Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has spoken out after online claims suggested his YouTube views had fallen by 50%. The conversation started after a clip from the PBD Podcast began spreading online, with podcast hosts discussing whether YouTube’s changing algorithm was hurting big creators like MrBeast. Soon after the clip went viral, many social media users started repeating the “50% drop” number. But MrBeast quickly pushed back and said the claim did not tell the full story.
The YouTuber responded directly on X and explained that people were comparing old videos that had been online for years with much newer uploads. According to him, that comparison was misleading because his older videos continue getting millions of views every month long after release. “I keep seeing this ‘down 50%’ number and I’m not sure who did the math,” MrBeast wrote. He added, “The videos with hundreds of millions of views are years old. Our videos are evergreen, they usually get 5 to 10 million views a month for years. Hence why newer videos have less views.”
