YouTube megastar MrBeast has walked back his dismissal of a Rolling Stone list that placed comedian Caleb Hearon above him in influence.

In Rolling Stone's "25 Most Influential Creators of 2025" list, MrBeast, YouTube's most-subscribed creator, was ranked seventh, while Hearon, who runs the podcast So True With Caleb Hearon , was ranked sixth.

MrBeast responded with a post on X: "According to this list a guy with 1 million followers is more influential than me. What did I do to piss off The Rolling Stones?"

Following some backlash, he walked back on this, saying: "Ngl after this I watched some of [Hearon]'s stuff and it's actually good. I deleted the tweet I don't want the smoke from the shooters, spare me plz."

Newsweek has contacted MrBeast's team and Penske Media Corporation,

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