MrBeast's real-life version of "Squid Game" is closing in on 1 billion views, nearly five years after it was released. It remains by far the most-watched video on the world's most-subscribed YouTube channel.

The channel run by Jimmy Donaldson, the 28-year-old creator known as MrBeast, passed 500 million subscribers in June. It has drawn more than 130 billion views since its first upload in 2012.

Five of Donaldson's videos have each topped 560 million views. They follow the formula that made him famous: huge cash prizes, elaborate sets and price-escalation stunts that move from cheap to absurdly expensive.

Here are MrBeast's five most-watched videos, based on view counts on his channel as of Sunday.

1. "$456,000 Squid Game In Real Life!" — 977 million views

Released Nov. 24, 2021, the video recreated the deadly competition from Netflix's South Korean hit series "Squid Game," without the deaths.

Donaldson brought together 456 contestants, matching the number of players in the show, to compete for a $456,000 grand prize. They played versions of the show's games, including Red Light, Green Light, the dalgona candy challenge, marbles, tug-of-war, ddakji and the glass bridge. A game of musical chairs replaced the show's final squid game. Eliminated players were marked with squibs that made it look as though they had been shot.

Player 079 won the top prize. Every contestant received at........

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