MrBeast becomes the most followed YouTuber in the world

In August of this year, Pewdiepie – at that time still the number one holder on YouTube in terms of total subscribers (followers) announced that he was ready to cede this title in the future.  And that prediction has come true, when recently, Jimmy Donaldson, also known by the familiar name MrBeast has officially become the most followed YouTuber in the world.

Although both channels have a huge number of followers, however, in recent months, if Pewdiepie has clearly shown a stagnation in the number of followers, MrBeast’s channel has witnessed milestones. amazing growth. Specifically, according to statistics from SocialBlade, from August this year to November 14, MrBeast has increased from 100 million to more than 111 million. Then, at midnight on November 15, this talented YouTuber officially surpassed Pewdiepie when the number of subscribers increased to more than 112 million.

This is a huge contribution from MrBeast’s recent content, as he often creates interesting, unbelievable challenges and brings great surprises to viewers. Even many people want to participate in MrBeast’s events, when he often gives huge rewards, sometimes up to millions of dollars for participants. Typically, in the most recent video on November 12, he also gave away a free private flight to participants.

However, despite surpassing Pewdiepie in the number of followers, but when it comes to the total viewership of the videos, MrBeast is still far behind his colleague. According to statistics, so far the guy has only 18.5 billion views while Pewdiepie’s similar figure is 28.5 billion. Recently, MrBeast also shocked with the announcement that he would spend money to own and invest in a League of Legends team in North America to compete for a ticket to the World Championship next year.