Youtuber HIKAKIN appeared on “Downtown Now”

YouTube Japan personality HIKAKIN has come a long way.

Appearing on YouTube as a beatboxer, a few years ago, he then ventured into gaming and hanging out and doing crazy things with other YouTube Japan personalities.

But now, HIKAKIN’s beat box channel has over a million subscribers, while HIKAKINTV has over 5.5 million subscribers.  Placing him as the top earning YouTube Japan personality.

HIKAKIN explained to Downtown host Matsumoto Hitoshi that he was a supermarket sales clerk in Tokyo for about four years, while posting videos on YouTube.

When asked how he earns revenue, may it be number of views or sponsorship?  HIKAKIN explained that for him, it’s both.  As the number of viewers increase, the numbers of sponsors increased.

When asked what his monthly income, HIKAKIN whispered in one of the co-hosts ear and they were told by the co-hosts (bleeped out) making Matsumoto, Hamada and Kojima Ruriko react with shock.

According to social blade, just on YouTube Japan earnings, not including sponsorship earnings, HIKAKIN earns $33.7k-$538.7k per month, $404K-$6.5M per year.  Add in the sponsorships, you realize that HIKAKIN is doing very well financially.

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