MrBeast reaches 500 million YouTube subscribers, world's first feat

On June 12th (local time), YouTube, which is owned by Google in the US, announced on its official blog that popular creator "MrBeast" became the first individual creator in the world to reach 500 million subscribers on YouTube.

His real name is Jimmy Donaldson (28). He first posted in 2012 at the age of 13, and in 2022, the number of registered users exceeded 100 million. It is known for its large-scale challenges with big prizes and flashy performances, and the video of the real-life version of the Squid Game with 456 participants has been viewed over 930 million times. In November 2022, it overtook PewDiePie (real name Felix Kjellberg), who was the leader at the time, in terms of the number of subscribers for individual creators, and became the number one, and in June 2024, it achieved the highest number of subscribers among all channels, both individuals and corporations.

YouTube does not officially announce rankings of channel subscribers, but according to Wikipedia, the Indian music label T-Series had the highest number of subscribers to date with 310 million people. The top creator in Japan with the number of registered users is "ISSEI" with approximately 75.4 million people. I mainly work on short videos.

MrBeast said in a livestream commemorating the 500 million subscriber milestone, ``It's amazing how much YouTube has changed my life.Both of my parents were in the military, and my family went bankrupt in 2008.Now, in my 20s, I've reached 500 million subscribers and am approaching 1,000 employees.I couldn't have done it without YouTube and you.''