“Hi Me In 10 Years”: MrBeast’s 2015 message goes viral online

Tengrinews.kz – Recently, blogger MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) posted a video on his YouTube channel that caught the attention of audiences and the media. The video has already garnered around 23 million views.

The video

The blogger shared a video from 2015, addressed to his future self 10 years later, in which he hoped that by then he would have at least a million subscribers.

In the three-minute clip, recorded by 17-year-old MrBeast, the young creator reflects on what his life might look like in the future:

"I’ll have finished high school, gone to college. Probably be doing YouTube as my job, hopefully," he says.

At the time of the recording, he had only 8,000 subscribers on YouTube.

MrBeast also posted a heartfelt message on his Instagram page:

“Hi Me In 10 Years just dropped and it made me want to reflect on how crazy of a journey this whole YouTube thing has been 🥹,” he wrote.

Reaction to the video

Notably, MrBeast also posted his reaction to the old video message. That video has been watched around 5 million times on YouTube.

Fans in the comments didn’t hide their emotions – many said the video deeply inspired them:

“This is unironically the most inspirational video I’ve seen in the past few months.”

“Seeing your old goals completely obliterated is super inspiring. Thanks for sharing this with us.”

“This is legendary. You’ve made history!”

“This video is the best example of what happens when you focus on a clear goal.”

“I guess this proves the whole ‘people overestimate what they can do in 1 year but underestimate what they can do in 10 years’ thing.”

Who is MrBeast

MrBeast is an American YouTuber, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, and one of the most popular content creators in the world. He is known for his large-scale challenges, charity initiatives, and creative experiments.

His main YouTube channel currently has around 443 million subscribers, and his Instagram is followed by over 77 million people.