Marques Brownlee, also known as MKBHD, is a tech YouTuber (or THE tech YouTuber) with over 16.6 million subscribers. He is a very popular creator on the platform and has become very popular off it too.

This has left many people wondering, how much is Marques Brownlee worth? Let’s take a look at MKBHD’s net worth.

Marques Brownlee has an estimated net worth of around $40 million. He has earned most of this through his YouTube channel, through ads appearing on his videos, and affiliate sales through recommended products, channel memberships, and merchandise.

In this article, we’ll dive further into MKBHD’s net worth to give fans an inside peek at his lifestyle, as well as how he’s managed to build up this impressive fortune.

Overview

Marques Brownlee was born on December 3rd, 1993, in Maplewood, New Jersey.

He attended Columbia High School and graduated in 2011 before completing his Bachelor of Science in business and information technology at the Stevens Institute of Technology in May 2015.

Marques got started in the YouTube game incredibly early. His first video was uploaded in 2008 when he was just 14.

It wasn’t until 2012 that he managed to hit 100,000 subscribers, though. After that, the channel exploded in popularity and MKBHD now has over 16.6 million subscribers.

He doesn’t really talk about his personal life as a tech reviewer. The only glimpses we get into more personal info come from a relatively new second channel, called The Studio.

This channel looks at the behind-the-scenes of MKBHD, focused more on how the videos are put together than what he gets up to in his day-to-day life.

MKBHD is not only successful on YouTube, but he’s also a professional Ultimate Frisbee player, where he competes for New York Empire (AUDL), where he won the 2019 and 2022 AUDL championships.

In 2022 he also won the WFDF World Ultimate Club Championship with New York PoNy.

Marques Brownlee is not married but is in a relationship with fellow professional ultimate frisbee player, Nicole “Nikki” Hair. She competes for New York Gridlock Ultimate (NYGL). Little public information is known about the relationship, apart from the occasional social media post.

YouTube Career

Most of Marques Brownlee’s content is uploaded to the main MKBHD channel. MKBHD is a combination of his initials MKB (Marques Keith Brownlee) and the letters HD (for High Definition).

As HD has become rather outdated, with the introduction of 4K, 8K, etc. The channel now simply goes by Marques Brownlee.

Almost all of the content that you find on his channel focuses on tech reviews, with a particular focus on smartphones.

Each year, Brownlee hands out awards to the best smartphones for the year. This started in 2014, and he’s continued it ever since.

Celebrity Interviews

Over the years, he has interviewed and talked to a ton of YouTubers and celebrities on his channel. These include Kobe Bryant, Linus Sebastian, Barack Obama, Lew from Unbox Therapy, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Will Smith.

Most of his interviews take a tech approach and he’s interviewed CEOs of many of the largest tech companies.

He has been called the best tech reviewer by the senior vice president of Google, clearly showing how much influence he has in the space, not just on YouTube.

The Studio

As mentioned already, Marques created a separate YouTube channel that covers what goes on behind the scenes at MKBHD headquarters.

This channel is called The Studio and gives viewers a look at how much work goes into each and every one of his videos.

The channel is still in its infancy and has a high trajectory path already, so it won’t be long before the YouTube play buttons need to be shipped over.

Retro Tech

He is also the host of Retro Tech, a YouTube original by Vox Media Studios that is displayed on his channel.

Here, he interviews a wealth of celebrities on tech. This includes tech that ended up becoming massive, as well as the retro-tech that never took off in the way it should have done.

WVFRM Podcast

Finally, Brownlee has also jumped into the world of podcasts with the WVFRM (Waveform) podcast alongside one of his producers Andrew Manganelli.

While they do a little bit of tech reviewing on this podcast, the bulk of the content is focused on consumer electronic news. This means that it doesn’t quite have the same timeless nature that his YouTube channel has.

As with his other media ventures, he also spends a good chunk of time interviewing people from the tech world and other YouTubers.

How Much Money Does Marques Brownlee Make On YouTube?

Marques Brownlee has over 16.6 million subscribers on his main channel and over 3.3 billion views on his videos over the lifetime of his channel.

As Marques is in a very buyer-orientated market and as he is considered one of the best tech reviewers in the world, his channel is in the highest percentile in his niche for advertising companies.

With 3.3 billion views, MKBHD has made around $33.3 million dollars from YouTube Ads appearing on his videos. This does not include money he has earned from affiliate marketing, merchandise, and other ventures.

On average, Brownlee gets around 3 million views per video, which means he earns approximately $30,000 per video from YouTube AdSense alone.

He gets around 41 million views to his main channel monthly, earning him around $410,000 per month (or $4.92 million annually) only from the ads appearing on his videos.

With his other revenue sources, we can estimate that he’s earning over $9 million annually from his online endeavors.

Note: The above YouTube income estimates have been made using our YouTube Money Calculator. This considers the most important variables that affect how much a channel can earn, unlike other calculators that show vague and vast estimate ranges.

How Marques Brownlee Spends His Money

Marques Brownlee is known to love his vehicles. Over the years, he has featured several different Tesla models in his videos among other automotive brands as well recently.

MKBHD also puts a lot of emphasis on his production quality and delivering a crisp video experience.

While you don’t need cinema-level equipment for YouTube, Marques Brownlee uses RED cinema cameras and other high-end videography equipment to produce his videos.

His YouTube channel is his business, and he is not shy to invest big in his videos.

He has a team of 8 people that help produce his videos, and he’s invested a lot of money into his office/studio. A recent tour with Colin and Samir put his studio cost at $1 million.

Apart from that, little more is known about his spending habits; besides always having the latest tech and the latest Tesla, MKBHD is quite private about his home and other potential real estate investments.

What Does MKBHD Stand For?

MKBHD stands for Marques Keith Brownlee High Definition. The first three letters represent his name, and the HD at the end is a tech reference known as high definition.

High definition is a display resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, he used this as he “likes pixels” as he explained in an older video.

As HD has become outdated with the introduction of 4k resolutions and 8k displays, he has dropped the MKBHD name and now simply goes by Marques Brownlee.

Final Thoughts On Marques Brownlee’s Net Worth

Marques Brownlee has parlayed a love for tech into one of the most successful YouTube channels in the world, not just for tech or for black YouTubers but across the entire spectrum.

MKBHD’s net worth is estimated at $40 million and results from years of dedication to his channel and a willingness to work hard to produce high-quality content.

The benchmark for quality videos is not much higher than an MKBHD video.

As he continues to grow his brand, there is no doubt that his net worth will continue to grow as well.