James "Jimmy" Donaldson, known as MrBeast on YouTube, made an offhand comment to X this week, saying he'd buy TikTok so it doesn't get banned.

The platform is in need of saving in the United States, where approximately 170 million people have TikTok accounts. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that will ban the platform on Jan. 19 unless TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance divests its U.S. operations.

MrBeast is part of a growing list of individuals and businesses that have expressed interesting in purchasing TikTok.

The YouTube sensation has proposed buying TikTok as a unique solution to stop the social platform from being banned in the U.S.

With TikTok planning to shut off its US operations on Sunday, YouTube star Jimmy "MrBeast" claimed he is considering purchasing the social media giant's app for American users.

MrBeast has joined the list of people who are open to buying TikTok and the YouTuber says he’s working with billionaires to save the app.

Famed YouTuber James Stephen Donaldson, known as Mr Beast, surprised fans with a bold statement on his X account, suggesting he would buy TikTok to prevent its ban.

MrBeast, 26, said he had a meeting with 'a bunch of billionaires' and drafted an offer to buy TikTok days before the social media platform faces being banned in the US

This comes as the US is set to ban TikTok this Sunday, January 19th. The ban, which prohibits new downloads and US companies from providing services to the app, has been a long ti