Highlights
- Mr Beast earns millions of dollars monthly from his YouTube videos.
- Jimmy Donaldson began making significant money when he started earning around $20-30,000 a month.
- Mr Beast spends a lot of money on his YouTube business.
When people think about the wealthiest and most successful YouTube creators, Jimmy Donaldson or Mr Beast is likely the first person who comes to mind. Whether people are interested in his MrBeast Burger, which resulted in a lawsuit, or wondering why there was a rumor that Mr Beast died, there’s a lot to know about his life and career.
Since his fans know that he has become incredibly rich as a result of his memorable YouTube videos, it’s interesting to look at exactly how much Mr Beast gets paid from each video on his various channels. Here’s the truth about the YouTuber’s finances.
How Much Money Does Mr Beast Earn As A Result Of His YouTube Career?
In an interview with Graham Stephan, Mr Beast explained what he earns from his YouTube videos. While there’s no way of knowing what money he makes from each specific video since he has uploaded so many, he earns millions of dollars monthly.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Mr Beast has a $100 million net worth. The publication says that he earns a monthly salary between $3 million and $5 million. Advertisements make up $3 million of his monthly revenue. Sportskeeda reported that for every video that he creates, Jimmy Donaldson could make $500-$5,000.
Donaldson told Stephan to focus on a random channel and see what money he earned. Stephan looked amazed and impressed and mentioned that one channel had made $63,000 in one month.
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Donaldson even began earning good money at the beginning of his career. He told Graham “when I started making around 20/30,000 dollars a month is when it kind of clicked in my head. I was just like wait a minute, if I just had a helper, I could do this faster, I could upload twice as much.” Donaldson explained that he began growing his team and that allowed him to make more YouTube videos.
YouTubers Earn Money This Way (According to Investopedia.com):
- YouTube Partner Program: people become a member once they have 4,000 “watch time” and at least 1,000 people subscribed
- people earn $0.10-$0.30 for every 1,000 views on a YouTube video
- brands sponsor videos
- Google Advertising
YouTube creators earn money from views on their videos and that is also true of Jimmy Donaldson. In an interview with Colin and Samir, Donaldson talked about his YouTube career and mentioned the video that got the most views.
Donaldson explained that his video called “$456,000 Squid Game In Real Life!” got an incredible amount of views. At the time of this writing, the video has 553,050,843 views.
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It’s interesting that Mr Beast not only earns a lot of money but spends a lot of money on his YouTube business. He said he spends “a couple hundred thousand a month” for his Beast Reacts YouTube channel and gaming channel. He added that he spends $3-4 million each month for his main Mr Beast channel and also spends a “couple million a month” for marketing. Since he pays a lot to keep his company going, he’s definitely making millions every month.
Mr Beast Started His YouTube Channel In 2012 And Has A Lot To Say About Money
Jimmy Donaldson has been one of the most talked about YouTubers since 2012 when he began his career. It’s possible to assume that he never thought that he would make so much money or that his videos would get so many views. After hearing his story, it’s hard not to be impressed by the amount of money he began making within a short period of time.
According to Business Insider, Donaldson started on YouTube at 13 and called himself “MrBeast6000.” He became more popular in 2016 and although he became a college student a little while later, he decided to leave. One million people had subscribed to his channel at the end of 2017. As the publication reported, he experienced what it was like to go viral when he posted a video where he counted to 100,000 in 2017.
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Some of the most memorable Mr Beast videos are the ones where he gives others money simply because he wants to. According to The Verge, he once handed a homeless person $10,000 and decided that he would keep doing things like that. Jimmy Donaldson said of his income:
“If you want the special secret, if you want to know where it all came from — my parents aren’t that rich, I’m only 20 years old, every dollar I’ve ever made came from YouTube, and YouTube just pays better than you think.”
According to Sportskeeda, Donaldson said, “Money is cool, but you know I live in my studio, I don’t have a mansion, I don’t drive a Lamborghini or whatever. I like money because I can hire more people and grow my business, but not so like I can increase my lifestyle or whatever.”
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Some Of Jimmy Donaldson/Mr. Beast’s Famous YouTube Videos (According to Dexterto.com) |
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“I Ate A $70,000 Golden Pizza” (102 million views) |
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“Anything You Can Fit In The Circle I’ll Pay For” (117 million views) |
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“I Put 100 Million Orbeez In My Friend’s Backyard” (128 million views) |
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“I Spent 50 Hours In Solitary Confinement” (122 million views) |
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“I Went Back To 1st Grade For A Day” (100 million views) |
He continued, “I prefer to say ‘I like winning.’ It kinda encapsulates it a bit more because if you just like you know talk about money then people just think you want to buy expensive stuff.”
Source: NewsFinale
