Jimmy Donaldson (Mr. Beast) Net Worth - Wealthy Gorilla

Net Worth:	$1 Billion
Age:	27
Born:	May 7, 1998
Gender:	Male
Height:	1.82 m (5 ft 12 in)
Country of Origin:	United States of America
Source of Wealth:	Professional YouTuber
Last Updated:	Feb 3, 2026

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• Introduction
• YouTube Career
• Team Trees
• Beast Burger
• Mobile Gaming
• Charity Work
• How Does Mr Beast Spend His Money?

Introduction

Jimmy Donaldson, “Mr. Beast,” is an American YouTube star and entrepreneur with an estimated net worth of $1 Billion.

Mr. Beast is known for his expensive stunts and philanthropy. Donaldson has a massive fanbase on his social media, and he is also the co-creator of ‘Team Trees,’ a fundraiser for the Arbor Day Foundation.

Jimmy is regarded as the pioneer of philanthropic YouTube videos and is among the highest-paid YouTubers in the world. In 2020, he earned $24 million from his YouTube videos, merchandise sales, ad revenue, and sponsorships with reputable brands like Electronic Arts and Microsoft.

Jimmy has three main YouTube channels: “MrBeast,” “MrBeast Shorts,” and “BeastReacts.” They boast over 140 million subscribers combined, making Mr Beast the most subscribed YouTube creator in the US. Mr Beast’s primary channel has 102 million subscribers.

With such an outstanding number of subscribers, he falls right behind PewDiePie, the most subscribed individual YouTube creator worldwide, with 110 million subscribers on his main channel.

Quick Facts

• YouTube channels generate $3 million in monthly gross revenue
• Raised $20 million to plant 20 million trees
• Donated more than 100 cars, including Lamborghinis
• His most expensive giveaways include millions of dollars, a private island, 1000 iPhones, and 100 new homes

YouTube Career

Over the years, Jimmy’s YouTube channel has gained more subscribers. In his early viral videos, he posted video game commentary for Pokémon Online, Minecraft, Black Ops 2, Battle Pirates, and more.

Jimmy also posted reaction videos and funny compilations. One of the first videos to gain him widespread recognition was “Counting to 100,000,” which is exactly how it sounds. The 24-hour-long video, which was initially closer to 40 hours in length before upload, has been viewed 31 million times on the platform.

He soon started spending thousands of dollars online and began posting videos such as ‘$5 For Hot Girls To Advertise Your YouTube Channel.’ Among his most remarkable accomplishments posted on his YouTube channel are riding across America via Uber, reading the dictionary, reading the “Bee Movie” script, saying “Logan Paul” 100,000 times, and watching Jake Paul‘s “It’s Every Day Bro” song on repeat for 10 hours straight.

Mr Beast’s rise to fame began when he started posting heartwarming donation videos, including ‘Giving A Random Homeless Man $10,000.’ He continued posting such videos and claimed that an app called ‘Quidd’ was sponsoring the money he gave to people.

Some of his most-viewed YouTube videos include ‘I Bought A Car Using Only Pennies,’ ‘I Donated $30,000 To A Random Twitch Streamer,’ ‘I Flew Using Only Leaf Blowers,’ and ‘Can 100,000 Pieces Of Paper Stop A Bullet?’

One of his popular videos, ‘Gave $500,000 To Random People,’ has already gathered over 10 million views. He is also popular on other social media platforms and owns an online store selling T-shirts.

As of September 2022, Mr Beast’s net worth is $25 Million. To this day, his YouTube channel videos have gained more than 10 billion views. On average, each of his videos has been watched more than 20 million times. Apart from YouTube, he is also active on other social media channels. He has 12 million followers on Instagram, 9 million followers on Twitter, and 13 million followers on TikTok.

Mr Beast is associated with the famous YouTuber PewDiePie. He purchased radio ads and billboards to help him gain more subscribers than the popular YouTube channel T-Series.

Mr Beast was nominated for Vlogger of the Year in 2019 at the Shorty Awards. He won the Breakout Creator award. He was nominated for the Kids’ Choice Awards for Favorite Male Social Star a year later. In the same year, Mr Beast won the YouTuber of the Year award. He was also recognized as the 2020 Creator of the Year at the Streamy Awards.

Team Trees

In October 2019, Jimmy and Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer, launched the #TeamTrees fundraising challenge to raise $20 million for the Arbor Day Foundation within three months. They collected the money within two months and raised $23 million before the start of 2020. They planted over 20 million trees and thereby contributed to removing an estimated 1.6 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere and 116 thousand tons of air pollution.

Beast Burger

Jimmy launched the Beast Burger in December 2020 in partnership with more than 300 restaurants across the United States. He also released the MrBeast Burger app on the Apple store, which became the pioneering and most popular free app on the platform. To this date, he has sold over a million burgers.

Mobile Gaming

Mr Beast launched a multiplayer endurance game, “Finger on the App,” in June 2020. The game’s concept was relatively straightforward – users worldwide were supposed to keep their fingers on their phone screens in the app. The last person to take the finger off would win $25,000.

Charity Work

Mr Beast has raised and donated tens of millions of dollars to numerous charities across the US. His stunt videos have been donated to the Wounded Warrior Program of the Veterans Administration, Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, various homeless shelters, and a local animal shelter in Los Angeles.

For example, one of his videos from December 2018 featured him donating $100,000 worth of clothing and other items to homeless shelters.

How Does Mr Beast Spend His Money?

There isn’t much information about how Mr. Beast spends his fortune, other than reinvesting it in his content. The YouTuber has confirmed that most of his earnings go into content production or are used as giveaway money. He also spends his money on remarkable things, like adopting dogs from shelters.

As of August 2020, Mr Beast had spent over $3 million on producing YouTube content, paying his staff salaries, and covering rent, among other expenses.

Limited information is available about Mr. Beast’s house, yet Donaldson is reported to own several massive properties in Kansas, Georgia, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New York. The YouTuber also owns an expensive car collection, including a Lamborghini Huracan Spyder ($229,000), a Tesla Model S ($90,000), and a BMW i8 Coupe ($149,000).