YouTube star MrBeast has a reputation for hosting wild competitions. These often feature giant sets and massive cash prizes, showing that he’s not afraid to drop a lot of money on his videos. And this is clearly working, as it’s earned MrBeast over 102 million subscribers.
However, there is only so much money that a creator can make off a single YouTube video. MrBeast recently collaborated with streamer Ludwig on an incredibly expensive YouTube video that cost a massive $1 million to produce. However, the video doesn’t seem set to be making its money back, with Ludwig revealing the video’s rather pitiful profits.
MrBeast gifted the video to Ludwig’s channel as part of a collaboration between the creators, and it’s pulled in over 2 million views since it went live on August 2nd. This was enough to make it the second most-watched video on Ludwig’s YouTube channel. However, the streamer revealed that the video only made about $3,838 since it went up last week. And while that’s still a lot of money for a single YouTube video, it’s still a loss of more than 99%.
The video itself is a race between two teams searching for a $100,000 prize. The four contestants were tasked with completing a series of challenges as they drove to locations. Examples included things like navigating a giant glue trap, stealing scrolls from a sumo wrestler’s belt, and cutting safes open with working lightsabers built by YouTubers and noted StarWars fans Hacksmith Industries. The result was an incredibly expensive 11-minute video that MrBeast wasn’t completely happy with. However, instead of simply trashing it, he let Ludwig post it on his channel.
While the video brought him 2.2 million views and about 8,900 new subscribers, Ludwig clarified that he didn’t get to keep the under $4000 it brought in. “To give me a one-million-dollar video and also let me keep the money from it would be a little insane,” Ludwig explained while going over the stats during a recent stream. Regardless, the popular streamer seemed very satisfied with how well the video performed.
Notably, MrBeast also uploaded the video to one of his secondary channels, MrBeast Extra. However, that version only has 7,286 views as of August 10th, so it is probably not adding much to MrBeast’s bank account. The YouTuber was apparently counting on a Venmo sponsorship to make it turn a profit, as the video features an ad read for the service. However, since that sponsorship reportedly fell through, the YouTube video seems to have been a significant financial loss for MrBeast.
Still, many fans were undoubtedly excited to see massive content creators like Ludwing and MrBeast teaming up. And while the circumstances that led to MrBeast gifting the videos are relatively specific, it would be interesting to see if he might do something similar down the road.
Source: Dexerto