MrBeast's new video breaks YouTube record

That's...a lot of views.
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Two people stand on a raft in the middle of the ocean, one of them drinking from a cup of water.
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YouTuber MrBeast claims to have broken a new YouTube record.

The popular star, who is one of only a small handful of accounts to have over 100 million subscribers (174 million at the time of writing), took to X/Twitter to announce his latest video has received the highest number of views in 24 hours for a non-music video. Mashable has reached out to YouTube to confirm, and we will update this story if we receive a response.

"New video broke the world record for most views in 24 hours on a non music video!" posted MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson. "I’m living the life I would dream of every night when I was 13.. I love all of you and thank you so much for watching our videos!!! I’ll never take you all for granted."


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The screenshot showed that the video was on 46 million views after a day. To put that in context, 113 million people tuned in for the Super Bowl earlier this year.

The video is titled 7 Days Stranded at Sea, and features Donaldson and four of his friends surviving on a raft for a week.

The record isn't necessarily a huge surprise. Donaldson's channel gets a massive amount of engagement, with the majority of his new videos now passing the 100 million views mark.

His most popular video, a recreation of the hit Netflix show Squid Game, is on around 475 million views.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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