YouTube Journey From Age 11

MrBeast (Jimmy) shares the story of how he started creating YouTube videos at a very young age.

"I started making videos around 11 years old. It's crazy because I see 11-year-olds now, they're this tall and squeakers, and I'm like 'How was I making videos? This kid looks tiny.'

I got embarrassed because people played my videos in class, so I deleted my channel. Then I made a new one when I was 13. The 13-year-old videos are still live.

The greatest thing I ever did was when I was studying for a history test, back when I had like 8,000 subscribers. I closed my book, threw it on the floor, and recorded a video scheduled to upload in 6 months saying 'Hi me in 6 months, I think I'll have 10,000 subscribers.' Then I recorded 'Hi me in a year,' and 'Hi me in 5 years - if you don't have a million subscribers, you're a fucking idiot.' I filmed it when I had 8,000 subscribers.

The 5-year video came out like 2 years ago. My prediction was I'd have a million subscribers, but when it went live I had like 40 million subscribers. In the video, I'm this stupid teenage kid saying 'I hope you have at least a million subscribers and maybe you're doing this as a job. I make like $10 a month right now.' Everyone thought it was one of the coolest things I ever did."