COD YouTuber Income Inspiration

MrBeast (Jimmy) shares the story of how he first got inspired to become a YouTuber after discovering how much money creators could make.

"This Call of Duty YouTuber actually got hacked a very long time ago and they leaked his earnings. He had made like $100,000 a year the last few years. I remember being 10 and thinking 'What the fuck? They make that kind of money doing this?'

I was just so mind blown that they actually made money. Right there was when I decided 'Okay, I'm doing this - I'm being a YouTuber or I'm going to die trying, I just don't care.'

It's funny because back then people were like 'Get a life, stop being a nerd, you're too obsessive, you're a weirdo.' And now it's like 'Oh bro, he was so obsessive, it's so great.' It's funny looking back on my life going from a loser nerd who's too obsessive and won't go anywhere to 'Damn, that's really inspiring.' That was very hurtful back then, but that's inspiring now."