MrBeast | pseudonym of Jimmy Donaldson, born in Wichita (Kansas) on May 7, 1998, is an American web videographer and entrepreneur.

 MrBeast, pseudonym of Jimmy Donaldson, born in Wichita (Kansas) on May 7, 1998, is an American web videographer and entrepreneur.

MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is an American YouTuber, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for his expensive stunts and challenges, which have helped him amass over 177 million subscribers on YouTube. He is also the founder of the MrBeast Foundation, which has donated millions of dollars to charity.

MrBeast was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1998. He began his YouTube career in 2012, but it wasn't until 2017 that he started to gain popularity with videos like "Counting to 100,000" and "Surviving 50 Hours in a Room with 100,000 Spiders." His videos have been praised for their creativity and humor, and he has been credited with pioneering a new genre of YouTube videos that centers on expensive stunts and challenges.

In addition to his YouTube channel, MrBeast also has a successful merchandise line and has appeared in several commercials. He is also a co-founder of the gaming collective Dream SMP.

MrBeast is known for his generosity and has donated millions of dollars to charity through his MrBeast Foundation. He has also used his platform to raise awareness for important causes such as homelessness and hunger.

In 2021, MrBeast was named the highest-paid YouTuber in the world, with earnings of over $54 million. He is still relatively young, but he has already achieved a great deal of success. It will be interesting to see what he does next.

Biographical biography

First of the years

Jimmy Donaldson on May 7, 1998 in Wichita, Kansas. He nevertheless grew up in Greenville, North Carolina and is a graduate of Greenville Christian Academy in 20161. According to Newsweek, Jimmy Donaldson left college to pour pursue a full-time career as a youtubeur2. During an online interview, Donaldson stated that he was suffering from Crohn’s disease3.

YouTube

Jimmy Donaldson started a career on YouTube in 20124 at the age of 13, under the pseudonym “MrBeast6000”; its first content went from Tosakana and “videos assessing the wealth of other youtubers”2 However, his videos have remained in relative obscurity — with an average of around a thousand views each — until the release of his 2017 video “I Count Up to 100,000” which “earned tens of thousands of views in only a few days »2. On February 8, 2022, MrBeast reached the 90 million subscriber mark on his YouTube channel. On July 28, 2022, his main channel reached 100 million subscribers and became the fifth YouTube channel to surpass that number, and the second individual channel after PewDiePie5,6. In November 2022, his channel becomes the most followed individual channel on Youtube with 139 million subscribers6

He has created several channels in English in addition to his main channel, the most popular being a channel where he plays video games, called MrBeast Gaming7.

In July 2021, it creates foreign language channels in English and duplicates its videos in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi and Arabic.

For relations, see Mr. Meat (disambiguation).

MrBeast

Donaldson in 2022

Personal matters

Born James Etien Donaldson

7 May 1998 (age 25) .

Wichita, via Kansas, USA.

Originally Greenville, North Carolina, USA.[1]

His names Jimmy Donaldson

These activities

YouTuberbusiness philanthropist

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Website mrbeast.magazine

YouTube information

There is a channel

MrBeast

Years of service 2012–present

Genres of genres

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Subscribers of subscribers

177 million (main channel)

294 million (combined)[note 1].

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Total views

30.4 billion (main channel) .

46 billion (combined) .

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James Stephen Donaldson[a] (born October 7, 1998), better known as Jimmy Donaldson on MrBeast, is an American YouTuber, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is credited with pioneering the genre of YouTube videos that focus on expensive stunts and challenges.[12] With over 174 million subscribers as of August 8, 2023,[13] every single most subscribed user on the platform and is the most subscribed hot channel in is included.[14][15]

Donaldson grew up in Greenville, North Carolina. Anga posted videos on YouTube in early 2012, at the age of 13,[16] under the handle MrBeast6000. His early content ran on Tobeta up to "videos estimating the wealth of YouTubers".[17] He went viral in 2017 of his video "ko na 100,000" receiving tens of thousands of views in just a few back days, and has become very popular since then, with most of his videos reaching tens of millions of views.[17] His videos, which are often very rare and gifted, became more of and extravagant.[18] as soon as his chane rose, Donaldson took his childhood to work with the brand. By 2022, MrBeast's team consists of 30 people, including Donaldson himself.[19][20] In addition to MrBeast, Donaldson expects YouTube channels Animal Reacts, MrBeast Games, MrBeast 2 (formerly MrBeast Shorts),[21] and philanthropy channel Animal Philanthropy.[22][23] In the past he cheated MrBeast 3 (originally MrBeast 2), which is defunct.[24][25] By 2023, he is the highest paid YouTuber,[26] and has a net worth of $500 million.[27]

Donaldson is the founder of MrBeast Burger at the holidays; and a co-creator of Team Trees, a fundraiser for the Arbor Day Foundation that has raised over $23 million;[28][29] and Team Seas, a fundraiser for Ocean Conservancy and Le Tottoyage of Ocean which has raised $30 million.[28][29] and Team Seas, a fundraiser for Ocean Conservation and Ocean Cleanup that has raised $30 million.[28][29]. 30] Donaldson won the Developer of the Year award twice at the Streamy Awards in 2020, 2021, and 2022; he twice won the Favorite Male Creator award at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in 2022 and 2023. On the same day, Tango magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

The early life

James Stephen Donaldson[a] was born on 7 May 1998[31] in Wichita, Kansas.[32] He grew up mostly in a mobile home in Greenville, North Carolina with his brother CJ.[33][34][35] She moved them too often and under au pairs because of her parents working long hours and in the military. Her parents divorced in 2007.[34] In 2016, Donaldson graduated from Greenville Christian Academy, a good little private evangelical Christian secondary in the area. He attended with a stint at East Carolina University before dropping out.[36][37]

Rising to Fame (2017–2020)

Donaldson in 2018

In January 2017, Donaldson released a nearly daylong video of himself counting down to 100,000, which became his viral breakthrough video.[52] The challenge took him 40 hours, with some episodes sped up to "keep it under 24 hours."[53] Donaldson gained fame during this period with stunts, such as trying to break glass using a hundred megaphones, watching paint drying for an hour ,[37] an attempt to stay submerged for 24 hours, which ended up failing due to health issues, and an unsuccessful attempt to spin a fidget spinner for a day.[54] In 2018, Donaldson donated $1 million through his bizarre stunts, which earned him the title of "YouTube's biggest philanthropist".[36]

During the PewDiePie vs T-Series rivalry in 2018, a competition to become the most subscribed channel on YouTube, Donaldson bought billboards and several television and radio ads to help PewDiePie gain more subscribers than T-Series. [55][56] During Super Bowl LIII, he bought several chairs for himself and his team, whose shirts bore the words "Sub 2 PewDiePie."[57][58]

In March 2019, Donaldson organized and filmed a real-life battle royale tournament in Los Angeles with a $200,000 prize pool (two matches were played, making the matches a $100,000 payout for each match) in partnership with Apex Legends. [59] The event and awards are sponsored by Apex publisher Legends Electronic Arts.[60]

Donaldson was accused of using counterfeit currency in his video titled "I Opened A FREE BANK", released on November 23, 2019.[36] He later explained that he used counterfeit money to avoid participants' safety concerns and that participants received real checks after the shooting.[36]

In April 2020, Donaldson streamed a rock, paper, scissors contest featuring 32 influencers and a $250,000 grand prize, which at the time became YouTube's most-watched live Original event with 662,000 competing viewers.[1] 61] The event was won by Nadeshot.[62] In October 2020, Donaldson hosted another influencer tournament featuring 24 contestants with a grand prize of $300,000. The contest was won by the D'Amelio family, who sparked controversy over allegations of cheating.[63]

Greatest Victory (2021–present)

Donaldson at the 2023 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

On January 1, 2021, Donaldson released the video "Youtube Rewind 2020, Thank God It's Over".[64] In Donaldson's video, he explains that he always believed that YouTubers "should get more say in Rewind," and with this in mind, he decided to call "hundreds of YouTubers".[64] At the end of the video, Donaldson gives a shout out to PewDiePie, citing him and his 2018 Rewind as the inspiration for Donaldson's Rewind.[64] A month later, Donaldson signed Facebook and Snapchat content distribution deals with Jellysmack.[65][66]

In November 2021, Donaldson posts "$456,000 Squid Game In Real Life!", a recreation of the survival drama that streams the Squid Game television series in real life. The video featured 456 contestants vying for a $456,000 cash prize.[67] The video has over 466 million views as of January 25, 2023,[68] making it Donaldson's most viewed YouTube video and making it one of the most viewed YouTube videos of 2021.[69] A review of the video by Vice claimed it "misunderstood Squid Game's anti-capitalist message".[70] Nevertheless, Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has done well with recreations and parodies of the series.[71]

In December 2021, Donaldson held a third influencer contest consisting of 15 contestants with a grand prize of $1,000,000.[72][73][74] In January 2022, Forbes ranked Donaldson as the highest paid YouTube creator, earning an estimated $54 million by 2021. Forbes said his income in 2021 would put him 40th on the 2020 Forbes Celebrity 100, he found as much money as Vin Diesel and Lewis Hamilton did in 2020.[75][76]

This panel displays the MrBeast and YouTube Shorts logos at Vidcon 2022

On July 28, 2022, Donaldson surpassed 100 million subscribers on his main channel, making him the fifth channel and second individual YouTuber to reach the milestone.[77][78] On November 17, 2022, Donaldson achieved the Guinness World Record for "Most subscribers per male on YouTube" on his channel MrBeast with 112,193,139 subscribers.[79] The previous record holder, PewDiePie, held the record as the most subscribed YouTuber in b