MrBeast

American video creator and entrepreneur Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, holds the summit of YouTube subscription history with 523 million subscribers and over 144.12 billion lifetime video views. Registering his channel on 19 February 2012 in Greenville, North Carolina, Donaldson pioneered a genre of elaborate philanthropic stunts, survival competitions, and large-scale game recreations. Landmark productions include his 2021 recreation of Squid Game with a $456,000 cash prize, survival challenges in extreme environments, and multi-million-dollar charitable giveaways through Beast Philanthropy. He became the first creator to surpass 300 million, 400 million, and 500 million subscribers on YouTube, officially overtaking T-Series in June 2024 as the most subscribed channel in world history. His operation manages multilingual audio dubbing teams across Spanish, Hindi, Japanese, and Portuguese, enabling global simultaneous viewership. Across 1,010 published videos, Donaldson averages over 100 million views per upload, driving commercial consumer brands including Feastables. Ranks first as the most subscribed channel in YouTube history with 523 million subscribers, leading second place by 207 million. American creator Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, is the most subscribed channel in YouTube history with 523 million subscribers. Key benchmarks: subscribers millions: 523.0M; subscribers scaled: 523.0M; share of leader pct: 100.0%.