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.
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.
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.
