Top Gaming Influencers on YouTube



In YouTube and other social media platforms Any niche and any subject could allow you to make huge profits simply by uploading your videos and sharing it with the world. Every view counts every like counts and every share is traffic booster.



Online games have brought excitement and great deal of fun to our online community. Online games and the online community are growing and influencers are making more money. How does it all work?



Here's a list with the names and locations of the most influential gaming influencers on YouTube.



Mark Fischbach



Also known as Markiplier, a Hawaiian-born army dropped out of college where he studied engineering, to grow his career as a YouTube gaming commentator. Specializing in the horror genre his videos have been watched over 7 billion times in five years. His ultimate proof of cross-over success? He signed a deal with the giant agency William Morris Endeavor in 2016.



Felix Kjellberg



PewDiePie, also known as the world's highest-paid YouTube influencer in 2016 is also referred to as PewDiePie. If it weren't for the nine videos he uploaded in the early part of 2017, which contain Nazi images the Swedish gamer would have been the most popular in the Gaming category. Maker Studios, a subsidiary of Disney which is also his multi-channel network partner severed the ties with him. He was also removed from YouTube's Red platform as well as from the Google Preferred program. His name is now tarnished and he continues to make millions through YouTube ads alone.



Evan Fong



Born in Canada, he was known as VanossGaming. He quit the University of Pennsylvania to pursue his online career full time. While playing games like Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty, he is chatting and laughing with his friends. In 2016, he started to voice a character for the adult-oriented cartoon series "Paranormal Action Squad" for YouTube Red.



Sonja Reid



Also known as Omgitsfirefoxx she began streaming live on the gaming platform Twitch in 2013. She uploads highlights on YouTube, where she quickly built a large following, which led to collaborations with brands like Intel, Syfy, Audi, and Syfy.



SSSniperWolf



Lia Wolf, a YouTube influencer from Britain, specializes in Call of Duty gameplay videos. She also has a passion for cosplay and anime. The channel has brought her more than 5,000,000 subscribers and followers, which resulted in collaborations with Ubisoft, Disney, EA, Ubisoft and Disney. She stated, "I wanted girls to be competent and skilled at video gaming."
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Jacksepticeye



His real name is Sean McLoughlin. He started posting daily on YouTube in 2012, when he initially joined the site. He is well-known for his humorous and lively commentary. His videos have been viewed more than 7.2 billion times. He is currently signed with Revelmode. This subnetwork of Disney's Maker Studios.



DanTDM



Daniel Middleton is a professional gamer, popular online as DanTDM or The Diamond Minecraft. His mastery of popular game for kids Minecraft and his fan base have earned him up for a Guinness World Record in 2016 for accumulating the highest number of views for a dedicated Minecraft channel, which was 7.9 billion at the time.



TheSyndicateProject



Tom Cassell, a long-time gamer was the first person to reach 1 million subscribers on Twitch in 2014. Since then, he's been able to gain more than 10 million YouTube subscribers for his playthroughs of popular game franchises such as Halo and Call of Duty. Alongside his fellow list members Sonja Reid and Evan Fong, he is now officially signed to 3BlackDot gaming influencer agency.



SkyDoesMinecraft



Adam Dahlberg, 24 years old is a YouTube veteran. He started as a voice actor for gaming videos back in 2006 and over a decade later his main channel, which was centered on the hit kid-friendly game, Minecraft. He has more than 11 million subscribers. He is now partnered by Amazon, Netflix, Nintendo and sells merchandise for his fans, such as pillows and posters.



Mari Takahashi



AtomicMari was up until the beginning of 2017 the only female player on the popular YouTube channel, Smosh Games. She stars in Maricraft, a sub-series which has a a focus on Minecraft gameplay. Her Smosh Pit Weekly show began in 2010 when she was a professional ballerina.