Mr Beast gifts out 26 Tesla's on his 26th birthday

PENINAH NJOKI ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST

Entertainment

08 May 2024

• He was turning 26.

American Youtuber Mr Beast has given away 26 Teslas to thank his fans as he celebrated turning 26.

Taking to his X account, Beast shared a photo of the 26 cars captioning

"To celebrate my 26th birthday I’m giving away 26 Teslas on my Instagram."

He currently has 256 million subscribers on YouTube.

Below are some of the reactions to Mr Beast's offer

@adaezennaji_: Happy birthday Mr. Beast. I’m in a country where I’d be unable to enjoy the Tesla even if I win but the $$ equivalent of the Tesla will be solid for funding my business. I hope you see this and I hope I win. @MrBeast

@Eljaboom: I'll also give you something to celebrate your birthday. Ur doing amazing

@brockpierson: The disrespect. Gives away Elon cars on his competitor's app

@AmiriKing: Mr Beast my mom’s legs fell off last night and giving me a Tesla would make her smile again.

@Lyricoldrap: I guess I’ll take one. Since I can’t drive, can I have it take me places?

The famous YouTuber was born on May 7, 1998, and grew up in Greenville, North Carolina.

At only 26 years old he is ranked as the most subscribed individual worldwide on the platform with over 256 million subscribers and ranked second overall.

That is not all, in 2022 he was ranked as the highest-paid YouTube creator at Forbes. He began his YouTube channel in 2012, that is when he started posting his videos.

He went viral in 2017 after his "counting to 100,000" video earned tens of thousands of views in just a few days, and he has become increasingly popular ever since, with most of his videos gaining tens of millions of views.