MrBeast

also referred to as: mr. beast

12 statements across 11 episodes · 2 bullish · 9 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Nov 17, 2023 by Sam Lessin · across every show →

Everything said about MrBeast, oldest first

Nov 17, 2023 bearish
Opinion
Lessin: Generic influencers like MrBeast lack durable businesses because content is replaceable
“I'm much less interested in generic influencers, and that's everything from the Kardashians to like Mr. Beast. I get, I totally get it. Lots of distribution better. I just don't think it's durable, right? Because all it is is content, right? And like that is u…”
Sam Lessin Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 59:10 #23: Why (and How) SMBs and Creators Will Win With AI, the New Financing Contracts, and More · More or Less Podcast
Feb 2, 2024 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Neistat: Every MrBeast Video Gets More Views Than the Super Bowl
“Every video he posts does more views than the Super Bowl we'll do this year. With Taylor Swift, he will do more views with every video he posts.”
Casey Neistat Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 22:41 #32: Taylor Swift vs. MrBeast w/ Casey Neistat and Ricky Van Veen · More or Less Podcast
Apr 5, 2024 negative
Opinion
Jessica Lessin: MrBeast's Feastables are 'pretty shitty chocolate'
“It's kind of going from like Mr. Beast's Feastables, which by the way are pretty shitty chocolate in my opinion, to also influencers and celebrities launching brands, but not necessarily wanting their brand to be a part of it.”
Jessica Lessin Apr 5, 2024 ▶ 20:02 #41: Is AI Killing Media? · More or Less Podcast
Jun 7, 2024 negative
Opinion
Dave Morin: MrBeast Builds for Algorithmic Virality Rather Than Customers
“If you look at Mr. Beast, he's building a business for the charts, right? Like doing, you know, everything, just incredible analytical studying of what it takes to make something go viral, literally make any content that will make something grow and go viral, …”
Dave Morin Jun 7, 2024 ▶ 41:10 #50: Startups to Start: Media Edition · More or Less Podcast
Sep 13, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sam Lessin: MrBeast will mirror BuzzFeed's collapse due to a low-LTV audience
“The thing I was positing is I expect we'll end up with the same outcome, right? Which is you're going to see a huge run up, a lot of excitement, but unfortunately the beast audience is in highly competitive, straight up media, right? Like it's straight up, you…”
Sam Lessin Sep 13, 2024 ▶ 42:18 #64: Meta vs. Apple: the Future of Open vs. Closed Tech · More or Less Podcast
Sep 20, 2024 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sam Lessin: Top creators like MrBeast will game YouTube's new Hype feature
“You know who's gonna be out there gaming that? It's Mr. Beast.”
Sam Lessin Sep 20, 2024 ▶ 13:26 #65: Instagram, YouTube and the Kids · More or Less Podcast
Dec 13, 2024 bearish
Opinion
Lessin: Why he would never invest in MrBeast or attention-based creators
“So I actually, I mean, this is why I would never invest in like Mr. Beast or anyone who's in the attention game, right? I actually think that that is a total war of attrition and not winnable long term.”
Sam Lessin Dec 13, 2024 ▶ 13:15 #77: Sora Reveal, Google's AI Agents and Digital Trade Under Trump · More or Less Podcast
Jan 24, 2025 bearish
Prediction Held up
Sam Lessin: There Is Zero Percent Chance MrBeast Buys TikTok
“Oh, I was short that. There's a zero percent chance.”
Sam Lessin Jan 24, 2025 ▶ 24:20 #83: Trump Inauguration, Stargate, and the Meme Economy · More or Less Podcast
Feb 14, 2025 bearish
Disclosure
Lessin: Slow Ventures avoids investing in mass entertainers like MrBeast.
“We would not invest in general entertainment is too competitive, right? Like I actually wouldn't invest in like beast or things like that. It's much more about these are like niche communities. It's like aviation is a great area to look into or like lawn care …”
Sam Lessin Feb 14, 2025 ▶ 53:41 #86: Elon’s $97B Curveball For OpenAI · More or Less Podcast
Jun 6, 2025 negative
Opinion
Jessica Lessin: MrBeast's Feastables chocolate is "so bad" and inedible
“No, he didn't. It's so bad. I could not eat it.”
Jessica Lessin Jun 6, 2025 ▶ 14:04 #102: Snap Spectacles, Build-A-Bear, and the Myth of the Everything App · More or Less Podcast
Jun 6, 2025 positive
Opinion
Dave Morin: MrBeast appears to have invested effort into Feastables
“In their case, It does appear that Beast did put some time into making the chocolate actually good.”
Dave Morin Jun 6, 2025 ▶ 13:57 #102: Snap Spectacles, Build-A-Bear, and the Myth of the Everything App · More or Less Podcast
Oct 24, 2025 negative
Opinion
Sam Lessin: MrBeast's content is 'manual slop'
“Well, I, I'd have to pull it up, but I was calling Mr. Beast's content manual slop.”
Sam Lessin Oct 24, 2025 ▶ 33:39 TPUs Are Winning? Gemini + Anthropic vs NVIDIA, and OpenAI’s Atlas Explained · More or Less Podcast
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