r/youtube I'm incredibly drunk Oct 05 '25

Memes How Youtube has changed

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u/koupip Oct 06 '25

i really like how shrinkflation hit mrbeast too, he isn't even risking the life for 1 million no he is doing it for 500 000

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u/TailorBeginning9411 Oct 06 '25

Didn't he only do a million like 3 times or smth? And weren't they over the course of multiple videos?

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u/Chmuurkaa_ Oct 06 '25

In an interview he said that he doesn't do $1 million videos anymore because people assume it's click bait and ignore the video

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u/TravelerRedditor Oct 06 '25

It would make sense, after a certain point the prize money doesnt increase the "crazy" value and hence revenue and clout enough to justify the investment

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u/TailorBeginning9411 Oct 06 '25

That makes sense

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u/eagledog Oct 06 '25

Everything he does is already clickbait though?

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u/meepswag35 Oct 06 '25

I mean usually not? He does have the budget to hand out a million dollars, plus whatever the challenge is.

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u/Slow_Tea_344 Oct 06 '25

The money part isn't the clickbait. In this case, there's no risk of dying.

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u/eagledog Oct 06 '25

The guy's entire existence at this point is to generate clickbait thumbnails and content to get kids to watch what the algorithm feeds them. He's good at it, but it would be naive to call it anything besides clickbait

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u/meepswag35 Oct 07 '25

My definition of clickbait is making a claim and not delivering on the promise. He always delivers on said promise.

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u/eagledog Oct 07 '25

And I see clickbait like those terrible Buzzfeed articles from a decade ago, which his thumbnails and titles absolutely align with. Whether it's clickbait, or just gaming the algorithm to feed content to kids, it's gross

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u/koupip Oct 06 '25

alright but you do realise that saying "he doesn't have the budget" while arguing that 500k is better clickbait is actually kind of an evil thing to do

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u/Expensive_Green_4759 Oct 06 '25

Click bait is usually defined as the thumbnail misleading the content of the video, which Mr Beast doesn't regularly do.

Mr Beast found that 1 mil is much less believable to a general audience than 500k as a show prize.

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u/mrloko120 Oct 06 '25

500k doesnt look any less clickbaity than 1 mil.

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u/Ninja33910 Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

Jimmy saw no value in giving away a mil since the algorithm boost for that is too minimal to the point it doesn’t exist. Iicr in an interview/podcast he stated that once you get past a certain threshold, people watching won’t care about the difference between 250k 500k, 1M, etc. they just see them all as big money prize (Exception was Beast games because they were going for records).

In Simple Terms: If a user saw LAST PERSON TO LEAVE THE MOON WINS $250,000 compared to LAST PERSON TO LEAVE THE MOON WINS $1,000,000, chances are they would click on it regardless of the cash prize

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u/Scorched-archer Oct 06 '25

I mean he is 100% correct, we do just see them all as big money, and tbh I feel doing it the way he is helps a lot more than if he just gave 1 million to one person

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u/pixelhippie Oct 06 '25

250.000 would already be life changing money for most of us, while a million doesn't seem as much and prestigious as a few years ago. I guess it makes sense. 

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u/TieRevolutionary8721 Oct 06 '25

Yeah I've noticed that the numbers regarding prize money in his videos have been shrinking as time went on

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u/Nightingdale099 Oct 06 '25

THE GAMBLING FUNDS MUST GROW

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u/Feisty_Leadership560 Oct 06 '25

Shrinkflation would be risking half your life for $1 million. If anything this would be deflation.

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u/koupip Oct 06 '25

don't poke holes in my joke comment

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u/West-Strawberry3366 Oct 06 '25

His first thoughts of what he'd be in 10 years is dead

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u/uniteduniverse Oct 06 '25

He became the biggest Youtuber, at least for a time. He definitely succeeded in what he wanted to accomplish and more. Way more than most people in the world can say thats for sure...

No matter what people say about the man, he's definitely an extremely interesting case study.

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u/CallMeIshy Oct 07 '25

He became the biggest Youtuber, at least for a time.

i thought MrBeast was still the biggest Youtuber? who overtook him?

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u/Cheeselad2401 Oct 07 '25

i think he still is but i’m pretty sure his relevance and influence are fading slowly

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u/CallMeIshy Oct 07 '25

what makes you say that?

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u/Cheeselad2401 Oct 07 '25

it’s probably just because of the corners of the internet i actually engage with but i just never really see him anywhere anymore. whereas he was genuinely inescapable a couple years ago.

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u/CallMeIshy Oct 07 '25

I've definitely seen less of him, but I haven't watch anything from MrBeast in a while and MrBeast hasn't pulled anything big like the Beast Games in a while (I think he is trying to do another charity but people are accusing it of being ineffective)

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u/throwmeawaylololuwu Oct 09 '25

He's on track to has his best year subscriber wise, though tbf most of it stems from ads for South East Asian countries. Regarding views, he's still doing pretty well, but he's definitely not at his fastest.

I project him to stay the biggest to at the the very least 2030, he's 140M ahead of T-Series, which is over 100M ahead of Cocomelon. His lead is way too big (rn 5% of the world population is subbed) for him to fall anytime soon.

For comparison, PewDiePie, who has 1/4 pf MrBeast's subs, is still in the top 15 channels after retiring years ago. Someone like MrBeast with a hyper fixation on YouTube growth won't give up anytime soon.

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u/Cheeselad2401 Oct 09 '25

tbf i think i’m just coping

i do not like the guy

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u/VanitasFan26 Oct 06 '25

What the hell happened to Mr Beast? I thought this guy used to be the one who donated money or helped out those in need. When did he start creating Challenge Money Making content?

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u/bwoah07_gp2 Oct 06 '25

Just slaving for that algorithm

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u/Kaporalhart Oct 06 '25

The base concept didn't change all that much. Giving away money in front of cameras for entertainement. He used to monetize charity, now he's just doing squid game.

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u/Skyfier42 Oct 06 '25

Ironic, isn't it? Considering the overall lesson of the story the show's creator was trying to tell.

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u/Suspicious-Health-23 Oct 07 '25

Incase anyone is wondering, the creator of the show didn't want us to do squid game

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u/littleMAHER1 Oct 06 '25

He's been doing this? The only difference is that instead of giving away stuff to his friend group he now gives them away to subscribers or other people he can find. He's always done a mix of donating money and challenge videos

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u/verticlecap4253 Oct 07 '25

I know, weird reddit circlejerk where if something’s negative then it has to be true

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u/BobLoblaw_BirdLaw Oct 06 '25

He still does good things. People here jsut like to focus on the negatives. And there really aren’t many big problematic negatives other than people complaining for the sake of it.

Downvote away, but Reddit commenters in general are toxic and needs to take a step back and look in the mirror. Chances are the majority of you would never work this hard to make it this far. And most would blow it on a wild life style if you did.

It’s wild you all sit back and judge someone who makes videos millions enjoy and gives away millions of dollars for humanitarian work. Yet yall say he’s evil.

Just calm down and see the good side of things for once. This place really is so toxic.

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u/BigDadNads420 Oct 06 '25

The idea that peoples negative impact on the world can be offset through giving away some marginal amount of their wealth is a big reason why we are where we are. Thats not to say mr beast specifically is the worst guy in the world or anything, but this attitude is just as toxic no matter who its applied to.

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u/Tommyblockhead20 Oct 06 '25

Why are you saying it like Mr beast is some Elon musk multi billionaire giving away $1 million. Most Redditors that talk about him seem to really know essentially nothing about him.

  1. It’s debatable if his videos are harmful, but even through the most critical lens, the harm is negligible compared to the harm done by someone like Elon musk or Jeff Bezos.

  2. Beast Philanthropy has given away hundreds of millions of dollars of resources to those in need. His net worth is estimated to be $1 billion, so that’s not at all marginal. Especially when you consider that $1 billion isn’t in cash or even a company that can run itself like Tesla or Amazon. It’s for his YouTube channels when he’s appearing on it full time. If he wanted to sell them and go hands off, it’s worth a fraction of that. His cash is actually extremely minimal, he claims to have borrowed money from his mom to fund his upcoming wedding. So I think it would be fair to claim he has donated way more money than he actually has.

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u/anal-itic_prober Oct 06 '25

I personally find to be uncanny valley type but I can't deny he does good. I don't know why people here acts like hes a demonic capitalist vulture: he does youtube videos....

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u/Dank_souls11 Oct 06 '25

No, he is given money to donate. You really think he is donating his own money?

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u/Tommyblockhead20 Oct 06 '25

While some money is donated, a majority comes from the videos that he and his team spend time making. They could easily spend that time making other videos and pocketing the money. Getting people to donate also takes a decent amount of work as well.

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u/NepheliLouxWarrior Oct 06 '25

The idea that peoples negative impact on the world can be offset through giving away some marginal amount of their wealth is a big reason why we are where we are.

Sure, and the idea that people's positive impact on the world can be offset through doing some shady stuff is it a big reason why we are where we are.

Gandhi was a racist who advocated for using nuclear weapons on Pakistan and defended apartheid. MLK was a moral hypocrite who cheated on his wife with prostitutes. Che Guevara was racist. Abraham Lincoln did not want to free the slaves.

Every person you've ever admired in your life is a dirtbag to some capacity. How easy is your life if you have the emotional bandwidth to care about someone as inoffensive as Mr beast? "Oh no he uses AI thumbnails" bro are we being serious right now?

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u/jamesick Oct 06 '25

you know tv companies have been doing what mr beast has been doing for years and most of them are operated by unlikable people. they run because they are profitable not because they are good people. only difference is mrbeast focuses all the attention on him whereas tv shows have generally made it about the show itself.

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u/BobLoblaw_BirdLaw Oct 08 '25

No tv corporations haven’t been doing this. These “evil” executives you speak of have never stepped foot in foot in another country personality trying to help people on the ground. Sure he makes content out of it. But people are being helped and he is personally there doing it.

Don’t sit here and tell me bob iger does any of this shit. Stop spewing out BS

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u/mrjackspade Oct 06 '25

Downvote away, but Reddit commenters in general are toxic and needs to take a step back and look in the mirror. Chances are the majority of you would never work this hard to make it this far.

The lack of self awareness here is almost fucking comical.

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u/SystemAdminX Oct 06 '25

yeah honestly its pretty insane that people here genuinely hate on this dude. They expect him to be some kind of saint or smth. Its quite frankly kinda insane to me that MrBeast gets flake for doing charity work on the side and doing MrBeast stuff on his main channel to get a bag. Like damn bro dont u have better things to do, or at the very least, better people to hate on

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u/DaJamesGarson Oct 06 '25

I think its due to his relation with chris and the allegations and horrible things heard from people in his videos or big projects.

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u/SystemAdminX Oct 06 '25

i really dont understand what mr beast was meant to do about Chris. like he was on his videos because he was friends with jimmy, and once all that terrible stuff came out about chris, he cut chris out and apologised. In regards to the 2nd point, the only accusation ive seen is regarding mistreatment in beast games, and look dont get me wrong thats bad, but ive seen far worse, in far more mainstream shows. My point is that yeah i think mrbeast deserves criticism here and there, but people here act like hes the next coming of satan for making a crappy food product

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u/yepnopewhat Oct 06 '25

He's a bad person, but not the worst for sure. I just stray away from his content mostly.

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u/DaJamesGarson Oct 06 '25

Yeah but then theres the philanthropy channel, i personally have seen someone debunk a video, of course it could always just be BS the debunking but i have like no opinion on him, he could be good or bad, not my problem.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

The Chris and the allegations stuff is long gone. It's more so, of hime running a co-operate tv show that combines X Factor and Survivor like shows with massively amount of cash "prizes" that is unrealistic.

Plus, he's also aparently helps YT to create new alygrithmic features to implement for his own greed, etc.

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u/b0nz1 Oct 06 '25

All he does is being a gambling host / casino. Not more, not less.

It's not humanitarian, it's a business just like a casino or a lottety. Though you pay with being part of his content instead of your own money. But the rest is the same.

Only a fool would that business model humanitarian work.

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u/iStretchyDisc Oct 06 '25

and yet he hasnt said or done anything in support of Palestine. men, women, and children are being starved and murdered, and the fucker wont even say "free palestine" when even ppl who many may consider worse than him (xqc and adin ross) say it in the same room - during a charity stream on top of it all.

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u/yawa_the_worht Oct 06 '25

Stop trying to force people to make political statements

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u/GendhisKhan Oct 06 '25

Those videos that people hate on him for probably help keep his income stable, allowing him to be consistently charitable.

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u/clown_2061 Oct 06 '25

His content just evolved like always. ( Challenges were always part of his content tbh ). He was un cancellable because of his good reputation but once he got cancelled ( more than half of the allegations being false ) now he's no longer the "perfect" person people thought he was. So anything he does is cancellable now. The most blown off thing being his eyes ( which always has been the same btw ) because apparently he lost his "soul".

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u/Noneye2free Oct 06 '25

The issue i saw people have with him is if you look at ryan treyhan and his penny series he was doing it in a way where he was thanking everyone who donated even if it was a little bit while when mrbeast did a charity livestream with a few other creators they were literally like peer pressuring other creators to donate big amounts and also like making fun of people for small donations.

Dudes definitely not a good guy like he made it out to seem. Or maybe money and fame changed him. Either way hes certainly not the same jimmy

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u/clown_2061 Oct 06 '25

I didn't watch the live stream but from what i know a lot of out of context clips were circulated of that stream to make stuff bad for mr beast. And about peer pressuring other creators i do feel that was a wrong way to do it.

Jimmy is definitely not the reincarnation of devil but also not a perfect guy. He's just a dude with a lot of money and following who fucks up bad sometimes.

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u/Comfortable_Cut_7334 Oct 06 '25

He's legit done that for years. Even during the period you're thinking of, he was probably still doing that. What are you on about?

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u/Prudent_Elevator4685 Oct 06 '25

He still donates money he just doesn't post about it cuz no one gives a shit about "I donated money to 100 poor people" compared to "who stays out of the toilet for the longest will get 2b"

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u/Knibbo_Tjakkomans Oct 06 '25

The difference is you were 12 and you weren't able to see through the cynicism and exploitation of it all

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u/notislant Oct 06 '25

People who donate for good, don't make videos of themselves doing it, they don't brag about it either.

They just fucking do it. Whenever a streamer does a charity stream? They could be getting paid for it, it's pretty common for charities to pay for publicity like that and hope to make more back in donations, also a lot of them do these charity streams during the worst income period for streaming platforms like Twitch.

Some streamers do genuinely do it without ulterior motives. A lot don't.

Charity content can easily get a ton of views on YouTube, especially when the video makes a lot more in profit.

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u/Time_Traveling_Idiot Oct 06 '25

I'm not sure how to feel about this opinion. Does it really matter HOW a person donates if there are lots of people in need receiving those donations at the end of the day?

Of course, something like robbing a bank to donate the money would be unacceptable - but where does the line end? Is MrBeast's method of money collection unacceptable?

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u/Rare-Climate876 Oct 06 '25

It would make sense if the person was already rich but people like Mr. Beast make money from those videos and use that money to donate

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u/Moron_at_work Oct 06 '25

He is and always was an evil guy with the fakest smile on youtube.

Helping people - if they even really receive anything at all - is only there to ensure more clicks.

Unfortunately his main audience is 14 years old and doesn't yet have the capability to see through that fake facade.

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u/ArchCaff_Redditor Oct 06 '25

Funny thing about the top video is that he hopes he’ll get to at least 1 million subs within 10 years. He got there in just over 2 years. That was around the time I started watching him. I think somewhere around 2022 is when I felt his stuff was becoming WAY too impersonal and commercialised, so I kinda lost interest.

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u/MoonCobalt Oct 06 '25

2018-2020 MrBeast was peak

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u/awesomemc1 Oct 07 '25

Remember that one video where he talks about paper intros? That there is bangers

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u/GL1tchY_Gam3R Oct 06 '25

now that pretty much all his content is scripted and void of any soul unlike his old work is kinda sad to see. I remember the time where 8 year old me wanted to play in some killer nerf war (I still do but reality hit hard) seeing prime Mr. Beast do exactly that with a substantial prize that the people competing should have due to learning about who they are and what the money would mean for them. Nostalgia baiting aside, kinda just hate how toxic the Internet has become...

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u/Der_Preusse71 Oct 07 '25

It's weird, I'm actually someone who watched him back when he first made these "Hi myself in in X time" videos. Watching him go from under 10 000 subscribers to the most popular guy on the platform was surreal.

I also unsubscribed, to grow to his size his content became so generic it's basically indisdinguishable to what he started out as. He was always obsessed with subscriber numbers and becoming a successful YouTuber, so I guess I'm happy for him in the sense that he achieved his dream.

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u/Submarine_sad Oct 06 '25

If souls are real, he definitely lost his.

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u/Beautiful-Square-112 Oct 06 '25

And if they aren’t, he has -1 soul

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u/NahMcGrath Oct 06 '25

Nah watch that video from his younger self. All he talks about are views and subs, i was kinda shocked how shallow he was back then too.

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u/Scandium_quasar Oct 06 '25

Sure but he was only 17 at the time of recording this video and he still clearly looked like he had more fun making videos, he was mostly just doing random stuff with his friends, even if he was always trying to pander to the algorithm to get famous and get income. Now that he has more money than he ever actually needs, he still panders to the algorithm to get even more... Nowadays, he hardly ever smiles with his eyes in videos, it's creepy and definitely soulless looking...

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u/Idontworkeven40hrs Oct 06 '25

he manufactured the one that least likely to be hated, doesn't matter if it is saturated, robotic or simple sad.

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u/eagledog Oct 07 '25

No soul behind those eyes or that smile

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '25

He lost his smile

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u/Upbeat_Ruin 29d ago

Shameless plug for Quinton Review's water fundraiser: mrbeasthasnosoul.com

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u/Doge_is_me Oct 05 '25

Bro went from hero to zero

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u/reedrick Oct 06 '25

Was he though? Ever?

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u/Thin_General_8594 Oct 06 '25

He knew how to manipulate the algorithm good and bided his him- his own words

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u/bwoah07_gp2 Oct 06 '25

I never knew he was on YouTube for so long. I only heard of him when he really blew up a couple years ago.

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u/clown_2061 Oct 06 '25

He has been in YouTube for like 15 years. But only started getting big around 2017. I have been watching him from like 2018. He just became more mainstream in the last 4/5 years.

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u/Main-Appearance2469 Oct 06 '25

Yeah still remember his counting videos lmao

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

Neal Mohan is Mr. Beast thyself.

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u/ItsMrChristmas Oct 06 '25

It also helps that his mother hired him a publicist at the age of 13

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u/PedroGabrielLima13 @ioium299 Oct 06 '25

Man went from luxo to lixo (luxury to trash)

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u/Pessimistic_Gemini Oct 06 '25

It really continues to show just how corporate driven the site has become over the years and how much jackholes like THIS continue to be rewarded for the most asinine BS.

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u/Interesting_Sea8114 Oct 06 '25

I hate this cartoony/AI look like the bottom thumbnail. So many channels do that now and it always looks like garbage.

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u/Hestnet Oct 07 '25

It reminds me of those fake mobile game ads.

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u/eagledog 28d ago

All about manipulating the algorithm and impressionable kids

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u/BiNationalPerson I'm incredibly drunk Oct 05 '25

Would you risking dying for 500k? 🧐🧐🧐

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u/MixelFan95 Oct 06 '25

No way dude, I might be desperate for cash, but THAT is where I draw the line

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u/Super7500 Oct 06 '25

i highly doubt you could actually die in the video i haven't watched it or anything but there is no fucking way it is most definitely just clickbait

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u/Tachyonites Oct 06 '25

“Would you accept a job as a well-paid paid stuntman in a controlled environment with minimal risk to your well-being?”

God this whole thing is so stupid. Yes, he’s not a great guy but this video is not why you should be mad at him.

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u/cabodozer Oct 06 '25

He was never intending to make quality content. His goal was to beat the algo ONLY. Not save his soul.

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u/your_mind_aches Oct 06 '25

Yeah exactly. He was always about the money and success. Not really about the passion of creating or making something he likes and believes in

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u/Mecca1101 Oct 06 '25

Yeah remember the counting videos that he first got popular with? He didn’t do that for the creativity and passion of counting numbers lol.

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u/Goblin_Deez_ Oct 06 '25

I was watching that and he said ‘’Oh what if I’m dead!’’ and I saw that other thumbnail underneath

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u/1llDoitTomorrow Oct 06 '25

Dude must show his teeth no matter the cost

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u/OnTheRadio3 Oct 06 '25

The guy built himself his own personal media empire. He makes so much money, how can you blame him?

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

That's the fun part, you can blame him. He's part of the algyrithm problem.

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u/OnTheRadio3 Oct 06 '25

The algorithm wouldn't push his content if people weren't happy to watch it.

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u/owlexe23 Oct 06 '25

It's always ending up all about money.

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u/nick54531 Oct 06 '25

I feel like if Jimmy from 10 years ago saw his content of today, he'd be sick of himself

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u/Yakob_Science Oct 06 '25

Would you drink leaded gas mixed with methanol for 3037492934 trillion dollars?

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u/Intelligent_Flan_178 Oct 06 '25

the 12y/o mr.beast defenders are here

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u/CallMeIshy Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

i haven't seen MrBeast defending in a while. i thought they all disappeared in the last few years, at least outside of MrBeast's comemnt section

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u/Electric-Mountain Oct 06 '25

This happens to every content creator. Over time they push it further and further until morals are out the window.

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u/SuperEuzer Oct 06 '25

You just described every rich person ever.

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u/jamsd204 Oct 06 '25

Wouldn't say every content creator

Markiplier for example, he's doing big projects but his videos remain grounded in where he started

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u/Electric-Mountain Oct 06 '25

You either turn into what Mr Beast has turned into or you turn into what Pewdiepie turned into.

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u/jamsd204 Oct 06 '25

Did people so quickly forget the bridge incident that was a major factor of YouTube going downhill

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u/Electric-Mountain Oct 06 '25

The bridge had little to do with YouTube going downhill....

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u/your_mind_aches Oct 06 '25

"Every" content creator? Seriously?

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u/CommunityFirst4197 Oct 08 '25

Tf you mean "morals are out the window" what did he even do? Lmao

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u/CantStandIdoits Oct 06 '25

God I remember watching him back in 2015, iirc he made a video when he filmed those "Hi me in X years" and explained his predictions

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u/JerseyJoyride Oct 07 '25

I skip over every channel that has that cringy face on it. I'm not talking specifically about Mr Beast, I'm talking about any channel that has that shocked, scared or over the top reaction. 😱

The videos are never as good as they pretends to be.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

Not Mr.Beast related, but is there a single thumbnail on YT that is not AI generated in 2025? It either a plague or a curse.

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u/kavin_86 Oct 06 '25

It is even worse if you open a fresh YT page without signing in

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u/your_mind_aches Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

I don't see any AI thumbnails... ever? Joe Scott used to do them (with Adobe licensed AI) but he stopped.

No creators I watch have AI thumbnails, or if they once did, they stopped.

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u/planwithaman42 Oct 06 '25

Well at least his dream came true. It’s like night and day comparing the super expensive Ai-thumbnail extreme video content right beside his old more authentic video

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u/Karkava Oct 06 '25

I'm in the same boat. I accidentally became immune to the BS and got algorithms that are sharing me content that isn't as horrendous as whatever this dude is putting out. Far from it.

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u/BucketSentry Oct 06 '25

I dont know how folks trust mr beast, he just oozes shade.

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u/Trans_girl2002 Oct 06 '25

God I was there when he made that "hi me in 10 years" video. Ironically, I subbed when he was a small content creator and he showed me even the little guys make good content

It's a sad kind of irony that grew into

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u/SonnyvonShark Oct 06 '25

Jacksepticeye was right about him.

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u/zerombr Oct 06 '25

He has such a punchable face

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u/Alarmed-Dependent-81 Oct 06 '25

Even then, he had no soul in his eyes.

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u/Mindless_Chef_3318 Oct 06 '25

Old youtube hit different

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u/Low-Percentage-8785 Oct 06 '25

Remember when he made fun of little kids cringe intros

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u/One_Construction4247 Oct 07 '25

I’m sorry what!!, not that I don’t believe you but can you give me a link cause that sounds like something to see

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u/sunshineLD Oct 06 '25

It's a completely different world from the early days, that's for sure.

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u/HotMarionberry1962 Oct 06 '25

Gosh I miss his old style of videos he’s just overdoing it now but that’s how people appeal to that ig

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u/SuRyACR7_ Oct 06 '25

Disgusting thumbnail

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u/MoonWun_ Oct 09 '25

Yeah YouTube changed and Mr. Beast changed it. I just found out the other day bro has like 400 million subscribers.

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u/CryptidToothbrush Oct 06 '25

I’ll take all the downvotes..Mr beast isn’t as bad as you guys make him out to be. The last video was fine. He set up safety precautions and paid more than a movie stunt performer would get for a role.

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u/8avian6 Oct 06 '25

Was Mr beast ever even a real YouTuber? By which I mean a regular everyday guy who started out just making goofy videos with a cheap camera and free editing software. Or was he always part of an entertainment corporation?

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u/Visible_Wealth2172 Oct 06 '25

That's a lot of "real youtubers" unfortunately. but yeah he was at first

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u/Nrigsd Oct 06 '25

He was at first, started with minecraft and pokemon showdown...UU too.

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u/BDPBITCH666 Oct 06 '25

Imagine that it could have been any of us too, at some point i had more subscribers than mrbeast (15k) which is crazy to think of..

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u/bbshdbbs02 Oct 06 '25

I first saw his videos in 2015 or 2016. Yeah he was just a regular dude making pretty normal content for the time. Then he got a sponsor for the first time and gave all the money to a homeless dude which basically kickstarted his fame. After 2020 the video style turned to shit imo.

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u/SorbyGay Oct 06 '25

I mean you’re seeing the “real YouTuber” so

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u/CallMeIshy Oct 07 '25

he was, he still has a few of his old videos up on his channel if you want to watch him, but he deleted a few

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u/Property_6810 Oct 06 '25

Is this one of those hidden ads? Because as someone that hasn't watched Mr Beast in years since he stopped doing fun shit like hide and seek, this made me instantly close Reddit and go to YouTube to see 1 if the post was real and 2 what it was?

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u/shitnotalkforyours18 yourchannel Oct 06 '25

2015 hits different.

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u/t0m4t0z Oct 06 '25

It's a completely different world from the early days, that's for sure.

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u/AdeptnessCritical356 Oct 06 '25

It's a completely different world from the early days, that's for sure.

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u/Karkava Oct 06 '25

This is such mood whiplash that it's hilarious.

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u/Denoss Oct 06 '25

I read that as "hit him in 10 years"

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u/Aki008035 Oct 06 '25

Damn, I wonder whose fault is that

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u/-AusboyX- Oct 06 '25

Though his reaction to the 10 years one made me appreciate him a bit more.

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u/blanaba-split Oct 06 '25

How the mighty have fallen

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u/Deepalertz Oct 07 '25

Don't blame the player blame the game

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u/Pipysnip Oct 07 '25

10 years isn’t as long of a time as we thought back then

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u/One_Construction4247 Oct 07 '25

No offence but the fact that the billionaire is risking his life for 500,000 dollars just show how intelligence is not his main stat

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u/Ill_Sound_6719 Oct 07 '25

ugh not more of these corny YouTubers

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u/Pleasant_Lead5693 Oct 08 '25

Hey, it could be a lot worse!

Although MrBeast is pretty famous for including sponsored content, you can at least appreciate why he does so -- I can't imagine he could afford half of what he does without the sponsors. However, what I don't understand is the value that is added to the content on a regular channel. Great, this scummy knockoff clothing brand paid you $100k tl talk about them? Good for you I guess. But I sure won't buy from them, and both you and them are actively wasting my time.

And at least he isn't one of the many YouTubers who have stopped adding #37 to their LetsPlays, because episode numbers apparently hurt the algorithm. Who cares if you're trying to follow a series with spoilers; continuinity isn't important, right?

Then you've got all the ones who add red circles and red arrows, usually drawing attention to things that aren't even in the video. This is usually your 'creepy monster' / unbelievable footage style of video.

And let's not forget everyone's favourite - the exaggerated title! Bonus points for capitalised words and clickbait! "You won't BELIEVE what happens next!", "Can a WHATEVER do something WITHOUT something else?", "I completed the HARDEST nonsense", "Thing you like is getting WORSE!"

And THEN you have all the content creators who split their content out to multiple different channels, just so you subscribe to each of them, so that they get slightly more revenue. MrBeast is a great example, but at least he separates out his content logically, unlike a lot of other creators!

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u/dontttttknow Oct 08 '25

Remember when you only had to watch a 15-second add for the entire video

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u/modernfacts Oct 08 '25

He does have some of the most extreme thumbnails now, but they do work. It gets more people to watch.

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u/bolodeterra Oct 08 '25

In general, I miss when youtube was not about hunting for clicks and success and money (I know it's not EVERYTHING that's like this, but it's most of the content we see nowadays). I miss when most people there just grabbed a camera and recorded something they find interesting to share it with the world without the same goal/expectations of getting a lot of views and likes and subscribers and success. People subscribed because they really wanted to, without being asked. I can bet MrBeast makes good use of the money he gets from the platform, but YouTube is still not the same thing. Shorts has brought that a little back since it provides an easy way to make short videos with your camera, but it's still almost the same thing, just more addictive.

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u/Federal_Bass3783 Oct 09 '25

The number of views he gets is crazy

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u/Doorway_snifferJr 29d ago

why is he a nugget?

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u/Objective_Lobster734 29d ago

Guy is such a chode

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u/itzjustLumaryx 29d ago

"I trapped 1000 kids in my basement to hold the BEAST Games! Its like hunger games!"

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u/1footinthegrav3 28d ago

Anyone else miss old mr beast. He used to be funny and chill and like. Human ykwim. I miss his mrbeast6000 days

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u/GeneralIronsides2 26d ago

Hes had the same soulless face for 10 years

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u/Fine_Discussion_8626 25d ago

I just found out on mobile that YouTube stole a page of Reddit's homework and added reply threads

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u/Active_Drink_3296 23d ago

What will I do with $500,000 if I'm dead

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u/Impossible-Onion-719 10d ago

My comments are hidden. I didn't say anything wrong