Some X users are convinced Elon Musk rigged the results of a MrBeast ad experiment where he earned $250,000

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Elon Musk and MrBeast (right).

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MrBeast says he made more than $250,000 off his first X video, but he thinks it's 'a bit of a facade'

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MrBeast (left) and X, formerly Twitter (right).
"Advertisers saw the attention it was getting and bought ads on my video (I think) and thus my revenue per view is prob higher than what you'd experience," YouTube sensation MrBeast wrote in an X post on Monday.

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MrBeast uploads first video on X to test Elon Musk's ad-revenue scheme

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MrBeast and Elon Musk.

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Elon Musk and MrBeast have a complicated friendship — and it may be beginning to turn sour

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MrBeast and Elon Musk's friendship may be souring.

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Elon Musk says 'rewards will increase significantly' for creators, after YouTube star MrBeast rejected an offer to post his videos on X

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MrBeast (left) and Elon Musk.

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YouTube mega-star MrBeast had a cutting response to Elon Musk's request to post content on X

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MrBeast, the world's most popular YouTuber, with 225 million subscribers.

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MrBeast is ordered to stop using the phrase 'Deez Nuts' on his candy bars because it's too similar to 'Dee's Nuts'

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Netflix's Controversial Squid Game Reality Show Is a Hit

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MrBeast called out TikTok for allowing a deepfake version of him hawking $2 iPhones to run wild on the app: 'This is a serious problem'

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A deepfake ad of MrBeast offering iPhone 15 Pro's appeared on TikTok.
A deepfake ad of MrBeast offering 10,000 iPhone 15 Pro's appeared on TikTok.

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Do you want 'Deez Nuts' or 'Dee's Nuts'? The confusion is part of the problem, a company suing MrBeast's food brand says in a lawsuit.

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YouTuber MrBeast posing with his Feastables chocolate range.
MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, launched Feastables to sell chocolate in 2022.

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