- YouTuber MrBeast became the second ever creator to hit 100 million subscribers on Thursday.
- The YouTuber celebrated by streaming his live reaction on YouTube and thanking his supporters.
YouTube star MrBeast has become the second individual creator ever to reach 100 million subscribers, after hitting the milestone on July 28.
MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, documented his live reaction in a YouTube stream, where he thanked fans for their support.
"I appreciate every single one of you that watches the videos. This is literally all I've ever done with my life," he said, adding, "All I do is wake up every day and obsess over how to make the best videos possible. It's all I care about. It's the only thing that's ever really made me happy."
Donaldson's channel is the fifth most-subscribed in the world, and he is one of the most-viewed and highest-paid creators on the platform. The only other individual YouTube creator to have previously hit 100 million subscribers is gaming influencer PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, and who currently has 111 million followers.
Donaldson said he has many more ideas for content that he wants to post on his channel and that he plans to build his career on YouTube for another 20 to 30 years.
"I feel like this is just the beginning, and I don't know if that sounds arrogant to say, but I really do feel like this is just the beginning and I have so much more to give creatively," he said in the stream.
Donaldson also tweeted some celebratory messages on July 28, saying "I'm grateful I get to do this all day everyday," in one tweet, and vowing in another that, "no matter how big I get I'll never own a mansion, yacht, Lamborghini etc. All I want is to make the best videos possible and help as many people as I can while doing it."
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The YouTuber has developed a reputation among fans for his altruistic videos, where he often gives large sums of money away to viewers. He rose to fame in 2018 by donating thousands of dollars to small Twitch streamers and YouTubers, and more recently has filmed elaborate competitions, where fans take part in videos with the chance to win large prizes. In 2021 he recreated the Netflix Show Squid Game for a competition involving 456 supporters and gave away $500,000 to a fan in a competition inspired by Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
Donaldson also founded a humanitarian aid company called Beast Philanthropy in 2020 to support people living in poverty, and also owns a burger chain and line of chocolate products.
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A YouTuber known for making videos similar to game shows in which players compete for cash prizes, as well as videos of him donating money to charities, reached over 100 million subscribers on the video platform on Thursday.
MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, celebrated the rare achievement by watching his subscriber count in a livestream on YouTube. His channel is only the fifth to reach the milestone, behind T-Series, Cocomelon, SET India, and PewDiePie.
"YouTube is the one thing that’s always made me happy and I’m grateful I get to do this all day everyday," Donaldson wrote on social media. "Also I just want to say that no matter how big I get I’ll never own a mansion, yacht, Lamborghini etc. All I want is to make the best videos possible and help as many people as I can while doing it."
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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 :) pic.twitter.com/eJk5icuoQd
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) July 28, 2022
Donaldson's most popular video, "$456,000 Squid Game In Real Life!," had 456 people compete in games that were recreations of
Netflix's Squid Game television series, and it has received 275,916,729 views since it was published in November 2021. In 2019, he started a project titled Team Trees in which, for every $1 that people donated to the project, the Arbor Day Foundation nonprofit organization would plant a tree. As of July,
23,903,235 trees have been planted through the project.
YouTube gives "Creator Awards" to channels that reach subscriber milestones, such as 100,000 subscribers, 1 million subscribers, and 10 million subscribers. While YouTube does not have an award for 100 million subscribers, it still shared its enthusiasm for Donaldson's achievement on social media.
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!
Congratulations to my brother @MrBeast on hitting 100,000,000 subscribers!
You’re already a legend. You’ve been a great friend to me across the last 4 years.
Thank you for always pushing me to better my content and for changing my life with the $70,000 Fortnite challenge! pic.twitter.com/BH0gitxqTS
— Jack “CouRage” Dunlop (@CouRageJD) July 28, 2022
Donaldson and Google, the owner of YouTube, have not responded to the Washington Examiner's request
for comment.