How Does Mr Beast Make Money Reddit

MrBeast
YouTube's viral philanthropist

$1.06 million estimated monthly YouTube ad revenue

Published October 25, 2020 by Vibhanshu Dixit
Contributors: Rita Epps, Niall Doherty

How does MrBeast make money online?

Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known online as MrBeast, is an American YouTuber famous for his extraordinary stunts, philanthropist activities, and comedy-centric videos.

As of this writing, this is his most popular video on YouTube:

He is popular for doing outrageous acts in his videos such as:

tipping pizza delivery guys $10,000
donating money to attractive Twitch streamers
counting to 100,000 in one video
stopping a bullet with 10,000 pieces of paper, and many others.

MrBeast has several YouTube channels:

MrBeast (50+ million subscribers)
MrBeast Gaming (13+ million subscribers)
Beast Reacts (3.8+ million subscribers)
MrBeast Shorts (3+ million subscribers)
MrBro (2.9+ million subscribers)
MrBeast 2 (1.5+ million subscribers)
Beast Philanthropy (450,000+ subscribers)

So how does MrBeast have so much money?

MrBeast makes money in the following ways:

YouTube ad revenue
Video sponsors (Quidd, TikTok, CSGO Lotto, etc)
Selling merchandise (T-shirts, sweatshirts, bags, pants, etc)
MrBeast Burger, a national "ghost kitchen" brand.

Here's a video explaining how MrBeast's burger business works:

MrBeast is also the co-creator of Team Trees, a fundraiser for the Arbor Day Foundation.

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How much money does MrBeast make?

MrBeast makes between $126K to $2 million per month via YouTube ad revenue from his main channel, according to a 2021 estimation from Social Blade.

If we take the midpoint of those figures and assume he makes about $1.06 million per month, that would work out to about $12.7 million per year from YouTube ads on his main channel.

(Again, that's only the ad revenue from MrBeast's main YouTube channel. He's surely earning even more money via ads on his other channels.)

MrBeast also makes money online from other income streams (sponsors, merch, etc.) but the exact amount is unclear.

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How did MrBeast get started?

A 2019 Business Insider article sums up how MrBeast went from zero to hero on YouTube.

The key insights from that article:

Jimmy (MrBeast) started his YouTube channel in 2012 when he was only 13 years old under the name 'MrBeast6000'.

His early videos were based around playing Minecraft and Call of Duty, estimating other YouTubers' net worth, offering tips to creators, and comedy-centric commentary. Here's his first video on YouTube, from February 2012…

MrBeast started to gain a following in 2016 with his Worst Intros video series. As of this writing, those videos are no longer on his channel, but it was basically him making fun of bad intros to other YouTube videos.

In 2016, he enrolled in college but dropped out after two weeks.

In 2017, one of MrBeast's videos went viral for the first time. Here it is…

Since then, MrBeast has been creating videos showcasing attention-grabbing stunts and massive donations.

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What type of online business does MrBeast have?

Jimmy runs a multifaceted online business.

According to our framework it can be broken down like this:

Authority (Level 4)
MrBeast primarily runs an authority business, as evidenced by his massive following on YouTube, as well as other social media platforms.
Physical Products (Level 4)
MrBeast sells branded merch online. His "ghost kitchen" burger brand would also fit here.

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Citation Information

Article Title
MrBeast – YouTube's viral philanthropist
Author
Vibhanshu Dixit
Contributors
- Contributors: Rita Epps, Niall Doherty
Website Name
eBiz Facts
URL
https://ebizfacts.com/mrbeast-profile/
Last Updated
February 16, 2021

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We only list significant changes to the content here. Small tweaks like fixing a typo are not noted. Neither are changes made before December 2019.

January 9, 2021
Updated SocialBlade estimate for 2021. Also added info about MrBeast Burger and listed additional MrBeast YouTube channels.

About The Author

Vibhanshu Dixit – Writer and Researcher at eBiz Facts Vibhanshu is from India, the land of the mystics. Creative at heart, he loves exploring the realms of science, business, and self-development. He works with startups, agencies, and his mom in the kitchen. If you don't find him hitting the keyboard, he must be busy doing photography.

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