Y ouTube stars are today’s self-made celebrities—people who have earned an audience by creating content geared toward teaching, entertaining, reviewing, and being awesome on the internet. Most of these small-screen celebs do what they do just to do it, to scratch an itch for creating things and being in front of an audience. Making money might not be your reason for starting a YouTube channel , but the opportunities to earn are a pleasant surprise once you realize how many of them there are. Who makes the most money on YouTube? Who’s going to watch your YouTube Channel? How to make money on YouTube How to “sell” without annoying your audience Are you ready to monetize your YouTube channel? Who makes the most money on YouTube? According to Forbes , these 10 channels were the top earners on YouTube from June 2017 to June 2018: Ryan's World , $22 million (22.4 million subscribers) Jake Paul , $21.5 million (19.7 million subscribers) Dude Perfect , $20 million (47.1 million subs...