This 7-Year-Old Earned $28 Million From YouTube In 2021, Among Highest Paid

Seven-year-old YouTube star Anastasia Radzinskaya, or Nastya to her viewers, raked in $28 million last year for making videos about her family vacation, her best friends as well as lessons on responsibility.

According to Forbes' latest list of the 10 richest content creators on the platform, Nastya is the sixth-highest-earning YouTube star in the world for 2021. She is the only female who made the list, and she has been there for three years straight.

She ranked seventh in Forbes' list of the richest YouTubers for 2020, with $18.5 million in earnings.

In 2020, Nastya sold the rights to her old YouTube videos to Spotter, while retaining rights to new content, according to the publication.

Along with her Spotter money, Nastya also acquired her fortune through brand deals, a merchandise line and an NFT collection.

Currently, she has an estimated net worth of $20 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Born with cerebral palsy, Nastya's parents documented her speech learning development by posting videos on YouTube for friends and family. Over the years, the number of her viewers grew.

Nastya rose to fame in 2018 when she posted a video of her trip to the petting zoo with her father, Yuri.

In just one year, her following grew to 107 million subscribers across seven channels, and she ranked third on Forbes’ list of top-earning YouTube stars for 2019 with an estimated annual income of $18 million.

Along with her parents, she runs family-friendly YouTube channels, including Like Nastya, Stacy Toys, Like Nastya Vlog, Stacy Show, Funny Stacy and Funny Stacy PRT.

Her channel with the most number of subscribers, Like Nastya, now has 85.8 million subscribers.

Top hits from 2021 include her video about decorating Halloween cupcakes (22 million views), her video where she spends time with her best friend Evelyn (40 million views) and her experience while being home alone (44 million).