5 things you probably didn't know about YouTube star MrBeast
Recently becoming the second non-branded channel to cross the 100 million subscribers mark, Jimmy "MrBeast" has firmly cemented himself as one of the biggest content creators on the platform and beyond. The YouTuber has not only beaten several more prominent channels in the race but has completely changed the game with his innovative videos, which instantly go viral.
The content creator, philanthropist, and businessman has become a pillar of the YouTube community, with millions of fans looking up to him for inspiration from around the world. However, to call themselves true fans, readers must know a few of the lesser-known facts about the man behind the myth.
Here are five things they probably didn't know about the YouTube megastar.
Although he currently commands over 180 million subscribers from his various YouTube channels, the creator started primarily with Minecraft and Call of Duty Let's Plays. His first video, under the handle MrBeast6000, still on the platform, is called Worse Minecraft Saw Trap Ever??? which, thanks to his diehard fanbase, currently sits at a comfortable 12 million views.
Being the first video ever uploaded to the channel, the broadcaster himself has a pinned comment which reads:
The 23-hour, 48-minute, 4-second long video titled I Counted to 100,000! was the first MrBeast video to go viral. Uploaded on January 8, 2017, it literally birthed the impossible challenges genre, which helped propel the YouTuber to the very top.
The counting took over 40 hours, so to be able to upload it to YouTube, the streamer had to speed up specific segments to make it just 24 hours long.
The video was an immediate success, pulling millions of views within a few days. Fans still go back and visit the upload, almost as a
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