MrBeast gives one-word response at being the fastest-growing YouTube channel 4 times in a row

On January 1, 2025, @MrBeast_Stats, a statistics page for all things Jimmy "MrBeast", announced, via a post on X, that the YouTuber was the "fastest growing channel" for the fourth year in a row. Currently, he holds over 340 million subscribers, of which 116 million of those are from 2024 alone, the post reported.

The YouTuber has achieved remarkable growth on YouTube, becoming the platform's most-subscribed individual creator. His channel's rapid expansion is attributed to his engaging content, large-scale challenges, and philanthropic endeavors. In 2021, MrBeast was the fastest-growing creator on YouTube, adding 37 million subscribers in that year alone.

MrBeast responded to the report in one word, expressing excitement for the achievement:

"Hype."

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Looking at MrBeast's growth on YouTube over the years: A statistical perspective

In 2022, MrBeast gained 37.9 million subscribers. In 2023, that number doubled, with over 99 million new followers on his channel. In 2024 though, Jimmy managed to achieve exactly 115,966,562 new subscribers:

"In 2023, he beat the competition easily, gaining 99.3M subscribers. In 2024, he's outdone that, smashed the 100M ceiling, and set the new record for most subscribers gained in a year, with 115,966,562 subs gained in 2024!"

By July 2024, he became the first YouTuber to reach 300 million subscribers, marking a significant milestone in his career. He was the second individual to attain 100 million subscribers (after PewDiePie) in July 2022 and achieved 200 million in October 2023.

In terms of viewership, Jimmy boasts over 68.4 billion total views on his channel. His most viewed video to date, with over 688 million views is titled $456,000 Squid Game In Real Life! This video is a parody of Netflix's hit 2021 show, and in 2024, in light of the second season's release, the YouTuber announced a potential sequel to his Squid Game parody.

Overall, MrBeast has uploaded over 840 videos, with each averaging millions of views. His outreach has continued to expand outside the YouTube boundaries and his recently released show with Amazon Prime Video, titled Beast Games, has already broken viewership records in multiple countries.

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In other news, MrBeast fired back at a critic who rated Beast Games 2/10.