Draft:MrBeast vs. T-Series

MrBeast vs. T-Series
MrBeast vs. T-Series
	MrBeast in 2023 T-Series' logo
Date	5 August 2023 – 9 December 2024 (1 year 4 months)
Caused by	Public competition/rivalry about being the most-subscribed YouTube channel; individual vs corporate culture on YouTube; PewDiePie vs T-Series;
Resulted in	MrBeast victory MrBeast overtakes T-Series as the most-subscribed YouTube channel on 2 June 2024; MrBeast becomes the first YouTube channel to reach 300 million subscribers on 10 July 2024;
Parties
MrBeast	T-Series
Works
	None None

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MrBeast vs. T-Series was an online rivalry between the two largest channels on YouTube. Between T-Series, an Indian Bollywood YouTube channel with 263 million subscribers, the most subscribed YouTube channel after surpassing PewDiePie in PewDiePie vs T-Series on 14 April 2019 until 2 June 2024, and Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson, an American YouTuber. According to The Indian Express, the rivalry started on August 5, 2023 when MrBeast on Twitter made a post "I'm doing this for PewDiePie".^[1] Donaldson eventually surpassed T-Series on June 2, 2024.^[2]^[a] The rivalry ended on December 9, 2024 after both of the channels made a YouTube Shorts video, exchanging subscriptions.^[3]

Notes

^ June 1 according to EST

References

^ "'Doing this for PewDiePie': MrBeast renews rivalry with T-Series for most-subscribed YouTube channel". The Indian Express. August 8, 2023. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
^ "MrBeast overtakes T-Series for most YouTube subscribers". BBC. June 3, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
^ ""Biggest collab ever": MrBeast and T-Series subscribe to each other, ending their years-long subscriber rivalry". The Times of India. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

[3] June 1 according to EST

[1] "'Doing this for PewDiePie': MrBeast renews rivalry with T-Series for most-subscribed YouTube channel". The Indian Express. August 8, 2023. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

[2] "MrBeast overtakes T-Series for most YouTube subscribers". BBC. June 3, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

[4] ""Biggest collab ever": MrBeast and T-Series subscribe to each other, ending their years-long subscriber rivalry". The Times of India. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

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