Jimmy Donaldson (born May 7, 1998), better known online as MrBeast (formerly MrBeast6000), is an American YouTuber, businessman, and philanthropist.[7] He has been credited with pioneering a genre of YouTube videos that center on expensive stunts.[8] He is also the founder of MrBeast Burger and the co-creator of Team Trees, a fundraiser for the Arbor Day Foundation, which has raised over $23 million,[9][10] and Team Seas, a fundraiser for Ocean Conservancy and The Ocean Cleanup, which aims to raise $30 million by January 1, 2022. He is managed by the Dallas-based talent management company Night Media.
Born
Jimmy Donaldson
May 7, 1998 (age 23)[1][2]
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.[3]
Occupation
YouTuber, businessman, and philanthropist
YouTube information
Channels
MrBeast
Beast Philanthropy
MrBeast Gaming
MrBeast Shorts
Beast Reacts
MrBeast 2
MrBeast en español
Beast Reacts en español
MrBeast На Русском
MrBeast Brasil
Years active
2012–present
Genre
Comedy entertainment vlogs gaming
Subscribers
72.6 million (main channel)
127.7 million (combined)
Total views
12.7 billion (main channel)
17.8 billion (combined)
Associated acts
PewDiePie Pokimane Marques Brownlee MatPat Sidemen Dream Cr1TiKaL Mark Rober
Donaldson began posting videos to YouTube in early 2012 at the age of 13,[11] under the handle "MrBeast6000"; his early content ranged from Let's Plays to "videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers".[12] He went viral in 2017 after his "counting to 100,000" video earned tens of thousands of views in just a few days, and has become increasingly popular ever since, with most of his videos gaining tens of millions of views.[12] Over time, his style of content diversified to include challenge and donation videos that reward thousands of dollars, videos either with arduous tasks or survival, and original vlogging videos.[13] Once his channel took off, Donaldson hired several of his childhood friends to help him run the growing brand. As of 2020, the MrBeast team was made up of 30 people.[14]
As of November 10, 2021, Donaldson's main YouTube channel "MrBeast" has 74.3 million subscribers and 13.1 billion total views.[15] It is the 10th most-subscribed channel on YouTube, as well as the second most subscribed channel owned by a YouTuber, and the most subscribed owned by a YouTuber from the United States. Aside from his main channel, Donaldson has seven other YouTube channels, including MrBeast Shorts and MrBeast Gaming, the latter reaching over 10 million subscribers in less than one year.[16] Across his eight channels, Donaldson has 121 million combined subscribers, and 17.3 billion combined views across eight of these channels.
In 2019, Donaldson won the Breakout Creator by Streamy Awards. At the 12th Annual Shorty Awards in 2020, he won YouTuber of the Year. He was also one of the top 10 highest-paid YouTubers of 2020, alongside other personalities such as Markiplier, Ryan's World and Blippi.
Year Ceremony Category Result Ref.
2019 9th Streamy Awards Breakout Creator Won [72]
Ensemble Cast Nominated
Creator of the Year Nominated
2020 12th Annual Shorty Awards YouTuber of the Year Won
10th Streamy Awards Creator of the Year Won [73][74]
Live Special Won
Social Good: Creator Won
Social Good: Nonprofit or NGO Won
2021 2021 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Male Social Star Nominated [75]
Finger on the App
In June 2020, Donaldson, in collaboration with Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF, released a one-time multiplayer mobile game titled "Finger on the App" which tasked players to hold a finger to their phone screen in the app, with the last person to take it off winning $25,000.[45] In the end, four people ended up winning $20,000 each after keeping their finger on the app for over 70 hours.[46] The game was reportedly so successful that a sequel titled "Finger on the App 2" was planned to originally launch in December 2020. However, the game was postponed to February and then further delayed to March 2021 due to a flood of downloads, causing the game to crash and requiring the game's developers to upgrade their servers. This time, the game featured a grand prize of $100,000.[47] The game was ultimately won by a 19-year-old man who went under the username Swagbacon123 on Twitter after around 51 hours of competition. The second-place finisher also received a prize of $20,000.[
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