TommyInnit, 16, is the UK’s highest earning young influencer on YouTube (Picture: Instagram)

The UK’s highest-earning YouTube influencer makes over £3.75million a year from the platform, new research has revealed.

Buddle Nurseries Group has analysed 10 of the UK’s most popular YouTube stars aged 17 and under, with 16-year-old Thomas Simons – known as TommyInnit – coming out on top.

He is estimated to earn £313,000 a month from gaming on his YouTube channel, which has 7.84 million subscribers.

Thomas also keeps his 2.3m followers updated on Instagram, sharing a recent picture with fellow YouTube star and rapper KSI.

In second place are sisters Ruby, 15 and her six-year-old sibling Bonnie who are estimated to earn £204,000 a month, which works out at about £2.45million over a year.

Siblings Gaby, six, and Alex, seven, are third with a predicted £161,000 a month in earnings. The pair’s channel has the most subscribers – 17 million.

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EthanGamer, 14, is in fourth place with £114,000 a month with YouTuber Emily Cozmuic rounding out the top five with an approximated £100,000 a month from her channel MoreEmilyTube. Emily, seven, has 5.18 million subscribers on the platform.