WWE net worth and earnings
Updated: January 1, 2021
With more than 68.5 million subscribers, WWE is a popular channel on YouTube. The channel launched in 2007.
So, you may be wondering: What is WWE's net worth? Or you could be asking: how much does WWE earn? The YouTuber is pretty secretive about finances. We can make a realistic estimate though.
What is WWE's net worth?
WWE has an estimated net worth of about $265.17 million.
Although WWE's finalized net worth is unclear, NetWorthSpot pulls online data to make a prediction of $265.17 million.
The $265.17 million estimate is only based on YouTube advertising revenue. Realistically, WWE's net worth may really be much higher. Considering these additional income sources, WWE may be worth closer to $371.24 million.
How much does WWE earn?
WWE earns an estimated $66.29 million a year.
Many fans question how much does WWE earn?
The WWE YouTube channel gets around 36.83 million views every day.
If a channel is monetized through ads, it earns money for every thousand video views. Monetized YouTube channels may earn $3 to $7 per every one thousand video views. If WWE is within this range, Net Worth Spot estimates that WWE earns $4.42 million a month, totalling $66.29 million a year.
Some YouTube channels earn even more than $7 per thousand video views. Optimistically, WWE could possibly earn close to $119.33 million a year.
WWE likely has additional revenue sources. Successful YouTubers also have sponsors, and they could increase revenues by promoting their own products. Plus, they could book speaking presentations.
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a WWE, is an American integrated media and entertainment company that is primarily known for professional wrestling. WWE has also branched out into other fields, including movies, football, and various other business ventures. The WWE name also refers to the professional wrestling promotion itself, founded in the 1950s as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation. It is the largest wrestling promotion in the world, holding over 450 live events a year, with the roster primarily divided up into three globally traveling brands, and is available to 800 million homes worldwide in 28 languages. The company's global headquarters is located in Stamford, Connecticut, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Tokyo.As in other professional wrestling promotions, WWE shows are not legitimate contests, but purely entertainment-based performance theater, featuring storyline-driven, scripted, and partially choreographed matches, though matches often include moves that can put performers at risk of injury, even death, if not performed correctly. This was first publicly acknowledged by WWE's owner Vince McMahon in 1989 to avoid taxes from athletic commissions. Since the 1980s, WWE publicly has branded its product as sports entertainment, acknowledging the product's roots in competitive sport and dramatic theater. The company's majority owner is its chairman and CEO, third-generation wrestling promoter Vince McMahon, who retains a 42% ownership of the company's outstanding stock and 70.5% of the voting power.The current entity, incorporated on February 21, 1980, was previously known as Titan Sports, Inc., which was founded that same year in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. It acquired Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd., the holding company for the World Wrestling Federation, in 1982. Titan was renamed World Wrestling Federation, Inc. in 1998, then World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. in 1999, and finally the current World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. in 2002. Since 2011, the company has officially branded itself solely as WWE though the company's legal name was not changed.
