Forbes Released The List Of The 5 Highest-Earning Tiktokers
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Top-Earning TikTokers of 2021
TikTok is one of the most popular video platforms on the internet, and a number of top creators have made a career and made millions thanks to the app.
Despite the presence of some very familiar names on Forbes’ TikTok rich list of 2021, you’ll be blown away by just how much figures like Charli D’Amelio, Bella Poarch, and Addison Rae are reportedly earning.
According to Forbes, These are the top-earning TikTokers of 2021:
1. Charli D’Amelio: $17.5 million
2. Dixie D’Amelio: $10 million
3. Addison Rae: $8.5 million
4 (tie). Bella Poarch & Josh Richards: $5 million
6 (tie). Kris Collins & Avanni Gregg: $4.75 million
1) Charli D’Amelio — $17.5m
Charli D’Amelio has the largest following on the app, 133 million subscribers, and a ballooning number of business interests. The highest-paid Tiktok star on Forbes’ list is Charli D’Amelio. With a net worth of $17.5 million, D’Amelio has a pretty impressive fortune. To date, Charli has amassed nearly 133 million followers on TikTok since posting her first video in May 2019.
She has sponsorships from Invisalign, Morphe cosmetics, Dunkin’ Donuts, and a new one with Dunkin’ Donuts -and then significantly more. A show about Charli and Dixie premiered on Snap alongside the Hulu series in November. 10 mini-TV episodes are featured in Charlie vs. Dixie. Both show the couple competing over something—baking in one, board games in another—continuing to live even life’s simplest moments.
2) Dixie D’Amelio — $10m
Dixie D’Amelio is Charli’s older sister. Many of her earnings and fame come from Hollister, Hulu, and Snap deals, which she shares with her sister Charli. TikToker Dixie stands in the second position of the highest-earning artist on TikTok, with a net worth of $10 million. Dixie, who is 20 years old, has 57 million followers, making her the ninth most followed TikToker.
Dixie has been working toward building her own pop career for some time, in a deliberate attempt to contrast D’Amelio’s clean-cut marketing machine with the squeaky-clean image of the girl next door. A song she released in 2021, “Psycho,” featured the rapper Rubi Rose and peaked at No. 25 on Billboard’s U.S. pop chart. The TikTok star has given her fans access to both her family life and her love life, posting several lovey-dovey tweets between herself and her boyfriend, another high-profile TikTok star, Noah Beck.
3) Addison Rae — $8.5m
With $8.5 million earned in 2021, Addison Rae Easterling comes in the third position of highest-earning TikTok star. She was the lead actress in the Netflix movie “He’s All That”. He’s All That debuted in August and briefly ranked No. 1 on Netflix in 78 countries. It is a remake of She’s All That, a Freddie Prinze Jr. flick with a complex plot.
Furthermore, she has deals with American Eagle, a company that competes directly with Hollister, which backs the D’Amelios. She also has her own beauty line, Item Beauty, which sells products like Lash Snack mascara at Sephora and other retailers.
4) Bella Poarch— $5m
In the List of Forbes, With 87 million subscribers to her account, Bella Poarch has become the third-most-followed person on the app in little more than a year. With a net worth of $5 million, she stands in the fourth position of highest earned TikTok star list. She gained notoriety in August 2020 with a lip-sync video to a British rapper’s song “M to B;” it became the most-watched TikTok video of that year.
Poarch worked as a helicopter mechanic in the U.S. Navy. It is no wonder that sponsors are drawn to her. Since the start of last year, she has done work for Google, Prada, and Tinder. Her first single, “Build a Bitch”, reached No. 56 on Billboard’s pop chart, which she hopes to mark the beginning of the next phase of her music career.
5) Josh Richards — $5m
Josh Richards stands in the fifth position in the highest-earning star list of Forbes with a net worth of $5 million. He has a tie with Bella Poarch on this list. He usually posts dancing, lip-syncing videos of himself and his friends. His TikTok account has 26 million followers. Josh is a member of the Los Angeles creator collective Say House, which is made up entirely of male creators.
Amazon, CashApp, among others, have sponsored him in the past. BFFs, the podcast that he cohosts with Barstool founder Dave Portnoy on the Barstool Sports podcast network, is perfect fodder for his schtick.
This party animal aura has been adopted by Richards’ commercial domain as well. As well as the venture capital firm Animal Capital, which he founded, there is his Ani energy drink, which is now available in Walmart and other chain stores. Venture capital firm PearPop is investing $15 million for a variety of initiatives, from an app that connects influencers with collaborators.
Ankita Khanrah
Ankita Khanrah is a second-year student of the Master of Communication and Journalism (Integrated) programme at the School of Mass Communication, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar.
