{"id":919502,"date":"2026-07-13T10:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/mrbeast-takes-number-one-spot-on-forbes-top-creators-full-list\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:12:22","slug":"mrbeast-takes-number-one-spot-on-forbes-top-creators-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/mrbeast-takes-number-one-spot-on-forbes-top-creators-full-list\/","title":{"rendered":"MrBeast takes number one spot on Forbes top creators [Full list]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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American YouTube star and entrepreneur MrBeast has retained his position as the world\u2019s highest-earning digital creator after topping the 2026 Forbes Top Creators ranking, as the industry\u2019s biggest influencers generated more than $1 billion in combined earnings over the past year.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

The annual ranking, released by Forbes on July 1, showed that the top 50 creators earned a combined $1.02 billion between March 2025 and March 2026, representing a 20 per cent increase from the $853 million recorded in 2025 and an 80 per cent rise since the inaugural list in 2022.\n<\/p>\n

According to Forbes, the creator economy has evolved into a major entertainment industry, with digital creators expanding beyond social media into television, streaming, publishing, consumer products and technology ventures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe creator economy is no longer trying to break into show business it is show business,\u201d Forbes stated in its report.\n<\/p>\n

Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, claimed the top spot after recording an estimated $300 million in earnings and building a global audience of 873 million followers across various platforms.\n<\/p>\n

His growing business empire includes Beast Industries, Feastables, Lunchly, Viewstats, YouTube and Amazon Prime\u2019s hit reality series, Beast Games.<\/p>\n

Digital entrepreneur Dhar Mann ranked second with $65 million, while British entrepreneur and podcast host Steven Bartlett placed third with $52 million.\n<\/p>\n

Gaming creator Markiplier finished fourth after earning $38 million, while comedy duo Rhett & Link rounded out the top five with $37 million.\n<\/p>\n

The top 10 also featured Codie Sanchez, Mark Rober, IShowSpeed, Druski and Charli D\u2019Amelio, highlighting the growing influence of creators across entertainment, education, gaming, finance and lifestyle content.\n<\/p>\n

Forbes said this year\u2019s ranking was compiled using estimated gross earnings, audience size, engagement and business ventures, reflecting how leading creators are transforming personal brands into global companies.\n<\/p>\n

Full list of Forbes Top 50 Creators 2026<\/h3>\n

1 MrBeast $300m 873m\n<\/p>\n

2 Dhar Mann $65m 171m\n<\/p>\n

3 Steven Bartlett $52m 38.7m\n<\/p>\n

4 Markiplier $38m 76.8m\n<\/p>\n

5 Rhett & Link $37m 45.6m\n<\/p>\n

6 Codie Sanchez $31m 10m\n<\/p>\n

7 IShowSpeed $30m 184m\n<\/p>\n

8 Mark Rober $30m 90.7m\n<\/p>\n

9 Ms. Rachel $26m 34.2m\n<\/p>\n

10 Jesser $25m 54.9m\n<\/p>\n

11 MrBallen $24m 31.4m\n<\/p>\n

12 Druski $20m 38.5m\n<\/p>\n

13 Charli D\u2019Amelio $18m 209.8m\n<\/p>\n

14 Jacksepticeye $18m 48.9m\n<\/p>\n

15 Adam W $17.3m 67.2m\n<\/p>\n

16 Rebecca Zamolo $15m 45.3m\n<\/p>\n

17 Jake Shane $14m 6m\n<\/p>\n

18 Nick DiGiovanni $14m 65.4m\n<\/p>\n

19 Brent Rivera $13.7m 120.8m\n<\/p>\n

20 Typical Gamer $13m 31.6m\n <\/p>\n

21 Jordan The Stallion $12.4m 49.1m\n<\/p>\n

22 Stokes Twins $12.4m 177.5m\n<\/p>\n

23 Alix Earle $12m 14.5m\n<\/p>\n

24 Marques Brownlee $10.9m 33.6m\n<\/p>\n

25 Alan Chikin Chow $10.5m 131.4m\n<\/p>\n

26 Ashton Hall $10m 38.1m\n<\/p>\n

27 Khaby Lame $9.9m 252.1m\n<\/p>\n

28 James Dumoulin $9.9m 23.2m\n<\/p>\n

29 Haley Baylee $9.6m 37.4m\n<\/p>\n

30 Mikayla Nogueira $9m 21.8m\n<\/p>\n

31 Vivian Tu $8.2m 10.7m\n<\/p>\n

32 Dani Austin $8.1m 3.8m\n<\/p>\n

33 Tana Mongeau $8m 22.8m\n<\/p>\n

34 Nara Smith $7.5m 17.3m\n<\/p>\n

35 Nurse John $7.2m 19.2m\n<\/p>\n

36 Leah Kateb $7.1m 11.4m\n<\/p>\n

37 Dixie D\u2019Amelio $7m 72.9m\n<\/p>\n

38 Erika Kullberg $6.8m 21m\n<\/p>\n

39 Lexi Rivera $6.7m 56.3m\n<\/p>\n

40 Josh Richards $6m 34.7m\n<\/p>\n

41 Hannah Stocking $5.8m 74.4m\n<\/p>\n

42 Katie Fang $5.4m 8.2m\n<\/p>\n

43 Brooke Monk $5.2m 72.2m\n<\/p>\n

44 Anwar Jibawi $5m 83.9m\n<\/p>\n

45 Anna Sitar $4.4m 27.7m\n<\/p>\n

46 iJustine $3.4m 12.9m\n<\/p>\n

47 Tini Younger $3m 16.3m\n<\/p>\n

48 Drew Afualo $2.7m 13.4m\n<\/p>\n

49 Steven He $2m 29.6m\n<\/p>\n

50 Logan Moffitt $1.3m 10.6m\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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American YouTube star and entrepreneur MrBeast has retained his position as the world\u2019s highest-earning digital creator after topping the 2026 Forbes Top Creators ranking, as the industry\u2019s biggest influencers generated more than $1 billion in combined earnings over the past year. The annual ranking, released by Forbes on July 1, showed that the top 50 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":919503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101151,1409,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mrbeast","category-takes","category-youtube-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}