India, July 30 -- YouTube sensation Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, has finally got the Play Button for becoming the first individual content creator to surpass 400 million subscribers on his main YouTube channel. Social media is obsessed with the shiny new trophy, and not for good reasons.

MrBeast made history on June 1, 2025, by hitting 400 million subscribers, lugging a massive lead over T-Series, which has around 299 million subscribers. T-Series is the second most-subscribed channel overall. At that time, he took to social media to express his gratitude, writing, "400,000,000 subscribers! A decade ago before I blew up everyone in my life told me I was to obsessed and constantly told I'd never make it. Despite that I was in love with m...