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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.

Origin

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.

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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.

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