‘Ape Amma’ identified as largest revenue generating YouTube channel in SL

Sri Lanka’s culinary YouTube channel, Ape Amma has been identified by CashnetUSA.com as the largest revenue generating handle in the country on the social media platform.

A world wide survey by the top online lender revealed that Ape Amma is among the list of all time top earning YouTube channels in the rest of Asia and Oceania region.

Ape Amma has generated a revenue amounting to US$ 962, 386 and as of 30 January 2023 the channel has about 2.72 million subscribers. The channel took off on 15 April 2016 and has over 495 million views.

Ape Amma is run by a 60 year old trained graduate teacher where much of the content is focused on Sri Lankan recipes. She also runs three other channels; ‘Wonder of Asian Life and Cooking’, ‘ Ape Amma Vidyalaya’, and ‘Ape Amma Cooking Academy’.