The number is staggering. With 111,851,893 subscribers to date, Youtuber MrBeast has become the most followed solo content creator on the video hosting platform, reports Dexerto.
In detail, the American youtuber has officially surpassed his Swedish counterpart PewDiePie, -111 million followers for his part and leader of this ranking since 2013- by several thousand followers since Monday, November 11.
For the nod, and to celebrate the event, MrBeast said that he bought no less than 1111 lottery tickets.
a prolific youtuber
MrBeast, Jimmy Donaldson in marital status, reached the 100 million subscriber mark on July 28, becoming one of the fastest YouTubers ever to reach this milestone. He celebrated with his fans by live-streaming his reaction to the announcement. The content creator has been active on YouTube since 2012. But it was in 2018 that he gained significant notoriety by donating several thousand dollars to YouTubers and Twitch streamers.
Last year, he recreated the sets from the hit Netflix series “Squid Game” for a life-size competition attended by 456 of his subscribers. She also offered $500,000 to one of them as part of a contest inspired by the play “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” last June. According to Forbes, the 24-year-old MrBeast earned $54 million in 2021. He is reportedly pocketing around $5 million a month. A sum that makes him the highest paid content creator on YouTube.
Source: BFM TV
