MrBeast's "Every Country Fights for $250,000"
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MrBeast's "Every Country On Earth Fights For $250,000!," commonly known as MrBeast Olympics, is a viral video posted by YouTuber MrBeast in August 2023 in which contestants from nearly all recognized countries on Earth competed in a series of challenges for a prize of $250,000 USD. The video set a new record for the most views in the first 24 hours among non-music YouTube videos and sparked viral discussions and memes, mainly due to the map of the world shown in the video which recognized some unrecognized states and territories but not the others.
Origin
On August 19th, 2023, YouTuber[1] MrBeast uploaded a 19-minute video titled "Every Country On Earth Fights For $250,000!" in which one person from nearly all recognized countries on Earth competed against each other in five sports disciplines, including track, gymnastics, archery, fencing and football. The video (shown below) received over 71 million views in two days.
In the video, a political map of the world is shown several times, displaying which countries have been eliminated from the competition. The map shown in the video recognized some unrecognized states but not the others, such as recognizing Palestine but not Taiwan, and included a number of minor mistakes, such as displaying the flag of Georgia the U.S. state instead of the flag of Georgia the country. This resulted in a joke about MrBeast recognizing or not recognizing certain states.
Spread
Shortly following the release of the video on August 19th, 2023, X[2] user @RealOdysseas tweeted out an image of the map from the video, commenting, "MrBeast recognizes Palestine but not North Korea or Taiwan, uses the flag of the state of Georgia for the country." The post (shown below, left) received over 1,300 reposts and 42,800 likes.
Later on August 19th, X[3][4] news account @Dexertonox and user @ilovemywiife made threads about the various countries and territories that were recognized or left unrecognized on the map shown in MrBeast's video (posts shown below). The first post in the thread submitted by @ilovemywiife received over 2,700 reposts and 28,200 likes in two days.
![Proley Taire = @ilovemywiife - Aug 19 THREAD: MrBeast just released a video titled "Every Country On Earth Fights for $250.000". MrBeast has chosen to wade into every single geopolitical conflict at once. What counts as a county to MrBeast? He makes a LOT of strange choices and mistakes: Every Country On Earth Fights For $250,000! 18M views • 4 hours ago 500 t 3,584 Proley Taire @ilovemywiife Aug 19 - 11 ❤ 28K 184 MrBeast recognises Russia's annexation of Crimea (but not Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson) 5:23 PM - Aug 19, 2023-373.3K Views ılı 2.2M ♡ 5,436 18:49 ₁361.7K Proley Taire @ilovemywiife MrBeast recognises Palestine, but only in the West Bank ↑ <] 1 ↑](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/645/449/3b0.jpg "What counts as a country to MrBeast? Part #1")
![43 43 Proley Taire = @ilovemywiife. Aug 19 MrBeast does not recognise Taiwan 47 15 1792 Proley Taire @ilovemywiife Proley Taire @ilovemywiife Aug 19 MrBeast recognises Western Sahara, but recognises Morroco's claim up to the de facto border. This goes against either countries' claims, who both claim the entire territory. 160 ♡ 7,220 5:31 PM - Aug 19, 2023 421.9K Views ılı 508.9K 5,834 1M MrBeast seemingly assigns the territories of Greenland (part of Denmark) and Svlabard (the islands to its East, part of Norway) to Canada ↑ 4] ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/645/451/d47.jpg "What counts as a country to MrBeast? Part #2")
The video remained a subject of discussions and memes in the following days. Additionally, news of MrBeast setting a third record for the most-viewed non-music YouTube video in a 24-hour period in three weeks went viral on social media.[5][6]
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External References
[1] YouTube – Every Country On Earth Fights For $250,000!
[2] X – @RealOdysseas
[3] X – @Dexertonox
[4] X – @ilovemywiife
[6] X – @JakeSucky
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