PewDiePie is still the king of YouTube. With a subscriber count of over 111 million, PewDiePie has the largest subscription content by any individual content creator on YouTube. However, MrBeast is gunning for that spot and it appears that it won't be long before Jimmy Donaldson overtakes Felix Kjellberg.
PewDiePie is one of the most influential content creators on any platform. The Swedish YouTuber made a name for himself with his Let's Play videos and other comedy shows. In 2016, Time magazine named Kjellberg one of the most influential people in the world. But, while PewDiePie has left an indelible mark as a content creator, it appears that someone else is gunning for his record as the single most-subscribed content creator on YouTube.
MrBeast is a philanthropist, restauranteur, and chocolatier with a penchant for big-budget videos with roughly around 90 million subscribers on YouTube. At his current estimated growth rate of 2.3 million subscribers a month - MrBeast earned a total of 37 million new followers in 2021 - MrBeast could realistically surpass PewDiePie's number in two years. Of course, this is assuming that PewDiePie doesn't engage in a "subscriber war" with MrBeast.