How Pastor Jerry Eze Became Nigeria’s Top Earning YouTuber in 2025

If you’ve ever wondered how a pastor turned prayer meetings into a digital income machine, Pastor Jerry Eze’s story is a clear, modern example. In just a few years his channel went from a growing ministry hub to Nigeria’s highest-earning YouTube channel and the numbers tell a fascinating story.

From pulpit to worldwide livestreams

Jerry “Pastor Jerry Eze” Eze launched his YouTube channel on November 21, 2019. Linked to Streams of Joy International and the New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations (NSPPD) platform, the channel has become a global digital sanctuary. According to reports, subscribers climbed from about 2.12 million in 2024 to 2.87 million, and lifetime views have passed 643 million. Playboard and PREMIUM TIMES have highlighted his meteoric growth and the large live audiences he draws.

The money engine: Super Chat and live streaming

What separates Pastor Eze from most content creators is his live audience engagement. Platforms like Playboard record that he averages hundreds of thousands of live viewers during streams, and that live interaction especially YouTube Super Chat is a major revenue driver. Super Chat lets viewers pay to pin messages in live chat; for ministries that invite prayer requests and testimonies, that becomes a powerful and recurring income stream.

Beyond Super Chat, revenue streams likely include YouTube ad revenue, channel memberships, sponsorships, donations, and other digital offerings tied to the ministry. Publicly reported figures name daily and weekly earning estimates and place cumulative earnings in the billions of naira, illustrating how live, highly engaged audiences translate directly into income.

Why faith channels dominate Nigeria’s earnings list

Faith-based channels top Nigeria’s YouTube earnings because they combine several advantages:

• Built-in communities that consistently tune in for services and prayers.

• High viewer loyalty that converts to donations, Super Chats, and memberships.

• Frequent live events that push high concurrent viewership numbers.

• Global diasporas (branches in the UK, US, Canada, South Africa) that boost reach and cross-border support.

That’s why other faith channels like Paul S. Joshua, Dunamis TV, Celebration TV, and Rev. Sam Oye also feature among the top earners and have recorded major growth in subscribers and views.

What creators and churches can learn

1. Prioritize live interaction. Live streams, regular prayer calls, and Q&A sessions create moments where audiences are willing to contribute.

2. Make giving seamless. Combine YouTube features with donation platforms and clear calls to support (while staying transparent about use of funds).

3. Build repeatable rituals. Weekly or monthly digital events that viewers can rely on create habit and loyalty.

4. Invest in discoverability. Consistent uploads, good titles, timestamps, and SEO-friendly descriptions grow organic reach.

5. Diversify income. Don’t rely only on Super Chat, explore memberships, sponsorships, merchandising, and grants.

While the headline numbers are eye-catching, it’s important to remember reported earnings are estimates from analytics platforms and media outlets. Still, the trend is clear, faith livestreaming, when done at scale with engaged communities, can become a highly sustainable digital model.

Pastor Jerry Eze’s rise is part tech, part community and part timing. He combined a strong message with the right tools – livestreams, a loyal audience, and features like Super Chat to build a highly successful digital ministry that other creators and faith leaders can learn from. If you run a channel or help manage one for a ministry, studying how high-engagement livestreams work will pay off, literally and spiritually.