Jimmy Donaldson (born May 7, 1998), better known as MrBeast, is an American YouTuber and philanthropist. He is credited with pioneering a genre of YouTube videos that centers on expensive stunts.[5] His YouTube channel reached 130 million subscribers in January 2023,[6] making it the fourth-most-subscribed and the most-subscribed channel by an individual on the platform.[note 2]

Donaldson began posting videos to YouTube in early 2012 at the age of 13[9] under the handle MrBeast6000