TECH - YouTube Star MrBeast Expands Global Footprint With Bilibili Debut In China | Benzinga
YouTube sensation Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, has ventured into China’s online space by uploading a video on the streaming platform Bilibili Inc. (NASDAQ:BILI).
What Happened: On Tuesday, MrBeast made his Chinese debut on Bilibili, a competitor to ByteDance Ltd.’s Douyin with a 90-second video. The video is a compilation of his most viral moments, and it quickly gathered over 3 million views and 270,000 likes, reported Bloomberg.
"It's going to be a fun ride," the YouTuber said in the video, encouraging Chinese viewers to express what kind of content they'd like him to share. "I'm witnessing the history, hooray!" one user commented.
MrBeast, who has a following of more than 230 million subscribers on Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube, chose Bilibili for his Chinese debut due to its resemblance to ...