Viral Youtuber Mr. Beast Has Funded 100 Wells In Several African Countries — Including Cameroun And Others
Leading US YouTuber and philanthropist Mr. Beast said he already knew he was going to be canceled sake of the video he posted which showed him helping people. He said this after many reactions followed the post he shared that he built 100 wells for Africa. The post has received plenty of yabbings and hailings.
However, Mr. Beast has said that he doesn’t care as he will always use his channel to help people and will try to inspire his audience to do the same.
On weekend, 4 November, the Youtuber posted on X (former Twitter) that “we’ve spent over eight months working on tomorrow’s video and it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever done.” After that post, he again shared that “We have built 100 wells for Africa” and encouraged people to go watch it on his YouTube page. In the video, which has had over 48 million views since Mr Beast posted it on Saturday, it shows construction of 52 wells for rural communities in Kenya and 48 other wells in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Somalia and Cameroon.
Many have hailed Mr. Beast for helping rural communities as they blamed African governments for embezzling the money they are suppose to use to fund such projects. But some Africans have condemned MrBeast saying his video always portrays Africa as a poor and backward continent. Others raised concerns over the environmental impact of the wells, saying it could contribute to reducing ground water.
Mr. Beast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has 207 million subscribers on YouTube, making his platform the most followed account.
“I know it’s one kind of YouTuber doing all this stuff, but someone has to do it. And if no one else does it, we’ll do it. It really has changed the communities where we built them,” Mr. Beast said of his motivation for the project. Jimmy Donaldson, the person the online world knows as Mr. Beast, is the biggest YouTuber on the planet — and that his popularity follows plenty of money come.
The 25-year-old is the highest paid YouTuber for 2022 according to Forbes.
He was born on 7 May 1998 in Wichita, Kansas. He started his Youtube channel in 2012 when he was just 13-years-old. He started posting stuff like “worst intros” videos where he would review small children who had funny or bad intros. Over the years, as he began to earn more money, he used that money to help people. He branched out from video-making to do other things like have his own fast-food chain but on YouTube he would still be popular.
In November 2022, Forbes estimates it earns $54m (£42.5m) a year from the platform, combining advertising revenue from videos and sponsorship deals. Since then, it has gained 60 million more subscribers on its main channel, carrying its total subscribers to 172 million. His biggest video till date, with 472 million views, is his real-life recreation of the Netflix hit Squid Game, which includes a $456,000 prize fund.
Donaldson is popular for his philanthropic work and many business ventures he established. It has a licensed charity that operates as a food bank that feeds communities across the US, and has helped raise tens of millions of dollars to help the environment.
How to make money from YouTube
YouTubers make an average of $0.018 per advert view, according to Influencer Market Hub. Rates range from $0.10 to $0.30 per ad view.
However, this money varies on different factors, like:
number of views
number of clicks an ad receive
Ad quality
Ad blockers
Video length
In order to make money on YouTube, the content creator needs to get at least 500 subscribers, three public uploads in the last 90 days, and either 3,000 watch hours in the past year, or 3 million YouTube shorts views in the past 90 days.
For long-form videos, YouTube pays creators 55% of the revenue gotten from the adverts that play in their videos. Setting up a YouTube channel is legit side hustle, especially if you produce engaging content that attracts large audiences. However, getting to that, you need to put in the work. Most youtubers cut it fast by allowing advertisers to run adverts on your channel through Google Adsense. According to Google, advertiser rates vary. Influencer Marketing Hub said it pays between $0.10 and $0.30 per view. So for a video wit 1,000 ad views, a YouTuber gets $18, on average.
