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The top YouTuber in the U.S. , MrBeast ( Jimmy Donaldson ) co - institute the novel analytics platformViewStats , which is now useable in beta . Similar to tools likeSocial Blade , ViewStats use the YouTube API to unveil detailed stats about channel that both creators and their fans can see .
MrBeast did n’t become one of the highest - earning Almighty of all time by accident . He is meticulous about every last item of his videos — he latterly A / B tested to see if his picture do better with a thumbnail where his mouth is receptive , or a thumbnail where it ’s not open ( patently , closed mouth thumbnailswin ) . So , if he thinks sure metric are a must - have for an analytics platform , they ’re probably important .
Founded alongside Chucky Appleby , a Divine who works with MrBeast , ViewStats is differentiating itself with this star force . Celebrity - indorse startups are n’t always as big of a slam dunk shot as they may seem , but in this case , star power should not be underestimated . I find the phenomenon myself , when I attendeda panel hosted by MrBeastabout understanding the YouTube algorithmic program . The seats filled up so quickly , with so many people reverse off at the threshold , that VidCon belike could ’ve assigned him a room twice the sizing and still had an overflow tune — any creator , no matter their genre , need to learn what the Billie Jean Moffitt King of the algorithm had to say .
Very excited to announce@viewstatsis in genus Beta – https://t.co/Id4teEMWlM
viewstats is a site and chrome extension that gives you channel & video data on trillion of YouTube channels with feature like :
Thumbnail A / atomic number 5 testsLong vs Shorts viewsEstimated 1/10 Rankingpic.twitter.com/sICpPAQ2rd
— chucky ( @chucky)December 1 , 2023
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Like Social Blade , ViewStats display basic info like indorser numbers , figure monthly ad revenue , video recording views and how those figures fluctuate over a given period of time . ViewStats is also available as a Chrome extension . Appleby saidthat the platform will add more tools in the future , include thumbnail analytics tools . As of now , it ’s not clear how the program plans to monetise , but Social Blade monetize by paywalling sealed more - forward-looking analytics .
agree toTubefilter , ViewStats is a separate company from MrBeast , LLC . Both MrBeast and Appleby , who is chief operating officer , have funded the endeavor with their own money .
Is MrBeast really deserving $ 1.5 billion ?
