Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson has released his new video on YouTube, “I Survived 7 Days In An Abandoned City“. Like every video released by the North Carolina-native, this new one is also getting a lot of positive reactions on YouTube. As of writing this article, it has over 57 million views and 3.1 million likes. Seeing how his latest videos have been performing, the YouTuber had some important advice for his fellow content creators.
This past year i’ve slowed down our videos, focused on story telling, let scenes breathe, yelled less, more personality, longer videos, etc. And our views have skyrocketed!
My fellow YouTubers lets get rid of the ultra fast paced/overstim era of content. It doesn’t even work pic.twitter.com/J7IBwHF6Jj
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) March 3, 2024
The 25-year-old recently took to his X (formerly known as Twitter) account to share a screenshot revealing his video had over 49 million views within 21 hours. He then talked about the experiment he has been doing with his videos lately. Donaldson has been focusing more on storytelling, letting the scenes breathe, and shouting less in them, which is also resulting in longer videos. Despite being long, these videos are skyrocketing in views.
Likewise, MrBeast asked his fellow content creators to stop making fact-paced or shorter content. The rise of TikTok and Instagram Reels has decreased everyone’s attention span, and a major part of the audience now seeks quick and short videos. So, many content creators focus on making their videos short and crisp, which doesn’t sit well with everyone. Thus, we believe MrBeast’s advice to return to slower-paced and longer videos might work in the long run.
Fans couldn’t agree more with their beloved MrBeast
MrBeast’s tweet gained a lot of attention from his fans, who agreed with his point of view. They also claimed to enjoy his recent videos and insisted that he should try his hand at something longer like a weekly series. They stated that shorter videos with no breathing room made it hard for them to build emotion. One fan even went so far as to term it the first step to going back to “old YouTube”.
I’ve been saying this
— Dream (@Dream) March 3, 2024
Yea it’s definitely making the videos better! I think they could be even longer or do a series. Like the squid games episode woulda been 10x better if it was a weekly series and we got to know the characters. Imagine the hype around the finale episode!
— Matti Haapoja (@MattiHaapoja) March 3, 2024
Such a good decision!
Without breathing room there’s no space for emotion to build up!
You’re going in the right direction 🙂— Diceroll (@Dicerolltv) March 3, 2024
Hell yeah youtube going in the right direction
— Willjum (@Willjum1) March 3, 2024
Yeahh, let’s get back to the good old era of the not ultra fast videos!
— Ninjaz (@SupNinjaz) March 3, 2024
Some fans stated that since MrBeast has done fast-paced videos in the past, other content creators copied him. They might not be very wrong, as a lot of Donaldson’s fans loved his enthusiastic and loud personality in previous videos. Hence, it is natural that when something turns out to be successful, everyone tries to replicate it.
I feel like everyone just copied your old style of videos and now they’re THERE it will take so long for them to adjust to a slower pace. Personally I have always enjoyed the more slower paced and less over the top editing. It’s just easier to watch
— chantelle 🙂 (@imnotchantelle) March 3, 2024
It would be even better if folks would rethink becoming a Mr. Beast clone, just because the formula works.
— Farzad (@farzyness) March 3, 2024
After such a positive response from his audience, MrBeast might consider making an even longer video or a weekly series. He is currently the biggest individual content creator on YouTube with over 242 million subscribers. However, he is still the second-most subscribed on the red platform, as T-Series currently has over 260 million subscribers. So, the longer format video could be the ticket for the 24-year-old to solely take the top spot on YouTube.
