YouTube's highest paid star is a mysterious woman who unwraps Disney toys. For real.

[Turborama]

The next sentence you’re about to read is completely true, even though you might not believe it. There’s a woman who made $4.9 MILLION dollars last year by recording herself opening Disney toys, and then uploading the videos to YouTube. Absolutely crazy, but true.

Open Slate, a video analytics platform, crunched last year’s numbers and made a list of the highest-earning YouTube channels, based on ad revenue. Taylor Swift’s channel and MovieClips Trailers made the top ten. But topping the list with the most cha-ching, was DC Toy Collector, a channel that features a mysterious woman, known only by her hands, opening boxes of toys (most of them Disney-related.)

Since this news was released, media outlets have been scrambling to identify this genius woman. Buzzfeed suggested she may be a 43-year-old Florida-based Disney collector, while the New York Times singled out a 21-year-old New Yorker. Still, the mogul’s identity has not been confirmed.



What we do know is that she uploads about one video per day, and that her highest performing video (over 178 million views!) involved her opening a box of Frozen-themed Play Doh. We also know she likes cool nail art. See above.

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[merrily]

1. My first reaction was, "How depressing," given what it says about people. My second was, "Wait,

something about this doesn't smell right."

[Turborama]

3. My 1st reaction was, "I'm in the wrong business!"

lol

[merrily]

5. Yeah, I have a feeling there is some Disney corporate connection here somewhere,

making sure her dumbass videos get tons of clicks.

[davepc]

12. Probably, but a lot of them started innocently enough.

From this, no production values at all, obviously filmed on the floor:

To this, with music, editing, and a dedicated space. Better camera, lighting, and sound:

[Turborama]

17. It works! I now want to buy the Color Changers set for when my son grows up, he's only 7 months old

But I know he'll love it when he can play with it!

[Suich]

2. Unreal.

I'm flabbergasted!

[pa28]

4. Unboxing videos of all kinds all really popular on youtube.

Gold and silver unboxings also get many hits.

Must trigger the aspirational switch in the brain . . . or something. Weird and creepy.

[merrily]

6. Or....Please see Reply 5.

[pkdu]

7. Unless the ad-clicks are taking you to hand fetish porn I refuse to believe 4.9M

[bravenak]

8. My kids watch this all the time.

[davepc]

9. My kid loves these kinds of videos

There are a whole subset of youtube toy collectors who unbox and play with various toys.

[Jamastiene]

10. Ok, that's just fucking weird.

Why can't I be weird and get paid for it? I'm in the wrong business.

[Nay]

16. I know, right??? But this is why you and I have to schlep ourselves to jobs in

order to make a living -- we are unable to think of totally weird things to do that people will pay to watch. Honestly, the only thing I thought fit into that category was porn, and I ain't doin' that.

But really, we'd have to be mentally tied in with this culture somehow to even think of something like this. I never have been and obviously never will be.

[linuxman]

11. Damn. Good for her.

If you asked me who's grossing the most out of their YouTube videos, this probably wouldn't have made my list.

[bigwillq]

13. Unboxing vids are awesome.

Love the sounds.

[HappyMe]

14. That's pretty weird.

Maybe I should think of something stupid to do and try to make some money. On the other hand, I would rather have my sanity and dignity.

[kcr]

15. I'm beginning to think that we aren't real. We are all characters in a dystopian story

That someone is reading in a novel, or watching in a movie. Bizarro world.

[Turborama]

18. This one has nearly 100 million views...