50 YouTubers Fight For $1,000,000
"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 whilst completing challenges.[1] It became his most viewed video within its first 24 hours with over 70 million views and was sponsored by Samsung.
| "50 YouTubers Fight For $1,000,000" | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Jimmy Donaldson |
Release date |
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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 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 a shirt with their names on the front and their approximate subscribers on the back.[7][5]
The video was sponsored by Samsung with the Samsung Galaxy Ring being used to take YouTuber's heart rates and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 being used to monitor them in the fourth challenge.[2]
Video
editMark Rober and JiDion are the first YouTubers be eliminated after failing to make basketball shots to win a subscriber of theirs a cyber truck.[8][5] 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 is to cook for judges Joey Chestnut, Miranda Cosgrove and IShowSpeed.[8] Logan Paul accidentally eliminates himself by leaving the cube during this challenge.[8] The final challenge was about figuring out who had the million dollar briefcase with Jaiden Animations winning the cash prize which she intends to use to send a portion of her subscribers to art school.[8]
| Name | Country | Subscribers | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaiden Animations |  United States
|
12 million | Winner |
| Alexandra Botez | United States/ Canada
|
1 million[a] | Runner-up |
| Amixem |  France
|
8 million | |
| Nick DiGiovanni | United States
|
16 million | |
| Ludwig | United States
|
5 million | Eliminated (Challenge 6) |
| SpriteDer SPD |  Thailand
|
14 million | Eliminated (Challenge 5) |
| Rubius |  Spain/ Norway
|
12 million[b] | |
| Logan Paul | United States
|
23 million | Self-eliminated |
| Aj Shabeel |  United Kingdom
|
1 million | Eliminated (Challenge 5) |
| Kai Cenat | United States
|
7 million | |
| Marques Brownlee | United States
|
18 million | Eliminated (Challenge 4) |
| Valkyrae | United States
|
4 million | |
| Sushi Ramen Riku |  Japan
|
8 million | |
| Niko Omilana | United Kingdom
|
7 million | |
| Quackity |  Mexico
|
6 million | |
| LazarBeam |  Australia
|
21 million | |
| Sam | United States
|
12 million[c] | |
| Enaldinho |  Brazil
|
36 million | Eliminated (Challenge 3) |
| CarryMinati |  India
|
42 million | |
| Ibai | Spain
|
11 million | |
| Spreen |  Argentina
|
7 million | |
| Deestroying |  Costa Rica/ United States
|
5 million | |
| Andrea Botez | Canada
|
1 million[a] | |
| Michelle Khare | United States
|
4 million | |
| Jesser | United States
|
19 million | |
| Amine | France
|
1 million | |
| MoistCr1TiKaL | United States
|
15 million | |
| Jacksfilms | United States
|
4 million | |
| KwakTube |  South Korea
|
1 million | |
| TheOdd1sOut | United States
|
19 million | |
| Bella Poarch | United States
|
7 million | |
| Vikkstar | United Kingdom
|
7 million | |
| Chunkz | United Kingdom
|
3 million | |
| KSI | United Kingdom
|
16 million[d] | |
| Sketch | United States
|
0.5 million[e] | Eliminated (Challenge 2) |
| Mastu | France
|
6 million | |
| Pokimane | Canada/ Morocco
|
6 million | |
| Jschlatt | United States
|
1 million[f] | |
| MatPat | United States
|
19 million | |
| Lexi Rivera | United States
|
16 million | |
| Ossy Marwah |  Saudi Arabia
|
7 million | |
| Fede Vigevani |  Uruguay/ Mexico
|
50 million | |
| Michael Reeves | United States
|
7 million | |
| FaZe Rug | United States
|
26 million | |
| Colby | United States
|
12 million[c] | |
| LilyPichu | United States
|
3 million | Self-eliminated |
| Nil Ojeda | Spain
|
4 million | Self-eliminated |
| Ryan Trahan | United States
|
16 million | Eliminated (Challenge 1) |
| JiDion | United States
|
7 million | |
| Mark Rober | United States
|
50 million |
Release and reception
editThe video was released on July 13, 2024 and is over 40 minuets long.[7][1] 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]
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]
Notes
edit- ^ 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 g Cohen, Joshua (July 15, 2024). "MrBeast crosses 300 million YouTube subscribers. He gets 50 of the top creators in the world to compete for $1 million to (kinda) celebrate". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ^ a b Brigstock, Jake (June 6, 2024). "Who are all the influencers in MrBeast's 'biggest video ever'?". Indy100. Archived from the original on June 7, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Invités par Mr Beast, Amixem, Amine et Mastu en lice pour faire gagner un million de dollars à leurs viewers" [Guests by Mr Beast, Amixem, Amine and Mastu competing to win a million dollars for their viewers]. 20 minutes (in French). July 10, 2024. Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Youtuber uruguayo Fede Vigevani compitió junto a Ibai y otros influencers en un reto por US$ 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.