Culture · From the edition of Jul 19, 2026
✳ Dated THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2026 ✳
MRBEAST SAYS 'I DO'
the YouTube billionaire trades thumbnails for wedding vows before the year is out
NEW YORK, July 20 — MrBeast is a married man, an outcome traders priced at 93 per cent. The internet's most-watched face closed the biggest deal of his life off-camera.
No sponsor. No countdown. No $250,000 giveaway at the altar. The 28-year-old who built an empire on spectacle kept this one quiet, and the wires noticed the silence.
Beast Industries spans chocolate bars, burgers and a channel bigger than most nations. Observers called the wedding the rare Jimmy Donaldson production with no view count attached — and, for once, no one asking for the numbers.
Source: Polymarket · 93% probability — View market ↗