MrBeast crew
The friends and employees who appear on camera in MrBeast’s YouTube challenge videos, a group that grew out of Jimmy Donaldson’s childhood friends in North Carolina and in 2026 centers on Chandler Hallow, Karl Jacobs and Nolan Hansen.
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The MrBeast crew is the group of friends and employees who appear on camera in Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson’s YouTube videos, known for competing in his challenges, and usually losing the money. It grew out of Donaldson’s childhood friends: Business Insider wrote in February 2020 that Ava Kris Tyson grew up with him and was there when the channel began, and that Chandler Hallow joined as the group grew, with both working full time from about 2018. Later regulars include Karl Jacobs, who started as an editor and cameraman, Nolan Hansen, who joined in August 2020, and cameraman Tareq Salameh. Two departures are on the record: Jake Franklin left in April 2020 and later said he was fired, and Ava Kris Tyson left in July 2024 after allegations about old online messages, which a law firm hired by MrBeast said in November 2024 were without basis, per BBC News. As of November 2026, Chandler, Karl and Nolan have not announced leaving, and MrBeast’s YouTube channel has about 526 million subscribers.
MrBeast crew members, past and present
The MrBeast crew has no official roster, and MrBeast’s video descriptions do not list who appears, so this list follows Business Insider, Famous Birthdays, accepted press and the members’ own channels. Status is as of November 2026. Ages are from Famous Birthdays, read November 2026.
| Name | Role | Years | Status (November 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast), 28 | Creator and host; the videos run on his channel | 2012 to present | Current. Posted Beat Professional Athlete, Win $100,000 in early November 2026 |
| Chandler Hallow, 27 | Childhood best friend of Donaldson who appears as a character in the videos, per Business Insider (February 2020); won the private island in August 2020 | About 2018 to present | No departure announced by him or MrBeast in any source we found. Fans asked about his absence in August 2024, per Dexerto; still making videos in 2026, including one with D’Vontay Friga in August |
| Karl Jacobs, 28 | Editor for MrBro, then editor and cameraman for MrBeast, then an on-screen regular, per Dot Esports; Minecraft creator | 2020 to present (on camera) | No departure announced in an accepted outlet we found. Posts Minecraft videos on his own channel, about 7.2 million subscribers, most recently in early November 2026 |
| Nolan Hansen, 28 | Joined the MrBeast channel in August 2020, per Famous Birthdays; runs a cooking channel | 2020 to present | No departure announced. His own October 3, 2026 upload cooked with people from MrBeast’s grocery store video; his channel has about 3.6 million subscribers |
| Tareq Salameh, 31 | Cameraman on many MrBeast videos who also appears in them, per Famous Birthdays | Not published | No departure announced in a source we found |
| Mack Hopkins, 26 | Video editor on MrBeast’s videos; editor, creator and co-host of Beast Games, per Variety | By 2024 to present | No departure announced as of October 2026, per his entry; restarted his own channel in March 2026. Mostly behind the camera, not a regular challenge contestant |
| Ava Kris Tyson | Childhood friend who was there when the channel began, per Business Insider; on the channel regularly since 2012, per BBC News | 2012 to July 2024 | Left. Said on July 23, 2024 she would permanently step away from all things MrBeast, per Tubefilter; MrBeast said he removed her from the company and channel, per NBC News |
| Jake Franklin (Jake the Viking), 34 | Joined in May 2018 as a video editor, then went on camera, by his own account to Geeks + Gamers | 2018 to April 2020 | Left. Posted Why I Left MrBeast on April 6, 2020 and said in July 2024 that MrBeast’s team fired him |
Years are approximate where neither the member nor a source gives dates. Ages: Jimmy Donaldson, Chandler Hallow, Karl Jacobs, Nolan Hansen, Tareq Salameh, Mack Hopkins and Jake Franklin per Famous Birthdays. Beast Games contestants are not counted as crew members.
Crew members’ own channels and projects
Most of the crew also run their own channels or products, from the members’ channels and trade press.
| Project | Who | What it is | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karl | Karl Jacobs | Minecraft challenge videos on YouTube | About 7.2 million subscribers; Every Day I Survive, Minecraft Gets Scarier in early November 2026 |
| Karl Gummies | Karl Jacobs and Feastables | Gummy candy from MrBeast’s Feastables brand | Announced April 7, 2023, per Dexerto |
| Nolan | Nolan Hansen | Cooking, guess-the-food games and Minecraft food on YouTube | About 3.6 million subscribers |
| Golf With Chandler | Chandler Hallow | Golf videos on YouTube | About 328,000 subscribers, per his entry (October 2026) |
| Mack | Mack Hopkins | Long stunt and story videos on YouTube | Back to uploading since March 2026, per his entry |
| Beast Games | MrBeast; Mack Hopkins as editor, creator and co-host | Prime Video competition show with 1,000 contestants | Premiered December 19, 2024, per Variety; its contestants are not the crew |
Timeline
- Feb 2012Jimmy Donaldson starts his YouTube channel on February 19, 2012, per Famous Birthdays; Ava Kris Tyson, a childhood friend, is there from the start, per Business Insider.
- About 2018Tyson and Chandler Hallow start working for Donaldson full time, when the channel had about 750,000 subscribers, per Business Insider (February 2020).
- May 2018Jake Franklin joins as a video editor before going on camera, by his own account to Geeks + Gamers.
- Feb 2020Business Insider profiles Tyson and Hallow and reports a team of more than 30 people, including editors and writers, who plan videos together, per Business Insider.
- Apr 6, 2020Jake Franklin posts Why I Left MrBeast; in July 2024 he says MrBeast’s team fired him that April, per Geeks + Gamers.
- Aug 2020Nolan Hansen joins the MrBeast channel, per Famous Birthdays; Karl Jacobs began appearing on the channel in 2020, per Famous Birthdays.
- Aug 15, 2020Chandler Hallow wins the private island in Last To Leave $800,000 Island Keeps It.
- Aug 30, 2021Karl Jacobs answers fan claims that he “ruined” MrBeast’s videos, laughing them off in an interview, per Dexerto.
- Nov 2022MrBeast passes T-Series and PewDiePie to become the most subscribed creator on YouTube, per Famous Birthdays.
- Apr 7, 2023Feastables launches Karl Gummies with Karl Jacobs, per Dexerto.
- Jul 23, 2024Ava Kris Tyson says she will permanently step away from all things MrBeast after allegations about old online messages, which she denied amounted to grooming, per Tubefilter.
- Jul 2024MrBeast says he removed Tyson from the company and channel and hired an independent third party to investigate, per NBC News and Tubefilter.
- Aug 19, 2024Fans notice Chandler Hallow missing from 7 Days Stranded In A Cave and ask for him back, per Dexerto.
- Nov 1, 2024Law firm Quinn Emanuel finds allegations of sexual misconduct between company employees and minors without basis and identifies isolated workplace misconduct; the company says it fired 5 to 10 employees, per BBC News and the Associated Press.
- Dec 19, 2024Beast Games premieres on Prime Video with 1,000 contestants, with Mack Hopkins as editor, creator and co-host, per Variety.
- Jun 2026MrBeast becomes the first individual creator to pass 500 million YouTube subscribers, per Famous Birthdays.
- Oct 3, 2026MrBeast posts Eat Everything In A Grocery Store, Win $1,000,000, and Nolan Hansen posts MrBeast Grocery Store Kebabs! the same day.
Questions people ask
Who is in the MrBeast crew? Who are the MrBeast crew members and the MrBeast team cast?
The MrBeast crew is the group of friends and employees who compete on camera in Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson’s videos, and as of November 2026 its best-known faces are Chandler Hallow, Karl Jacobs and Nolan Hansen. Tareq Salameh, a cameraman on many of the videos, also appears in them, per Famous Birthdays, and Mack Hopkins edits MrBeast’s videos and co-hosted Beast Games, per Variety. Former members are Ava Kris Tyson, a regular from 2012 until July 2024, and Jake Franklin, on camera from 2018 until April 2020. The channel publishes no official crew list, so the table above follows press and the members’ own channels.
Who is in the MrBeast crew in 2026? Where is the MrBeast crew now?
As of November 2026, none of the MrBeast crew’s current regulars, Chandler Hallow, Karl Jacobs, Nolan Hansen and Tareq Salameh, has announced leaving, and we found no report of a new departure in an accepted outlet. Nolan’s own uploads still tie in to the main channel: on October 3, 2026, the day MrBeast posted Eat Everything In A Grocery Store, Win $1,000,000, he posted MrBeast Grocery Store Kebabs!. Karl posts Minecraft videos on his own channel, about 7.2 million subscribers, and Chandler runs Golf With Chandler. What we cannot confirm is who appears in each 2026 MrBeast video, because the descriptions do not list the crew.
Which MrBeast crew members left? MrBeast crew members that left, and who left?
Two MrBeast crew members have left on the record: Jake Franklin in April 2020 and Ava Kris Tyson in July 2024. Jake Franklin posted Why I Left MrBeast on April 6, 2020, and in a July 2024 interview with Geeks + Gamers said MrBeast’s team fired him that April. Ava Kris Tyson said on July 23, 2024 that she would permanently step away from all things MrBeast, per Tubefilter, and MrBeast said he removed her from the company and the channel, per NBC News. Chandler Hallow is often named in “who left” searches, but as of November 2026 neither he nor MrBeast has announced a departure.
What happened to Chris from the MrBeast crew? MrBeast crew members Chris
The MrBeast crew member people search for as Chris is Ava Kris Tyson, a childhood friend of Jimmy Donaldson who appeared on the channel from its 2012 launch until she left in July 2024, per BBC News. In July 2024 other YouTubers accused her of sending inappropriate messages to a minor years earlier; she apologized for past posts and jokes, said “I never groomed anyone,” and said she and MrBeast had decided she would permanently step away, per Tubefilter. MrBeast said he was “disgusted” by the allegations, removed her from the company and channel and hired an independent investigator, per NBC News. In November 2024 the law firm said allegations of sexual misconduct between company employees and minors were “without basis,” and the person at the center of the claims said they were false, per BBC News. As of November 2026 she has not returned to the channel.
What happened to the MrBeast crew? What is the MrBeast crew drama?
The biggest MrBeast crew story is 2024, when Ava Kris Tyson left after online allegations and MrBeast’s company was investigated by an outside law firm. Tyson stepped away in July 2024, per Tubefilter. MrBeast LLC hired Quinn Emanuel, which interviewed 39 current and former employees and reviewed more than 4.5 million documents, per BBC News; on November 1, 2024 it found the sexual misconduct allegations without basis but identified “several isolated instances of workplace harassment and misconduct,” and the company said it fired between 5 and 10 employees, per the Associated Press. The probe did not examine claims about the Beast Games set, per NBC News. The earlier exit was Jake Franklin’s in 2020, which he has said was a firing. In August 2024 fans also worried when Chandler Hallow was missing from a video, per Dexerto, but he did not leave.
Did Chandler leave the MrBeast crew? What happened to Chandler?
As of November 2026, Chandler Hallow has not announced leaving the MrBeast crew, MrBeast has not announced it, and we found no report of a departure in an accepted outlet. The question took off on August 19, 2024, when fans noticed he was missing from 7 Days Stranded In A Cave, per Dexerto, which noted that videos are filmed in advance and not every crew member is in every video. He won the private island in Last To Leave $800,000 Island Keeps It in August 2020, runs Golf With Chandler and appeared in D’Vontay Friga’s basketball video in August 2026. More on our Chandler Hallow entry.
Is Karl Jacobs still in the MrBeast crew? Why is Karl not in MrBeast videos anymore?
As of November 2026, Karl Jacobs has not announced leaving the MrBeast crew, and we found no report of a departure in an accepted outlet, so there is no stated reason to report. He started as an editor for MrBeast’s brother’s channel, MrBro, then became an editor and cameraman for MrBeast and later an on-screen regular, per Dot Esports; he met Dream on a MrBeast Gaming shoot when he filled in for a sick crew member, per Inverse. He began appearing on the main channel in 2020, per Famous Birthdays. Most of his output is now on his own channel, with about 7.2 million subscribers and roughly two new Minecraft videos a month in 2026. Neither he nor MrBeast has said on the record how often he still appears on the main channel. More on our Karl Jacobs entry.
Why did Jake Franklin leave the MrBeast crew?
Jake Franklin left the MrBeast crew in April 2020 and has since said he was fired. He posted Why I Left MrBeast on April 6, 2020, and in a July 2024 interview with Geeks + Gamers said he was told his “piece no longer fit the puzzle” and that the company also pointed to a CBD brand deal he had done. That is his account; MrBeast’s company has not given a reason on the record that we could find. He posts as Jake the Viking on YouTube; more on our Jake Franklin entry.
How did the MrBeast crew start? How did MrBeast meet his friends?
The MrBeast crew started with Jimmy Donaldson’s childhood friends in North Carolina. Business Insider reported in February 2020 that Ava Kris Tyson grew up with Donaldson, was there when he created the channel, then called MrBeast6000, and helped with videos from high school, and that Chandler Hallow, a childhood best friend, started working for him the summer he came back from college. Both went full time about two years before that article, when the channel had about 750,000 subscribers. Later members came through the company: Karl Jacobs was hired as an editor, per Dot Esports, Jake Franklin as an editor in 2018, by his own account, and Tareq Salameh worked as a cameraman, per Famous Birthdays.
Who runs the MrBeast crew? Is the crew paid, and what is the MrBeast crew salary?
Jimmy Donaldson runs the MrBeast crew through his company, MrBeast LLC, and as of November 2026 neither he nor the company has published what crew members are paid. In February 2020 the team had more than 30 people, including editors and writers, who took videos from idea to upload together, per Business Insider. After the 2024 investigation the company hired a head of personnel and a general counsel and added training, per the Associated Press. We found no salary figure for any crew member in an outlet we accept, and we do not repeat estimates from net-worth sites.
Are Beast Games contestants part of the MrBeast crew?
No, Beast Games contestants are not part of the MrBeast crew. Beast Games is MrBeast’s Prime Video competition show, which premiered on December 19, 2024 with 1,000 contestants competing for the prize, per Variety; the crew are the regulars on his YouTube channel. The one crew-side name on the show is Mack Hopkins, whom Variety billed as its editor, creator and co-host.
How old are the MrBeast crew members, and how tall are they?
Most of the MrBeast crew are in their late twenties as of November 2026, per Famous Birthdays. Jimmy Donaldson is 28 (born May 7, 1998); Chandler Hallow is 27 (born December 3, 1998); Nolan Hansen is 28 (born June 1, 1998); Karl Jacobs is 28 (born July 19, 1998); Tareq Salameh is 31 (born December 9, 1994); Mack Hopkins is 26 (born March 8, 2000); and former member Jake Franklin is 34 (born May 1, 1992). None of them has published a height that we could source, so we do not list heights.
Where can I watch the MrBeast crew?
The MrBeast crew’s challenge videos are on MrBeast’s YouTube channel, with about 526 million subscribers as of November 2026, and on MrBeast Gaming. The members’ own videos are on Karl, Nolan, Golf With Chandler and Mack on YouTube, and Tareq Salameh posts on Instagram as @tareqq, per Famous Birthdays. Beast Games streams on Prime Video.
What is the MrBeast crew’s net worth? What are the members worth?
The MrBeast crew does not publish a number and neither do we.
Who are the MrBeast crew members dating, and what are their religions?
Not something we cover.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with MrBeast crew. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. The crew are the audience’s stand-ins in a MrBeast video: a small, recurring cast who take the challenge, react to the money and lose most of the time, while Donaldson runs the game. Each has a familiar role, Chandler the everyman who usually goes out first, Karl the loud one, Nolan the cook, Tareq behind and sometimes in front of the camera.
Why it travels. The crew travel through search as much as through new videos: every absence from an upload brings back the question of who left. The members with their own channels, Karl in Minecraft, Nolan in cooking and Chandler in golf, now carry audiences of their own that still check in on the main channel.
Brand fit. MrBeast’s own brands, such as Feastables with Karl Gummies, already use the crew. For outside brands the honest read is member by member: family-friendly food, gaming and sports products fit the cast’s young audience, and anything edgy cuts against the all-ages tone.
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Sources: MrBeast on YouTube and videos Beat Professional Athlete, Win $100,000, Eat Everything In A Grocery Store, Win $1,000,000 and Last To Leave $800,000 Island Keeps It; MrBeast Gaming; Karl and Every Day I Survive, Minecraft Gets Scarier; Nolan and MrBeast Grocery Store Kebabs!; Golf With Chandler; D’Vontay Friga with Chandler Hallow; Mack; Jake Franklin on YouTube and Why I Left MrBeast; Geeks + Gamers, July 2024; Business Insider, February 2020; Tubefilter, July 24, 2024; NBC News on Tyson’s exit, July 2024 and the probe findings, November 2024; BBC News, November 2, 2024; Associated Press via KSAT, November 1, 2024; Dexerto on Karl Jacobs, August 30, 2021, Karl Gummies, April 7, 2023 and Chandler Hallow, August 19, 2024; Dot Esports; Inverse, March 2022; Variety on Beast Games; Famous Birthdays on MrBeast, Chandler Hallow, Nolan Hansen, Karl Jacobs, Tareq Salameh, Jake Franklin and Mack Hopkins. Subscriber counts read from YouTube, November 13, 2026.
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