YouTube has responded to popular content creator MrBeast who called out r/Youtube for “censoring” him and taking down a post about him.
It all started when MrBeast posted a video on YouTube called ‘I Helped 2,000 People Walk Again’ where, at the end, MrBeast passionately spoke about the situation that some of these people find themselves in and how it has had an impact on him.
“I wanted to end this video a little differently than normal” he said. “I wanted to say that the fact that some of these people had insurance and were denied, some of these people had insurance but didn’t have the right coverage… it just doesn’t sit right with me.
“Their only hope right now of getting a prosthetic leg so they can walk again, so they can go get a job, is for a YouTuber to step in and help them… which is absurd.”
MrBeast continued to speak about during a post on X:
Just uploaded a video where we helped 2,000 amputees walk again. Many lived in America and it feels so disgusting that in a country with this much wealth, a fucken YouTuber is their only option to get a prosthetic leg. We need to fix this.
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) January 11, 2025
Then, a user on Reddit posted about the comments on r/YouTube and while it gained over 70,000 upvotes the r/YouTube mods ultimately took the post down. There is belief that if it wasn’t taken down then it would have ended up being the most upvoted post ever on r/YouTube.
Yeah was on track to hit the front page of Reddit. Such a shame that the mods on r/youtube will do anything to censor mrbeast unless it’s negative about me then it’s magically fine.
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) January 12, 2025
Following some traction, YouTube chimed in with the following:
For those asking – r/youtube is a fan run subreddit, it’s not owned by or affiliated with YouTube in any way.
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) January 12, 2025