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MrBeast is known for his outrageous philanthropic feats although, in the wake of his most recent video in Africa, he admitted that he may not be as popular as everybody thinks he is as he expressed fears over being ‘canceled’.
He may be the biggest personality on all of YouTube, with the most outrageous video budget known to man, but MrBeast appears to be well aware of the fact that he may not be everybody’s favorite creator. After showcasing the results of yet another exceptionally large-scale undertaking over the weekend, the 25-year-old confirmed on Twitter that he will not be making any changes to his usual content, despite what any doubters may have to say about him.
MrBeast thinks he may be ‘canceled’ after Africa video
Taking to his hugely popular channel on Saturday, November 4, MrBeast explained to his 207 million subscribers that he had helped build 100 wells in Africa. He then showed the reactions of multiple villages in Kenya as they received brand new functioning boreholes, fit for extracting clean water.
The project will help provide as many as half a million Kenyan residents with access to clean water, MrBeast, real name James ‘Jimmy’ Donaldson, claimed in the video which was hailed as “inspiring and changing the world” by one fan on Twitter.
Donaldson did go on to say, however, that he is aware that not everyone is a big fan of his, but that he won’t change his style for anyone:
Why do some people not like MrBeast?
Given his extremely charitable nature, along with his immense popularity, it’s hard to imagine why Donaldson would ever be ‘canceled’ for doing something like building wells in Africa, or even why some people may not particularly like him.
Yet, there have been a number of people who have expressed their distaste for MrBeast’s content for some time now. One social media user helped display the issues people have with Donaldson and his content perfectly, when they asked “Why would anyone cancel you for building wells?” prompting several impassioned responses below.
Clearly unhappy with the notion of Donaldson being criticized, one seemingly frustrated user replied: “Because no matter what good anyone does in the world, the righteous keyboard warriors on social media will find a way to make it negative.”
Another person chalked criticism of MrBeast down to “Leftist, marxist “victim” theory.”
Perhaps the most elaborate response, however, came from a user named Stephen Wood, who wrote: “Because he (MrBeast) could use his platform & money to tackle the root cause (capitalism, imperialism) rather than throw money at the symptoms, ultimately reinforcing the very systems that leads to the poverty.”
This sentiment was echoed in a popular tweet from the weekend that garnered over 77,000 likes, which read: “I think Mr. Beast would be an incredible channel if he talked a bit more about why he has to do this (build wells etc.) while he’s doing it.”
‘I built 100 wells in Africa’ video racks up millions of views instantly
Despite the discourse surrounding the intentions and the ethics of his content, Donaldson’s latest video appears to be soaring up the YouTube trending charts, quickly garnering millions of views in true MrBeast fashion.
At the time of writing on November 6, the ‘I built 100 wells in Africa’ video has been live for two days, and currently sits in 39th position on the site’s trending charts, with no less than 51 million sets of eyeballs having taken in Donaldson’s latest charitable feat.
To contextualize just how popular the MrBeast channel actually is, SocialBlade statistics show that his is the most popular channel belonging to a single YouTuber in the world, with a lead of over 96 million on PewDiePie in second place.
While perhaps there is a conversation to be had about why such a channel needs to exist in society in the first place, it would appear that MrBeast is not going anywhere anytime soon.
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