With 112 million subscribers, renowned American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as Mr. Beast, has overtaken PewDiePie and is now the channel with the largest subscribers worldwide. Mr. Beast officially surpassed PewDiePie on November 14, according to the gaming and influencer website Dexerto.
Donaldson uploaded a snapshot of the subscriptions on November 11 and commented, “WHAT ARE THE ODDS I RANDOMLY OPEN YOUTUBE TO 111,111,111 SUBSCRIBERS AT EXACTLY 11:11 ON NOVEMBER 11th???”
In an amusing tweet when he crossed PewDiePie, he tweeted images of lottery tickets and stated, “I just bought 1,111 lottery tickets, something is telling me I’ll win.”
The 24-year-old accomplished $54 million in 2021, as per Forbes. He is apparently the highest-paid content creator on YouTube, earning almost $5 million each month.
MrBeast has been active on YouTube since 2012, but it wasn't until 2018 that he rose to fame due to his thousands of dollars in contributions to anonymous Twitch streamers and YouTubers.
The American content creator created a video headlined "I Gave My 100,000,000th Subscriber An Island" in July, challenging 100 subscribers to difficult challenges. The video had 81 million views and the individual got 100 million members. They had to use their rocks to ignite a fire, traverse 10 planks linked to a boat, and move cautiously because five of them would slide as one moved and inevitably tumble into the water if not skillfully managed. The final test required the subscribers to locate their playbook from the island while wearing blindfolds.
The LADbible claims that MrBeast revealed to his fans how he earned a such fortune on the site in a 2018 video titled "How I Gave Away $1,000,000," claiming that firms assisted him in making donations.
In a Full Send Podcast episode, MrBeast went into further detail about his technique for producing wealth.
Notably, Mr. Beast, who is also a philanthropist, launched a nationwide network of hamburger restaurants named "Mr. Beast Burgers." He also ended up giving them a car, many new iPads, and a lot of money. Thousands of people lined up when they saw the outdoor banner promising free meals, and no one left empty-handed.
According to a Bloomberg story, he began playing with YouTube videos when he was 12 years old and dropped out of college in 2016 to learn how a video becomes popular on the site. Bloomberg cited his comments as follows: “The videos take months of prep. A lot of them take four to five days of relentless filming. There’s a reason other people don’t do what I do.”
