A success timeline featuring the most significant achievements of MrBeast.
James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson, known as MrBeast, is a prominent American YouTuber, media personality, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He's famous for his engaging, high-production videos featuring extravagant challenges and substantial monetary donations. Boasting the most subscribers of any individual YouTube channel and significant presence on TikTok, MrBeast has built a massive online following through his unique content style and philanthropic endeavors.
Forbes stated that MrBeast's income in 2021 would have placed him 40th in the 2020 Forbes Celebrity 100, earning as much money as Vin Diesel and Lewis Hamilton did in 2020.
In 2020, MrBeast won the Creator of the Year award at the Streamy Awards, marking the first of four consecutive wins in this category.
In 2021, MrBeast won the Creator of the Year award at the Streamy Awards for the second year in a row.
In January 2022, Forbes ranked Donaldson as YouTube's highest-earning creator, estimating his earnings at $54 million in 2021.
On July 28, 2022, Donaldson surpassed 100 million subscribers on his main YouTube channel, becoming the fifth channel and the second individual YouTuber to achieve this milestone.
In November 2022, Donaldson achieved one billion video views over 30 days on his main YouTube channel.
On November 17, 2022, Donaldson achieved the Guinness World Record for "Most Subscribers for an Individual Male on YouTube" with 112 million subscribers on his MrBeast channel.
In 2022, MrBeast won the Creator of the Year award for the third year in a row at the Streamy Awards. He also won the Favorite Male Creator award at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.
In April 2023, Donaldson defended Chris Tyson, his childhood friend and employee, against backlash after she acknowledged receiving feminizing hormone replacement therapy. Donaldson disavowed transphobia and affirmed his friendship with Tyson, who later came out as a trans woman.
On October 15, 2023, Donaldson surpassed 200 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.
In 2023, MrBeast won the Creator of the Year award at the Streamy Awards for the fourth year in a row.
In 2023, Time magazine recognized MrBeast as one of the world's 100 most influential people.
As of January 2024, Donaldson's YouTube Shorts video "Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?" is the most-watched video on his main YouTube channel, with over 1.3 billion views and 50 million likes.
On June 2, 2024, MrBeast became the most subscribed channel on YouTube, surpassing T-Series with 267 million subscribers.
On July 10, 2024, Donaldson became the first YouTuber to surpass 300 million subscribers.
On July 13, 2024, Donaldson uploaded his 300 million subscribers special, "50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000", featuring guest appearances from Howie Mandel, Miranda Cosgrove, and Joey Chestnut. The video reached 71 million views in its first 24 hours.
On November 1, 2024, the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan concluded that the allegations against Ava Kris Tyson were baseless after conducting an investigation. The allegations were soundly rejected, including by the alleged victims.
In 2024, MrBeast ranked first on Forbes' list of the highest-paid YouTube creators and won the Favorite Male Creator award at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for the third time.
As of February 2025, the #TeamSeas project has surpassed its original $30 million goal, raising more than $34 million.
As of March 2025, the #TeamTrees project has surpassed its original goal of 20 million trees, with over 24.8 million trees planted.
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