MrBeast Expresses Interest in Buying TikTok, Says He's Met With Billionaire Backers
Could TikTok have found a new owner days before it’s set to go offline in the United States?
If you haven’t been keeping track, the popular social media platform is set to be taken off the app store in the United States on Sunday (January 19) if its Chinese parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell off their ownership.
It was believed that people who had already downloaded TikTok would still be able to access it after the ban went into effect. However, a recent report suggested that the app might even be totally taken offline and rendered unusable.
Days before the ban is set to go into effect, social media star MrBeast (aka Jimmy Donaldson) offered to purchase it from ByteDance. Now, it appears that he really means business.
Keep reading to find out more…
On Monday (January 13), the popular YouTuber took to X (formerly Twitter) to offer to buy the app.
“Okay fine, I’ll buy Tik Tok so it doesn’t get banned,” he posted, seemingly jokingly. The next day he provided a more serious update, 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.”
On Wednesday, MrBeast took to TikTok to share a video reiterating that he wasn’t joking.
“I just got out a meeting with a bunch of billionaires. TikTok, we mean business,” he told his followers. “This is my lawyer right here, we have an offer ready for you. We wanna buy the platform, America deserves TikTok! Give me a seat at the table. Let me save this platform, TikTok!”
Just how much is MrBeast actually worth? We recently did some digging into his net worth in 2025.
Unironically I’ve had so many billionaires reach out to me since I tweeted this, let’s see if we can pull this off ????????
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) January 14, 2025
@mrbeast TikTok check your inbox ???? @TikTok ♬ original sound – MrBeast