MrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj

“It’s easier to piss people off and get attention; it’s a lot harder to do good and get attention.“ – MrBeast on the unfortunate incentive structure of the internet

Prior to his success, MrBeast’s obsession with YouTube was perceived as a negative quality, but now his obsession is celebrated

He tries to spend 20-30x times longer thinking of ideas than other people, film 10x more than others, and spend 100x for a video more than other people.

“I like to find people who are the best in the goddamn world at their job and then empower them and give them money.”

MrBeast on how he likes to work: “Wake up, obsess over something, go to bed. Wake up, obsess, go to bed. Like every second of the day until I have a mental breakdown and burn out and then I take a day off or maybe a day and a half and then go right back to it.”

MrBeast spends about $1.5 million to create each video