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Six great reads: the world’s biggest YouTube star, a missing twin and a way to understand polarisation

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days

The Guardian - UK

Five Great Reads: Jacinda Ardern, how they made The Goonies, and a year of celibacy

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

MrBeast Net Worth 2025: Is World's Most Successful YouTuber Still Rich? Why Is He Borrowing Money For His Wedding?

Speaking on the Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett, MrBeast explained that his actual bank balance was far less impressive.

International Business Times UK

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MrBeast says despite being worth $1 billion he actually has 'very little money' and is borrowing cash from his mom to pay for his wedding

"A decade ago before I blew up everyone in my life told me I was too obsessed and constantly told I’d never make it," Jimmy Donaldson wrote on X.

Fortune

‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star

The long read: He’s spent 24 hours immersed in slime, two days buried alive – and showered vast amounts of cash on lucky participants. But are MrBeast’s videos simply very savvy clickbait – or acts of avant garde genius?

The Guardian - UK

MrBeast aims to raise millions for his charity by offering a weekend experience to six-figure donors

MrBeast plans to turn the success of his Amazon Prime Video reality competition series into millions of dollars for charity

The Independent UK

YouTube Star With Nearly 15 Million Fans Quits Channel Citing Fame's Toll And To Focus on Family

Luke Nichols, a popular YouTuber for nearly a decade, is saying goodbye. He is known for his Outdoor Boys channel and has amassed over 15 million followers with his solitary camping videos.

International Business Times UK

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MrBeast fans left outraged and demanding refunds after Las Vegas event

‘This experience has been nothing short of horrible,’ says one attendee at The MrBeast Experience at Resorts World Las Vegas

The Independent UK

YouTuber MrBeast Says Trump Tariffs 'Ironically' Make It Cheaper to Produce Chocolate Outside the U.S.

MrBeast criticizes Trump's tariffs, saying they unintentionally make overseas chocolate production cheaper than manufacturing in the U.S.

International Business Times

Overnight multimillionaire and Beast Games winner says MrBeast taught him when it's okay to lose millions on your passion project

Despite Beast Games losing “tens of millions” of dollars, the game’s $10 million winner says MrBeast’s dedication is inspiring.

Fortune

MrBeast told Mark Zuckerberg the first thing he would change if he ran Meta

In a joint interview, YouTube sensation MrBeast and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg swapped thoughts on reaching audiences with video.

Fortune

MrBeast's Biggest Moneymaker Isn't YouTube Or Even Beast Games—This Business Will Surprise You

While MrBeast dominates YouTube and explores gaming, his biggest moneymaker isn't what you'd expect.

International Business Times UK

MrBeast is the world's top YouTuber with an $85 million empire—but he says the average person 'would be miserable' living his life

Jimmy Donaldson runs a litany of businesses, and says he can feel like a “zoo animal” working a schedule that is not for the faint of heart.

Fortune

YouTube star MrBeast planning investment round that could value company at $5bn

Funds would be used to create holding company for 26-year-old’s growing empire of video and food businesses

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Fortune

MrBeast says he built his $700M YouTube empire on the “purple cow effect”

MrBeast, a.k.a. Jimmy Donaldson, has cracked the code for YouTube stardom—but says his success won’t be easy to replicate.

The Conversation

YouTube was born from a failed dating site – 20 years on, the world’s biggest video platform faces new challenges

When three former PayPal employees, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, registered the domain www.youtube.com 20 years ago, they wanted to create an online dating site based around videos of users. In 2016, Chen told the SXSW conference: “We thought dating would be the obvious choice.”

The Independent UK

MrBeast explains why he has ‘less than one million dollars in the bank’

Social media star lost ‘tens of millions’ on Amazon series ‘Beast Games’

Salon

In 20 years, YouTube took over TV

The platform that changed the very meaning of electronic communication is now a dominant TV platform

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The Guardian - US

Under the influence: Beast Games and the YouTube-ification of television

Amazon’s hugely successful extreme competition series is the latest attempt to lure younger online viewers to TV

Evening Standard

Who won Beast Games? Winner of biggest TV cash prize ever revealed

Dubbed the world’s biggest reality show, the finale of Beast Games saw one person win $10 million

International Business Times

Who Might Buy TikTok In The US?

As the clock ticks down on TikTok's 75-day reprieve from divesting from its Chinese owners or being banned in the United States, several contenders are in the running.

Fortune

MrBeast isn’t in the bidding race for TikTok—yet

Jimmy Donaldson stirred interest in a post on X saying he’d “buy TikTok so it doesn’t get banned.”

The Independent UK

What next for TikTok? MrBeast and Elon Musk among potential buyers as ban deadline looms

Donald Trump has given 75 days for a buyer to save the app from disappearing in the US forever

The Guardian - UK

YouTube star MrBeast joins bid to buy TikTok in US

Creator links up with Jesse Tinsley as Donald Trump says he is open to Elon Musk and Larry Ellison buying site

The Guardian - US

MrBeast’s degrading game show is a dystopian nightmare – perfect for America in 2025

Amazon’s Beast Games reflects the greed, narcissism and worship of aggro-capitalism that has brought us our second helping of Trump

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