Jimmy Donaldson, 25, has 238 million subscribers and is set to become the first platform billionaire
Media Correspondent
Friday February 09 2024, 6.15pm, The Times
When his two children started asking to watch videos by a YouTuber named MrBeast a few years ago, Paul Trethewey was sceptical.
The family rule was that his youngsters, aged 13 and nine, were not allowed to watch any content on the video-sharing platform that had not been approved by him or his wife.
But far from ringing any alarm bells, a quick scan of the videos uploaded by MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, surprised Trethewey with the positivity they projected that was often absent from other channels.
MrBeast with the contestants of his gameshow inspired by Netflix’s Squid Game
INSTAGRAM/MRBEAST
Not only did he give his children the greenlight to watch them, but he found himself absorbed in videos with titles such as I Rescued 100 Abandoned Dogs! and 1,000 Blind People See for the
