"50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000" is a YouTube video by American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known on the platform as MrBeast. The video, described by Donaldson as his "biggest video ever," featured fifty YouTubers from around the world competing to stay inside a large glass cube for as long as possible while completing challenges.[1] It received over 70 million views in 24 hours, making it his most-viewed video in that time frame.
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| Produced by | Jimmy Donaldson |
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Running time | 41 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Background
editDonaldson overtook T-Series as the most subscribed YouTube channel on June 2, 2024, and 38 days later his YouTube channel became the first to reach 300 million subscribers, gaining 28 million subscribers in June 2024.[2] He described the video as the new "biggest video ever" with the previous holders including "$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!" (2021), "100 Kids Vs 100 Adults for $500,000" (2022) and "Every Country On Earth Fights for $250,000!" (2023).[2] MrBeast posted a picture of him with the YouTubers on June 5, 2024, on Twitter and also posted a list of the YouTubers featured in the video before deleting it.[3] Included in the video were three creators from France, several Spanish-speaking YouTubers and CarryMinati from India.[4][5][6]
Production
editMrBeast provided the YouTubers with business class flights and a layover to Raleigh–Durham International Airport which is about two hours from the filming location of Greenville, North Carolina.[7] Each YouTuber received gifts such as AirPods Pros and chocolate as well as a shirt with their names on the front and their approximate subscribers on the back.[5][7] The video was sponsored by Samsung with the Samsung Galaxy Ring being used to take YouTubers' heart rates and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 being used to monitor them in the fourth challenge.[2]
Video
editMark Rober and JiDion were the first YouTubers to be eliminated after failing to make basketball shots to win a subscriber of theirs a Cybertruck.[5][8] In the second challenge the YouTubers must cut dalgonas as seen in the Netflix show Squid Game.[5][8] Challenge three was a game of Jenga.[7] The fourth challenge was a "steal or no steal" briefcase challenge.[8] The fifth challenge was to cook for judges Joey Chestnut, Miranda Cosgrove and IShowSpeed, the latter of whom was originally set to compete in the video.[8] Logan Paul accidentally eliminated himself by leaving the cube to smash a plate during the challenge.[8] The final challenge was about figuring out which of the five remaining contestants had the million dollar briefcase in a "game of bluff".[8][9] YouTube animator Jaiden Animations won the cash prize which she intends to use to allow some of her subscribers to attend art school.[9]
Contestants
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Release and reception
editThe video was released on July 13, 2024, and is over 40 minutes long.[1][7] The video became Donaldson's most viewed video in its first 24 hours with over 70 million views and almost broke the record for 24-hour viewership held by the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer in December 2023 with 93 million views.[2] Additionally, videos that YouTubers made about the MrBeast video became popular including videos by Logan Paul, Pokimane and FaZe Rug as well as a Jschlatt video recorded on an "old school" camera.[2] Jaiden Animations began production of an animated video of her experience in the challenge on June 6, 2024, with the video being uploaded in August 2024.[10] In response to allegations against MrBeast, Jaiden Animations added a disclaimer in the description stating that she was not "associated with the production/ethics of any MrBeast videos" and was "just here to tell my cube story and animation unfortunately takes a long time".[10]
Joshua Cohen of Tubefilter described the "sheer amount of coordination and gravitational pull" that Donaldson had to get the creators to add the video to their production calendars as "incredibly impressive".[2] Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos said that it was an experience that he would "obviously repeat" but that the Spanish-speaking YouTubers were not featured as much as their American counterparts due to them being "insignificant" in comparison to them.[1] South Korean travel YouTuber KwakTube told the Maeil Business Newspaper that he found it "hard to get to know each other".[7][unreliable source?]
Notes
edit- ^ Top to bottom from left column: Fede Vigevani, CarryMinati, IShowSpeed, KSI, Pokimane, Logan Paul, Lexi Rivera, Mark Rober and Kai Cenat
- ^ a b Subscribers on shirt based on collective channel (BotezLive)
- ^ Subscribers on shirt based on second channel (Rubius Z) rather than main channel (elrubiusOMG) which had 40 million subscribers
- ^ a b Subscribers on shirt based on collective channel (Sam and Colby) rather than individual channels (Sam Golbach and Colby Brock) which had 2 and 3 million subscribers, respectively
- ^ Subscribers on shirt based on second channel (JJ Olatunji) rather than main channel (KSI) which had 23 million subscribers
- ^ Subscribers on shirt incorrectly stated that he had 5 million subscribers.
- ^ Subscribers on shirt based on second channel (jschlatt) rather than main channel (jschlattLIVE) which had 4 million subscribers
References
edit- ^ a b c José Gómez, María (July 24, 2024). "Cómo fue el bizarro experimento social de MrBeast con 50 influencers y un millón de dólares" [How was MrBeast's bizarre social experiment with 50 influencers and a million dollars]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Cohen, Joshua (July 15, 2024). "MrBeast crosses 300 million YouTube subscribers. He gets 50 of the top creators in the world to compete for $1 million to (kinda) celebrate". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ^ Brigstock, Jake (June 6, 2024). "Who are all the influencers in MrBeast's 'biggest video ever'?". Indy100. Archived from the original on June 7, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Invités par Mr Beast, Amixem, Amine et Mastu en lice pour faire gagner un million de dollars à leurs viewers" [Guests by Mr Beast, Amixem, Amine and Mastu competing to win a million dollars for their viewers]. 20 minutes (in French). July 10, 2024. Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Youtuber uruguayo Fede Vigevani compitió junto a Ibai y otros influencers en un reto por US$ 1 millón de MrBeast: este fue su resultado" [Uruguayan Youtuber Fede Vigevani competed with Ibai and other influencers in a challenge for US$ 1 million from MrBeast: this was his result]. El Observador (in Spanish). July 17, 2024. Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Carryminati Collaborates With MrBeast For 'Biggest Video Ever', And The Fans Can't Keep Calm". Mashable India. June 6, 2024. Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Youngdouk, Bahng (July 14, 2024). "Travel YouTuber "Kwak Tube" (Kwak Jun-bin) has released a review of his participation in the survival program of YouTuber "Mr. Beast," which has the largest number of subscribers in the world". Maeil Business Newspaper. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "JaidenAnimations wins MrBeast's $1 million YouTube challenge, outlasting Logan Paul and KSI". The Express Tribune. July 14, 2024. Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ a b Loftus, Rikki (July 15, 2024). "MrBeast has 50 YouTubers battling against each other to win $1,000,000 in his 'biggest video ever'". UNILAD Tech. Archived from the original on July 29, 2024. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ a b Gutelle, Sam (August 27, 2024). "JaidenAnimations' MrBeast video reveals roadblocks for animation creators". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.