Who is Mr. Beast? Timeline from College Dropout to Millionaire Youtuber

2012: Jimmy Donaldson, a 13-year-old from Greenville, North Carolina, uploaded his first Youtube video under the name "MrBeast6000". He tried mastering the Youtube algorithm by experimenting with gaming videos on Minecraft and Call of Duty and making videos about other Youtubers.

2015: His first breakthrough success was Mr. Beast's "Worst Intros" series. These were videos making fun of other Youtuber's introduction segments. This gained him his first 30,000 followers.

2016: He enrolled in college, but dropped out 2 weeks later determined to be a professional Youtuber instead - even at the cost of financial support from his parents.

2017: Mr. Beast's first viral video was of him counting to 100,000. The video took him 44 hours to film. This gave him the idea that stunt videos seem to be most favorable to Youtube's algorithm for surfacing videos to mass amounts of viewers.

2018: By 2018, Mr. Beast amassed his first million viewers, primarily with similar stunt videos such as playing with a fidget spinner for 24 hours straight, watching Jake Paul's "It's Everyday Bro" music video for 10 hours straight, etc.

2019: Mr. Beast became known as "YouTube's biggest philanthropist" as he began gearing stunts towards giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars, cars and charitable donations tied to wild stunts such as "last to leave" or repetitive tasks.

2020: Mr. Beast became one of the most-viewed YouTube creators. His #TeamTrees video offering to plant 20 million trees by the end of the year gained the support of celebrities like Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and YouTube stars Jeffree Star and PewDiePie.

2021: Partnerships with major brands fund more million-dollar giveaway videos. Each of his videos costs over $100,000 to make. He continues amassing followers with stunt videos like buying all items in 5 stores. He made a cameo on Clubhouse and his mass followers crashed the app.

2022: Mr. Beast was named the highest-paid YouTube star by Forbes. The $54 million he earned from Youtube in 2021 was more than celebrities like Billie Eilish and Kim Kardashian. He also became the second YouTuber (after PewDiePie) to hit 100 million subscribers.

2023: Today, Mr. Beast has more subscribers than any other channel on Youtube. He recently launched the first physical location of Mr. Beast Burger in New Jersey and has pledged to give away all of his fortunes by the end of his lifetime.

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