The 25-year-old James “MrBeast” Donaldson is the biggest YouTuber in the world. He is known for his spectacular and expensive videos as well as his philanthropy. With a new massive video, he has outdone himself.
What kind of video is this? In a video from June 10, MrBeast compared various boats. Starting with a boat that cost the YouTuber only a dollar and immediately began to sink, through several yachts, to a floating city worth one billion dollars that he invited his subscribers to.
You can find the video on MrBeast’s YouTube channel or here.
More maritime adventures can also be found in Sea of Thieves:
MrBeast breaks his own record
How is the video performing? To put it mildly: quite well. Alongside reactions from big streamers like MontanaBlack and xQc, numerous fans flocked to the video.
The YouTuber already shared a few hours after the release that the video has surpassed even his elaborate re-creation of the Netflix hit Squid Game. This had been MrBeast’s most successful video to date and briefly held the record for the most views in the first 24 hours.
With his latest coup, the YouTuber shattered his own record.
How many views did the video receive? One day after the release of the video, MrBeast showed the performance within the first 24 hours. Ultimately, the yacht video surpassed the “Squid Game” re-creation by 5 million views, gathering 47.5 million views.
This catapulted it to second place among the videos with the most views within 24 hours – first place with 48 million views is currently held by the British newspaper The Guardian with a video of the legendary slap that Will Smith gave to comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.
