The Untold Truth Of MrBeast
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BY GABRAN GRAY/DEC. 17, 2021 3:21 PM EDT
Long before MrBeast was making money with Squid Game stunts, he was Jimmy Donaldson, a regular kid who wanted nothing more than to become a successful YouTuber. In many ways, MrBeast is the quintessential influencer. He began posting videos to YouTube when he was barely a teenager, and years later he was still grinding his way towards a million subscribers. Then, a viral video launched him into the stratosphere, and his own unrelenting effort put his videos in front of tens of millions of viewers.
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Today MrBeast is "YouTube's biggest philanthropist," and he's well on his way to becoming the single most subscribed-to creator on the entire platform. MrBeast is redefining what success on YouTube looks like, which is inspiring a whole generation of up-and-coming content creators. Despite the tragic details in his life, MrBeast is working to "make the world a better place" by donating money, planting trees, and cleaning up Earth's oceans. He's also making forays outside of YouTube with investments in tech startups and his very own burger chain. There's more to MrBeast than meets the eye, so before you watch another of his over-the-top stunts, dive into his untold truth.
He began YouTubing in 2012 at age 13
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These days MrBeast has a mind boggling amount of subscribers on YouTube. Over 84 million people get notified when he releases a video, and a video breaking 100 million views is a regular occurrence on his channel. It was on the basis of MrBeast's incredible following that he signed with the management company Night Media back in 2019 (via Businesswire).
Things weren't always this way. MrBeast got his start the same way many other prominent YouTubers did. He posted his first video in 2012 when he was just thirteen years old. Back then, he posted under the name MrBeast6000, and his content focused heavily on the game "Minecraft," as one might expect from a kid his age (via Newsweek). After almost a decade of tweaking his content and gaming the algorithm, MrBeast is now one of the best known YouTubers on the entire platform. Even the oldest video on his channel has nearly 10 million views — not bad for a kid showing off one of the worst Minecraft traps ever built.
He dropped out of college
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