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\"Mr. Beast\" redirects here. For other uses, see Mr. Beast (disambiguation).

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MrBeast

MrBeast in 2023

Personal information

Born

James Stephen Donaldson

May 7, 1998 (age 26)

Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

Origin

Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.^[1]

Other names

Jimmy Donaldson
MrBeast6000

Education

Greenville Christian Academy

Occupations

Partner(s)

Thea Booysen (2022\u2013present; engaged)

Signature

Website

mrbeast.store

YouTube information

Channel

MrBeast

Years active

2012\u2013present

Genres

Challenge
vlog
gaming
react

Subscribers

356 million (main channel)
48.6 million (MrBeast 2)
27.3 million (Beast Philanthropy)
46.5 million (MrBeast Gaming)
35.3 million (Beast Reacts)

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Total views

71.774 billion (main channel)
7.302 billion (MrBeast 2)
1.048 billion (Beast Philanthropy)
8.508 billion (MrBeast Gaming)
6.521 billion (Beast Reacts)

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Associated acts

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Creator Awards
	100,000 subscribers	2016^[3]
	1,000,000 subscribers	2017^[4]
	10,000,000 subscribers	2018^[4]
	50,000,000 subscribers	2021
	100,000,000 subscribers	2022

Jimmy Donaldson's voice

At the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards
Recorded April 2022

Last updated: Feb 5, 2025

James Stephen \"Jimmy\" Donaldson^[a] (born May 7, 1998), better known by his online alias MrBeast, is an American YouTuber, media personality, and businessman. He is known for his fast-paced and high-production YouTube videos, where he often hosts elaborate challenges and donates large amounts of money.^[11] With over 350 million subscribers, he has the most subscribers on any YouTube channel^[12]^[13] and is the third-most-followed creator on TikTok, with over 106.9 million followers. He also has over 65.5 million followers on Instagram and over 32 million on X (formerly Twitter).\n

Donaldson was raised in Greenville, North Carolina. He began posting videos to YouTube in early 2012^[14] under the handle MrBeast6000. His early content ranged from Let's Plays to \"videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers\".^[15] He went viral in 2017 after his \"counting to 100,000\" video earned tens of thousands of views in just a few days. His videos have become increasingly grand and extravagant.^[16] Once his channel took off, Donaldson hired some childhood friends to co-run the brand. Donaldson also runs the YouTube channels Beast Reacts (formerly BeastHacks), MrBeast Gaming, MrBeast 2 (formerly MrBeast Shorts),^[17] and the philanthropy channel Beast Philanthropy.^[18]^[19]\n

Donaldson is the founder of MrBeast Burger, Feastables, and a co-founder of Team Trees, a fundraiser for the Arbor Day Foundation that has raised over $24 million for its campaigns, and Lunchly, a food and snack brand similar to Lunchables.^[20]^[21]^[22] He also co-founded Team Seas, a fundraiser for Ocean Conservancy and The Ocean Cleanup that has raised over $30 million.^[23] Donaldson won the Creator of the Year award four years in a row at the Streamy Awards in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023; he also won the Favorite Male Creator award three times at the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. In 2023, Time named him one of the world's 100 most influential people.^[24] He has ranked on the Forbes list for the highest-paid YouTube creator in 2022^[25] and has an estimated net worth of $500 million.^[26]\n

In September 2024, Donaldson was one of the subjects of a class action lawsuit that alleged widespread mistreatment, sexual harassment, and unpaid expenses and wages on his ongoing reality television series, Beast Games.^[27]\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n	Ref.\n
2023\n	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem\n	Times Square Bystander\n	Voice\n	^[189]\n
Under the Boardwalk\n	Hot Sauce Crab\n	^[190]\n
2024\n	The Sidemen Story\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n	^[191]\n
Kung Fu Panda 4\n	Panda Pig\n	Voice\n	^[192]\n

Year\n	Ceremony\n	Category\n	Result\n	Ref.\n
2019\n	9th Streamy Awards\n	Breakout Creator\n	Won\n	^[193]\n
Ensemble Cast\n	Nominated\n
Creator of the Year\n	Nominated\n
2020\n	12th Annual Shorty Awards\n	YouTuber of the Year\n	Won\n	^[194]\n
10th Streamy Awards\n	Creator of the Year\n	^[195]^[196]\n
Live Special\n
Social Good: Creator\n
Social Good: Nonprofit or NGO\n
2021\n	2021 Kids' Choice Awards\n	Favorite Male Social Star\n	Nominated\n	^[197]\n
11th Streamy Awards\n	Creator of the Year\n	Won\n	^[198]\n
2022\n	2022 Kids' Choice Awards\n	Favorite Male Creator\n	Won\n	^[199]\n
12th Streamy Awards\n	Creator of the Year\n	Won\n	^[200]^[201]\n
Collaboration\n	Nominated\n
Social Good: Creator^[d]\n	Won\n
Creator Product\n	Nominated\n
Editing\n	Nominated\n
Brand Engagement^[d]\n	Won\n
Social Impact Campaign^[d]\n	Nominated\n
2023\n	2023 Kids' Choice Awards\n	Favorite Male Creator\n	Won\n	^[202]\n
13th Streamy Awards\n	Creator of the Year\n	Won\n	^[203]\n
Collaboration\n	Won\n
Creator Product\n	Nominated\n
Brand Engagement\n	Nominated\n
2024\n	2024 Kids' Choice Awards\n	Favorite Male Creator\n	Won\n	^[204]\n

Year\n	Publication\n	Category\n	Ref.\n
2021\n	Forbes 30 Under 30\n	Social Media\n	^[205]\n
2022\n	Guinness World Records\n	Largest vegetarian burger\n	^[206]\n
2023\n	First person to reach 1 million followers on Threads\n	^[207]\n
Highest-earning YouTube contributor (current)\n	^[208]\n
Most YouTube subscribers gained in one week\n	^[209]\n
2024\n	Most subscribers on YouTube\n	^[210]\n

v t e MrBeast
Fundraisers	\n Team Trees \n Team Seas \n
Brands	\n MrBeast Burger \n MrBeast Lab \n Feastables \n Finger on the App \n Lunchly \n
People	\n James \"Jimmy\" Donaldson \n Karl Jacobs \n Reed Duchscher \n
Videos	\n \"$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!\" \n \"50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000\" \n
Television	\n Beast Games\n lawsuit \n
Other	\n List of lawsuits \n

v t e Streamy Awards winners \u2013 Audience Choice
Show	\n The Guild (2009) \n Agents of Cracked (2010) \n SourceFed (2013) \n Enchufe.tv (2014) \n fouseyTUBE (2015) \n The Philip DeFranco Show (2016) \n Sugar Pine 7 (2017) \n The Try Guys (2018) \n Good Mythical Morning (2019) \n Instant Influencer (2020) \n 30 Days With: Bretman Rock (2021) \n Good Mythical Morning (2022) \n Challenge Accepted (2023) \n
Creator	\n Grace Helbig (2013) \n Tyler Oakley (2014) \n Cameron Dallas (2015) \n Yousef Erakat (2016) \n The Dolan Twins (2017) \n Shane Dawson (2018) \n Tana Mongeau (2019) \n MrBeast (2020) \n MrBeast (2021) \n MrBeast (2022) \n MrBeast (2023) \n

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Early life

YouTube career

2012\u20132017: Early viral attempts

2017\u20132020: Rise to fame

2021\u2013present: Mainstream success

YouTube content

Other ventures

Finger on the App

MrBeast Burger

Feastables

Lunchly

Investments and partnerships

FAST Channel

Beast Games

Controversies

Working conditions

MrBeast Burger

Allegations against Ava Kris Tyson

DogPack404

Class action lawsuit

Philanthropy

#TeamTrees

#TeamSeas

Beast Philanthropy

Personal life

Political views

LGBT issues

Public image and influence

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Publications

See also

Notes

References

External links

MrBeast

What happened with MrBeast on 1 February, 2012

1 February, 2012