James "Jimmy" Donaldson, known as MrBeast on YouTube, made an offhand comment to X this week, saying he'd buy TikTok so it doesn't get banned.

MrBeast is part of a growing list of individuals and businesses that have expressed interesting in purchasing TikTok.

After revealing interest to buy TikTok, MrBeast says he has an offer to present to the company after meeting with a group of billionaires.

The YouTube sensation has proposed buying TikTok as a unique solution to stop the social platform from being banned in the U.S.

As a result, President Joe Biden signed a law last year which demanded that ByteDance sell, or TikTok would be shut down in the US. The deadline to sell falls on 19 January - just one day before Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the new president.

It comes after Congress passed a law in April 2024 signed by President Joe Biden which gave ByteDance nine months to find a US-approved buyer. Congress described TikTok as “a national-security threat of immense depth and scale” amid concerns Amrican citizens’ data is being passed over to China.

MrBeast is in talks to become the minority owner of TikTok amid the impending U.S. Ban on January 19th.

MrBeast Buying TikTok refers to memes and discussions about a tweet where MrBeast claims to be buying TikTok in January 2025, days ahead of the U.S. Suprem

This time with his claim that he's ready to buy TikTok. With the U.S. ban on the popular social media platform set to take effect on January 19, Donaldson took to X (formerly Twitter) earlier this week to share his bold idea.