MrBeast Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions

I'm Mr. Beast

and this is the WIRED Autocomplete interview.

Let's see what weird things you guys Google about me.

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Whew, I actually, don't Google myself much,

so I have no idea what's about to pop up.

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Okay, board number one,

Why is mrbeast's name mrbeast?

I wish I had a better story to tell you guys,

but when I started an Xbox Live account many, many years ago

when I was a little kid,

it auto-filled the name as Mr. Beast 6000.

Eventually, I dropped the 6000

and that's how I got Mr. Beast.

What is mrbeast's logo supposed to be?

I don't really know.

I guess it's kind of like a tiger.

I'll be honest, I mean even though

that logo's probably been seen 100 billion times,

I actually, put very little thought into it.

When I was a little kid

I just kinda designed a tiger and here we are.

My name, my logo,

probably should have had more thought behind it.

I'll admit it.

Why does mrbeast change his thumbnails?

That's a good question.

So, what they're referring to is

sometimes we'll upload a video with a thumbnail

and then if you check the video a month later,

it'll have a different thumbnail.

The answer is, I just never know

how to thumbnail our videos,

'cause sometimes we'll do something crazy

like world's fastest man versus a cheetah.

How do you show that in a thumbnail?

Because there's like 100 different ways

you can make a thumbnail of a man running against a cheetah.

You could do like a side profile shot,

you could do a frontal shot.

And so, a lot of it is me just like second guessing myself

and be like, I don't know if this thumbnail's the best

or maybe we change this angle.

And my thumbnail team probably hates me,

because I just like change my mind all the time

and constantly change the thumbnails.

Thumbnails are important,

but what is ultimately, most important

is that you just make great content.

How does mrbeast get his contestants?

Typically, we have this Instagram page

that I promote on my Instagram stories

all the time called Mr. Beast Casting.

It has the verified check mark

and then we just source

a lot of our contestants through there.

All right, we got another one?

Mrbeast's first video.

Well, if you go to my channel, you can set it to oldest

and you will see that my first video

is actually I recreated Saw in Minecraft.

I was a little kid with a hand-me-down laptop

from my brother that I kind of like stole.

I load up Minecraft and I'm just building,

like I built this big box

and then I put like some little like pigs

from there in there and then put like mini weird saw traps.

And I was just like, look at this funny, weird thing I made.

And it was, yeah, no one watched it or cared.

The thing is, if you watch a piece of content

you made six months ago

and you don't see a lot of things that could be improved,

then you're probably not constantly improving and evolving.

And so for me, there is no such thing as a perfect video.

Things can always be better.

The pacing, or the editing, or you know,

even the coloring, the lighting,

there is no perfect piece of content.

And so, I think until the day I die,

I will always look at whatever I filmed six months prior

and you know, see the flaws and think it could be improved.

Does mrbeast respond to dms?

I'll just be blunt.

I probably get over 100,000 DMs a day.

So, I do respond to maybe a couple here and there a month,

but if you DM me, the odds me replying to you

are probably lower than

a shark falling from space and eating you.

So maybe just don't waste your time.

Mrbeast off camera.

That's me right here.

It's actually, partially why I'm excited to do this.

My videos have gotten so big and sometimes they revolve

around the contestants and not me.

And a lot of people feel like they don't know me anymore

or really get to hear me talk and it was pretty eye-opening.

I uploaded a video on my second channel

where I reacted to a video called Hi me in 10 years.

And it was just me talking

and like the top comment on my video was like,

wow, it's very refreshing to see Jimmy just being himself

and it had like 30,000 upvotes and I was like,

dang, I should do more chill things, you know?

Because everything I do is like bigger, bigger, bigger,

higher stakes, higher stakes.

And it seems like right now a lot of people

who watch my content or fans, whatever you wanna call 'em,

just want to see more raw me.

And so, yeah, hopefully,

people don't have to Google Mr. Beast off camera.

They can just see me in situations like this.

What does mrbeast do with his money?

Depends on the week.

One week we're bury me alive for a video.

The next week we're, you know, building 100 wells in Africa.

Jokes aside, I spend most of my money

on our YouTube content.

Could be literally anything.

If you scroll through my channel,

it's a bunch of random stuff.

So, outside of content though, you know,

I have a couple cats, a couple dogs, I have a fiance.

For the most part, I reinvest all my money into content

and I, you know, don't really do much besides film.

What is mrbeast's most expensive video?

Back in the day, it used to be

when we recreated Squid Games.

I spent $4 million on that

and that was like crazy at the time.

But I mean we've had quite a few videos since then

we've spent more than 4 million.

It's hard, because I don't really track like

or care that much about the money spent.

It's more about the story.

What do people feel?

And it's not really about the money anymore,

but I will say the most just period expensive thing I did

was Beast Games, which was our Prime Video show.

I mean, in season one I spent over like $20 million

just building a city in the show.

So, for the contestants to live in.

So that thing we got a little carried away.

What is mrbeast's most popular video?

Well, as of right now, my most viewed video

is when I recreated Squid Games in real life.

I used to, when I was younger, focus a lot on views

and how many views does a video get?

But the wave I've been on more recently is just obviously,

how does a video make people feel?

Because there's a big difference

between 100 million people watching a video, right?

Our average video does 200 million views.

There's a big difference

between 200 million people watching a video

and be like, yeah, that was cool,

versus 200 million people watching a video and loving it

and be like, wow, that was really awesome

and like really enjoying the experience.

And so, I try to measure it more on, you know,

quality views as opposed to just views.

What is mrbeast doing next?

I am actually, dropping season two of Beast Games.

Our biggest competition show ever

in the history of anything.

We have 100 of the strongest people in the world

compete against 100 of the smartest people in the world

for $5 million, maybe $10 million.

Yeah, I mean we built a brand new city,

biggest sets in history,

just a whole large, massive undertaking.

And that's been a good chunk of this past year

and I'm excited for it to finally come out.

Those are fun ones.

What we got next?

Who won mrbeast's island?

Which island?

Whoever Googled this, you didn't clarify.

I've given away a lot of islands in my life.

Actually this year,

I think I've given away two islands in 2025 alone.

So, I think the first island I ever gave away, Chandler won.

We did last Sleeve Island.

He named the island Jeff.

I don't remember who won the second island.

The third island I think was

when I hit 100 million subscribers.

I flew 100 random subscribers down to a private island

and had 'em compete for it.

It was such a awesome, really epic video.

And then we gave away an island

in season one of Beast Games.

We gave away an island in season two of Beast Games.

We've given away quite a few islands.

In my experience, when someone wins an island,

the first thing they do is try to sell it,

because they're like, I don't want to go to this island.

So, which is why I probably

won't give much islands away in the future,

'cause it's, you know, not as practical as like a house.

What does mrbeast donate to?

We did a video where we helped 1,000 blind people see.

We helped 1,000 people hear again.

We did a video where we help people walk again.

We do a lot of projects that I would,

I guess sum up as helping people with healthcare,

especially in America.

And then the other side of what we do is we actually,

with Feastables, we're the largest

ethically-sourced chocolate company in the world.

So 100% of our chocolate,

we only work with farms that audit

and remediate child labor on their farms.

And most people don't realize this,

but there's 1.5 million kids in illegal child labor

just on cow farms.

So we can have cheap chocolate.

And so, I don't necessarily donate to them,

but those are just more what I just use my money

to make change instead of

giving it to other people to make change I guess.

But a large part of it right now is trying to get

as many of the 1.5 million kids in illegal child labor

and chocolate out of it through Feastables.

And then the other side is, you know,

I just think it's weird that in America

there are people who their only hope

of seeing, walking, hearing is that

a YouTuber steps in and pays for stuff,

which is like silly.

So, that's right now most of where my focus has been

in terms of helping people.

What is mrbeast's favorite YouTube video?

This might seem like a weird one.

I bet most people listening to this

will have no idea what I'm saying.

But there's this YouTuber back in the day

called Techno Blade and he had this series

where he tried to farm the most potatoes on a server,

more potatoes than the squid guy.

People who don't play Minecraft are gonna think I'm crazy,

but as a grown man saying this is my favorite video,

but Techno Blade was a YouTuber that sadly passed away,

but he was very, very funny and charismatic.

And that video, it's just so freaking funny

how he just farms millions of potatoes

over the course of months,

but somehow makes it incredibly entertaining.

And I find myself watching that like once a year

and it's always inspirational.

All right, what we got next?

Will mrbeast hit a billion subscribers?

I hope, that'd be cool.

That'd be really cool.

Even what I have already 450 million subscribers.

It's freaking crazy.

Like I actually, I'm almost tearing up

just thinking about it.

I mean that is such an unfathomably large number.

Like I'm already more than grateful for what I have.

I mean, I have more followers, more, you know,

people who watch my content

than I ever could have dreamed of when I was a little kid.

So, Will mrbeast hit a billion subscribers?

I hope, but if I don't it's not the end of the world.

I mean, I already have more than I ever thought I would

in terms of viewership and fans.

And so, yeah, I guess we'll see.

Are mrbeast's games scripted?

Are mrbeast's games scripted?

Why are we googling this?

No, they're not.

Oh my gosh, I spend so many millions of dollars

to make my videos

where I don't have to do that kind of stuff.

All right, here brace yourselves.

Here's the deal.

In most giant competition shows,

what they would do is like, if you're a contestant,

most shows would have a camera guy

or woman walk up to you and film you

and then a story producer stand behind the camera

and be like, hey, we need you to say these lines.

Or you're kind of the villain,

or you're the good guy, or whatever.

They'd, you know, the camera guy

would film me for five, 10 minutes.

Done, go to the next person, next person.

That's how they film it.

What we do, like in Beast Games for example,

we had 1,000 contestants, more than any show in history,

and we put a camera rolling 24/7 in front of all of them

so they can just be themselves, right?

Which is why we actually have

the literal Guinness World Record

for most cameras ever used in a single production.

And the reason why shows don't do that

is because I had to set up 1,000 cameras,

which is millions of dollars.

We actually, broke the world record

for most cables ran in a single production for cameras,

which is millions of dollars.

I had to set up a control room,

which is millions of dollars.

And then the downstream effects,

because you have 1,000 cameras recording,

you now have millions upon millions of dollars in storage.

I had petabytes on petabytes of footage.

I mean you're talking 1,000 cameras running

for hours upon hours upon hours,

day after day, filming all these contestants.

And then the down downstream effect is

I then have to hire over 130 editors

to shift through the footage.

And we're editing for so long

compared to any other competition show

and it's millions of dollars every step of the way.

And it's so much effort.

But the reason we do that

is because unlike other shows, I don't have to go,

hey, this is your 10-minute filming window,

say these lines, all right, we're good.

I can just leave the cameras running.

And we spend all this money on infrastructure

so we can just capture

the contestants being the contestants,

them being themselves, right?

And I don't have to fake anything.

That's the kind of stuff that

people don't see and they don't understand.

But that's what you feel.

And that's why I think partially,

why people gravitate towards our videos,

'cause they can tell they're authentic

and they can tell it's not scripted,

like normal reality shows.

But they can't put their, you know,

put it to words, if you asked them.

And in my opinion, this is why,

because we go infinitely above and beyond

100x what anyone else would.

So, contestants can just be themselves

and we're recording all the time.

And then we can just show

an actual true reflection of what happened

and not have to craft things in a short window.

Can mrbeast buy the NFL?

Can he buy the NF?

I already bought the NFL.

What are you talking about?

I bet maybe 2% of people watching this understand that joke.

To the other 98% of you just know

that if you are a part of the 2%,

you would think that's funny.

Mrbeast Games season 2

It's my brand new show that just dropped.

We had 100 of the smartest people in the world

compete against 100 of the strongest people in the world

for one of the largest cash prizes in entertainment.

And I'm telling you,

this show is gonna blow your freaking mind.

It's bigger than anything

that has ever been put on television.

I mean, we built some of the largest sets in history

to have these contestants be dwindled down

to the rightful winner of 5 million or maybe $10 million.

I could sit here and ramble for hours.

Just trust me, season two of Beast Games

we went all out and I know you're gonna like it.

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Yeah, I thought it would snap.

Oh well, all right.

That's all the boards.

This was actually, a pretty fun interview.

You guys didn't Google as weird of stuff

as I thought you would,

but yeah, I'm grateful

for the opportunity to talk to everyone.

Thank you, guys.

Anyone who's ever watched my videos,

and I don't know if they'll cut this out,

but go watch Beast Games season two.

It's out right now.

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