Self-made billionaire MrBeast says his work-life balance is nonexistent and calls it a ‘miracle’ if he works less than 15 hour days: ‘I live to work’

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has spent the past decade climbing to the top of online content. Now one of the most popular creators in the world, he boasts a record 476 million subscribers on YouTube alone—fueled by increasingly extreme stunts from spending a week living in a cave to even being buried in a coffin. 

But building one of the biggest multibillion-dollar entertainment businesses born out of social media has taken a toll on his time.

“I live to work and 100% do not have a healthy work life balance,” Donaldson wrote on X, after a docuseries titled How MrBeast Works 18 Hours Per Day was released and people commented on his lack of balance.

“It was a miracle if a day was less than 15 hours for me,” Donaldson said in the docuseries, adding that his schedule is “literally planned down to the minute.”

At the same time as filming the second series of his Amazon Prime competition series, Beast Games, Donaldson also maintained regular production of his high-budget YouTube videos, which regularly rack up more than 100 million views. And he pointed to video thumbnails as an example of the operation’s precision: Donaldson employs a body double to help stage and test concepts, allowing him to step in briefly for the final shot before moving on to the next task.

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