The Most Disgusting Influencer Campaign of 2026
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This is the story of how journalists uncovered a secretive social media campaign designed to lure young Americans to the Polymarket prediction market platform.
It’s largely based on investigations by The Wall Street Journal and Politico. Please check them out:
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/polymarket-social-media-bets-prediction-market-441cdeb5
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/05/polymarket-paid-political-influencers-00932789
Watch Christophe’s Tunnel Vision video about prediction markets: https://youtu.be/E_V7m_lnybY?si=WZK4CIgd2JZtY_NB
Special thanks to Katherine Long at The Wall Street Journal plus Maya Kaufman and Jason Beeferman at Politico. Also thanks to Ted Bradford.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JgxiXi_2MymH2aj_MPpoOcD9hps_sr0CiutSd2BmtE8/edit?usp=sharing
Music list:
Artlist:
Jeremy Chontow – Hive Mind
Colten Tyler Williams – Gathering
Naski – Hunt
Semo – Timepiece
Damon Power – All the Way
Tom Fox:
Pointelle – Trailer Version
False Treaty
Funky Beat Bed
Curious Piano 1
Urgent Times
Marksmen
Epidemic Sound:
Forces of Nature – Marten Moses
The Search for More – Alec Slayne
Pardon My French – Eva Hummingbird
Hairpin Loop – Marten Moses
Trace – Lennon Hutton
Linkage – Marten Moses
Finding Dawn – Marten Moses
The One Who Almost Got Away – Marten Moses
Disappearances – Marten Moses
Lens Distortions:
Glacier Landing – Bass
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September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
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@tdat007
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
why does the character in white looks like His story
@Aster.2006
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
Another day of being thankful I’m not American
@AbdallahAbuqasim
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
I think the creators didn't know it was a scam and just blindly advertised it like they do with everything
@Harkurii
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
please investigate the prisoners of war that are forced to play table tennis on PM for ukraine, just started the video but they just signed a deal with Betr because for the longest you could not view the matches live anywhere
@maelrouge9103
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
Late stage capitalism 😅
@Oppai69-s4m
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
These influencers have the most unhinged followers which is the major reason they can do this publicly on daily basis
@jonathany10
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
These sort of creator campaigns are incredibly common now. You will see it with other gambling sites too but also GPT/AI wrappers marketing things like study tools. Undisclosed ads trying to come off as genuine videos. The social media sites need to do a lot more in making it so people are actually disclosing ads
@DavidWilliam-k2m1q
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
never trust anyone other than yourself
@Shadovvwithoutbody
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
A single word could solve all this: education. By the way, why do idiots have so much money in the first place? They deserve to lose it!
@ZeusTheGeus7902
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
Amazing video❤
@lufalcon1240
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
The answer is advertisement. Spared you 20 minutes of lowslop "muh mysterie".
@NimiS91
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
Another one 😅
@eddymk8381
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
What about Mr Beast scam with water??
@krilxxx
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
I’ve come to realize any new sponsor that pops up all over YouTube is always a scam, it’s an anti-advertisement to me.
@gmsl3698
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
lol … this account stared out great but if this is the quality of videos going forward…. 👍 lol
@ime2998
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
Of course a tiny hat is the ceo of this
@loganfnyt
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
Even Logan Paul discloses his sponsorship with them
@SeeMoreLevingthon
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
Honestly, this video is so late that its existence is supposed to be justified with AT LEAST something new to add to the topic, which this one failed at. It’s honestly just more of the same info we’ve already seen in multiple other places…
@b4r_085
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
the thumnail of the video was running the video itself so i could not see it , i saw a glimpse of shopify , i was like yeah finally i always suspected something was wrong with them , then i clicked on the video and it was actually a promotion for them .
@ldaniels2782
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
If I had a dollar for everytime someone didn’t want to comment on this….
@RicH0864
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
What's sad is all this is business as usual and all the people involved face basically no repercussions. I guess unsurprising when Biff Tannen was elected twice.
@duziecodes
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
How did the algorithm know my thoughts ??
@gnoyl
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
isnt this an old video
@Bushmanfpv
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
I think actual gambling creators who use casino funds to bet to make it appear like gains are more possible is alot more devious.
@tahitiprinciple2964
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
Teens with the gambling gene (like me in my younger days) are cooked. It's not a fair fight. Young minds are not equipped to resist. It ruins potential lives and happiness. Of course Baby Trump and Daddy make $ off if it – SCUM.
@JonathanMolendijk
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
Influence the influencers and your influence will drastically increase in influence
@zacktickman
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
POLYMARKET'S iOS/iPhone APP WILL STEAL YOUR $
@TheFreakeh
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
From what is presented in this video it pretty much seems like Polymarket is a gambling oriented adaption on the Ponzi Scheme scam.
@DanteGabriel-lx9bq
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
And people admire their content creators, they're the ones raising generations and kids defend their dishonesty.
@einsiedler6052
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
Even CNN partnered with Kalshi. It's normal. You lost the fight long time ago. More important: They won't drop their partners when those are accused of being politcal incorrect.
@ChocolateDonuts1
September 26, 2026 at 10:14 am
2:22 no way mr beast said that
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