Mr Beast makes big claim on bringing Lionel Messi to his side amid YouTube battle with Cristiano Ronaldo
Popular YouTuber Mr Beast recently claimed that he would consider collaborating with Lionel Messi to beat Cristiano Ronaldo in subscriber count. The Portuguese forward launched his own YouTube channel, UR Cristiano, in August 2024.
Ronaldo's growing popularity on YouTube poses a major threat to Mr Beast's record, who currently holds the most subscribed channel on YouTube with 318 million subscribers. Shortly after launching his channel, Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Mr Beast by recording the fastest growth in a single month for a YouTube channel. The Al-Nassr star has 63.8 million subscribers, but could soon close in on Mr Beast's numbers.
In an interview on the IMPAULSIVE podcast, Jimmy Donaldson aka Mr Beast spoke about Ronaldo posing a threat to his record of highest number of subscribers on YouTube. Donaldson said (via GOAL):
“I broke the world record for most subs gained in a month, it was like 20 million, and then two months later, Ronaldo comes on and 3x’s it. He’s crushing, obviously. I mean, Ronaldo is Mr. Rizz. But yeah, if there were someone who would pass me, it would be Ronaldo.”
The YouTuber further claimed he would not go down with a fight, indicating that he would be willing to bring in Ronaldo's archrival Lionel Messi for a collaboration to beat him. He added:
"I’m not going down without a fight. I mean Messi, let’s go! If Messi’s the only thing standing between Ronaldo passing me… I mean, if I got to do a Messi collab."
Donaldson has previously called Messi "officially the best football player on the planet" in a video appearance with internet personality Spreen. His comment came after Ronaldo said he wanted to become the most subscribed YouTuber and beat Mr Beast's record.
"Bye Messi Bye" - When Cristiano Ronaldo took a dig on Lionel Messi on his YouTube channel after surpassing 900 career goals
In his latest YouTube video, Cristiano Ronaldo took a dig at Lionel Messi for reaching the milestone of 900 career goals. The Portuguese talisman became the first footballer to cross 900 goals after scoring against Croatia in the UEFA Nations League in September.
In the video, Ronaldo is seen racing on an animated car, crossing multiple legendary goalscorers in the process, including Pele, Zlatan Ibramivovich, Platini and Sergio Kun Aguero. When the animated car crossed Lionel Messi, a voiceover said:
"Bye Messi Bye."
Lionel Messi currently holds 843 career goals in 1074 appearances for club and country. Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 904 goals in 1241 appearances for club and country. The Portuguese talisman also expressed his desire to reach to 1000 goals milestone in his career.