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Which YouTuber has done the most for charity?

By YPB Team

Tree-planting drives, December marathons and a water campaign from 2013 sit side by side here. Scale matters, and so does who started first.

  1. MrBeast — ranked #11
    MrBeast
    Co-led #TeamTrees and #TeamSeas and runs Beast Philanthropy, a channel whose entire revenue funds food banks and relief work.
    1000pts
  2. Tyler Oakley — ranked #22
    Tyler Oakley
    Raised more than a million dollars for the Trevor Project across his birthday fundraisers.
    814pts
  3. Markiplier — ranked #33
    Markiplier
    Charity livestreams for the Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, plus proceeds from his film.
    597pts
  4. Lilly Singh — ranked #44
    Lilly Singh
    UNICEF goodwill ambassador whose #GirlLove campaign funded girls' education through the Malala Fund.
    546pts
  5. Hank Green — ranked #55
    Hank Green
    Co-founder with his brother John of the Project for Awesome, the annual Nerdfighter charity drive running since 2007.
    488pts
  6. MoistCr1TiKaL — ranked #66
    MoistCr1TiKaL
    Charlie White, who donated his early channel earnings for years and runs recurring charity streams.
    488pts
  7. Ninja — ranked #77
    Ninja
    Fortnite streamer whose 2018 charity streams for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention set early records.
    423pts
  8. Ludwig Ahgren — ranked #88
    Ludwig Ahgren
    Creator whose charity subathons and Mogul Money events have sent millions to No Kid Hungry and other causes.
    423pts
  9. PewDiePie — ranked #99
    PewDiePie
    Raised $446,462 for charity: water in 2013 and ran repeated drives for Save the Children and the WWF.
    423pts
  10. Ryan Trahan — ranked #1010
    Ryan Trahan
    His penny-to-cross-America series and 50-states run raised millions for Feeding America.
    423pts
  11. DrLupo — ranked #1111
    DrLupo
    Streamer whose annual Build Against Cancer marathons have raised more than $10 million for St. Jude.
    423pts
  12. Mark Rober — ranked #1212
    Mark Rober
    Co-founder of #TeamTrees and #TeamSeas with MrBeast, and of the autism-focused Color the Spectrum stream.
    349pts
  13. Hasan Piker — ranked #1313
    Hasan Piker
    Twitch political streamer whose charity streams funded relief for Turkey's 2023 earthquake and Gaza aid groups.
    349pts
  14. Yogscast — ranked #1414
    Yogscast
    The Jingle Jam game bundle, which has raised tens of millions of pounds every December since 2011.
    349pts
  15. Jacksepticeye — ranked #1515
    Jacksepticeye
    Host of the annual Thankmas livestream, which has raised more than $10 million in a single December.
    163pts
  16. Dream — ranked #1616
    Dream
    Minecraft creator whose charity streams and merch drops have funded mental-health and relief organisations.
    0pts

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