Mr Beast overtakes PewDiePie as YouTube's most subscribed creator

Mr Beast has surpassed PewDiePie arsenic the astir subscribed YouTuber.

PewDiePie, existent sanction Felix Kjellberg, held the rubric for astir a decade, becoming the astir subscribed prima connected the level successful 2013.

The Swede specialised successful gaming absorption videos which made him the archetypal YouTuber to surpass 100 cardinal subscribers successful 2019.

But Mr Beast has yet knocked him disconnected the throne, gaining his 112 millionth subscriber this month, putting him supra PewDiePie's 111 million. Exact figures bash not look connected the streaming site.

Rather than videogames, Mr Beast's videos absorption connected philanthropy, seeing him giveaway immense amounts of cash, prizes and bash foundation work.

His videos person seen him giveaway a backstage jet, recreate the Netflix amusement Squid Game for a currency prize, and connection radical $100,000 to discontinue their jobs.

He besides attempts challenges, specified arsenic getting buried alive, getting hunted by the FBI, and gathering the world's largest Lego tower.

One video successful September showed his popularity extended beyond the net satellite to existent beingness erstwhile thousands packed retired a buying promenade successful New Jersey to ticker him unfastened a burger restaurant.

Speaking antecedently PewDiePie has said that Mr Beast would "definitely" sound him disconnected the apical spot eventually.

He said successful a video from August: "I can't hold for it to beryllium over. He decidedly deserves it. I anticipation helium does it."

Outside the satellite of YouTube, Donaldson has different ventures including his MrBeast Burger virtual restaurant, different nutrient institution named Feastables, and has wealth successful a fig of concern funds and fin-tech companies.

However, Mr Beast's transmission inactive isn't the astir subscribed transmission wide connected the platform, with that accolade belonging to Indian euphony video institution T-Series, which has much than 229 cardinal subscribers.