The Data Drop · #030
From 1 subscriber to 471 million. From $0 to $2.6 billion on paper (with less than $1M in the bank). This is the MrBeast story, in numbers.
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Act I
The Curve
Scroll down. Watch the number grow. Every birthday, every milestone, every explosion.
Act II
The Machine
Think you know how much MrBeast spends? Take the quiz.
2017
How much did "Counting to 100,000" cost to make?
Just Jimmy, a camera, and 40 hours of his life. No crew, no set, no budget. This video launched his entire career.
2021
How much did the Squid Game recreation cost?
$3.5 million. $2M for sets and crew, $1.5M in prizes. It got 866 million views and became one of the most-watched YouTube videos ever.
2024
What makes more money: MrBeast's YouTube or his chocolate?
Feastables made $20M profit. YouTube LOST $80 million. The chocolate literally funds the empire. Being #1 on YouTube is a loss leader.
2025
How much does a single MrBeast video cost to make today?
$4 million per video on his main channel. That's $48 million a year just on video production. One video took 400 days and 11,000 hours of footage.
2026
How much cash does MrBeast have in his bank account?
Less than $1 million. He's worth $2.6 billion on paper but reinvests every single dollar. "Billionaire on paper, broke in reality."
"Every dollar goes back into the machine."
Act III
The Giving
$200 million given away. But the numbers that matter aren't dollars.
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Enough to feed every person in Tokyo for a week
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A forest 4x the size of Manhattan
33M lbs
Ocean Trash Removed
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The weight of 110 blue whales
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1,000 people who can see again
Team Trees
2019
$23M
Goal: $20M
Team Seas
2021
$33M
Goal: $30M
Team Water
2025
$40M
Goal: $40M
Bigger goals, faster every time.
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2010
A 12-year-old creates MrBeast6000
Subscriber data: MrBeast's X/Twitter post (birthday counts). Financials: Bloomberg, Forbes, Beast Industries investor docs. Revenue: Bloomberg (March 2025). Net worth: Fortune. Philanthropy: Beast Philanthropy, WaterAid, Arbor Day Foundation, Ocean Conservancy. All figures March 2026.
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