# of views of MrBeast video week 1?

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Market context

MrBeast’s next long-form upload needs to clear its first seven days in a market that is currently priced as if the answer will land in the lowest bucket, with the crowd-implied chance of a YES outcome at 0%. The practical reference point is not one isolated video but his recent run of launches, which have still been drawing tens of millions of views quickly enough to keep most week-one brackets in play, even when the market is leaning hard to one side.[2][6]

Comparable cases show why traders focus on the first 24 hours and then extrapolate cautiously to day seven. Polymarket’s own MrBeast board shows the day-one and week-one contracts trading as separate questions, and earlier week-one markets have swung to very high confidence once the upload was live and the seven-day count became visible on the channel itself.[2][3] That means the present 0% YES reading is less a statement that the video cannot perform well than a signal that traders think the eventual total is more likely to miss the specific bracket the contract is asking for.[1][3]

The main catalysts are simple: whether MrBeast posts a qualifying video before the August 31 deadline, what format he chooses, and how quickly the upload is picked up by YouTube’s recommendation system in the first few days. The contract resolves off the official channel’s view counter for that specific video, and if he does not post before the deadline, it settles to the lowest range bracket.[1][7] Traders should also watch for any schedule changes, because the market only counts the next qualifying upload after creation, not Shorts, previews, or unrelated posts.[3][7]

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Methodology

Sports-specific comparison page for # of views of MrBeast video week 1?. Polymarket's live quote (Polygon order book) plus platform attributes for the three reference venues. Sports markets reward liquidity — Polymarket and Betfair are materially deeper than Kalshi or Manifold.

Resolution & payout

Sports markets typically settle on official final-whistle plus league confirmation. Polymarket uses UMA Optimistic Oracle with a source URL per contract — usually official league data feeds or ESPN/Soccerway. Two-hour dispute window, then smart-contract payout in USDC.

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