MANILA, Philippines — Filipino Canadian content creator John Dela Cruz, known as Nurse John, reached 29th place among the 50 top creators by Forbes magazine.
Dela Cruz had earnings of $7.2 million, with 19.2 million total followers and an average engagement at 12.97 percent.
“The Canadian nurse-turned-comedian has turned hospital burnout into a multimillion-dollar stand-up career. Dela Cruz, who worked as a frontline nurse during Covid-19, began posting TikToks as a way to cope with the chaos of hospital life. His Short-Staffed Tour has sold more than 250,000 tickets since the fall of 2024, including sold-out runs in Australia and New Zealand. His 2026 spring extension, spanning 22 shows across Europe, sold out instantly, and has appeared at Netflix s a Joke, the New York Comedy Festival and Just for Laughs,” Forbes said.
The list was topped by MrBeast, who had earnings of $300 million, a total follower count of 873 million and an average engagement of 3 percent.
“To make the 2026 quantitative list, Forbes estimated each creator’s gross earnings between March 2025 and March 2026. We count earnings, not equity held in public and private companies. Our partners at Influential provided follower counts across social platforms and engagement rates (likes, comments and shares divided by total followers),” the magazine said on its website.