MrBeast officially overtakes T-Series and becomes channel with most YouTube subscribers

MrBeast has beat out Indian music label T-Series in a long-running battle for the biggest YouTube channel.

The T-Series account is from India’s largest music label and movie studio and they post clips from upcoming movies, trailers, and artist videos. While they once held the record for five years, this was beaten on Sunday 2 June.

With almost 800 videos under his belt, Jimmy Donaldson who goes by the username ‘MrBeast’ has reached 269 million subscribers – higher than any other account.

The 26-year-old has already grown by three million subscribers since he became the new record holder on Sunday. He took to the X social media platform (formerly Twitter) to share the news with a screenshot of his statistics.

He said: “After 6 years we have finally avenged Pewdiepie.” He then went on to share how Saturday June 1 saw the channel spike in subscribers.

After 6 years we have finally avenged Pewdiepie