MrBeast will not be precisely thrilled with Rolling Stone — and Caleb Hearon is now caught within the crossfire.
When you’re in any respect aware of the world of on-line influencers, you’ve undoubtedly heard of MrBeast. The YouTube sensation, whose actual identify is Jimmy Donaldson, boasts over 425 million subscribers, making his channel the most-subscribed-to on the platform. He’s recognized for his elaborate stunts and over-the-top problem movies, which have earned him each large fame and occasional controversy.
Over the previous few years, MrBeast has confronted scrutiny for movies like 1,000 Blind Folks See For The First Time, which some critics referred to as “exploitative.” He was additionally the goal of a class-action lawsuit final 12 months. However love him or hate him, it’s simple that he’s one of the recognizable names in influencer tradition at present.
It’s no shock, then, that MrBeast was not too long ago featured on Rolling Stone’s record of the “25 Most Influential Creators of 2025,” rating at quantity seven. The highest three spots went to children’ entertainer Ms Rachel at quantity three, comic Druski at quantity two, and streamer IShowSpeed at primary.
Whereas incomes a spot on the record is spectacular in itself, MrBeast didn’t appear too happy together with his placement. On Aug. 26, he shared a screenshot of Caleb — a comic who ranked sixth — on X (previously Twitter) with the caption: “Based on this record a man with 1 million followers is extra influential than me. What did I do to piss off The Rolling Stones 😭.” The tweet was later deleted.
Followers and fellow creators had been fast to reply, together with YouTuber Rosanna Pansino. She tweeted a screenshot of his put up and wrote, “Mrbeast’s masks slipping this a lot in lower than a 12 months has been fascinating to observe. Sorry Jimmy, Caleb has one thing you’ll by no means have: A personalty.”
After the tweet deletion, Rosanna added: “Think about being a Billionaire and caring about some random journal record. Loser s**t. MrEgo takes one other L.”
And Caleb? He dealt with the scenario with good comedic timing. He reposted Jimmy’s now-deleted tweet on Instagram, captioning it, “thanks @rollingstone it’s an honor.” He additionally posted an Instagram Story holding onto a telephone, writing “i’m in peace talks with Mr. Beast.”
Later, MrBeast appeared to replicate, saying, “Ngl after this I watched a few of [Hearon]’s stuff and it’s truly good. I deleted the tweet I don’t need the smoke from the shooters, spare me plz.”
