‘Poverty porn’: the moral dilemma behind MrBeast’s billion-dollar empire

‘Poverty porn’: the moral dilemma behind MrBeast’s billion-dollar empire

YouTube/MrBeastJimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, runs the most subscribed-to YouTube channel in the world (with 484 million subscribers) and has an estimated net worth of US$2.6 billion. He is also a prominent philanthropist. Beyond his involvement in fundraising initiatives such as #TeamTrees, which claims to have planted more than 24 million trees worldwide, Donaldson runs a dedicated Beast Philanthropy YouTube channel. He claims 100% …