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9-year-old YouTuber spends 1.13 crore on dad’s office credit card so his videos would get more views
A 9-year-old YouTuber reportedly spent around $118,000 on YouTube ads using his father's company card. The boy apparently believed spending more money would bring more views. Here's the full story.
A 9-year-old burned $118,000 of his dad's company card on YouTube ads. As the little one thought more money meant more views. Mike is nine. He runs a YouTube channel called Mighty Mike Plays, where he posts Minecraft and Roblox gameplay. Like every small creator, he was frustrated that nobody was watching. So his father, Dave, sat him down and walked him through a $20 YouTube ad campaign, how to set a budget, pick an audience, and hit go.
Mike learned the lesson. Just not the part about the budget. Over the next three weeks, he went back into the ad tools on his own and kept launching campaigns. Dave's company credit card was already saved to the Google account, so every new campaign quietly charged straight to his employer. "The logic was simple, I guess. More money, more views," Dave said in a video posted to Mike's channel explaining the whole mess. And the bill came to roughly $118,000, which is around Rs 1.13 crores.
