One of YouTube’s biggest stars, MrBeast, is absolutely rolling in cash.
Jimmy Donaldson rose to prominence on the platform in the mid-2010s, with his 2017 “counting to 100,000” video leading the surge into consistent virality. The years since have seen MrBeast become one of the video-sharing platform’s biggest stars, collecting 94 million subscribers and raking in more than 15 billion total views on his YouTube channel.
MrBeast earned the title of “YouTube’s biggest philanthropist” after the now-23-year-old donated more than $1 million earned from the various stunts and funny scenarios shared to his YouTube channel. He has since staged a number of competitions and charity drives that have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars pass hands.
Despite several controversies over the years, MrBeast remains a steadfast presence among YouTube’s elite. His efforts rake in huge amounts of money, most of which is then professedly rerouted to charities. Here’s what the popular YouTuber is worth, even after all those donations.
MrBeast’s net worth
Through years of contributions to YouTube, MrBeast has accumulated a net worth of more than $1 billion strong, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The site notes that most of MrBeast’s accumulated wealth comes from ad revenue, sponsorships, and merchandise from his YouTube channel. Through ad revenue alone, the 26-year-old pulls in several million for a handful of videos, and adds to this with several million more from sponsorships and merch sales. From merchandise sales alone, MrBeast was pulling in $174 thousand a day, according to Celebrity Net Worth, and that was back in 2022. He’s only grown that income in the years since, all of which massively contributed to his current sky-high worth.
The award-winning content creator also generates more than $3 million on a monthly basis from his various YouTube channels. He’s pumped a good amount of this money into his charitable efforts, like Team Trees, but keeps hold of enough to pursue a number of business pursuits. Less than a quarter of a century into this life, he’s already launched a clothing line and even has a burger named after him. In 2021, he was named YouTube’s highest-paid star, edging out 10-year-old Ryan Kaji, who’d maintained his position at the top for several years. But does this impressive title make him the richest man on YouTube?
Is MrBeast the richest YouTuber?
MrBeast is exceedingly wealthy for his age, and in the last few years he officially ascended to the rank of world’s richest YouTuber. He unseated longtime monetary king and controversial makeup guru Jeffree Star, whose net worth once vastly surpassed that of MrBeast. Star is worth a whopping $200 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, but that’s nothing compared to the staggering $1 billion MrBeast now MrBoasts.
MrBeast’s charitable efforts aren’t making a dent in his massive net worth anymore. For awhile, he spent far more than he really made, but these days he’s become more than wealthy enough to keep his bank account nice and cushy even with all that charity. He recently signed a $100 million deal with Amazon, allowing the company to work on an exclusive streaming series, but only time will tell if the effort pays off. With the creator’s contentious reputation at the moment, it may fall flat, but even that isn’t likely to trouble the mega-wealthy YouTuber much.
Published: Sep 6, 2024 01:19 pm