Trending Now: KSI’s YouTube earnings leaked by Michael McIntyre on BBC’s ‘Big Show’ – Fans React

KSI’s YouTube revenue has been ‘leaked’ in an episode of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show.

The content creator, boxer, businessman, and musician makes his money in a lot of different ways ,given his eye-watering $100 million net worth, as reported by Celebrity Net Worth. In 2023, Forbes ranked him as number two in their top creators list behind billionaire YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast).

During McIntyre’s ‘Send To All’ segment filmed in November, the host went and took control of KSI’s phone as part of the bit. For those unaware, the segment lets the presenter have ‘full access’ to a guest’s phone to message their contacts and have a look through some apps.

While checking through his iPhone, the comedian asked him about his YouTube Studio app, then opted to open it in front of the audience.

And the app showed off KSI’s insane YouTube ad revenue for the month from a whopping 17.8 million views during that period.

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The app showed an estimated revenue of $105,000 for the previous 28 days, which works out to a whopping $1,260,000 a year.

“Wow, very impressive statistics,” McIntyre said, as KSI laughed: “Thank you, thank you. I’ve been working hard.”

Commenting on the segment, one viewer said: “The ‘accidentally’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting here… Michael knew exactly what he was doing.”

KSI was estimated to make $105,000 for the month (BBC)

Another added: “Ah is that is monthly revenue? $100k? I thought he’d earn more than that, considering how many subscribers and views he has. That’s still pretty impressive too by the way.”

As of January 2025, he has over 44 million subscribers and 14 billion video views across his three active YouTube channels.

A third penned: “Definitely staged as ain’t no way he knew to casually move to analytics right as he said he didn’t want to look at his revenue streams (plus he has his own YT channel lol).”

KSI admitted that he does ‘work hard’ (BBC)

“Must be nice to see ‘+US$105K’ on your phone and just treat it like a regular Tuesday. I get excited when I find a 100-dollar bill in my old jeans,” a fourth wrote.

Others suggested that the whole thing was unlikely to be ‘accidental’ because ‘KSI wouldn’t allow it if he wasn’t cool with it’.

KSI – whose birth name is Olajide ‘JJ’ Olatunji – posts a wide range of content, from his try not to laugh challenges like ‘Make Us Laugh, Win $1,000′, to his ’20 Women Vs 1 Sidemen’.

He boasts over 75 million followers in total.