HE may only be ten years old, but YouTuber Ryan Kaji enjoys a luxury lifestyle thanks to whopping multi-million payouts from his channel – all thanks to playing with toys.
Just last year, the youngster pocketed an eye-watering $27million (£21m) payday – coining in more than the likes of Logan Paul.
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Texas-born Ryan may only be young – but his success started six years ago when his mum decided to create a YouTube channel called Ryan’s ToyReviews for her son.
The pint-sized influencer – born in October 2011 to Shion and Loann Kaji – started making videos reviewing toys
An instant hit, Ryan saw his views and subscribers surge within months – with his mum boldly deciding to quit her job as a teacher within a year to manage the channel full time.
In 2015, he racked up more than one billion views on a video where he opened a giant Lightning McQueen egg.
Ryan’s channel, now called Ryan’s World, continued to go from strength to strength, and in 2017, his parents signed a deal with startup children’s media company PocketWatch.
By 2019, the pre-teen sensation was the centre of a 20-episode TV series for preschoolers called Ryan’s Mystery Playdate.
That year, he was named YouTube’s highest paid star at just eight-years-old having cashed in a staggering $24million (£20m).
Ryan – older brother to twin sisters Emma and Kate – is also the star of two games released by Outright Games.
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And an array of Ryan’s World merchandise can be bought on Amazon and from well-known US brands like Target – including products like branded toothbrushes and a Ryan’s World Giant Mystery Egg.
As he continues to grow up, Ryan has expanded his channel from just toy reviews and also drops family-friendly science videos and vlogs.
With viewers around the globe, the youngster can reportedly bag up to $45,000 (£36k) per video.
Ryan now boasts an impressive 32.5million subscribers and shares pictures of his lifestyle on Instagram.
Snaps posted by his parents to his 158,000 followers on the platform show him and his family enjoying trips to theme parks including Disney World.
He can also be seen posing alongside celebrities such as former American footballer Aaron Donald and with toys from his vast collection.
Ryan again made the top ten highest paid YouTube stars list last year, joining the likes of MrBeast, Jake Paul and Dude Perfect.
He also makes the top ten richest YouTubers, as he’s believed to have a net worth of $32million (£26m).
CHILD STAR
But fellow youth YouTube star Nastya, eight, last year overtook him on earnings, raking in a staggering $28million (£23m) last year for her videos about her family holidays, her best friends and lessons on responsibility.
The Russian youngster – real name Anastasia Radzinskaya – is the biggest kid YouTuber in the world with 250million subscribers.
Not only that, she’s won eight YouTube Awards and has a whopping 428,000 followers on Instagram.
Another youngster relishing a luxury lifestyle is nine-year-old Mompha Junior – claimed to be the world’s youngest billionaire.
He owned his first mansion aged six and travels the globe by private jet.
The pre-teen influencer – real name Muhammed Awal Mustapha – shows off his blingtastic lifestyle to his 25,000 followers on Instagram.
One post shows him on the bonnet of a cream Bentley Flying Spur which he said his dad bought for him as his first car.
In another he poses in front of a red Lamborghini Aventador dressed head to toe in designer clothes. He captioned the post: “Happy birthday to me.”
More flashy motors including a yellow Ferrari can be seen parked outside one of his sprawling luxury homes in Dubai.
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