Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, visited India last month and took the internet by storm. The purpose of his visit was to launch his brand Feastables, however, the love he received here gave him ideas to delve deeper into the Indian audiences and bring more content for them. Before leaving the country, the well-known American YouTube personality philanthropist, and entrepreneur appeared on Ranveer Allahbadia aka Beer Bicep’s podcast, which was released on his YouTube channel on December 13.
In the podcast, he shared about things that never made it to his YouTube videos, including details about his personal life. “I have heard such great things about you from Carry and I was like..I really wanna do a podcast and they told me ‘this is the one’.” he told Ranveer. Mr Beast also touched upon the topic of spirituality, his work ethics, his family, his girlfriend and more, during an hour long interaction.
But why is everyone so curious to know about MrBeast. Who is this popular YouTuber and what’s his net worth? We are here to answer these questions.
Why is MrBeast Famous?
MrBeast started as a YouTuber at the age of 13, in 2012. His first set of videos were mainly elaborate challenges and lucrative giveaways. But slowly, he caught people’s attention and today, his main channel has around 335 million subscribers. He also runs several other platforms on YouTube namely, MrBeast Gaming, MrBeast 2, Beast Reacts, and MrBeast Philanthropy, which combined have around 415 million subscribers, making him the top account on the social media platform.
MrBeast is also the third-most-followed creator on TikTok with over 104 million followers. He has over 60 million followers on Instagram and 30.9 million on X. Content creation being his main source of income, he earns through three mediums – Ad Revenue, Sponsorships and Merchandise. However, he has always claimed that he does not utilise the money he earns from videos, and rather invest it in creating more content.
But if you are wondering how does he afford a lavish lifestyle then, here we are to explain!
MrBeast’s Net Worth
According to a report by Finance Monthly, Mr Beast net worth is nothing less than $1 billion, which includes earning from his businesses. Today, he owns several ventures and earn pretty good from them. The most famous one is MrBeast’s Burger – a fast-food restaurant franchise that offers sandwiches, burgers and fries. Another one is Feastables, for which he has collaborated with Logan Paul and KSI. Feastables is a food brand that kicked off with its own chocolate bars called ‘MrBeast Bars’ and later introduced other products including gummies. MrBeasts launched its products in India recently.
In 2024, the YouTuber signed a $100 million deal with the streaming giant Amazon and is coming up with a series on Prime Video titled ‘Beast Games’.
Mr Beast’s earning and net worth came to light during a court case in 2024 related to his MrBeast Burgers. An organizational chart detailing his assets and monetisation was provided to the court and it was later made public, revealing details.
But if you think that’s all! well, it’s not. MrBeast gets the biggest chunk of his income from his merch line. He offers a variety of products like t-shirts, hoodies, hats, water bottles, mouse pads, backpacks, and more, which are available at shopmrbeast.com. It’s brings home reportedly around 40% of his yearly income.
His earnings made him a billionaire in June 2024 at the age of 26.