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Barstool Laid Him Off… Now He Has 1 Billion Views | Austin "Young Mantis" Taylor, Creator
On today's show I sat down with Austin Taylor, aka Young Mantis, a 29-year-old Fishers, Indiana content creator whose videos have surpassed 1 billion views.
Young Mantis remembers starting with the "Ref Daddy" video while interning for Pat McAfee's Barstool Heartland, lessons about professionalism, and creating early YouTube satire about IUPUI. He then won Barstool Idol in 2018, adopted the Young Mantis name, moved to New York, and navigated Barstool's approval and consent-form process before being laid off during COVID.
After returning to Indiana, he DoorDashed, freelanced, and later…
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