Mr. Beast's Squid Game YouTube video cost him $3.5 million to make.

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Why it worked

The video leverages the massive popularity of MrBeast to provide an educational financial breakdown, satisfying viewer curiosity about how high-budget content is monetized.

Summary

The creator analyzes the financial performance of MrBeast's Squid Game video, specifically focusing on how subscriber growth contributes to long-term revenue. He calculates the potential ad revenue generated from new subscribers to determine if the video was profitable.

Structure

1Introduction to MrBeast's production budget
2Questioning the profitability of the video
3Explaining the value of subscriber growth
4Calculating estimated revenue from new subscribers
5Final summary of the financial breakdown

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MR. BEAST. SQUID GAME YOUTUBE VIDEO HIM SOME $3.5 MILLION TO MAKE. MAKE MONEY OR LOSE MONEY? PART NUMBER THREE. MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 2021 MRBEAST: 9,500,000 SUBSCRIBERS BY DOING THE SAME MATH AS BEFORE. MR BEAST SQUID GAME VIDEO PRODUCTION COST -$3,500,000 YOUTUBE AD REVENUE +$3,168,000 SPONSORSHIPS +$1,000,000 NEW SUBS +$1,140,000 WISH THAT WAS MY BANK ACCOUNT.

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#mrbeast #squidgame YouTube video cost him $3.5 million to make! After all his income sources did Mr. Beast make money or lose money? Part three #makemoney #youtube #squidgame #youtubemoney #youtubermoney

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Mr. Beast's Squid Game YouTube video cost him $3.5 million to make. Now, with this insanely huge production budget, did this video make money or lose money? Make money, lose money, make money, lose money. Part number three. All right, and the next way that Mr. Beast made money from this video is building a brand. And this month alone, he garnered just under 10 million subs. That is a crazy. Now, getting 10 million subs doesn't exactly put any money in your wallet, but all of these new subs are going to trickle down to his other videos. Give you anywhere between five and 15 new views on some of your older videos within the first month. So, if we go right in the middle of that and assume that on average these new subs give him 10 new video views on all of his content, which, to be honest, is a very low estimate. Let's say these new subs give him 10 new views to his channel by doing the same math as before. All right, let's add that to the bank. Wish that was my bank account. And let's continue to though we're not done.