MrBeast critics warn his 'record is in danger' as they rush to support rival YouTube channel

Mr Beast critics warn the star that a soccer legend is ready to take his YouTube throne .

Portugese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo launched his own YouTube channel , UR Cristiano, and made the announcement on social media. The post on X, formerly known as Twitter, read: "The wait is over. My @YouTube channel is finally here! Subscribe and join me on this new journey," with a link that will direct fans to his channel. The channel already released 12 YouTube shorts in the last 24 hours and has 23.3million subscribers.

A fan under the post wrote: "Mr Beast record is in danger," warning Mr Beast that Cristiano on YouTube could be a threat.

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Many other fans claimed that Cristiano will beat Mr Beast's records as the highest YouTuber. One person wrote: "THE GREATEST YOUTUBER OF ALL TIME." Another person wrote: "Mr. Beast won’t be the most subscribed channel for long." A third wrote: "Pray for mrbeast we are coming." A fourth user posted: "He went from competing for the ballon dor, and now he’s competing for YouTube subscribers finished goat."

A user noted that Cristiano's channel already became the "fastest YouTube channel to hit 10k subscribers, fastest YouTube channel to hit 100k subscribers, the fastest YouTube channel to hit 1m subscribers." They continued: "Fastest YouTube channel to hit 10m subscribers. Fastest YouTube channel to hit 100m subscribers. Biggest YouTube channel."

Many believe that the soccer star will "break all records and become the goat of YouTube." Mr Beast is currently one of the most subscribed users on YouTube with 311 million. He went viral after many saw what he would give back to communities He has raised millions of dollars to plant trees, built wells in Africa, donated millions to charity, sold homes for $1, gave awat two private islands, and more.

Mr Beast is also known to take risks. He was buried alive, ran a marathon in the world's largest shoes, Ubered across America, adopted every dog in a shlelter, survived 50 hours in Antartica and more.

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