2020 Year End Recap | Entertainment News, Photos, and Videos

Forbes has unveiled the list of the highest-paid YouTube stars from 2020!

The top-earning star of the year is only nine-years-old and he was number one last year as well. Forbes defines a YouTube Star as “someone whose primary form of digital and media revenue comes from YouTube.”

One trend that you might notice among the top-earning stars of the year is that most of them cater to a young audience. A recent study showed that 77% of internet users in the U.S. who are between the ages of 15 and 25 are active YouTube viewers.

All earnings estimates are from June 1, 2019 through June 1, 2020. These numbers are pretax and before agents, managers, and lawyers’ fees are deducted.

Click through the slideshow to see the highest paid YouTube stars of the year…

Twitter has revealed some interesting data about the biggest trends of 2020, including the tweets that received the most retweets and likes.

The social media company notes that the top tweets of the year “encapsulate the full spectrum of life in 2020: loss, contemplation, distraction, entertainment, and a dash of humor.”

The tweet that announced Chadwick Boseman‘s death was the most retweeted and most liked tweet of the year. Many of the other top tweets were about COVID-19 and BTS fans also got their idols into the top ranking.

Twitter did provided this note for the data: “We only feature one Tweet per account and we don’t consider Tweets that offer reward in exchange for followers or engagement.”

#COVID19 was the top hashtag of the year with nearly 400 million tweets using it. The third biggest hashtag was #StayHome.

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