"You almost had me": Internet reacts to MrBeast stating he will quit YouTube on April Fool's Day

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, started this April Fool's Day with a bang, surprising his legions of fans by announcing that he will be quitting YouTube. Considering today's date is synonymous with practical jokes and pranks, many immediately understood that the announcement was a joke, but a select few seem to have fallen for it. A few others also took the opportunity to play along with Jimmy in the replies and called dibs on his YouTube channel.

The popular content creator took to his X account, which boasts over 29 million followers, and wrote:

Donaldson is one of the most popular creators on YouTube and reportedly rakes in around $700 million a year. He also happens to be the only non-corporate platform to reach the 200 million subscriber benchmark on the platform. Thus, his announcement naturally garnered a lot of attention on the internet. Some initial reactions to the tweet were ones of disbelief, with fans begging MrBeast to reconsider.

However, most fans have taken this announcement with a pinch of salt, given the post was shared on April 1, and the vlogger’s proclivity for pranks and social experiments.

Incidentally, some followers have jokingly used this as an opportunity to convince MrBeast to hand over his channel to them.

Many leading entrepreneurs and celebrities, including Elon Musk and co-founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian, chimed in on Donaldson's supposed announcement to quit.

Ohanian admitted that MrBeast "almost had" him.

Elon Musk, on the other hand, was much less obliging and believed that MrBeast should go ahead with the plans to quit. Readers should note Musk has been trying to convince MrBeast to shift to X for a while.

The YouTuber followed up the announcement with another post, this time