When the discussion is about the entertainment world, you can never go past the name MrBeast. Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, is famous for his gaming ventures, kind social activities, crazy challenges, and larger-than-life extravagant videos. One of those videos is the Squid Game-adapted video. This video was thought to be the biggest video of Beast’s life until the arrival of the Extreme Olympics video.
But is it really so? Has the Extreme Olympics video really surpassed the Squid Game video of Beast? The man himself has stated that the Olympic-style video is the biggest video of his career. But a recent achievement by Squid Game One is depicting a different story.
MrBeast’s Squid Game video crossed 500 million views
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Recently, the famous TV series Squid Game adapted video crossed a huge 500 million views. This 25-minute video was uploaded in November 2021, and it’s been almost 2 years. So, garnering half a billion views in just two years for a non-musical video is a huge achievement in itself. After being uploaded on YouTube, this video got 100 million views in just 4 days, which is the fastest for a non-musical video. This video was uploaded to another channel of Jimmy, MrBeast Hindi. The Hindi version of this long-hailed video has also gotten 29 million views.
MrBeast Squid Game hit 500M Views! pic.twitter.com/7PZStE9Au1
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The video cost over $3.5 million, which was the costliest video of MrBeast at that time, which was later surpassed by the Extreme Olympics video of MrBeast. In this show, 456 players competed in a series of games until only one remained, just like your favorite Netflix series. The winner was awarded a $456,000 prize. You don’t need to worry; the remaining players are still alive. Those were given $2000 as a consolation prize. Beast’s Squid Game featured a number of popular games from the series: the renowned Red Light, Green Light, the Dalgona Game, the marble game, tug-of-war, ddakji, the glass bridge challenge, and musical chairs.
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Although MrBeast himself stated that his Olympic-style video is his “biggest video ever,” This video was named Extreme Olympics. In this event, a subscriber of Jimmy from each country participated in sports like archery, track and field, soccer, fencing, and many more, each with a touch of Beast’s signature challenges. Although the prize was not as costly as that of the Squid Game video. In this video, stakes went even higher as it cost $4 million to host an Olympic-like event.
Here’s the Squid Game video:
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MrBeast’s Squid Game video has always been a treat for all the fans of Beast, as well as of that highly popular series. It still holds the same anticipation and excitement, but it diminishes the brutality of the original series, adding extra joy to the games. As things stand, these 500 million views are just the beginning. It can be easily predicted that this gem of a video is going to cross the billion mark for sure.