MrBeast Makes History: $263K Payout Breaks Records on X Platform
X, the microblogging platform owned by Elon Musk is now focusing on attracting more creators to its platform by offering lucrative cash incentives for content originally published on the platform on the snow. For this effort, the platform recently paid a whopping $263,655 to Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, for a video that has more than 169 million views, and according to the producer, the payout is a number much larger than YouTube pays for something similar.
Influencer MrBeast said Monday he earned more than $250,000 from a video posted on X, a sign of how major internet personalities stand to benefit from the social platform’s new ad revenue sharing program.
“MY FIRST X VIDEO MADE OVER $250,000!” MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, said in a post on the forum. He also shared a screenshot of what appears to be X’s creator payment screen, showing the post has raised $263,655.
X-owner Elon Musk launched a program in July to share a portion of the revenue from ads shown in response to top-performing products with the creators who publish them, as long as they are subscribed name in the platform's premium service.
The initiative aimed to encourage more creators to post high-quality content that would appeal to advertisers on X, as the company tried to revive its core advertising business It lines X up more with rival social media companies, which Meta, YouTube, and TikTok, all of which traffic ad revenue from creators There were several payment systems they helped build.
MrBeast who has become known for his massive YouTube videos said last month that he does not plan to regularly rate his work with an X. “They have spent millions of dollars making my videos and that theirs has X -Even if it gets billions of views it will treasure its small part,” he said
The payment for MrBeast means that the developers can make a reasonable income from X’s nascent programming, even though the company’s advertising business is much smaller than its rivals. But MrBeast also cautioned himself against having the same experience as other filmmakers.
Former lawmaker-conservative political commentator Dan Bongino, who was banned from YouTube in 2022 for posting misinformation about COVID-19, posted a screenshot on X Tuesday showing he received only $379 in payments left the platform, and yesterday’s payment to MrBeast was “shadowed.”
Critics of X have also warned that payments to X Premium subscribers whose posts have already been enhanced by the platform's algorithm could encourage them to hot-button or make posts have laid down a lot of anger in an attempt to get more involved.
Conclusion: In a land characterized by transience and fleeting attention, MrBeast’s salary of $263,000 stands as a beacon of hope and possibility. Through boundless generosity and relentless determination, he not only breaks records but inspires vibrant hope in an often too chaotic world.