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MrBeast Says YouTube’s Content Has Less ‘Brain Rot’ Than TikTok
Jimmy Donaldson, who is known as MrBeast online, discussed the differences in content quality between YouTube and TikTok at The New York Times’s DealBook summit.
“Jonathan Haidt — I don’t know if you know Jonathan — he’s written a book. He says that kids shouldn’t have smartphones until high school, and has been warning around the country about the impact of social media on kids’ brain. So given what you do for a living now, the success you had touching social media at a very early age, but also, I think recognizing many of these issues — you don’t have kids of your own — how do you think about that?” “Yeah, I mean, that’s actually a good question.” “Thank you.” “I truly haven’t put yeah, I haven’t put too much thought into it. I think, again, I think it does depend on what platform because YouTube is a lot — I mean, for lack of better words — a lot less brain rot than theoretically TikTok. And there is a lot more educational content on it. So yeah, I wouldn’t just say blanket social media bad because like I said, there’s actually a plethora of really entertaining YouTube content or very educational YouTube content.”
Jimmy Donaldson, who is known as MrBeast online, discussed the differences in content quality between YouTube and TikTok at The New York Times’s DealBook summit.
December 3, 2025
