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MrBeast<\/strong> is facing heavy criticism after commenting on Rolling Stone\u2019s recent ranking of digital creators, where comedian Caleb Hearon<\/strong> appeared higher on the list. The YouTube star questioned the placement in a now-deleted post, sparking widespread backlash.<\/p>\n A new controversy unfolded online after MrBeast reacted to Rolling Stone\u2019s latest ranking of digital creators. The YouTuber, who holds the record as the platform\u2019s most-subscribed creator and commands hundreds of millions of followers across social media, was listed at number seven on the publication\u2019s list.<\/p>\n The controversy escalated when attention turned to the fact that comedian and actor Caleb Hearon appeared above MrBeast on the list. Hearon, who has an audience of just over one million followers, was ranked more influential than the YouTube star.<\/p>\n MrBeast reacted by posting his frustration on X. He wrote, \u201cAccording to this list a guy with 1 million followers is more influential than me. What did I do to piss off The Rolling Stones?\u201d<\/p>\n Although the post was deleted<\/a> shortly afterward, it spread quickly across social platforms. The reaction across social platforms was swift, with many criticizing MrBeast. One user wrote on X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>, \u201cMrbeast\u2019s mask slipping this much in less than a year has been fascinating to watch. Sorry Jimmy, Caleb has something you\u2019ll never have: A personalty.\u201d<\/p>\n Another commented<\/a>, \u201cMr beast coming for caleb hearon is so funny because it\u2019s like yeah ofc he\u2019s more influential he has a good & funny personality and mr beast is a set of teeth with a body.\u201d However, some expressed their support for MrBeast. Supporters stated that no other creator comes close to his audience numbers and the reach of his videos.<\/p>\n After widespread backlash, MrBeast acknowledged his mistake. He wrote<\/a> on X, \u201cNgl after this I watched some of his stuff and it\u2019s actually good. I deleted the tweet I don\u2019t want the smoke from the shooters, spare me plz.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally reported by Disheeta Maheshwari on\u00a0Mandatory<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n The post MrBeast Comments on Caleb Hearon\u2019s Ranking, Faces Backlash<\/a> appeared first on Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MrBeast is facing heavy criticism after commenting on Rolling Stone\u2019s recent ranking of digital creators, where comedian Caleb Hearon appeared higher on the list. The YouTube star questioned the placement in a now-deleted post, sparking widespread backlash. What happened to MrBeast and Caleb Hearon? A new controversy unfolded online after MrBeast reacted to Rolling Stone\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1982327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[355881,355882,354924,314737],"class_list":["post-1982326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-caleb-hearon","tag-digital-creators","tag-mrbeast","tag-rolling-stone"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MrBeast-Comments-on-Caleb-Hearons-Ranking-Faces-Backlash.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What happened to MrBeast and Caleb Hearon?<\/h2>\n