Compared with the strange and compelling creatures on display elsewhere on YouTube, it can be hard to understand precisely what’s appealing about MrBeast.
Eligible creators on the platform earn around half of the revenue from advertising that YouTube sells against their videos.
Even within this context, Donaldson stands out for his dedication to understanding how YouTube works.
For most of his teenage years, “I woke up, I studied YouTube, I studied videos, I studied filmmaking, I went to bed and that was my life,” Donaldson once told Bloomberg.
“I hardly had any friends because I was so obsessed with YouTube,” he said on “The Joe Rogan Experience” last year.
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Donaldson, MrBeast, ”, —, “, ” Donaldson, Joe Rogan, Rogan, Warren Buffett
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YouTube, Bloomberg, Berkshire Hathaway, Forbes