Money

• Fundmates adds $30 million to the creator economy’s financial services empire
• Brian Jung made $3.7 million last year from his crypto-focused YouTube channel

  Brian Jung made $3.7 million on YouTube last year by talking about crypto, NFTs, and Web3. A lot of that money goes back into investments.

  
• MrBeast Reveals He Spent $3 Million On YouTube Videos For August Alone

  Jimmy ‘MrBeast’ Donaldson’s monthly YouTube video budget is approaching Hollywood proportions. In a recent video as part of Anthony Padilla’s popular I Spent A Day With series, where Padilla sat down with a trio of the platform’s biggest stars, Donaldson revealed that he had spent a staggering $3 million to produce YouTube videos next month.

  
• MrBeast Has Given Away $1 Million On His Ascent To Digital Stardom: “YouTube Pays Better Than You Think”

  In a video posted on Christmas, the YouTube star recounted how he originated the concept of giving away large sums of cash for videos that ultimately resulted in a breakout year for the 20-year-old, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson.

  
• 7-Year-Old Ryan ToysReview Reportedly Earned $22 Million On YouTube Last Year
• These Are Today’s Most Lucrative Platforms For Digital Creators (Report)
• Forbes Drops Its Second Annual List Of The World’s Wealthiest YouTube Creators
• ‘Just Between Us’ Co-Host Dishes On Financial Hardships Of YouTube Success
• European MCN MediaKraft Networks Raises $23 Million Financing Round
• YouTube MCN BroadbandTV Closes $36 Million Funding Round
• The Young Turks Discuss Their YouTube Subscription Channel, TYT Plus [INTERVIEW]
• YouTube Head of Operations: “Thousands of YouTubers Make Six Figures a Year”