boxing careers. And with the opportunities to expand their online earnings always increasing, these digital celebs are sure to make even more in 2022.