Having just gotten engaged less than a fortnight ago, there is more cause for celebration for Jimmy Donaldson and his camp
I think it’s safe to say that philanthropist YouTuber MrBeast has become a household name.
MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, has become the most successful YouTuber out there with by far the most subscribers having bypassed Indian music channel T-Series, on 283 million.
The 26-year-old has surpassed 341 million subscribers on his main channel with the government Census calculating there to be 341 million people living in the US.
But by no stretch of the imagination has it been easy, with his journey starting half his lifetime ago at the age of 13 back in 2012 – when he primarily uploaded content related to Minecraft and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
His channel didn’t really take off for the next five years, having diversified content he was trying everything to make a name for himself and his channel, but his big break came when he uploaded a video in 2017 titled ‘Counting to 100,000’.
Yes, he really counted to 100,000 and it took him more than 40 hours to do so – after the video went viral he realized he’d found a niche that for whatever reason people enjoyed watching so he then uploaded two more videos based on the same ideology.
These were: ‘Reading the dictionary for 24 hours’ and ‘Saying Logan Paul 100,000 Times’.
MrBeast proposed to his girlfriend on Christmas Day, 2024 (Instagram/@mrbeast)
He then began using all the money he’d gained from YouTube paying him for the amount of subscribers and video views he had, to put it back into his videos.
Soon after, he began letting people use his card in Walmart to buy whatever they want and those videos were a huge success. It snowballed with him giving more and more money away.
MrBeast saw just how well the videos of him giving money away were doing that he began holding competitions with huge cash prizes that people could only dream of, as well as posting videos where he’d trap himself underground for 24 hours and so on.
The guy knows what he’s doing.
Now, following on from the success of MrBeast releasing his own version of Squid Game, he’s since landed another lucrative deal with Prime Video in what’s been dubbed as the ‘largest game show in history‘.
Titled Beast Games, it’s based on his YouTube show in a ‘fast-paced and high-production format’.
It sees 2,000 contestants competing for a $5 million cash prize – the largest single prize in TV and streaming history.
Beast Games aired on Prime Video on December 19, but only two episodes dropped with the remaining eight episodes are then released on a weekly basis.
This is the mind-blowing amount MrBeast earns on YouTube as he turns down Elon Musk
People, including Elon Musk, have called for MrBeast to share his content on X
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of the YouTube sensation that is MrBeast.
MrBeast – real name Jimmy Donaldson – joined the platform over a decade again and is well on his way to becoming the first YouTube billionaire.
At just 25-years-old, Donaldson creates multimillion dollar content for YouTube and definitely reaps the rewards of splashing the cash.
He boasts a whopping 230 million subscribers on YouTube and, in light of his extreme popularity, Elon Musk wants in.
Musk, one of the world’s richest human beings, completed his acquisition of Twitter (now named X) in 2022, and has tried to urge Donaldson to start utilising the platform for his content.
X-users have also called for the social media star to star sharing his videos on X.
“I uploaded, go watch or I’ll drop kick you,” Donaldson tweeted December 30.
“Upload on this platform too,” urged one person, as a second echoed: “You can upload here so we can watch in the X app.”
“I would watch it if you posted direct to X but I’m not gonna go all the way over to YouTube for it,” added a third.
Jumping on the bandwagon, Musk replied to the first tweet simply writing ‘Yeah’ in agreement.
Replying to the billionaire tech mogul, Donaldson said: “My videos cost millions to make and even if they got a billion views on X it wouldn’t fund a fraction of it.”
X
“I’m down though to test stuff once monetization is really cranking!” he added.
Musk has since insisted that ‘creator rewards will increase significantly this year’.
But how much does Donaldson actually make on YouTube, I hear you ask?
According to reports, in 2023 alone, the 25-year-old raked in a staggering $82 million. The year prior, he made $54 million – $32 million of which came from ads, Forbes reports.
In regards to his net worth, it’s said that Donaldson is worth $500 million.
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As well as YouTube, MrBeast also makes his money on Facebook and TikTok.
He creates his content in a so-called ‘top secret’ multimillion dollar filming studios.
He has two studios in total, both located in Greenville, North Carolina.
Donaldson gave fellow YouTuber Arun Maini a tour of his filming spaces back in 2020, with Maini going on to tally up the price of the studio and its contents being around an eye-watering $14 million.
Most of his videos are filmed in what’s known as ‘Studio C’ – a 50,000 square foot room.
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Niamh Shackleton
MrBeast just gained an extraordinary number of subscribers in 24 hours to become YouTube’s biggest channel
MrBeast has shattered yet another YouTube record
When you think of YouTube, a lot of people’s attentions immediately turn to MrBeast. The two really do go hand in hand.
Whether he’s making fans think of him as a real-life Jigsaw or breaking internet records, MrBeast is always making headlines.
Now, the YouTuber – whose real name is real name Jimmy Donaldson – has shattered his daily subscriber record.
In fact, MrBeast’s channel has surpassed T-Series to become the most subscribed channel on YouTube.
MrBeast produces huge numbers. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
The content creator surpassed the Indian record label on Saturday (1 June), with the man himself revealing a personal record that was also broken on that day.
Taking to X, MrBeast revealed he gained the most subscribers he’s ever had in a single day, as he also broke the YouTube record.
Sharing a screenshot of his stats, MrBeast gained a whopping 2.1 million subscribers in just a 24-hours period.
“Yesterday was the most subscribers we’ve ever gotten in a day,” the YouTuber wrote.
Yesterday was the most subscribers we’ve ever gotten in a day 😮
Typically, the 26-year-old averages 250,000 new subscribers every single day.
While MrBeast hasn’t broken the record for most subscribers gained in a single day on YouTube, he does lay claim to several records.
For example, Donaldson holds the record for the most subscribers gained in a week, month and year.
And with the money MrBeast splashes on each video, it’s a good job he’s on top of the YouTube tree.
Speaking at a podcast event with the All-In Podcast, he confirmed that each video costs around the same as making an independent film.
When asked what the budget was for each video, MrBeast replied: “I think now it is around $2.5 million each video.”
“I don’t think it’s that crazy though,” he continued.
“Because then they’re getting a hundred million views in seven days.
“So, in any other media, outside of social media, that got that kind of viewership their budget would be like 50 times that.”
The YouTuber has gained a lot of subscribers recently. (Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)
Certainly a lot of dollar, but the content creator definitely reaps the rewards.
He explained that he brings in about $600 million to $700 million a year but despite this massive amount, still doesn’t consider himself rich.
“I mean, not right now,” he said.
“I’m not naive; maybe one day.
“Each video does a couple million in ad revenue, a couple million in brand deals.”
He added: “I’ve reinvested everything to the point of—you could claim—stupidity, just believing that we would succeed. And it’s worked out.”
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