Certainly one of the most successful youtubers. That’s Toby Turner. With more than 2.4 billion views (total number for his channel TobyGames), he had easy time to get rich fast in a few short years. Turner’s current net worth just surpassed $4.5 million as of 2023. Toby is often known under his stage name Tobuscus.
How Did Toby Turner Get So Rich?
Social media gave birth to a whole new generation of young internet millionaires and Turner is one of them. Although his also a mainstream media actor, notable portion of his wealth comes from advertisement on his vlog. Toby played in Smiley, New Low, and in 2015 will further boost his net worth by an appearance in a new film The Great Gilly Hopkins.
He pursued college degree at the University of Florida and remixed video of it’s taser incident in which one of his schoolmates was stunned by security officer. The remix was named “Don’t Tase Me, Bro!” and became an online sensation. Toby doesn’t think he crossed some line with this video and once said for MTV that as soon as he heard how his schoolmate is yelling, he knew it would be a great material for a hip hop track.
All social media combined, Tobuscus has already over 15 million subscribers. But he’s not only about videos anymore. In 2013, Turner crowdfunded his idea for an iOS and Android video game. The success was instant. Toby raised $240,000 within only 2 days. He sure knows how to utilize his fame.
