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Jimmy Donaldson<\/strong> (born May 7, 1998), better known as MrBeast<\/strong><\/a>, is an American YouTuber. He is credited with pioneering a genre of YouTube videos that centers on expensive stunts. His YouTube channel reached 130 million subscribers in January 2023, making it the fourth-most-subscribed on the platform, and the highest as a non-corporate identity.<\/p>

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MrBeast Info<\/strong><\/h2>

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Real Name<\/strong><\/td>Jimmy Donaldson<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Known as<\/strong><\/td>Mr. Beast<\/td><\/tr>
Birthday<\/strong><\/td>7th May 1998<\/td><\/tr>
Age<\/strong><\/td>25<\/td><\/tr>
Birthplace<\/strong><\/td>United States<\/td><\/tr>
Height<\/strong><\/td>1.89 m<\/td><\/tr>
Weight<\/strong><\/td>80 kg approx<\/td><\/tr>
Nationality<\/strong><\/td>American<\/td><\/tr>
Hometown<\/strong><\/td>Greenville, North Carolina<\/td><\/tr>
School<\/strong><\/td>Greenville Christian Academy<\/td><\/tr>
College<\/strong><\/td> East Carolina University<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Girlfriend<\/strong><\/td>Maddy Spidell<\/td><\/tr>
Siblings<\/strong><\/td>CJ Donaldson<\/td><\/tr>
Net worth<\/strong><\/td> $500 million<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>

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MrBeast Early life and family<\/strong><\/h2>

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Jimmy Donaldson was born on May 7, 1998, in the state of Kansas. He was mainly raised alongside his older brother Charles “C.J.” Donaldson in Greenville, North Carolina. In 2016, Donaldson graduated from Greenville Christian Academy, a private secondary school in the area. Donaldson has publically mentioned being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease during high school. He briefly attended East Carolina University before dropping out. Donaldson’s brother is also a YouTuber, who goes by CjTheseDays, and has more than 4.29 million subscribers as of November 2022.<\/p>

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Mrbeast<\/strong><\/strong> YouTube Career<\/strong><\/h2>

Donaldson uploaded his first YouTube video in February 2012, at the age of 13, under the handle “MrBeast6000”; his early content ranged from Let’s Plays (mainly focused on Minecraft and Call of Duty: Black Ops II<\/em>), videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers, videos that offered tips to upcoming YouTube creators, and commentary on YouTube drama. Donaldson appeared only infrequently in these videos. In July 2013, the subscriber count of his channel, then named “That-dude”, was around 240.<\/p>

In 2015 and 2016, Donaldson began to gain popularity with his “Worst intros on YouTube” series poking fun at YouTube video introductions. By mid-2016, Donaldson had around 30,000 subscribers. In fall 2016, Donaldson dropped out of East Carolina University to pursue a full-time career as a YouTuber. His mother did not approve of this and made him move out of the family home.<\/p>

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As his channel grew, Donaldson hired four childhood friends \u2013 Chris Tyson, Chandler Hallow, Garrett Ronalds, and Jake Franklin \u2013 to contribute to his channel. They then contacted numerous YouTubers in order to obtain statistics of their successful videos and predicting the platform’s recommendation system. Franklin left the crew in 2020; afterwards, Karl Jacobs, previously a cameraman, was promoted to take his place.<\/p>

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Mrbeast<\/strong><\/strong> Rise to fame<\/strong><\/h3>

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In January 2017, Donaldson published an almost day-long video of himself counting to 100,000. The ordeal took him 40 hours, with some parts sped up to “keep it under 24 hours.” Donaldson also gained popularity during this period with stunts, such as attempting to break glass using a hundred megaphones, watching paint dry for an hour, attempting to stay underwater for 24 hours (which ended up failing due to health issues), and an unsuccessful attempt to spin a fidget spinner for a day. By 2018, Donaldson had given out $1 million through his outlandish stunts, which earned him the title of “YouTube’s biggest philanthropist.”<\/p>

During the PewDiePie vs T-Series rivalry in 2018, a competition to become the most-subscribed channel on YouTube, Donaldson bought billboards and numerous television and radio advertisements to help PewDiePie gain more subscribers than T-Series. During Super Bowl LIII, he bought multiple seats for himself and his team, whose shirts spelled out “Sub 2 PewDiePie.”<\/p>

In March 2019, Donaldson organized and filmed a real-life battle royale competition in Los Angeles with a prize of $200,000 (two games were played, making game earnings of $100,000 for each game) in collaboration with Apex Legends<\/em>. The event and prize pool was sponsored by Apex Legends<\/em> publisher Electronic Arts.<\/p>

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Donaldson was accused of using counterfeit money in his video titled “I Opened A FREE BANK”, published on November 23, 2019. He later explained that he used fake money to avoid participant safety concerns and that participants received real checks after the shoot.<\/p>

In April 2020, Donaldson created a rock, paper, scissors competition stream that featured 32 influencers and a grand prize of $250,000, which at the time became YouTube’s most-watched live Original event with 662,000 concurrent viewers. The event was ultimately won by Nadeshot. In October 2020, Donaldson hosted another influencer tournament featuring 24 competitors with a grand prize of $300,000. The tournament was ultimately won by the D’Amelio family, which caused controversy due to claims that they cheated.<\/p>

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Profitability <\/strong><\/h2>

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On January 1, 2021, Donaldson released the video “Youtube Rewind 2020, Thank God It’s Over”. In Donaldson’s video, he explains that he had always believed that YouTubers “should get more say in Rewind,” and with this in mind, he decided to call “hundreds of YouTubers.” At the end of the video, Donaldson gives a shoutout to PewDiePie, citing him and his 2018 Rewind as the inspiration for Donaldson’s Rewind. A month later, Donaldson signed a Facebook and Snapchat content distribution deal with Jellysmack.<\/p>

In November 2021, Donaldson uploaded a recreation of the survival drama streaming television series Squid Game<\/em> in real life, in which 456 people competed for a $456,000 cash prize, without the violence in the show. The video has more than 325 million views as of December 24, 2022, making it Donaldson’s most-viewed YouTube video and also making it one of the most-watched YouTube videos of 2021. A review of the video in Vice stated that it “badly misunderstood the anti-capitalist message of Squid Game<\/em>“.<\/p>

In December 2021, Donaldson created a third influencer tournament featuring 15 competitors with a grand prize of $1,000,000. In January 2022, Forbes ranked MrBeast as YouTube’s highest-earning creator, earning an estimated $54 million in 2021. Forbes also stated that his income in 2021 would have placed him 40th in the 2020 Forbes Celebrity 100, earning as much money as Vin Diesel and Lewis Hamilton did in 2020.<\/p>

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On July 28, 2022, Donaldson surpassed 100 million subscribers on his main channel, making him the fifth channel and the second individual YouTuber to achieve the milestone. On November 17, 2022, Donaldson achieved the Guinness World Record of “Most Subscribers for an Individual Male on YouTube” with his MrBeast channel at 112,193,139 subscribers.<\/p>

In December 2022, two MrBeast outfits and other cosmetic items were added to Fortnite Battle Royale<\/em>. Epic Games also held a tournament in Fortnite<\/em> called “MrBeast’s Extreme Survival Challenge”, which had a payout prize of one million dollars.<\/p>

In February 2023, he appeared in a viral commercial for the NFL which aired during Super Bowl LVII.<\/p>

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Mrbeast<\/strong><\/strong> Family Info<\/strong><\/h2>

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Father Name<\/strong><\/td>Stephen Donaldson<\/td><\/tr>
Mother Name<\/strong><\/td>Mrs. Donaldson<\/td><\/tr>
Brother Name<\/strong><\/td>CJ Donaldson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>

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Mrbeast Net worth<\/strong><\/h2>

He was one of the co-founders of Team Trees, and via this particular fundraising, he was able to bring in more than $72 million<\/strong> for the Arbor Day Foundation. In addition to his primary channel, MrBeast maintains multiple other channels on YouTube that collectively have more than 84 million members.<\/p>

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Mr Beast\u2019s Girlfriend<\/strong><\/h2>

Mr. Beast has not yet tied the knot, but he is involved in a romantic partnership. MaddySpidell is the name of his girlfriend<\/strong> at the moment. Since June 2019, they have been a dating couple. She is a model on Instagram who has a lot of followers.<\/p>

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Mr Beast Parents, and Siblings<\/strong><\/h2>

The Beast\u2019s family is Christian, and he is a Christian. Stephen Donaldson was the name of the man who raised him, and he made his living in the business world. Mrs. Donaldson is the name of her son\u2019s mother, and she is a stay-at-home mom. Charles \u201cCJ\u201d Donaldson, also known as a Mrbro, is the name of his brother, and he too is a YouTube content creator.<\/p>

MrBeast\u2019s Earning from his Youtube Channel<\/strong><\/h2>

According to Mr. Beast, the primary MrBeast channel has a total of 54 million members, which results in an average daily viewership of 11 million viewers coming from a diverse range of sources. Advertisements that are shown in the videos have the potential to generate $55,000 daily or $20,000,000 a year in revenue.<\/strong><\/p>

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He creates films in which he plays various video games on the track, such as Minecraft and Among Us. He has collaborated with popular YouTubers such as PewDiePie, Valkyrie, and others like them. The advertisements that play before the films have the potential to bring in revenue of approximately $30,000 per day, or $13 million per year, for the channel. <\/p>

Mrbeast<\/strong> Other Facts<\/strong><\/h3>
  1. MrBeast’s real name is Jimmy Donaldson, and he was born on May 7, 1998, in the United States.<\/li>\n\n
  2. He started his YouTube channel, \u201cMrBeast6000,\u201d in 2012 when he was just 13 years old.<\/li>\n\n
  3. MrBeast gained widespread recognition in 2017 when he posted a video of himself counting to 100,000, which became a viral sensation.<\/li>\n\n
  4. He is known for his extravagant and philanthropic stunts, where he gives away large sums of money to strangers, friends, and even other content creators.<\/li>\n\n
  5. MrBeast is one of the most-subscribed individual users on YouTube, with over 173 million subscribers as of August 2023.<\/li>\n\n
  6. He has won numerous awards and accolades, including several Streamy Awards and a Shorty Award for YouTuber of the Year.<\/li>\n\n
  7. In addition to his YouTube success, MrBeast has also ventured into the business world, launching ventures such as MrBeast Burger and Feastables.<\/li>\n\n
  8. MrBeast is actively involved in charitable work and has participated in various initiatives to give back to the community, including Team Trees, where they raised funds to plant millions of trees.<\/li>\n\n
  9. He has collaborated with other popular creators and celebrities, using his platform to promote social causes and positive content.<\/li>\n\n
  10. Despite his massive success, MrBeast remains down-to-earth and committed to using his influence for good, inspiring others to make a positive impact in the world.<\/li><\/ol>

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