The Aporia · MrBeast breaks personal YouTube record as $1 million grocery store video hits 125 million views

MrBeast has set a new personal record on YouTube with his "Eat Everything In A Grocery Store, Win $1,000,000" video, which reached 125 million views. The challenge began in October and features four contestants who spent over six months living in the store, eventually clearing nearly all of the 4.3 million calories of food to win $1 million. The article highlights that the video amassed more than one billion minutes of watch time within its first day, with an average viewer watching for over 20 minutes.

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MrBeast, a popular YouTuber, recently broke his personal record with the video "Eat Everything In A Grocery Store, Win $1,000,000," which garnered over 70 million views in its first day and now has surpassed 125 million views. The challenge began earlier in 2026 when MrBeast purchased an entire grocery store and offered $1 million to four contestants if they could clear all the food, a task requiring them to consume millions of calories over more than six months. This video also set new records for watch time with over one billion minutes viewed by October 3, 2026, indicating that on average, each viewer watched for more than 20 minutes. MrBeast's audience praised this as his best video yet based on the comments section which saw over 10,000 reactions within the first day alone.

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The challenge follows four contestants who spent more than six months living inside a grocery store while trying to clear millions of calories of food.

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MrBeast breaks personal YouTube record as $1 million grocery store video hits 125 million views · assertive framing

MrBeast has broken his personal record for the most views a YouTube video has received in its first 24 hours. asserted

video → break → hours

His latest video, Eat Everything In A Grocery Store, Win $1,000,000, quickly became a huge hit after being uploaded on October 3. asserted

video → eat → October

The video had more than 70 million views in its first day and has now reached around 125 million views. asserted

video → have → views

The challenge follows four contestants who spent more than six months living inside a grocery store while trying to clear millions of calories of food. asserted

who → follow → food

MrBeast’s $1 million grocery store video breaks his YouTube record asserted

video → break → record

MrBeast revealed that the new video was his “most viewed video ever in 24 hours.” asserted

video → reveal → hours

He also said that more than 10,000 comments called it his best video yet. asserted

comments → say → it

The video had already passed 70 million views during its first day. asserted

video → pass → day

It has since continued to grow and has now crossed the 125 million-view mark. asserted

It → continue → mark

The video is more than an hour long, but viewers stayed for a large part of it. asserted

viewers → stay → it

MrBeast said the upload had already collected more than one billion minutes of total watch time. asserted

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The average viewer watched for more than 20 minutes. asserted

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The challenge itself had started earlier in 2026. asserted

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MrBeast bought an entire grocery store and asked contestants to live inside it. asserted

MrBeast → buy → it

The original winner was supposed to receive $250,000 for being the last person to stay. asserted

winner → suppose → 250,000

Instead of ending the challenge, MrBeast changed the rules. asserted

MrBeast → end → rules

He offered to refill the store and increased the prize to $1 million if the four contestants could clear all the food. uncertain

contestants → offer → food

How did the contestants win $1 million after 202 days? asserted

contestants → win → days

The contestants had to deal with about 4.3 million calories of food. asserted

contestants → have → food

They did not have to eat everything themselves. asserted

They → have → everything

MrBeast created different ways for them to reduce the amount of food. asserted

them → create → food

Guests were brought in to help eat some of the food. asserted

Guests → bring → food

Some food was also donated through challenges. asserted

food → donate → challenges

The goal was to make sure as little food as possible went to waste. asserted

food → make → waste

After 202 days inside the grocery store, the contestants finally completed the challenge. asserted

contestants → complete → challenge

That means they spent more than six and a half months living inside the store. asserted

they → mean → store

Almost all of the 4.3 million calories were cleared. asserted

all → clear → calories

Only 6,614 calories were left as waste. asserted

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The four contestants then won the $1 million prize. asserted

contestants → win → prize

The huge response to the video has also made it another big moment for MrBeast on YouTube. asserted

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Even after 17 years of making videos, he does not think he has reached his peak. asserted

he → make → peak

“Even though I’ve been making content for 17 years now I still think my best days are ahead,” MrBeast said. asserted

MrBeast → make → years

The record-breaking views show that his large challenges continue to attract millions of viewers. asserted

challenges → break → viewers

With the video still gaining views, its final total could become even bigger. uncertain

total → gain → views

MrBeast breaks personal YouTube record as $1 million grocery store video hits 125 million views

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