[HN Gopher] MrBeast reveals he made $250k from X video
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       MrBeast reveals he made $250k from X video
        
       Author : mindracer
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2024-01-22 22:27 UTC (33 minutes ago)
        
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       | NelsonMinar wrote:
       | Elon Musk's X Accused Of Unlabeled Ad Promotion For MrBeast's '$1
       | Car vs $100,000,000 Car' Video
       | 
       | https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/elon-musks-x-accused-of...
        
         | spankalee wrote:
         | Unlabeled ads have been popping up more and more frequently on
         | my timeline.
         | 
         | You can tell that they're ads because they're not from accounts
         | you follow and nor retweeted, and you can verify that they are
         | are ads because the three-dot menu includes the "Why this ad?"
         | option.
        
         | grandmczeb wrote:
         | To save a couple clicks, here's the main context linked in the
         | article:
         | 
         | "Per X, the MrBeast video is technically not an undisclosed ad.
         | There is a pre-roll ad for Shopify in the video, which is
         | labeled as such. X boosts posts containing pre-roll ads, but
         | because the post itself is not the ad, it doesn't have the
         | label."
        
       | jazzyjackson wrote:
       | "as traffic to the site has declined"
       | 
       | "X's advertising revenue has plunged"
       | 
       | are these statements that can be made without citation?
        
         | wahnfrieden wrote:
         | are you contesting that, or complaining that mainstream news
         | doesn't include citation links for every fact they reference
         | from previous reporting?
         | 
         | both statements have been widely reported
        
           | jsight wrote:
           | Probably a little of both, tbh. The first statement seems to
           | be a fairly extraordinary claim to present without evidence.
           | 
           | TBH, I don't need a citation for every fact, but I'd like a
           | little more for things where they cannot be directly
           | observed.
           | 
           | And I'd like a lot less news laundering, but that's a whole
           | different subject at this point.
        
           | jazzyjackson wrote:
           | I don't read about X very often so I was just surprised to
           | see stats that I assumed would be internal to the company
           | stated as fact. It was an honest question.
           | 
           | It would be cool if news articles had citations linking to
           | previous reporting but I realize that's expecting too much.
        
         | parl_match wrote:
         | These statements are so widely researched, cited, and have been
         | true for so long that it is no longer some ambiguous statement.
         | It is fact, cemented in reality. It is the best kind of common
         | sense - true and widely understood.
        
           | jsight wrote:
           | While the company claims that ad revenue is declining, they
           | dispute the declines in traffic. That makes it debatable at
           | best.
           | 
           | Common sense is not a good source for website and app
           | analytics.
        
       | dathinab wrote:
       | sounds like a lot, right?
       | 
       | it's not
       | 
       | his video production cost tend to be in the low multiple millions
       | (like e.g. 3M)
       | 
       | and on YouTube he still makes profited with it (in average, not
       | every video)
       | 
       | he is one of the biggest independent video creators
       | 
       | has no competition on X
       | 
       | and still would have made a multi million loss
       | 
       | I say would because uploading some old video which get very
       | little traction anymore on YT probably still would be a neat
       | extra income.
       | 
       | And yes I'm aware that the reason his videos are that expensive
       | to produce is because he wants it not because it must be that
       | way.
       | 
       | So someone with the reach of MrBeast who decides to produce 10k
       | cost videos would make nice money from it.
        
         | leetharris wrote:
         | This is completely wrong.
         | 
         | This is a ton of money for a video platform.
         | 
         | Mr Beast makes all of his money to do his videos through
         | sponsorships, partnerships, and by promoting his own product
         | lines.
         | 
         | This is a WAY higher revenue share than YouTube does. He does
         | not earn the money for making his videos through YouTube ads, I
         | can more or less guarantee this.
         | 
         | Source: I have a YouTube channel that was once very popular.
        
         | Solvency wrote:
         | Huh? It costs ~$3 million dollars to make one of his videos?
         | Where are you getting that figure from?
        
           | jsight wrote:
           | I think MrBeast has made claims before that some of his
           | videos are that expensive. I don't doubt him.
        
       | xedrac wrote:
       | My first introduction to Mr. Beast was when he participated in
       | Chess.com's tournament of famous streamers. I think he was rated
       | around 280 elo at the time, which was lower than anyone I had
       | ever seen. I think he's gotten somewhat better since then though.
        
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