mr beast net worth
What is MrBeast’s net worth?
MrBeast is an American YouTube star, philanthropist and entrepreneur. Mr. Beast has a net worth of $25 million. Also known as Jimmy Donaldson, MrBeast is known for his YouTube stunts where he donates large sums of money to friends or charities. He is considered a pioneer of charitable YouTube stunt videos. He is also one of the highest paid YouTube anchors on the planet. In 2020, he earned $24 million from his YouTube channel, merchandise sales, and sponsorships with brands like Microsoft and Electronic Arts.
Jimmy reportedly devotes the majority of his video earnings to video production. He now spends up to $300,000 on a video, up from $10,000 a few years ago. His stunts often have a charitable angle, like giving money to strangers or adopting an entire rescue dog shelter.
According to YouTube analytics service SocialBlade, MrBeast makes at least $3 million a month on YouTube ads alone. This does not include in-video brand deals.
At the time of writing, his three main channels, MrBeast, MrBeast Shorts and Beast Reacts, have more than 900,000 subscribers. Technically, the combined subscriber count makes MrBeast the most subscribed YouTube creator in the US. PewDiePie is the world’s most subscribed individual creator, with 110 million subscribers on his main channel alone.
Early life and career
Born on May 7, 1998 in Greenville, North Carolina, Jimmy Donaldson attended Greenville Christian College, graduating in 2016.
He started posting videos on YouTube at the age of 12 under the username “MrBeast6000”. He briefly attended college, but dropped out to pursue a YouTube career full-time.
In his early videos, he mostly posted video game reviews, reaction videos, and funny compilations.
success
Jimmy first gained popularity in 2017 after releasing the video “Count to 100,000”. In the video, it took him 44 hours to count to 100,000. The video will go on to be viewed more than 21 million times.
He followed up with a video where he counted to 200,000. Other popular accomplishments include reading the dictionary, reading the “Bee Movie” script, using an Uber in the US, saying “Logan Paul” 100,000 times, and rewatching the awful Jake Paul music video “It’s Every Day Bro” for 10 hours straight.
Today, his YouTube account has over 90 million subscribers and generates over 10 billion video views. Most videos have an average of over 20 million views. He has 12 million followers on Instagram, 9 million on Twitter and 13 million on TikTok.
He was associated with PewDiePie and bought billboards and radio ads to help him get more subscribers than T-Series. He was nominated for Vlogger of the Year at the 2019 Shorty Awards. He received the Breakthrough Creator Award. He was nominated for Favorite Male Social Star at the 2020 Kids’ Choice Awards. He won the 2020 YouTuber of the Year award. He is also the 2020 Creator of the Year at the Streamy Awards.
In just one week in July 2020, MrBeast gained 400,000 new subscribers and over 80 million video views. This success made him the 20th most popular person on YouTube during that period.
Stunt Charity
When Jimmy started his “stunt philanthropy” in 2018, he really fell apart. In one particularly popular video from this period, MrBeast gave a stranger $1,000. Millions of followers quickly subscribed to his channel and saw him donate hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not a million dollars.
In December 2019, he released a video challenging people to put their hands on a pile of $1 million in cash. The last person to move from the stack must keep the money:
monthly video production budget
MrBeast has confirmed that he spends as much every month on producing content as he earns. That’s consistent when you consider that in some of the videos he’s actually donating a million dollars. In August 2020, he spent at least $3 million on production costs, employee wages, rent, and more.
team tree
In October 2019, Jimmy and former NASA engineer Mark Robb launched a fundraising challenge called #TeamTrees. Their goal is to raise $20 million for the Arbor Day Foundation within three months. They surpassed their $20 million goal in two months, and as of this writing, the project has raised $23 million and planted over 7 million trees. When they finally reach their goal of planting 20 million trees, the project will remove approximately 1.6 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere, while removing 116,000 tons of chemical air pollution.
mobile game
In June 2020, MrBeast launched a multiplayer endurance game called Finger on the App. The concept of the game is actually quite simple. Users from all over the world have to put their finger on their phone screen in the app. The last person to take it off wins $25,000.
Awards
MrBeast has been nominated for a number of distinguished awards throughout his career to date. In 2019, he won Breakout Creator at the Streamy Awards. That same year, he was nominated for Actor and Creator of the Year.
In 2020, MrBeast received the following Streamy Awards:
- Creator of the Year
- Special Live
- Social Good: Creators
- Social Good: NGOs for Nonprofits
That same year, he won YouTuber of the Year at the Shorty Awards.
In 2021, he was nominated for Favorite Social Guy at the Kids’ Choice Awards.
Beast Burger
In December 2020, Jimmy partnered with more than 300 restaurants in the US to launch the Beast Burger. The day after the MrBeast Burger app was released on the Apple Store, it quickly became the No. 1 most popular free app on the platform. To date, he has sold over a million burgers.
clothing line
Besides YouTube revenue, MrBeast’s second largest source of income is his merchandise line. Selling through shopmrbeast.com, he offers a wide variety of t-shirts, hoodies, hats, water bottles, mouse pads, backpacks, and more. It is estimated that about 40% of MrBeast’s annual revenue comes from merchandise sales.
Charity
Over the years, MrBeast has donated or raised tens of millions of dollars to various charities. His stunt videos donated items to homeless shelters, the Veterans Injured Program, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and local animal shelters in Los Angeles. For example, a December 2018 video donated $100,000 worth of clothing and other items to a homeless shelter.
In October 2019, Jimmy teamed up with NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober to create a foundation called #TeamTrees. The goal is to raise $20 million over the next three months to benefit the Arbor Day Foundation. The organization will plant a tree for every dollar raised. Dozens of YouTubers banded together to promote the cause. Within 24 hours of launch, #TeamTrees raised $4 million. By December, they had raised over $20 million. As of this writing, they have raised over $22 million in funding.
personal life
Jimmy has an inflammatory bowel disease called Crohn’s disease. He was diagnosed with the disease in ninth grade. Over the years, he mentioned his long struggle with debilitating conditions. Before his diagnosis, he was sick nearly every day, and once lost 30 pounds in one summer due to extreme discomfort. In addition to medication, MrBeast follows a fairly strict diet.
girlfriend
In June 2019, Jimmy started dating Maddie Speedel. They met through Twitter.
Maddy was first revealed as MrBeast’s girlfriend in a February 2020 video titled “Surprise my girlfriend with 100,000 roses for Valentine’s Day”. As of this writing, the video has over 50 million views. Maddy went on to appear in more MrBeast videos, including “I adopted every dog at the dog shelter” and “I spent 50 hours in solitary confinement”.
