Overview

MrBeast Buying TikTok refers to memes and discussions about a tweet where MrBeast claims to be buying TikTok in January 2025, days ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court issuing its vote on whether to ban the app on suspicion of national security risks. While initially posted as a joke, MrBeast later claimed to have been contacted by several "billionaires" interested in making the deal.

History

On January 13th, 2025, MrBeast^[1] posted a tweet on January 13th, 2025, that read, "Okay fine, I’ll buy Tik Tok so it doesn’t get banned." The post gathered over 500,000 likes in two days.

Developments

Several internet users expressed skepticism about MrBeast's ability to purchase TikTok, given that the app costs over $50 billion and MrBeast's estimated net worth is around $500,000 million.

On January 13th, 2025, Kick's official Twitter / X^[3] account posted a reply to MrBeast's tweet, proposing a 50-50 ownership split.

On January 14th, 2025, MrBeast^[2] replied to the post, writing, "Unironically I’ve had so many billionaires reach out to me since I tweeted this, let’s see if we can pull this off 🙌🏻" The post gathered over 80,000 likes in a day.

On January 14th, the cast of TMZ on TV reacted to news that MrBeast may buy TikTok, with an Instagram post^[4] of the clip gathering over 300 likes in a day.

Online Reactions

Several TikTokers reacted favorably to news that MrBeast is in talks with people to try and purchase TikTok, as seen in a January 14th, 2025 post by TikToker^[5] @aub_urmom, who posted a video of herself dancing to the War is Over song. The video gathered over 3.7 million plays and 400,000 likes in a day.

Also on January 14th, TikToker^[6] @haleyybaylee posted a similar video, falling to her knees in a video referencing MrBeast's tweet. The post gathered over 5 million views and 800,000 likes in a day.

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