$2.62 Billion

MrBeast Net Worth 2026

Last updated July 24, 2026

As of 2026, MrBeast has an estimated net worth of $2.62 Billion, computed year by year from measured channel data. Every input, rate, and source behind the number is on this page.

Calculation

  • Measured from public data: views, sponsorship disclosures, stream counts
  • Every rate sourced and published; lanes without measurement estimated from published benchmarks
MrBeast

Fast Facts

BirthdateMay 7, 1998
BirthplaceWichita, Kansas

Who Is MrBeast?

MrBeast was born May 7, 1998 in Wichita, Kansas, a YouTube creator. The earnings behind MrBeast's net worth come from Beast Industries stake, brand sponsorships, YouTube ad revenue, merchandise, Channel memberships, and paid social posts.

The model tracks MrBeast's earning years from 2012 to 2020, with the biggest single year in 2020 at about $37.8 Million of gross income. After production costs, taxes, and living costs, what stays invested compounds at market returns into an estimated $2.62 Billion today.

Data

Every line below is computed from public data and the published rate tables on our methodology page. Confidence: Grade A. Most of this figure rests on disclosed or directly measured numbers (grades run from A, mostly documented, to C, mostly modeled).

The Calculation

MrBeast net worth line items
LineAmount
Revenue
Lifetime ad revenue (gross)
the channel's measured views, paid at published ad rates for its genre
$22,414,650
Lifetime sponsorship revenue (net of management)
measured sponsored videos at published rates, after the management cut
$35,131,671
Merchandise, estimated
a small share of engaged fans buying one drop a year, at sourced margins
$6,863,495
Channel memberships, estimated
a small share of engaged fans at the standard membership price, creator keeps 70%
$3,902,832
Social sponsorships, estimated
paid Instagram and TikTok posts, priced by follower reach
$1,303,701
Investment returns on savings
savings compounded at a 60/40 portfolio's actual yearly returns
$5,922,668
Beast Industries stake equity
Alpha Wave led a $300M round in 2024 pricing Beast Industries near $5B, with $450M+ raised over four years; Jimmy Donaldson's stake is reported as a little over half (52% used). The content business, Feastables, Lunchly, and merch all sit inside the company, so channel income enters personally only through 2020 and through the stake from the first raise era onward; $5,000,000,000 x 52% stake (bloomberg.com)
$2,600,000,000
Expenses
Production costs
a share of gross, set by the channel's production style
-$22,311,110
Taxes on creator income
effective tax rates for where the creator lived, year by year
-$17,802,152
Personal spending
set by measured household savings rates at each income level
-$14,511,879
Estimated net worth$2,620,913,876

How the calculation works. Ad revenue starts from the channel’s real view counts. We read the views for each year from public data and Internet Archive snapshots, then pay them at the published ad rate for the channel’s genre, adjusted for the year and where the audience watches from. Views from before YouTube paid for Shorts are priced at the Shorts Fund floor. Sponsorship counts only the videos our scan flags as sponsored, priced at published rates and taken after a management cut. Merchandise, memberships, and paid social posts are estimated from the size of the engaged audience at sourced per-fan rates. Every rate behind these lines is published on our methodology page.

Net Worth Over Time

$1B$2B201220152018202120242026$2.62 Billion2012: $5762013: $1,1062014: $1,6102015: $5,2492016: $38,4672017: $488,5692018: $2,048,5982019: $7,100,3092020: $16,045,8242021: $17,991,4292022: $15,100,2062023: $17,083,2712024: $19,017,4902025: $20,913,8762026: $2,620,913,876

Modeled balance at the end of each year, matching the year-by-year table below.

Year by Year

MrBeast year by year model
YearAd revenueSponsorship (net)Other incomeTax rateSavedBalance
2026$0$0$038%$0$2,620,913,876
2025$0$0$038%$0$20,913,876
2024$0$0$038%$0$19,017,490
2023$0$0$038%$0$17,083,271
2022$0$0$038%$0$15,100,206
2021$0$0$038%$0$17,991,429
2020$12,822,959$18,320,418$6,669,66538%$8,217,791$16,045,824
2019$6,460,396$10,950,167$4,157,97338%$4,717,023$7,100,309
2018$1,961,373$4,873,316$792,81638%$1,572,829$2,048,598
2017$1,031,823$685,469$407,11241%$445,637$488,569
2016$82,448$231,356$42,46141%$32,872$38,467
2015$21,740$70,946$041%$3,626$5,249
2014$9,737$0$041%$411$1,610
2013$10,519$0$041%$444$1,106
2012$13,654$0$041%$576$576

Inside Beast Industries stake

Beast Industries is the private holding company around Jimmy Donaldson's media and consumer brands. A 2024 financing round led by Alpha Wave priced the company near $5 billion; his reported ownership is a little over half, which is why equity in the company dominates the net worth figure rather than annual YouTube profit.

  • Feastables. Chocolate and snack brand sold in major retailers and online, built inside Beast Industries rather than as a separate personal side hustle. About $250M revenue in 2024 with more than $20M profit, per Bloomberg reporting on the company.
  • Lunchly. Packaged lunch brand co-created with other creators and operated as a consumer product line under the broader company structure. Public unit economics are thinner than Feastables; value sits in brand distribution inside Beast Industries rather than a separate disclosed P&L.
  • MrBeast content studio and channels. The flagship YouTube channel, spinoffs, production, and related media operations that feed the brand and ad inventory. The content business has been reported as loss-making in recent years (about an $80M loss in 2024 in the same Bloomberg package) while still driving the consumer brands.
  • Beast Games and large-format shows. Prime-time-style competition and specials that extend the brand beyond the main YouTube upload cadence, including Amazon-backed productions. Deal economics are not fully public; treated as a growth media product inside the holding company rather than personal ad revenue after the channel freeze year.
  • Merch and owned store operations. Apparel and product merch sold under MrBeast branding; post-freeze, merch economics sit with the company rather than the personal store lane. Not broken out separately in public filings; counted through the Beast Industries equity line rather than as personal merch profit after 2020.
Reproduce this number. A net worth estimate should be reproducible the way a scientific finding is: the same public inputs and the same published rates should always give the same answer. Channel statistics come from the YouTube Data API (free key, channels + videos endpoints), stream counts from Kworb's public tracker, and historical views from Internet Archive snapshots. Every rate (CPM by genre and era, sponsorship rates, tax rates, savings rates, benchmark returns) is published with citations on our methodology page. Apply the rates to the measured numbers year by year as shown above and you will land on $2.62 Billion. Reconciliation: mrbeast: catalog covers 100.0% of channel views; mrbeast--2: catalog covers 100.0% of channel views; mrbeast--gaming: catalog covers 100.0% of channel views; mrbeast--reacts: catalog covers 100.0% of channel views.

Methodology

We rebuild MrBeast's career as a yearly time series. Measured views earn era-appropriate ad rates, measured sponsored videos earn sourced integration rates, production costs and management fees come out, taxes follow the jurisdictions actually lived in, spending follows academic savings-rate data, and what remains compounds at real market returns. Business stakes are valued from real transactions where they exist, with a marketability discount on minority holdings. Lanes without direct measurement, like merchandise, are estimated from published benchmarks.

The full model, every rate table, and how our estimates have checked out against real deals are on the methodology page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is MrBeast's net worth in 2026?

As of 2026, MrBeast's net worth is an estimated $2.62 Billion. The estimate is built year by year from measured channel data: income, minus costs and taxes, minus spending, compounded at real market returns, plus any business stakes.

How does MrBeast make money?

YouTube ad revenue and measured brand integrations, plus any documented business stakes.

How is MrBeast's net worth calculated?

We measure views and sponsored videos from public YouTube data, apply published per-genre rates for each era, subtract taxes for where MrBeast actually lived each year, subtract spending using academic savings-rate data, and compound what remains at real market returns. Every rate and source is published, so you can reproduce the number yourself.

How much does MrBeast earn from YouTube?

The year-by-year table above shows the ad revenue and sponsorship counted for each year. Ad income comes from measured views paid at the published rate for the channel's genre, and sponsorship from the videos flagged as sponsored. Earnings track MrBeast's uploads and view counts, so they rise and fall with the channel's output rather than staying flat.

Why is the tax rate what it is, and doesn't running income through a company lower it?

Tax comes out at the effective rate for the country MrBeast lived in each year, which is why the rate in the year-by-year table changes when a move is on the public record. Running income through a company, an LLC in the United States or a limited company in the United Kingdom, does not lower the tax on money the owner takes home. Its advantage is deducting business costs, and the model already subtracts production costs and management fees before tax is applied.

Why is this figure different from other net worth sites?

Most sites publish a single number with no way to check it. This estimate is built in the open: every rate and assumption is on the page, and the methodology page lists every source.

How accurate is this estimate?

No net worth estimate for a private individual is exact; this one is a model built from public data. The difference is that you can see how it was built and check every step. The confidence grade near the top of the calculation shows how much of the figure rests on measured or documented numbers, and the page flags where a number leans on an assumption.

Is MrBeast rich compared to the average person?

Yes. A net worth of $2.62 Billion is far above the median American household, which sits near $193,000 according to Federal Reserve data. See where you stand with our net worth percentile calculator or compare against the average net worth by age.

What is MrBeast's biggest source of wealth?

On this page it is Beast Industries stake, the largest line in the calculation at $2.60 Billion. The full breakdown, with every other line and its source, is above.

How much does MrBeast make from sponsorships?

The model counts $35.1 Million in career sponsorship income for MrBeast, net of management fees. It is measured from the videos flagged as sponsored, paid at published integration rates, and sits as its own line in the calculation above.

What businesses does MrBeast own?

The stake counted on this page is Beast Industries stake. It is valued from a reported transaction or a revenue multiple, and shown as its own line in the calculation above with the basis next to it.

How did MrBeast get rich?

MrBeast's fortune came from turning a YouTube channel into a company. Through 2020 his income was mostly YouTube ad revenue and brand deals, measured on this page at more than $90 million in lifetime ad revenue and close to $50 million in sponsorships. From 2021 the content and his consumer brands, Feastables among them, moved inside Beast Industries, and outside investors priced that company near $5 billion in a 2024 round led by Alpha Wave. His reported stake of a little over half the company is worth about $2.6 billion, which is most of the estimate above.

How much money does MrBeast make?

In his personal-income years the channels earned an estimated $90 million-plus in lifetime ad revenue and roughly $50 million in sponsorships before costs and tax. Most of what he earns now stays inside Beast Industries instead of being paid out, so his wealth grows through the rising value of his ownership stake more than through a yearly paycheck. The year-by-year income table is above.

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