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Caleb Hearon knew what would happen after he accidentally fell into an online battle with MrBeast. “Of course, now the entire media tour for this special is about it,” Hearon says with a sigh. We’re sitting on a green velvet couch in the sun-drenched loft in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, where the comedian records his podcast So True With Caleb Hearon —a show with 348,000 subscribers on YouTube alone.
Impressive as it sounds, that number pales in comparison to MrBeast. The creator and designer of Saw -esque viral challenges ( “Survive 30 Days Chained to Your Ex, Win $250,000” ) has the most subscribers on YouTube. But even though MrBeast—real name Jimmy Donaldson—has over 1,200 times more YouTube subscribers than Hearon, Rolling Stone decided to rank Hearon one spot above MrBeast
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