MrBeast Wiki, Biography, Age, Spouse, Height, Net Worth, Fast Facts

Donaldson began posting videos to YouTube in early 2012 at the age of 13, under the handle “MrBeast6000”; his early content ranged from Let’s Plays to “videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers.” He went viral in 2017 after his “counting to 100,000” video earned tens of thousands of views in just a few days, and he has become increasingly popular ever since, with most of his videos gaining tens of millions of views. Over time, his style of content diversified to include challenge and donation videos that reward thousands of dollars, videos with arduous tasks or survival challenges, and original vlogs. Once his channel took off, Donaldson hired several of his childhood friends to help him run the growing brand. As of 2022, the MrBeast team is made up of 30 people, including Donaldson himself.

Donaldson’s main YouTube channel, which reached 113 million subscribers on November 21, 2022, is called “MrBeast”. He also runs several other YouTube channels, including Beast Reacts, MrBeast Gaming, MrBeast 2 (formerly MrBeast Shorts), and a philanthropy channel, Beast Philanthropy. He used to run MrBeast 3 (formerly MrBeast 2), which is now inactive. He was also one of the 10 highest-paid YouTubers of 2020. Donaldson is also the founder of MrBeast Burger and Feastables, and a co-creator of Team Trees, a fundraiser for the Arbor Day Foundation that has raised over $23 million, and Team Seas, a fundraiser for Ocean Conservancy and The Ocean Cleanup that has raised over $30 million. Donaldson won Creator of the Year award twice at The Streamy Awards in 2020 and 2021; He also won “Favorite Male Social Star” award at 2020 Kids’ Choice Awards.

Early life and family

Donaldson was born on May 7, 1998, in the state of Kansas. He was mainly raised alongside his older brother Charles “C.J.” Donaldson in Greenville, North Carolina. In 2016, Donaldson graduated from Greenville Christian Academy, a private secondary school in the area. He briefly attended East Carolina University before dropping out. Donaldson’s brother is also a YouTuber, who goes by CjTheseDays, and has more than 4.29 million subscribers as of November 2022.

YouTube career

Donaldson uploaded his first YouTube video in February 2012, at the age of 13, under the handle “MrBeast6000”; his early content ranged from Let’s Plays (mainly focused on Minecraft and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2), videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers, videos that offered tips to upcoming YouTube creators, and commentary on YouTube drama. Donaldson appeared only infrequently in these videos. In July 2013, the subscriber count of his channel, then named “That-dude”, was around 240.

In 2015 and 2016, Donaldson began to gain popularity with his “worst intros” series poking fun at YouTube video introductions. By mid-2016, Donaldson had around 30,000 subscribers. In fall 2016, Donaldson dropped out of East Carolina University to pursue a full-time career as a YouTuber.^[ His mother did not approve of this, and made him move out of the family home.

As his channel grew, Donaldson hired four childhood friends – Chris Tyson, Chandler Hallow, Garrett Ronalds, and Jake Franklin – to contribute to his channel. They then contacted numerous YouTubers in order to obtain statistics of their successful videos and predicting the platform’s recommendation system. Franklin left the crew in 2020; afterwards, Karl Jacobs, previously a cameraman, was promoted to take his place.