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6-Year-Old Reviews Toys on YouTube, Makes $11 Million in a Year

Multi-millionaire Ryan’s got every kid’s dream job - opening toys and playing with them.

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It’s time for some adults to slump into a pit of shame. 6-year-old Ryan from the US has made it to the Forbes list of ‘Highest-Paid YouTube Stars 2017’. The little internet celebrity is known to enthral kids across the world by unboxing toys and ‘reviewing’ them with all the eloquence his age allows him to muster on his YouTube channel, Ryan ToysReview.

He unwraps toys and his parents film him reacting to them. After voraciously watching a lot of Toy review channels, it all began with an ordinary 15-minute video about a Lego Duplo train set, where the 3-year-old Ryan simply set up the blocks. A video of him reviewing 100 toys at once, later broke the internet and his viral stint took off.

His video descriptions embed many links to name-brand items.

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Every click on the links earns Ryan’s parents money. His mom, Loann has now given up her career as a high school chemistry teacher. Verge called his channel “a mash-up of personal vlog and “unboxing” video, a blend of innocent childhood antics and relentless, often overwhelming consumerism.”

The content was also in the eye of storm as some people branded it “inappropriate” for children, last month, following which, they were reportedly forced to take down over a hundred videos from the channel.

Many parents, on the other hand have left doting comments on Ryan’s channel.

“My son is autistic. Your videos are helping him to speak, use his imagination, and properly use toys! He enjoys these videos several times a day and I would just love to say thank you!”
A parent wrote.

Source: Washington Post

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