Youtube star MrBeast rejects Elon Musk’s bid for him to upload videos to X
NY Post
MrBeast, the most followed YouTuber, rejected Elon Musk’s request to upload his hugely-popular videos to X because the mogul’s social media site wouldn’t generate “a fraction” of the money he earns from the Google-owned platform.
On Saturday, the 25-year-old internet sensation uploaded his latest video for his 224 million-plus subscribers, notifying his X followers with a post that read: “I uploaded, go watch or I’ll drop kick you.”
“Upload on this platform too,” a user who goes by DogeDesigner replied.
“Yeah,” Musk added as he looks to make X the “everything app” similar to China’s WeChat, which combines instant messaging, social media, long-form video content and video conferencing, among other features.
MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, said the site owned by the world’s richest man couldn’t come close to generating the kind of revenue YouTube offers.
“My videos cost millions to make, and even if they got a billion views on X, it wouldn’t fund a fraction of it,” Donaldson, whose net worth has been pegged by Forbes at $500 million, replied to Musk.
