Why The Mr. Beast Genre Feels Stale and Boring

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Mr. Beast’s influence on different kinds of content on social media is apparent, but there is mounting criticism of this type of content being soulless, sanitized, boring, and stale. Videos such as “The Mr. Beastificiation of RU-vid” and “Money killed RU-vid, Here’s how we fix it” aptly describes this sentiment. Regardless, Mr. Beast’s view count and even the view count of his alleged copycats seem to counter this argument entirely. So called “boring content” doesn't get millions of views. So today, we explore if this critique holds any grounds or if it actually comes from a community of jealous RU-vidrs unable to compete in today’s money centric, social media landscape.
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@MrBeast Год назад

If you want less of my clones just roast them and tell them to be original for once lol

@DonnaIRL Год назад

The clones are about to copy this comment too.

@rbae Год назад

@@DonnaIRL the bots might find your channel after sniffing Mr. Beasts scent trail too haha

@perplexed1783 Год назад

So weird seeing Mr beast with only 18 likes right now 😭

@uydagcusdgfughfgsfggsifg753 Год назад

Ngl I assumed this was one of those sock puppet accounts that mimic the ☑️ verification circle thing, it’s insane RU-vid hasn’t blocked whatever symbol they’re using to spoof the real one yet

@UnwantedCommentary Год назад

Sounds like a job for the commentary community

@robweissman5952 Год назад

I've always thought it's all pretty gimmicky stuff. Honestly I'd rather hear Mr. Beast talk about RU-vid algorithms and his inner thoughts in making the videos, then the videos themselves... He has more of a real passion (or obsession) for YT, which has made him wildly successful and that is what's interesting about him, to me.

@MsMRkv Год назад

Same

@blablablaj Год назад

Sorry to be the grammar nazi, but it's than and not then

@robweissman5952 Год назад

@@blablablaj If you were truly sorry you would have let me be blissfully unaware. 😢

@suchangburagohain Год назад

So true. I don't think I have watched as many videos of Mr Beast as I have podcast with him.

@Juice-chan Год назад

Indeed his insights are amazing. And honestly, I watch more Beast videos talking about RU-vid than the Mr. Beast videos themselves. I also simply like that Beast gets to curse and all that stuff.

@zthemartian616 Год назад

I'm not that old at all, but Mr. Beast name wasn't making headlines until I was an adult. I just never found it entertaining personally. There is nothing wrong if you do, but it's just not funny or entertaining to me. I figured it was for teenagers, honestly.

@MatthewMS. Год назад

You need to be into seeing who will leave the circle ⭕️ last

@sadkitty1407 Год назад

Totally agree. I literally don't watch any of those big RU-vidrs. I like my videos with substance and not shit that gonna melt my brain haha

@froggy3496 Год назад

Dude I don't know how he gets so many views, his videos are insane but they're not really that entertaining

@ShaneTheMan Год назад

Yea I never was interested in the Mr Beast type videos...I admire and study his drive and ways of working the youtube space however

@lalovillagranados Год назад

I like his videos

@MashySob Год назад

I really liked Jimmy's personality in his older videos but they cut it all out for making the videos more faster paced. Maybe he should do another channel where he shows more behind the scenes stuff (although he has said he doesn't want to do that because people will be able to copy him even more than they already are). In a recent twitter post he did say he's going to work on making videos slower paced so hopefully that works out.

@anthonyhollohan7651 Год назад

Every fan can't get their way , sadly many ppl complain ing are not fans and just jealous haters

@DonnaIRL Год назад

I saw this! Interested to see how this turns out

@dagfinissocool Год назад

He has like 5 different channels tho..

@student99bg Год назад

@@DonnaIRL 13:50 "They are collecting them like a college kid collects STDs" With contraceptives there are no STDs. In order for behavior to be immoral it has to have negative effect on society. If everyone has a lot of sexual partners before marriage (which is already the case) and uses contraceptives there are no unwanted pregnancies, no spreading of diseases, no negative effect on society. We all had sex when we were 15,16 years old, let alone in college. We all had sex with several people when we were 16,17,18 years old.

@TBAnimations Год назад

@@anthonyhollohan7651 Average 9 year old

@evazubeck Год назад

Thank you for putting this out there! As a creator who makes a full-time living from RU-vid, it can be really tempting to follow the "mrbeastification" trend, which now even stretches into my own niche - travel. But I absolutely agree with you, that in doing so, something really important is lost. Personality, authenticity, connection, vulnerability, rawness, realness. And with that: emotional intelligence. If RU-vid constantly exposes us to people who are only ever loud, but otherwise stripped of personality, sensitivity or emotional intelligence, then what kind of worldview do we end up forming about other people IRL? How will that affect the way we relate to people, on-screen and IRL? I do sometimes worry about the generation that grows up on spectacle-style videos. But maybe that's just my retro side talking 😜 Thanks again, really loved this one!

@000AnnA000D Год назад

now thats a good ad for a youtube channel 😄

@Damiaen. Год назад

Looking at your video-thumbnails I'd say you're not far off of the mr-beast level. You even got the cliché misleading "I Quit" video.

@Black0bsidian Год назад

No I agree with you 100%.

@MrSpherical Год назад

It is a self-reinforcing cycle - creators follow what gets views, which causes viewers to watch what is recommended. Which leads to viewers’ values being conditioned to care about that type of content… and the cycle repeats Only creators can break it by adjusting their content, RU-vid change it by prioritising long term satisfaction, and viewers empower themselves to see through superficiality

@grigorigahan Год назад

Please don't. Without slick editing or overproduced content your easily one of my favorite yts of the last decade. I practically wanted to cry when your started talking about your granddad's journals. There's enough mindless, in your face, click bait 'entertainment' on yt to last humanity generations. What we damn sure don't have is enough of you or this channel.

@StudioHannah Год назад

I've been enjoying Defunctland and other similar channels that talk about defunct TV shows, theme parks, fast food joints, etc. They're like weird documentaries about dead media, and I jive with that somehow. You might enjoy them.

@Epicmango7 Год назад

Defunctland is an awesome channel

@honeybee347 Год назад

This, the ending of their recent video really elevated his channel content from RU-vid video to a documentary. It really is the type of content youtube should promote more if they want to be taken more seriously.

@DonnaIRL Год назад

Defunctland is one of my favs

@Shay416 Год назад

Yo, I just found his channel I've been low key obsessed.

@plursocks Год назад

Loove Defunctland and Dreamsounds

@Octobris Год назад

This genre never appealed to me (despite dabbling in a few of Jimmy's videos with actually inventive concepts) and seeing it all over RU-vid is honestly so, so exhausting. At some point you simply tune out all the gibberish, the sound effects, the editing tricks, the screaming and the money throwing. Hopefully more people talking about how awful this trend is brings change.

@oliviabrownvlogs204 Год назад

yeah i’ve never been a fan…i do like karl and so i watched a video or two but his videos aren’t really my cup of tea but i mean if it makes him happy then whatever idc but i do think this genre gets old FAST and the fact that a lot of videos that give stuff away are heavily sponsored so then it’s like…is he doing this to do this or is it because he gets a crap ton of money…could be both but idk it’s always rubbed me the wrong way

@nyxil_ Год назад

@@oliviabrownvlogs204 Bro what are you a twiiter user

@oliviabrownvlogs204 Год назад

@@nyxil_ what? i have twitter but i don’t use it

@Supersonic6427 4 месяца назад

I actually like a lot of his older videos compared to his newer ones. I don't mind the videos of people doing crazy stuff, but I enjoy when there's some form a personality to it. I think Mark Rober might be a good example for what I'm trying to say. it's cool, it's crazy, and there's personality

@HaarmannE Год назад

Whats great is youtube is so big I can still watch at least 5 hours a day and not have to deal with any content like this at all.

@Pinely Год назад

Incredible video! It's been really interesting to see more and more people analyzing this situation and breaking down exactly what makes this genre feel so soul-less

@mintyhippo8125 Год назад

RU-vid has been heading this way for a while, too. I feel like it first started when everyone was making “challenges” videos and would call literally anything a “challenge”… and then prank videos and now this

@AlexAlex Год назад

Very nice choice to utilize silence between cuts to emphasize the bombardment of noise as stimulation frequently adopted by the 'mr beast genre'

@W-I463 6 месяцев назад

It's crazy how something can be so stimulating that it ends up being boring

@LeumazDnazor 5 месяцев назад

Yup, that's why dopamine detox is a thing

@AliFareedMC 4 месяца назад

Repetitiveness

@deleted01 Год назад

Maybe the "authentic and vulnerable" approach can get you a small group of loyal fans while Mr Beast's spectacles can get you a huge number of casual viewers, which win out in terms of monetization. Is it better to have 1000 fans who watch every video you make, or 10000 who only watch a tenth of your content?

@tulip5210 Год назад

Is your username deleted xD? But I know some channels that have small but loyal follows like some psychology channels I also know some that have large loyal followers, I would say CALLMEKEVIN has 100,000 to 200,000 loyal followers not just casuals. And I think pewds has the highest amount of loyal followers about 2 million people that watch his videos consistently

@NaudVanDalen Год назад

@@tulip5210 MrBeast's subscribers are way more loyal than PewDIePie subscribers.

@normalman23 Год назад

You're trying to make up a downside of MrBeast's content. His subscribers are probably more loyal and watch more content than any small channel can replicate. Not everything is black and white.

@anthonyhollohan7651 Год назад

Mrbeast casually getting 20000 to show up from across the world to his burger restaurant opening , means he has millions upon millions of loyal fans and considering how much products he sells also means that

@LangkeeLongkee Год назад

@@normalman23 hmmm I thinky you're being black and white too. Let's not pretend a larger creator who makes more generic content isn't going to grab the hearts of people relatively as much as someone who just sees their viewers as a community. Smaller creators who just talk to their audience in their videos, reply to comments a lot because they have a manageable amount of them, due to the less OVERALL eyes on them they're more likely to recognize people in their spaces. Speaking from experience, it feels really nice when you watch a RU-vidr and you comment on their videos and the youtuber references a comment you made before when responding to you, cause they RECOGNIZED you. That feels way more intimate than feeling like you get drowned out in a sea of other fans. Let's be real, here.

@lpv2292 Год назад

"It just doesn't hit the same" talking about MrBeast videos is so True. He fell into his own genre. There used to be an appeal to him and his crew doing stuff and having jokes and interacting with the audience. I used to watch a lot of his videos maybe 5 to 3 years ago. It was the sweet spot of his content. Between sensationslism and a group of guys joking around. I think his ideas are still so out there that he probably has a couple years ahead of him but becoming a corporate eventually erases the soul (vulnerability and authenticity). I'm really curious about where his content is going to go when all these ideas eventually run out.

@faceofindifferency9958 Год назад

They won’t, MrBeast has a whole team thinking of ideas for him. He will never run out of crazy ideas. It is just when the execution of them gets too difficult to do, and that is a point MrBeast seemingly never reaches.

@VibeWithVida Год назад

It will die out. EVERYTHING dies out eventually. Nothing lasts forever and Mr Beast will be no different. He is however a corporation at this point and will probably start his own social media platform. But to think his style is timeless is false, it's just hot and trending and may be for some time.

@jayplay8140 Год назад

luckily theres still thousands of quality youtubers, despite the algorithm keeping them hidden

@weezieyo Год назад

Yeah, I was just thinking that I can still watch hours of content and not encounter any of these Beast-ified type videos at all. The quality is still here, just harder to find.

@jayplay8140 Год назад

@@weezieyo spot on

@anthonyhollohan7651 Год назад

Thousands of losers with literally no quality and just all talk for videos literally lol

@jayplay8140 Год назад

@@anthonyhollohan7651 got 'em!! 🙄

@wwatermelon15 Год назад

cool

@dylanj.domachowski5369 Год назад

It honestly really grinds my gears to see the editing style of all things RU-vid become so beastly. Sometimes (most of the time) I don’t want to watch mr beast. It infuriates me when I cannot escape it. I guess I like dr disrespect so much because he isn’t a mr beast copycat clone.

@TheMidnightLibrary Год назад

Two time champ.

@Queef_Storm Год назад

I think Anthpo is probably the best example of a youtuber who does what could be called 'small-scale spectacle'. He'll get his college friends together to play Squid Game, but it will be so low budget that it retains a kind of creator-viewer intimacy, and most of the video is the interactions between him and his friends, who are honestly great.

@GoblinsAreAGirlsBestFriend 5 месяцев назад

What made RU-vid special for me, as someone who was 18 when it started, was that it was a peek into real life and real people and real advice. MrBeast's content and its takeoff make me think I might as well be watching the Kardashians or Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. I get the same amount of depth of human experience and emotional payoff from it.

@AllironTalks Год назад

I was a member of several subreddits dedicated to growing youtube channels. It seemed like everyone was concerned with all the stuff that Mr. Beast-style videos entail, and it all felt soulless. I left those communities because I wanted youtube to be an artistic and creative outlet, not to just... get clicks. Thank you for putting this out there! I feel less crazy!

@jaash7981 Год назад

I've been aware of Jimmy's videos for a really long time. Since around 100-200k when he a teenager doing bad intro videos. He genuinely has a love for youtube, but you can feel that now his videos are huge and helped with a crew, they're stripped from the personality they once had. I've seen many creators with teams play it wrong, and instead of using that team to elevate their style, it just becomes more corporate, like a reality tv show trying to be relatable to the internet.

@austinauthor846 Год назад

It's nice to hear someone else confirm that it isn't just me growing out of RU-vid or just not liking anything on here. There really does appear to be a pendulum that we as media consumers are in between spectacle and artifice and authenticity and connectivity. When one swings one way, the next wave will come in the other direction. I'm a big fan of the latter, so maybe that's why I feel left out these days.

@TheSimArchitect Год назад

I cringe at that type of content and I block those channels from my feed as soon as I see the first annoying thumbnail. I am very pleased when I see content like yours because, sadly, you're part of a small minority, right now.

@tombuck Год назад

My favorite aspect of Casey’s snowboarding video is how he always talks about coming to the city with nothing and knowing no one, the we get to see people cheering him on as he does something fun. That’s a really special kind of authenticity.

@floatytrouty Год назад

One RU-vidr who managed to combine the Mr Beastified way and the traditional way is Mark Rober. His video contains enough amount of triumph while also not taking away the authenticity and vulnerability and it managed to educate people too which is great

@lilpajama Год назад

I think what's missing from current mrbestified RU-vid is Story There aren't many great stories just spectacles Actually they have story just not anything meaningful

@nabiasmr. Год назад

I agreed. People are not focused anymore and they are taking shortcuts. As a creature if you want to do something original now, people are not going to watch you. People wants to see the same things and then complain you are boring and a copycat. Social media has dramatically changed.

@vincentkingsdale8334 7 месяцев назад

Win money channels and prank channels seem to be the top two.....

@GypsumGeneration Год назад

Just wanna say I really appreciate the way you structure your essays in the form of dialogue, with asked, answered, and unanswered questions. Many people only make flat statements over and over, but your dynamism is rad.

@c.michelle3538 Год назад

I miss the Jenna Marbles days of RU-vid.

@JustsomeSteve Год назад

I never watched her videos but even I kind of miss her, or more precisely which era of RU-vid she represents. The golden age was a beautiful time!

@SecondTake123 Год назад

Me too!

@neonnecropolis Год назад

I love seeing Pinely getting his flowers! Love his videos. I also hate the trend of adding memes / images / non-useful text to the bottom of the screen. As someone who relies on captions for a hearing disability, all it does is make me turn to a different video.

@LordDomielOfElysium Год назад

Im gen Z (still a teenager) and tbh I don’t know who Casey nistat is, but personally I don’t like MrBeast and I never did. I started disliking him the more I got into politics, he doesn’t help people or actually change the system that got people in horrible positions in the first place, he just throws money at them and uses them for entertainment.

@SearchedForTheTruth Год назад

RU-vid (I think) caused this themselves in a way, where retention equals money however with us(society) having less and less concentration to retain long footage anyway its more sustainable to create something like a Mr beast video. It's weird tho how where I struggle with watching a TV show, videos like neistats (or these or anything thats more talkative) have always been my niche I like

@melanino Год назад

Honestly, binge watching youtube is whats ruining youtube. I love slower pace and very long videos (3 to 9h long videos) but I actually binge those like crazy, so by the end of the week, i've watched everything those creators put out that takes months to make. I think alot of it is pacing my watching so that I don't get bored so quickly.

@Liv_shoe Год назад

I love finding a creator that has 10 or more 2hr+ videos, but it goes by so quickly!

@tripalongbrasil Год назад

Binging is a terrible habit in general. Be it content, food, anything.

@matsnilson7727 5 месяцев назад

I can honestly say that I haven't watched a single Mr Beast (or similar and/or copycat) video, and I definitely don't plan to. My rule is to never click on thumbnails showing a face with a shocked, "hilarious" or fake angry expression. There are of course plenty of other obvious warning signs too, but these exaggerated off-putting facial expressions are a 100% guarantee that I won't go anywhere near that video - even if it's happens to be a channel I usually watch, or when it's a subject I'm interested in. Just the fact that there are "rules" on how to design thumbnails to get maximum attention makes me die a little bit inside.

@borginburkes1819 Год назад

His content feels like corporate cable TV. Like a gimmicky game show.

@CarlolucaS Год назад

I compare that to scripted reality shows. They are boring as fuck but they make a fuckton of money. Alos Mr.Beast's content is completetly driven by algorithmic appeal meaning decissions are not made out of any artistic decissions but it because it keeps eyes glued to the screen. It is sucessful but it is still boring.

@DoctorSpaniel Год назад

You do something i connect to so well: you articulate the issue at hand to eloquently, that it just clicks and makes so much sense. this video was extremely well put together, and has inspired me a lot. so thank you for your passion, because it shows. i realized that this saturation you talk about is not only plaguing youtube, but has been affecting internet consumption, as a whole. other social medias have been suffering, and have (at least personally) made scrolling through social media a more tiring task than something that might've been worthwhile to do maybe 4 years ago. though i might expand my thoughts in a video. all in all, your video is extremely well produced, and its inspired me a lot. so thank you.

@Lil_Homie Год назад

I don't think RU-vid is dying but one section you mentioned was authenticity and vulnerability, which is something I agree with 100%. I think Critikal and Mutahar are the ones who keep that feeling alive. I also think this is the reason why livestreaming also became bigger over the last 2/3 years.

@moonmeadow Год назад

Yeah I agree! And one of my fav youtubers is Jenny Nicholson who I think is also very authentic

@gtalalo09 Год назад

I Honestly think this Mutahar/Critikal-esque videos are the other over done niche that feels soul-less outside of their originators. Even thouse two end up being like just "DID YOU KNOW BAD THING IS BAD" driving traffic to stuff that would have been forgoten in a week otherwise, The whole Velma breaking records for HBO Max being a really good recent example. I honestly just watch moist meter from charlie now a days with some other sutff sprinkled inbetween

@sashamoore9691 Год назад

Nah it’s dying! I can go hours without finding a decent video now

@idiot4177 Год назад

@@sashamoore9691 you're probably on the wrong side of youtube. there are tons of niche channels that have incredible stuff u can watch for hours if u look hard enough. i'd suggest looking at lego channels when ur bored because they are incredible with the engineering (lego guns are dope too) or just rewatch some of your favorite videos

@tymondabrowski12 Год назад

@@sashamoore9691 you're watching wrong things (and youtube suggests you only more wrong things). As a random suggestion, try maybe "Jill Bearup", and her videos "Fantasy Heroine vs The Writer". Or, Viced Rhino, who mostly debates against creationism, but sometimes other topics (religion etc.) and his videos are very educational. Theramin Trees and Pop Culture Detective both upload very rarely, but their videos are incredibly valuable. You should search (using the search bar, not relying on yt recommendations) for videos on topics that interest you. Some probably will be bad, but somebothers will be better.

@nodabs4608 Год назад

I'd agree that this is getting out of hand but I'd also argue that the commentary of RU-vidrs on RU-vid (like this) is also becoming stale. We're seeing this with the millionth SunnyV2 video posting "The Incredible downfall of XYZ creator" *thumbnail of creator with weepy eyes and downward arrow on a graph**, fun and informational at first but eventually exhausting/dooming - We've reached a saturation point with many types of content. I recall Colin and Samir theorised that the Mr Beast genre would start developing into groups of younger creators, like content houses that farm Mr Beast style junklord/giveway content...

@isabelletaylor3726 Год назад

Its so interesting because a lot of my online content consumption these last few years has turned to twitch. No editing, slower paced and often feels more authentic because they cant edit out things they say. There's a live interaction with viewers but a also funny acknowledgement as the same time with those I watch being like don't get too parasocial lol. And then if I missed a stream I might come over to RU-vid to watch their edited version.

@Annie-ls7tg Год назад

Same, honestly.. I never really reflected on why but you are spot on

@AlexAlex Год назад

yesssss! we have tread a similar path here, anyone you would recommend?

@isabelletaylor3726 Год назад

@Alex I've definitely found myself in the gaming part of twitch so not sure how relevant my favourites will be haha. But I do love SteveSuptic - very funny. And if you want someone a little more chill, Koji is a very sweet streamer. I've found myself in a particular corner of twitch stemming from their among lobbies in 2020 😂

@AlexAlex Год назад

@@isabelletaylor3726 ty very much ill definitely check them out 😄

@jamesrainmusic4977 Год назад

Thank you Donna. Appreciate your conversation. Really needed it. "Keep on keeping on"

@roxycauldwell544 Год назад

I think Mr. Beast's genre could be described as 'cable gameshow'. However when I'm on RU-vid, there's a reason I'm here and not watching cable TV. I *do* think there's a parallel between youtube and cable. RU-vid is filling the cable TV hole because most of our generation doesn't have it and can't afford it and therefore that style has become popular on RU-vid. There's also Susan, who has absolutely bodied creativity with restrictions, such as the fact that you need 10 minute videos to make money now.

@MsMRkv Год назад

Honestly aside from a couple of videos, I found his content to be boring and commercial. His videos feel like I'm watching a TV show, which is not a bad thing but it's just not my type of content.

@Boct7y 4 месяца назад

I used to want to do Mr beast genre but then I saw this video I agree when I see clones of Mr beast I criticized the genre. I don't want to become a hypocrite so I decided to try become a youtuber who creates original content. Thank You Donna this video is true and an amazing masterpiece. Continue to create videos like this and I will always be a sub.

@Zombie_Trooper Год назад

I've never liked his content because it all feels so cyclical and try hard at times. Yes, he has done some very generous things and I can't knock the guy for his philanthropy, but soooo much of the stuff I've seen from him over the years has been giving obscene amounts to other influencers, his friends, people who work for him, etc. Fine, it's his money and his brand, but it's just so off-putting to me. Why do I want to see a bunch of wealthy people passing money around? He's giving his friends another cool million... totally worth watching for 20 minutes. It just feel like a circle jerk at times, and all that generosity loses value to me.

@HomemakingwithAlly Год назад

Omg as a newer creator, every time I research RU-vid strategies, Mr. Best is commonly referenced as an example of a person who has mastered the algorithm and gaining followers quickly. Personally I have watched a few videos but never actually subscribed. I tend to like more videos that I can learn something from but I can see how he became popular!

@anthonyhollohan7651 Год назад

Because he's original , he's the " one " he's passionate , authentic and genuinely a saint

@ThinkingFella Год назад

@@anthonyhollohan7651 how can you be authentic if you calculate everything meticulously with your only goal being becoming the biggest youtuber ever? That's the opposite of Authenticity. If you do something for any other reason than for the thing or the beauty of the thing itself then its not authentic. On the same token if you only give people money on camera for your youtube videos, then you are just doing it for the content (which makes you your "kindly donated" money back times 10X btw), your own public image, while kind of exploiting the situation of someone less fortunate for a quick feel good moment in your video. By exploiting i mean exploiting someones genuine need for money and only "gifting" them money, under the conditions they agree to be used as this emotional prop in front of millions, perfoming Jimmy's Authenticity for him. This isn't saint behaviour that's just making soulless content in peak capitalism. Don't get me started on how useless as solutions and blatan his philantropic marketing stunts like save the trees and save the sea's are. Also can you really be original if you study the market to find out what works best? Like how can you be genuinely original when you just regurgitate what already works best? Or how is it original to make *insert thing some else made* IRL or last to leave X wins X money a million times. He is passionate but his passion lies in gaming youtube and it's algorithm, i can't see anything beyond that. Sorry mate, mucho texto. i just can't with people who blindly idolize rich people. Please engage in more critical thinking if you can. Much love. Now imma give Alexandria's channel some views.

@redwarrior2342 Год назад

@Rusty Sanchez yessirrrrr this is the comment I'm looking for. jimmy has blatantly and outwardly talked about the fact that nothing he does is for the sake of being charitable (giving thousands of dollars to 1, 2, even 3 people does nothing for the whole of society or the crisis that is poverty and being poor); its for "clout". he has cracked a code for the sake of cracking it; to build upon his wealth and to prove that his place within the algorithm is inevitable. I've never liked his content nor his goal. all of these copycats aren't the problem- it's what they're producing.

@stoneagealienz874 Год назад

Mr. Beast treats making videos like a sport and not like an art and i hate him for it.

@ureadugay Год назад

Art? Dafuq

@lukewrig4472 Год назад

This video made me emotional...I have loved youtube since I was about 12 and I am 24 now. I fell in love because it wasn't like big entertainment. Hit the nail on the head. Thankyou for saying it. I miss when youtube was about sharing creatively and authentically and not about money and screaming.

@PapaGut Год назад

Thats me! Very cool. Loved the video!

@DonnaIRL Год назад

You had a great take

@ScotInTheDot Год назад

You raise some excellent points as always, Donna. The quick-cut, in-your-face, Mr Beast style may be the populist route to go - but there will always be room for the slower-paced, more authentic and genuine presentations. And I do hope someone someday manages to produce a feature-length, movie quality video - more and more creators are getting closer, yourself & JackSepticEye recently being two I can think of offhand who have experimented at least with more cinematic techniques (Sean's short & silent movie about life during the pandemic was really quite awesome). But it will take an unheard of evolution of viewing to successfully get there on RU-vid alone. I think the best any creator can hope for (at the moment) is to have a more cinematic idea picked up by someone else (like a studio or Netflix), given a bigger budget, being able to hire all the necessary crew and actors involved - and maybe being given a Producer or Inspired By credit, and seeing if it flies that way, before it starts to be taken seriously.

@Doublepulse Год назад

Crazy thing about the loud and obnoxious behavior from people who aren't normally like that is puts a false perception on the younger demographic that is how they are supposed to act. It's one of the side effects on why "gen z" is considered annoying to older audiences and it creates some resentment. Ultimately, we lead by example and if we want to improve future generations taste in content. We need to open up and share better content.

@UnwantedCommentary Год назад

Great video with an awesome conclusion. Well done as usual Donna. Thankful for your thoughtful videos about topics that educate us.

@EndHall Год назад

Beautiful work, you knocked it out of the park in regard to explaining the variety of the dream and what it means today. As an avid “Zillennial” I related to the “you had to be there” message. Seeing your work both on a large scale and smaller channel is really encouraging as I have been building up the courage to make similar content to yours, specifically how impactful “Star wars the clone wars” both as a broadcast and in culture today. If you could go back in time and tell yourself some advice from where you are today, what would you share?

@MrSpherical Год назад

Solid video. Relating to “authenticity and vulnerability” being the key, I think we can be more broad than that. Any content that has some meaning to it (of which authenticity and vulnerability of us humans is a part), is the key. That is what creates soul. For instance, educational videos that are interesting have soul, yet may not have authenticity and vulnerability

@wwatermelon15 Год назад

Your the best country ball animator

@student99bg Год назад

She is an idiot. Check out 13:50 "They are collecting them like a college kid collects STDs" With contraceptives there are no STDs. In order for behavior to be immoral it has to have negative effect on society. If everyone has a lot of sexual partners before marriage (which is already the case) and uses contraceptives there are no unwanted pregnancies, no spreading of diseases, no negative effect on society. We all had sex when we were 15,16 years old, let alone in college. We all had sex with several people when we were 16,17,18 years old.

@Panistan_Production Год назад

@@wwatermelon15 🧢🧢🧢🧢

@gocrazy8650 Год назад

just watched ur video 9/10

@Daphne70 Год назад

@@wwatermelon15 in my opinion there is much better countryball content/countryball RU-vidrs/countryball animation then Mr Spherical :) but I do agree some of his animations are well animated but honestly they are much better then what I could do because I can't animate crap lol

@heynadine Год назад

This has been happening on youtube since the very beginning, a style comes, or a type of video trend comes, sometimes a specific person starts it other times it just sorta materializes, they always eventually fade and another takes its place. The million-dollar prize is correctly predicting the next video trend and making yourself synonymous with it. That's how you become those people in the first place. So there is always room for creativity on RU-vid, it just takes a risk to experiment, which so many people don't do anymore. They just copy, cause it's easier.

@TheOffD Год назад

Thanks for this, you summarized many thoughts I've had recently as I frustratingly delete my history and "not interested" list in an attempt to receive new content suggestions... it has been stale for the past ~6mons it seems for me. I now notice 4 out of 5 thumbnails are identical, with the cringe faces of 50 year old comedians who interviewed Mr. Beast... they might make more money, but their longevity is shortened. In the words of Loaded Lux, "Is your money being long, worth your life span being shorter?"

@benten42069 Год назад

RU-vid is all about money now. The generation that did it for fun is long long gone.

@danirodriguez3682 Год назад

Am now just realizing how many of these videos pop up on RU-vid for me, someone who is really not the target for them. I can’t imagine how much of a standard recommended page is like this. But tbh I kinda get why people enjoy them? They feel mindless to me. Like the equivalent of coming home after a long day at school/work and watching food network or Hgtv while you unwind.

@vikingsoup7531 Год назад

You hit the nail on the head, great video!

@kemet_nil 10 месяцев назад

Tbh i was in a finding content crisis, where i couldnt find enything good besides podcasts that are really good but after 2 hours just get overwhelmed or bored. And i really found a pplace in this video essays / commenting the theory behind the fame and these youtubers ups and downs. ❤ thank youuu, new subscriber here

@liamjoe3690 Год назад

Are you predicting the future……again?

@Octobris Год назад

If Beast doesn't shake things up, that might be correct.

@Sketch89 Год назад

Another comment as I'm at the end of the video: I often wonder about the brands that give these particular creators brand deals and how much more revenue do they make. Brands/Companies often quote viewership as their reasoning to connect with a content creator or not. I would love to see the numbers bc essentially you're advertising your product to a group of people who most likely do not have their own bank account and cannot spend the money if they don't ask their parents.

@Advented_ Год назад

This video is very excellent. Your style and production gets higher and higher every post!! Honestly, this feels like it should be picked up by PBS, VICE, or would look perfect on some big budget studio air-time. It’s just that level elevated and quality. Does that make sense? Because the way how you paced this and made the whole video crescendo around being authentic was beautiful!! And speaking of being authentic, it would be awesome to see you give more input and space to your predictions!!! This was my absolute favorite part about your recent video on twitter and Elon Musk!! You explained the story then you gave your predictions on the future of the current situation. You made this excellent and clear when you compared Casey Neistat to Mr. Beast !! I wanted to hear more about your perspectives ! Your critique!! And Your ambitious critique on what they future could look like!! I felt like the Twitter predictions you made in the past video were rational and grounded. However I feel as though you also have bigger more wild predictions that are worth while to share and the authenticity about laughing at them with us because the internet is wild and will continue to be more wild- as we move forward analyzing trends, landmarks, milestones and new changes that always keep us in a curious wonder of what Internet Impact ™️ has on the future .

@pinkerhero Год назад

6:40 love the cat playing piano over piano music @ ending rec: thank you, Donna. I didn't know that.

@shiina29 Год назад

I feel like if content is being driven solely by the algorithm, it’s being driven by kids, because they watch the most, and also the worst elements of people, the stuff that’s hard to resist, like greed. That’s the secret of Mr Beast’s success: appealing to 8-year-olds’ stupidity and greed.

@CaptainCoachTV Год назад

You'd be hard pressed to find many of even the top creators who are capable of creating such a well-thought out, concise video essay like this one, yet it dwarfs in comparison to views of the spectacle videos. Unfortunately, once the framework is set for success, it becomes the norm, and the norm is easy and boring from an artistic standpoint. I'm not saying what Beast clones do isn't hard work, it's just soulless. Great video!

@moonhwi3754 Год назад

I miss the psychIRL branding but I get it... after you rebranded, your channel stopped being recommended to me.. im glad I found it again :D

@h3corptempbutevadinganass 10 месяцев назад

Donna you nailed it. Even your old selfie vid like i know SO MANY CREATORS who stopped uploading!!!wtfff😮

@jamesgamesalot8239 Год назад

I think you really nailed the ending here; the biggest difference with Mr Beast is that he started here like every other kid with a webcam who speaks in to the void with a dream of connecting. Because of that, no matter how big he gets Jimmy still has the cred and the “one of us” vibe. He appears on a tin if smaller podcasts talking about his life and his ideas so if you want that personal side, it’s out there. He is still plugged in to the community at large. Damn. I just realized I sound like a fanboy. Look it’s not my fault, the guy is so easy to root for. Anyway, this was a great break down, Donna. This video in conjunction with Pinely’s video are two of the best on this subject.

@hollowedboi5937 Год назад

It’s the sensory overload and no time to breath. “Attention span go brrrr” actually. It’s scary because then that feels like how everyday life happens too with how much we live on our phones

@DaBunne Год назад

thanx for speaking on this topic Donna. :) I have nothing to add this time - just wanna express my appreciation :)

@BryceBetts Год назад

I absolutely loved this video. I can't imagine how much work this took to script and edit. Great work!

@asukaainun7473 Год назад

despite of the grewing amount of stale creator, I still consider NA RU-vid landscape to be a better place than in my country. here in Indonesia, basically it's a cesspoll of celebrity and infotainment industry. individuals content creator is gradually getting cornered until they themselves become a traditional TV celeb. the only surviving channel that I followed since the first time I got wifi internet is basically indonesian tech reviews. sketches parody and satirical content is nowhere to be seen.

@cup_check_official Год назад

its the same here in Pakistan. I think this is the case with most of the smaller countries where cpm is terrible. This kinda makes it almost impossible to make a lot of money even if you are successful at RU-vid and they end up joining the local film industry.

@asukaainun7473 Год назад

@@cup_check_official interesting, I know cpm are different across multiple creators, but I didn't realise there's also regional cpm. I guess it make sense rarely truly creative or thought provoking content comes from developing countries.

@cup_check_official Год назад

@@asukaainun7473 cpm depends on the niche and audience's region. It is lower in third world countries because its based on audience's buying power. That's why companies are willing to pay more for first world countries. One of the pakistani tech creator told us he got roughly $500 for his iphone x unbox video. His video had more than a million views lol. That's why indian RU-vidrs are thriving because even though they have lower cpm they make up for it with their crazy view numbers.

@asukaainun7473 Год назад

it's outrageous for a channel you like you, who keep finding interesting topics to discuss and analyze is still only receive a meager 15k views on average. I look at your channel for time time and realize the number didn't make sense. there's gotta be something wrong with YT. I also share your opinion regarding the sickening staleness of current YT climate. but still, I'm grateful I arrived rather early to experience peak 2012 -2015 peak youtube. and also through patreon and sponsorship my fave channels still pushing the content their audience subscribed for I stead of wholesale selling out like H3H3. edit: the recent views doesn't paint a pretty picture of your channel. thankfully your videos topics is well varied, evergreen and may still relevant for some time in the future

@flyfalfly Год назад

Majority of people on RU-vid is here for the entertainment. This video is on the informative side rather than entertaining.

@AliFareedMC 4 месяца назад

@flyfalfly I don't think that is mutually exclusive. A video can be entertaining and informative, but people want the fast and furious equivalent of a youtube video like All style no substance videos to get entertained

@J_CtheEngineer Год назад

I’m so glad my algorithm keeps me away from this kind of content. Just the clips you played of the copycats had me hoping for a county wide blackout.

@Douglas_413 Год назад

I'm so glad you still upload your videos are amazing and deserve way more views

@noeleastwood1314 Год назад

my Problem is, i really cant see more content like this. BUT THE YT ALGORITHM BETRAYS ME. I really cant find cool new RU-vidrs or cool New Content because YT only shows me this shit. Im Really really mad about that. Imagine its possible there are Cool Funny vloggers out there BUT I CANT FIND THEM

@cnachopchopnewsagency Год назад

After watching this video, now i know why he make a video of helping 1000 blind people 3 days ago. He knows that people are subtly losing track of him so he is using sympathy and emotional content to win back his fans.

@JoinNathan Год назад

Thanks for putting that out there. Great advice I learned ❤

@EvansMTBSaga Год назад

Thanks for the video. I started out using MrBeastified strategies for optimization. The grand spectacles have their limits for sure and I've been exploring the path of authenticity and vulnerability. Thanks for speaking out, a great edit, great sound design, and great scripting.

@MurphyMosby Год назад

I've watched MrBeast for the first time in my life this week. In fact, it was my first time watching this kind of Mr. Beastification content and it was fun and exciting at first even though I struggled to keep up with the fast-pacing of the video. It was still fun on the second video. By the third video, I already knew what to except. I knew what format and pattern Mr. Beast uses for his videos. Crazy challenges for lots of money. Got it. Suddenly I got bored and didn't feel like watching any more of his videos because in a way I have watched them all already. If I'd seen vulnerability, character and imperfection from Jimmy, I might've continued watching.

@daseinz Год назад

No the content is stale and boring. It's like a 9pm show on tv when i was 12. It's just not for me.

@SlayerkingJD Год назад

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@DimitriR Год назад

Your videos are always too short... thank you so much for the great work! 🙏

@dscrive Год назад

looking back, I've unsubscribed to channels that went down the mrbeastification trend, and I don't think I've ever seen a Mr. Beast video. if I want fluff with no sustenance I'll eat cotton candy, thank you very much.

@betabloxx Год назад

Well.. i think i do something wrong... Never saw a Mr Beast video or a video from this genre, don't watch vlog channels like Neistat or other gimmicky Creators. I don't think RU-vid is getting boring at all. There is so much creative and highly watchable content from other creators/genres. You can watch RU-vid 24/7 an NEVER see something like this talked about in your video.

@voltage3208 Год назад

Ive been waiting for this soooo much its been killing me the format is so boring

@rafirenteria Год назад

I'm mostly an IG creator - the flashing graphics and jump cuts in the video seem to be the best way to get people to pay mf attention lmao - For me, the subtitles are more so people can enjoy the video without turning the sound on (not to mention people hard of hearing), started doign that after I noticed I kept watching videos if I could read em - Love your video!

@Jayzss 8 месяцев назад

i know this video is 8 months old just wanted to say i love the editing on this video the pauses kind of resets the mood and let you take in what you are saying

@MostlyCloudy Год назад

He's always been boring to me. His stuff is really only interesting to children.

@RockyMountainResale Год назад

Great work as usual, Donna.

@laurad4277 Год назад

Who remembers intros that showed the most interesting part of the vlog but just barely, then the intro then you watched the whole vlog till that part came near the end, I miss that

@nettieharris Год назад

There is so much creative energy on you tube. I usually stay in the educating or Entrepreneurial communities…. They can run the gamut from telling the stories of the extremely successful too general tips to Mindy grabs to showcasing your own little company!

@Twotwentytwoproductions Год назад

I personally find Mr Beast's videos to be rather dull. No amount of money being spent or given away can make up for bland execution.

@evan5966 Год назад

girl it's been so long since i've had one of your videos recommended to me. it's like reuniting with an old friend haha

@DonnaIRL Год назад

I see what you did there

@evan5966 Год назад

@@DonnaIRL hehehe

@ghivifahmi4252 Год назад

Great video! Also what's your opinion on Japanese and South Korean TV shows? They seem to employ similar tricks with giant on-screen visuals

@itswhzly Год назад

this was great. i think the best content is the niche content, the content that “WE” relate to, the content that is OUR niche, what makes us, us.

@ashleygranados5557 Год назад

Sorry babe can’t hang out Internet Impact just posted

@Nameless_mixes Год назад

This is too relatable 😂🙌❤️

@H2ORaider Год назад

It feels empty because they are missing the “you” part of RU-vid

@jochananberohart3578 10 месяцев назад

You're right! That more and more fast cutted video are tiring! The greatest satisfaction is when you are immersed in something because it speaks to you in the deepest authentic way. Depth needs space and time, which the videos aimed at quick satisfaction don't have, because they sand off all the rough edges to be consumable in the quickest possible way.