Jimmy Donaldson

Jimmy Donaldson

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Jimmy “MrBeast” Stephen Donaldson

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MrBeast6000
Jimmy Donaldson
Jimmy
Jim-Jam
The Guy From Fortnite
MrJimmy (by Blake)

Relatives

CJ Donaldson (elder brother) Anna (sister)

Affiliation

YouTubers
AnthonyPadilla • BadBoyHalo • Cam Newton • CaseyNeistat • DALLMYD • David Dobrik • DramaAlert • Dream • FaZe Clan • GeorgeNotFound • Grandayy • PewDiePie • H3h3Productions • Quackity • Wassabi • Ninja • TheProGamerJay • Whobilly • Preston • Shark Puppet • Mark Rober • ZHC • The Try Guys • KSI • Tfue • TheOdd1sOut • Jaiden Animations • Yes Theory • UnspeakableGaming • Logan Paul • WillNE • Tana Mongeau • Jeffreestar • FaZe Rug • iJustine • Mini Ladd • Valkyrae • Kwebbelkop • LaurDIY • Matt Stonie • LazarBeam • Pokimane • JablinskiGames • Marques Brownlee • Zach King • LaurenzSide • Rosanna Pansino • Jacksepticeye • Skeppy • Sive • Technoblade • JackSucksAtLife • Zealous • Sapnap • CouRage Skitzy Sidemen W2S Shawn hendrix Mrhoestheboss Nightfoxx Preston Ryan Trahan Walt Joe Dwayne Johnson David the Baker Annie Bryan Colin and samir Corn Kid

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Bailey Stanfield • Becca Cohen • Benjamin Malone • Cassidy Hallow • Chandler Hallow • Kris Tyson • CJ Donaldson (brother) • Connor • Darrin Willingham Jr • Dustin Harris • Dustin Moore • Ethan Schriver • Ethan Taggart • Garrett Rogers • Hannah Alexandra • Hannah Hallow • Jacob Bowen • Jake The Viking • Jake Weddle • Jedd Spidell • Jess Izhou • Karl Jacobs • Kelly Nguyen • Marcus Pearson • Maddy Spidell (Ex) Thea Booysen (Girlfriend)• Mark • Mark Pate • Mary Lisa Sypawka • Nolan • Quaid • Scotch • Tareq Edris • Todd Hallow • Ty • Tyler Conklin • Tyler Oliveira • Zach Hallow Matthew Beem

Biographical information

Marital status

Dating Thea Booysen

Date of birth

May 7, 1998

Place of birth

Wichita, Kansas

Pronouns

He/Him

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Gender

Male

Height

6'4.5" (194 cm)^[1]

Weight

Pounds – 187

Hair color

Light Brown

Eye color

Blue

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"I will give you (amount of money)" ― Jimmy's catchphrase^[source]

James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson (born: May 7, 1998 (1998-05-07) [age 25] in Wichita, Kansas), commonly known on the internet by his YouTube channel name, MrBeast (formerly MrBeast6000), is an American YouTuber currently residing in Greenville, North Carolina. He is currently dating the YouTuber, author and Twitch streamer Thea Booysen. He is known for doing a wide variety of expensive challenge videos that reward thousands of dollars, donation videos involving a lot of money, videos either with arduous tasks or survival, original vlogging videos, and more.

He started his channel in 2012 at the age of 13. He was initially known for uploading the "Worst Intros" series, a series of videos where he reviewed small YouTubers with funny or "bad" intros. Over the years, as he gained more sponsor money, he became a lot more generous and helpful to others.

With unrelenting passion and devotion to finishing arduous, yet creative challenges, Jimmy has become an extremely popular YouTuber in recent years, and one of the most subscribed non-corporate YouTube channels, having reached the 60 million subscribers milestone in April 2021, 100 million subscribers in July 2022 and 150 million subscribers in May 5, 2023. And most recently 200 million subscribers on October 14, 2023. He has 215 million subs throughout all his channel, but his main channel is the 2nd most subscribed channel in the world and the most subscribed channel in the United States.^[3]^[4] Excluding brand channels, MrBeast is the most subscribed YouTube channel in the world.

YouTube Career[]

Jimmy officially started his YouTube channel on February 19, 2012. He first started uploading gaming videos, and the first video game that he recorded was Minecraft. After a year, Jimmy started recording other games such as Pokémon Online, Black Ops 2, and Battle Pirates. He also started his first series where he talks about how much each YouTuber earns, the first being PewDiePie. After two years, Jimmy stopped making gaming videos and started to make discussion videos, where he would discuss many random topics that he wanted to.

In 2016, he used to make a series called "Worst Intros" which involved him laughing at lower-quality intros, but these videos are now deleted because he shifted his content to challenges in 2016-2017, then stunts that allow him to grow in popularity, mainly because of both his generosity and original type of content.

As the years go by, the videos started involving bigger challenges and bigger prizes. At one point, with the increase of content and channels made by MrBeast (gaming videos in 2020, reaction videos in 2021, philanthropy videos also in 2021), MrBeast transformed from an independent YouTuber with a few friends to a production company, registered as MrBeast LLC, featuring around 50 employees who were shown on camera and presumably around 50 more off-camera, all of them getting paid to work on MrBeast's videos for a living and with Jimmy being the CEO of the company. Other than cameramen and editors, they also have ADR tech, logistic techs, producers, two accountants, a lawyer, admin staff, a personal bodyguard, a business manager, a talent manager, medical professionals for challenges, and construction workers that build his sets.

Channels[]

Beast Reacts[]

Main article: Beast Reacts

MrBeast made a second channel for watching and reviewing life-hacks called Beast Reacts. This channel mostly stars his friends, but he has appeared on it multiple times.

In March 2021, the profile picture was changed to resemble the icon of the gaming channel, except with the main color being pink instead of blue. On March 21, 2021, MrBeast revived the channel and uploaded Water Balloons in Slow Motion!

MrBeast Gaming[]

Main article: MrBeast Gaming

In April 2020, he started a gaming channel named MrBeast Gaming, releasing 2 to 3 videos every week. It has 35.4 million subscribers as of July 2023, making it one of the fastest-growing channels in terms of subscriber count. It acts as a successor to his older gaming videos on his main channel. MrBeast’s friends Kris, Chandler, and Karl, usually appear in these videos. The game that is mainly played on this channel is Minecraft, but the crew plays other games like Grand Theft Auto V, Among Us, Fall Guys, and more.

MrBeast 2[]

It is an alternative channel of MrBeast for miscellaneous videos. This channel only has the MrBeast Feet Pics and a live stream of him signing shirts for 6 hours straight.

Beast Philanthropy[]

Main article: Beast Philanthropy (channel)

Beast Philanthropy is a channel where all ad revenue, merchandise sales, and sponsorships will go toward a food bank.

Don't Subscribe[]

Main article Don't Subscribe

Along with a Playbutton-focused English YouTuber JackSucksAtLife, he created the channel Don't Subscribe. He gives ten cents to Jack for every subscriber. The challenge is up to 1,000,000 subscribers or $100,000,^[5] a figure which the channel has reached. Although there are no videos on the channel, Jack has made a lot of videos promoting the channel. Jack says in some of his videos "Subscribe to Don't Subscribe".

MrBeast Extra[]

Jimmy uploaded the second $200,000 Youtuber Battle Royale video on this channel.

Income & Spending[]

Currently, he has an estimated net worth of around 25+ million dollars. For each of his videos, he often budgets hundreds of thousands. According to a Colin and Samir interview, he and his team have spent a total of $50 million a year investing in his videos and this number tends to increase as MrBeast receives more popularity. Moreover, a MrBeast staff member confirmed that in the more recent videos of the main channel, they spend around $350,000 to a million dollars per video.^[6] He has several sources of income: he generates money from the advertisements that can be found on his YouTube videos on his main and gaming channels, he also gains money from sponsors (Quidd, Honey, etc.) as well as merchandise for ShopMrBeast. He is gaining a bit of extra income from MrBeastBurger as well as his newly released line of food chocolate bars known as Feastables.

Involvement in PewDiePie vs T-Series[]

Advertising PewDiePie[]

On October 24, 2018, Jimmy made a video called, I Bought Every Billboard in my City to do this. In the video, Jimmy used multiple billboards around his city to advertise PewDiePie and to prevent a music company, T-Series, from surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers. Additionally, Jimmy created online ads to advertise PewDiePie that, when clicked, redirect to PewDiePie's channel.

Jimmy also advertised PewDiePie on public posts, in newspapers, and on the radio, the PewDiePie advertisements have garnered significant attention locally and globally, causing PewDiePie's channel to grow at a faster rate than T-Series. T-Series was approximately less than 100,000 subscribers away from becoming the most subscribed channel up until the release of Jimmy's video, which temporarily halted the channel's growth. Likewise, Jimmy's channel had also gained exponential growth off of the video and the advertisement, which he had mentioned himself on multiple occasions.

Saying PewDiePie 100,00000 Times[]

Even after Jimmy advertised PewDiePie with billboards, it did not stop T-Series from slowing down from PewDiePie longer. T-Series was approximately 90,00000 subscribers away from surpassing PewDiePie before Jimmy made another video to keep PewDiePie #1 most subscribed. On November 25, 2018, Jimmy says PewDiePie 100,000 times. At the start of the video, Jimmy tells his fans and newcomers to subscribe to PewDiePie and help him win the war. The subscriber growth was given to PewDiePie once again, gaining 244,000 subscribers the day of Jimmy's upload, and 247,000 subscribers the next day. Jimmy also gained major exposure from the video and gained 181,000 subscribers on the day of its upload, which is Jimmy's fastest growth in terms of subscribers in the past 24 hours. Jimmy also gained 151,000 subscribers the next day.

Surrender[]

Even after Jimmy helped out PewDiePie, PewDiePie made a tweet, It looks like this is it boys. with a picture of a text saying Dawn of The Final Day 24 Hours Remain, in which PewDiePie now surrenders his #1 most subscribed title, as T-Series growth had not stopped. Jimmy also made a tweet responding to PewDiePie saying It was an honor fighting by your side, which Jimmy gives up and can no longer help PewDiePie further, possibly to prevent lack of PewDiePie videos from Jimmy, as it can get weaker along the way.^[7]

Advertising PewDiePie at the Super Bowl[]

On February 3, Jimmy and his affiliates made plans to try and advertise fellow YouTuber PewDiePie's channel while attending Super Bowl LIII (53). To do so, Jimmy bought seats next to one of the end zones, with him and his affiliates wearing shirts ultimately spelling out "SUB 2 PEWDIEPIE" to be seen during one of the field goals. The attempt was broadcasted on live television, with approximately 110 million viewers watching the game. ESPN later tweeted a picture of one of the field goals, subsequently featuring Jimmy's ad.^[8] Afterward, PewDiePie's growth grew from 50,000 subscribers to 277,000 subscribers in a single day.

Projects[]

TeamTrees – Planting 20 Million Trees[]

Main article: Team Trees

Team Trees, also known as #teamtrees, is a collaborative fundraiser that managed to raise 20 million U.S. dollars before 2020 to plant 20 million trees. This initiative was founded by MrBeast and Mark Rober and it was supported by a large part of the YouTube community as a whole, including some YouTube personalities.

All donations go to the Arbor Day Foundation, a tree-planting organization that pledges to plant one tree for every U.S. dollar donated. The Arbor Day Foundation planned to begin planting in January 2020 and end "no later than December 2022".

It is estimated that 20 million trees would take up 180 square kilometers (69 square miles) of land, absorb around 1.6 million tons of carbon and remove 116 thousand tons of chemical air pollution from the atmosphere.

MrBeast Burger[]

Main article: MrBeast Burger

MrBeast Burger is an online delivery-only fast-food chain and restaurant brand created by Jimmy Donaldson. This restaurant temporarily opened physically in only one location, which is the key setting and location for the video "I Opened A Restaurant That Pays You To Eat At It".

In a November 2020 article with The Wake Weekly, Will Hyde, a producer of the MrBeast channel, announced that Jimmy would launch a virtual restaurant called "MrBeast Burger" in December 2020. Hyde said his team worked with the company "Virtual Dining Concepts" during the development of the virtual restaurant concept. MrBeast Burger then serves the burgers to restaurants across the United States and customers will be able to order the burgers via online delivery services.

On December 19, 2020, the MrBeast Burger application for Android and iOS devices was developed for ordering food from there only by delivery. For now, the MrBeast Burger deliveries are only available in 300 locations in the United States and not internationally, but there are plans to allow these deliveries to happen internationally in the future. It is getting discontinued soon.

MrBeast 2020 YouTube Rewind[]

Main article: Youtube Rewind 2020, Thank God It's Over on the MrBeast Wiki

On November 17, 2020, MrBeast announced that he was going to make his own YouTube Rewind due to YouTube canceling their annual Rewind that year. MrBeast also said that if other YouTubers wanted to come and help, they could reply to him on Twitter. After 1 month, MrBeast released his own YouTube Rewind on January 1, 2021, titled "Youtube Rewind 2020, Thank God It's Over".

It featured many notable YouTubers giving their thoughts about what should be in MrBeast’s Rewind, and their thoughts about the worst events of 2020. In addition, there were tributes to some celebrities who passed away in 2020, such as Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Alex Trebek. There was also a so-called "face reveal" which had been teased by Dream on his Twitter prior to the release of the Rewind, though his face was not shown, instead being hidden under a mask.

Creators featured in the Rewind[]

AddisonRae
Alan Becker
Alex Trebek, R.I.P.
AnthonyPadilla
Anything4views Anothink
Amelia and Bridie
Belle Delphine
Behzinga
BotezLive (Alexandra)
BrookeAB
ByStephieNics
CallMeCarson
CaseyNeistat
Chadwick Boseman, R.I.P.
Charli D'Amelio
Chase Hudson
Chloe Ting
KrisTyson
Chandler Hallow
CloeCouture
Cody Ko
Collins Key
Corpse Husband
CoryxKenshin
CouRage
CrankGameplays
Daily Dose Of Internet
D’Angelo Wallace
David Blaine
David Dobrik
Deji
Devan Key
Disguised Toast
Dixie D'Amelio
Dolan Dark
Donald J Trump
DramaAlert
Dream
DrLupo
Emma Chamberlain
FaZe Rug
FlyingKitty
Fuslie
GeorgeNotFound
Gibi ASMR
Good Mythical Morning
GMHikaru
Graham Stephan
Grandayy
Gus Johnson
H3h3Productions (Ethan)
HowToBasic
Jacksepticeye
Jaiden Animations
James Charles
Jeffree Star
Jelly
JennaMarbles
Joe Biden
jschlatt
Karl Jacobs
Keanu Reeves
Keemstar
Nick Fuentes
Kwebbelkop
KSI
Lachlan
Larray
LaurenzSide
LazarBeam
Lil Nas X
Linus Tech Tips
Logan Paul
Ludwig
Mark Rober
Markiplier
Marques Brownlee
MatPat
Matt Stonie
Maxmoefoe
MeatCanyon
Miniminter
Muselk
MrBeast
Nailea Devora
Nadeshot
Nalterdeeds
NikkieTutorials
Ninja
Noah Beck
PeanutButterGamer
Penguinz0
PewDiePie
Philip DeFranco
Pokimane
Preston
Quackity
Quenlin Blackwell
Roomie
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, R.I.P.
Sapnap
Sidemen
Soyan Osman
SSSniperWolf
Stephanie Patrick
Sykkuno
SypherPK
TBJZL
Technoblade
Tfue
TheOdd1sOut
TheReportOfTheWeek
TommyInnit
The Try Guys (Zach)
Twomad
Unus Annus
Valkyrae
Vikkstar123
Vinnie Hacker
Vsauce2
Wroetoshaw
Wilbur Soot
Will Smith
xQc
Yes Theory
Zerkaa
ZHC

Awards and nominations[]


Year	Ceremony	Category	Result
2019	9th Streamy Awards	Breakout Creator	Won
		Ensemble Cast	Nominated
		Creator of the Year	Nominated
2020	12th Annual Shorty Awards	YouTuber of the Year	Won
	10th Streamy Awards	Creator of the Year	Won
		Live Special	Won
		Social Good: Creator	Won
		Social Good: Nonprofit or NGO	Won
2021	2021 Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Male Social Star	Nominated
2021	11th Streamy Awards	Creator of the Year	Won
2022	2022 Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Male Creator	Won
	12th Streamy Awards	Creator of the Year	Won
		Collaboration	Nominated
		Social Good: Creator	Won
		Creator Product	Nominated
		Editing	Nominated
		Brand Engagement	Won
		Social Impact Campaign	Nominated
2023	2023 Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Male Creator	Won
	13th Streamy Awards	Creator of the Year	Won
		Collaboration	Won
		Creator Product	Nominated
		Brand Engagement	Nominated

Sponsors[]

Quidd[]

Quidd has often sponsored Jimmy for him to do his expensive videos, which often helped him gain a majority of his growth. Because of Quidd, Jimmy made the longest Uber Ride (which was 2,256 miles from North Carolina to California) and Tipping Pizza Delivery Guys $10,000. All of the money Jimmy had used in making those videos was from Quidd. Quidd also helped him make Donating $10,000 To Random Twitch Streamers, Giving Homeless People $1,000 (Not Clickbait), and 'Giving A Random Homeless Man $10,000', all gaining astonishing amounts of views.

Honey[]

Honey is a browser extension that automatically finds and applies coupon codes at checkout and saves money for the customer. Jimmy frequently advertises Honey in his videos and has also become an active advertiser for Honey on YouTube videos for monetized content creators. Honey has helped Jimmy with many videos for example when he did Last To Take Hand Off $1,000,000 Keeps It. Ads for Honey with Jimmy in it or on it have become very common.

Apex Legends[]

Apex Legends is a battle royale game that sponsored Jimmy for $200,000 to make "$200,000 Youtuber Battle Royale". They also sponsored the video "Donating $100,000 To Shroud In Real Life" to donate for every kill they got.

Dragon City[]

Dragon City is a game where one collects, battles, and levels up dragons. For a promotion with the game, Jimmy made the videos, "Giving $100,000 To A Homeless Person" and "$70,000 Extreme Hide And Seek - Challenge". Because of these sponsorships, Dragon City created two MrBeast-styled dragons for players to use in-game. The dragons are modeled after his current YouTube logo.

TikTok[]

TikTok is a video-sharing social networking service that sponsored Jimmy in the video "You Pick The Right Cup, You Win $100,000!" as well as "Giving Friend One Hour To Spend $100,000 Challenge".

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