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MrBeast Earns Over $263K from First X Video Amid Controversy

YouTube Star Calls Earnings a 'Facade', Plans to Give Away $250K Amid Accusations of Rigged Results

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A screenshot of the video that earned MrBeast over $250k on X. The youtuber MrBeast stands in from of a showroom of supercars.
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Overview

  • MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, made over $263,000 from his first video on X, a platform owned by Elon Musk.
  • The video, titled '$1 vs $100,000,000 Car!', amassed nearly 160 million views and over 5 million engagements within a week.
  • Despite the earnings, MrBeast called the revenue a 'bit of a facade', suggesting that his revenue per view is likely higher than what others would experience.
  • MrBeast has announced plans to give away $250,000 of the earnings to 10 random people who repost and follow him on X.
  • Some X users and industry experts have accused Elon Musk of potentially rigging the results of MrBeast's experiment to inflate his earnings.