‘Congrats GOAT’: MrBeast just hit 100 million subscribers, and his fellow creators are cheering him on
Sophia Aguilar It was a momentous occasion for YouTube today when one of the site’s biggest names, MrBeast, reached a major milestone: 100 million subscribers.
Recommended VideosThat’s right: 100 million subscribers. Read that in your best Mike Myers’ Dr. Evil voice for bonus fun. That’s more people tracking MrBeast’s videos than the entire populations of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, or Italy. Here I was feeling good if my immediate family liked a meme I shared on Facebook.
Over a million people celebrated 100,000,000 subscribers with me 🥹
YouTube is the one thing that’s always made me happy and I’m grateful I get to do this all day everyday 🙂
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) July 28, 2022
MrBeast, who’s actually Jimmy Donaldson, has been living the dream of YouTube celebrity life for 11 years. Beginning his career at the ripe old age of 13 (let that sink in, fellow Gen-Xers), Donaldson launched his YouTube channel with the handle, MrBeast6000. Since then, he has become one of the streaming site’s most famous content creators, amassing a gargantuan following in 11 years. And he’s only 24 years old. Life isn’t fair, is it?
Donaldson’s contemporaries celebrated the momentous occasion:
I’ll be impressed at 150mil 🥱
— karl 🙂 (@KarlJacobs_) July 28, 2022
Nah in all seriousness I’m really so proud of you, you’ve grown sm as a creator and as a person since I met you and it’s so cool to be a part of it 🙂
Being a part of MrBeast has been some of the best times of my life, thanks for havin me b a part!
He’s still trailing the king of YouTube, Swedish comedian Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known as content creator PewDiePie. According to his YouTube he has 111 million subscribers, but MrBeast is on his way to challenging Kjellberb.
While Donaldson may trail Kjellberg in subscribers, he tops PewDiePie where it counts: profits. Last year, Forbes estimated MrBeast’s net worth at $54 million, making him the single most profitable YouTuber on the planet. The controversial YouTuber/boxer/WWE wrestler Jake Paul ranks second, with $45 million.
