The worldâs first television stations first started appearing in America in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The first mechanical TV station was called W3XK and was created by Charles Francis Jenkins (one of the inventors of the mechanical television). That TV station aired its first broadcast on July 2, 1928.
PewDiePieâs net worth comes mostly from his stratospherically popular YouTube Channel. The star has earned an estimated $155 million since 2010. Since heâs in a 45% tax bracket, about half of that goes to PewDiePieâs net worth. Numbers are current as of 12/13/16.
Sweden's PewDiePie is the most popular YouTuber in the world right now. Youtube Screenshot YouTube videos can be big business for top independent content creators. These are the YouTube stars who have huge online fanbases â even though most people have never heard of them. We picked out 20 of the biggest stars, who could each be earning more than $1 million a year in ad revenue â in some cases much more.