His early content ranged from Let's Plays to 'videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers'. He began posting videos to YouTube in early 2012, at the age of 13, under the handle MrBeast6000. ĭonaldson grew up in Greenville, North Carolina. With over 205 million subscribers, he is the most-subscribed individual on the platform and the second-most-subscribed channel overall, and has ranked on the Forbes list for the highest paid YouTube creator in 2022.
James Stephen ' Jimmy' Donaldson (born May 7, 1998), known professionally as MrBeast, is an American YouTuber, credited with pioneering a genre of YouTube videos that centers on expensive stunts and challenges.
