In this post, we are going to tell you some interesting facts about the famous American social media personality and YouTuber, “MrBeast.”
MrBeast gained fame for his YouTube videos where he gives away large sums of money to strangers, supports various charitable causes, and performs lots of adventure tasks.
He spends lots of money and time doing very complicated and mind-blowing tasks for YouTube videos. He not only gained fame from his videos but also made lots of money from them.
MrBeast YouTube channel is known for its focus on generosity, creativity, and entertaining challenges. He is one of the most popular YouTube creators in the world and has millions of subscribers on YouTube and a massive following on other social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter.
With the help of MrBeast interesting facts and trivia, you will understand what milestones he has achieved so far. Let’s delve deeper into the famous YouTuber MrBeast’s unknown facts.
A)- MrBeast facts about his life
1- His real name is James Stephen Donaldson.
2- He is professionally known as MrBeast.
3- He was born on 7 May 1998, in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
4- He is currently 25 years old. (As of 2023)
B)- Interesting facts about MrBeast
5- He is famous for making expensive stunts and challenging YouTube videos.
6- MrBeast has 184 YouTube subscribers and 752 videos as of September 21, 2023.
7- He is the most-subscribed individual YouTuber in the world.
8- He always describes himself as an introvert.
9- In 2019, he started dating a YouTuber called “Maddy Spidell.” They dated until 2022.
10- MrBeast is currently dating Thea Booysen, a Twitch streamer and YouTuber from South Africa.
11- He has 41.2 million followers on Instagram and 23.9 million followers on X (formerly Twitter) as of September 21, 2023.
C)- MrBeast YouTube Channel Facts
12- He started uploading videos on YouTube when he was just 13 years old under the channel ‘MrBeast6000’.
13- In the beginning, MrBeast used to make videos estimating the earnings of other YouTubers.
14- He gained popularity on YouTube around 2016 and 2017. He started making videos under ‘Worst Intros on YouTube’, in which he made fun of the worst YouTube intros. He had around 30 thousand subscribers at the time.
15- In 2017, he uploaded his breakthrough viral video, where he himself started counting to 100,000.
16- Donaldson changed his YouTube channel name to ‘MrBeast’ in 2017.
17- He completed 100,000 subscribers in 2016 and got his first silver button.
18- He completed 1,000,000 subscribers in 2017 and got his YouTube gold play button.
19- He completed 10,000,000 subscribers in 2018, 50,000,000 subscribers in 2021, 100,000,000 subscribers in 2022, and got his YouTube Diamond, Red Diamond, & 1 custom 100 million subscriber play button.
20- He has over 30 YouTube play buttons, combining his other Youtube channels. Including 15 silver play, 15 gold play, 4 diamond play, 1 red diamond play, and 1 custom 100 million play button.
21- Apart from his main channel, MrBeast also has four other YouTube channels. He has a total of 5 YouTube channels.
MrBeast all channel names:
22- MrBeast, Beast Reacts, MrBeast Gaming, Beast Philanthropy, and MrBeast 2.
23- His channels have a combined total of over 300 million subscribers.
24- His most watched YouTube video is “$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!” uploaded in November 2021, which has around 500 million views.
25- ‘$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!’ is also one of the most-watched YouTube videos of 2021.
D)- Childhood Facts
26- His parents divorced when he was just 9 years old.
E)- Educational Facts
27- Donaldson completed his high school graduation from Greenville Christian Academy in 2017.
28- He attended East Carolina University but dropped out to focus on his YouTube career.
F)- Career-Related Facts and Trivia
29- He is a self-taught entrepreneur and has learned about business and marketing through his work as a YouTuber.
30- He founded MrBeast Burger (a virtual fast food restaurant) on 19 December, 2020.
31- In 2022, he created a food brand called ‘Feastables’, which sells his own chocolate brand, ‘MrBeast Bars.’
32- Till now, MrBeast has won 4 Creator of the Year awards in 2020, 21, 22, and 23 at the Streamy Awards.
G)- MrBeast lesser known facts
33- In 2023, he was named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine.
34- MrBeast is 1st individual YouTube creator to have earned all 4 YouTube play buttons: silver, gold, diamond, and custom.
35- He also helped PewDiePie gain the most subscribers during the PewDiePie vs. T-Series rivalry.
36- According to a Forbes report, he earned around $54 million in 2021.
37- In 2022, he earned the Guinness World Record for ‘Most Subscribers for an Individual Male on YouTube.’
38- In November 2022, his YouTube videos got 1 billion views in just 30 days.
39- MrBeast is also a co-founder of a non-profit organisation called Team Trees, which raised around $23 million to plant trees.
MrBeast Net worth in 2023
40- MrBeast is one of the highest-paid content creators in the world and has an estimated net worth of around $100 million.
So this is the list of the most interesting facts about MrBeast. I hope you got to know more about him with these mind-blowing facts and information. To read more interesting facts about famous people, you must follow our blog.
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MrBeast FAQs
Ans- MrBeast has a net worth of around $100 million.
Ans- MrBeast is 6 feet, 9 inches (1.91m) tall.
Ans- Jimmy Donaldson.
Ans- He is currently dating Thea Booysen from 2022.