Hey it's mica this is the on the media midweek podcast

something happened on the internet this week that was at once

huge

and also kind of a foregone conclusion

Jimmy Donaldson better known as Mr Beast, has been for many years

basically the king of YouTube. But as of a few days ago, Mr Beast is now officially the most subscribed to

YouTubeer in the world, with 271 million followers

at time of recording.

His click-bady game showstyle videos with their extravagant sets and

giant payouts have come to define this era of the site.

Behind me are a hundred people and they range from the age one all the way to age 100 and

they're going to be competing for $250,000.

Everyone go to your cube!

Remember squid game, the Korean Netflix Sensation? That show got around

265 million views. Mr Beast's real life squid game video got 616 million views.

I recreated every single set from squid game in real life.

And whichever one of these 456 people

survives the longest wins 456 grand.

That's why he's number one.

And there's actually a very interesting history

behind the jockeying for YouTube's top spot.

To get there, Mr. Beast had to surpass a giant Indian entertainment company,

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