MrBeast vs. T-Series

MrBeast vs. T-Series was a widespread YouTube event in which the YouTube channel of Indian music label T-Series, which held the title of the most-subscribed YouTube channel from April 14, 2019 to June 1, 2024, declared a race against quickly-growing American YouTuber MrBeast as a way to remain the most-subscribed channel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqLnKj0-xyw
Although it was initially started as a joke when MrBeast passed PewDiePie as the most-subscribed content creator on November 16, 2022, it eventually turned into a large online campaign that ended up lasting well into 2024.https://x.com/MrBeast/status/1706052797840408930
==Beginning==
MrBeast has been the fastest-growing YouTube channel since late 2021. He gained 250,000 to 2,000,000 subscribers daily, consistently, growing 3.3 to 26.6 times faster than T-Series.https://web.archive.org/web/20211031053443/https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/mrbeast6000 
==Subscriber Battle==
MrBeast has mentioned the battle multiple times on Twitter, replying to tweets about it and even making a few tweets about it, such as notable tweets from MrBeast replying to SzaSzabi stating that 250 million subscribers is the last major milestone they'll be first to. Following this, MrBeast would hit 200 million subscribers in October 2023, being the second channel to do so.https://web.archive.org/web/20231020062535/https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/mrbeast6000 In August 2023, MrBeast would mention the subscriber war in a tweet showing the subscriber counts and stating, "I'm doing this for PewDiePie."https://x.com/MrBeast/status/1687881101417783296 MrBeast would again directly mention the war in a tweet, stating that it is not a battle between countries; he loves his Indian fans and just wants to be #1, completely ruling out racism, which PewDiePie was criticized for in his race with T-Series.https://x.com/MrBeast/status/1725219891349729389
==Rallying==
On April 15, 2024, T-Series would rally their subscribers to subscribe to the T-Series channel, which hints they're acknowledging the war and realizing they're in danger MrBeast would recognize tweets related to it hyping up the war more.https://x.com/MrBeast/status/1779911719768166707 T-Series wouldn't just urge people to subscribe on YouTube; they would also promote themselves on Twitter and Instagram, respectively.https://x.com/TSeries/status/1780511828197400665 MrBeast directly responded to the tweet T-Series made, saying "Naw, Subscribe to me instead," which would ratio T-Series.https://x.com/MrBeast/status/1782486212978278651 T-Series would acknowledge this and hide MrBeast's reply to the tweet in which MrBeast replied to SzaSzabi.https://x.com/MrBeast/status/1706052797840408930 (T-Series would ignore the second tweet) As of June 1, 2024, MrBeast was roughly 80,000 subscribers away from dethroning T-Series and taking the top spot in honor of PewDiePie.https://web.archive.org/web/20240531054832/https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/mrbeast6000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-XWk9DQnRE MrBeast was expected to pass T-Series in 2-4 hours, according to estimates.
==MrBeast surpasses T-Series==
On June 1, 2024, MrBeast surpassed T-Series in subscribers, meaning he was now the most subscribed channel on YouTube.https://socialblade.com/youtube/top/100/mostsubscribed He still holds this spot.
==The Race to 300 Million Subscribers==
Since MrBeast surpassed T-Series, T-Series changed up the race and decided the finish line would be to reach 300 million subscribers first, instead of keeping the most-subscribed title. T-Series claimed after they hoped to reach 300 million subscribers before MrBeast, they will accept Jimmy taking the spot as most-subscribed, however on July 10, 2024, Jimmy beat the race to 300 million subscribers against T-Series, a month after MrBeast passed T-Series as the most-subscribed YouTube channel.
==See also==
*PewDiePie vs. T-Series
==References==
Category:History of YouTube