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Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by adeeshaek on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @02:28PM (#42702482)
They also use patreon as a significant source of recurring revenue, so they can create a small number of high quality videos instead of putting out content constantly.

It's a very different business model, and it doesn't have the potential to become as profitable as Mr Beast.

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Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by whatevertrevor on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:37AM (#42709076)
Patreon subs also boost their video's performance on YouTube, since a subscriber committed to paying a monthly fee will definitely want to "get their money's worth" by watching videos as soon as they drop and participate in discussions and comment sections.

If you have 15k patreon subs those are guaranteed views around your video's publish time, which presumably is a good thing for their algorithmic weight.

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