YouTube star MrBeast debuts on China’s Internet with Bilibili

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast to his 230 million-plus YouTube subscribers, quickly got more than three million views and over 270,000 likes for a 90-second collage of some of his most viral clips. — X/@MrBeast

One of YouTube’s biggest stars made his surprise debut on Chinese video service Bilibili Inc Tuesday (Jan 23), a rare incursion by a global influencer into a massive Internet arena that bans most Western social media.

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast to his 230 million-plus YouTube subscribers, quickly got more than three million views and over 270,000 likes for a 90-second collage of some of his most viral clips. More than 5,000 viewers were watching it at around 6pm Hong Kong time, roughly seven hours after posting.