MrBeast broke an astonishing 44 records during filming for Amazon’s Beast Games

On 19 December, Amazon Prime TV launched one of its biggest projects to date – Beast Games, a game show created and hosted by YouTube legend and Guinness World Records ICON MrBeast.

Jimmy Donaldson – aka MrBeast – claimed Beast Games was the “largest game show in history” in an interview a few months ago, saying that the 1,000 contestants competing for a $5 million prize would be the biggest ever awarded for an unscripted reality show on TV. The title was previously held by Squid Game: The Challenge’s prize of $4.56 million.

He also said that because of the scale of the show, during production their team broke dozens of record titles, the details of which have been kept under wraps – until now.

GWR's Emma Salt presents MrBeast with his certificates

But since the show finished airing on 13 February, we can now confirm that Beast Games took home 44 world record titles during filming, the details of which we will delve into below.

First of all: what is Beast Games?

If you’ve been living under a rock, Beast Games is the brainchild of MrBeast, who modelled the game show off the hit Netflix series Squid Game and one of his viral Youtube videos: “$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!” He raised the stakes even higher in the 10-episode series, and teased the show by posting YouTube videos of himself cutting the playing field from 2,000 to 1,000 contestants during the first game.

The social media star is known for these ludicrous challenges and lucrative giveaways, which amassed him over 500 million followers across his social media platforms.

So it comes as no surprise that his army of fans tuned in for his new show, quickly becoming engaged with how the contestants battled it out in minigames in the multi-million dollar manufactured “Beast City”, and watching the prize payout money increase as more players were eliminated. Players were chosen to compete via an online form on his social media.

While we don’t want to spoil the details of the show, just know that it became one of Amazon’s biggest shows to date, with over 50 million people tuning in during the first 25 days of airing – making this their second-largest new series of 2024 (behind Fallout).

What records did Beast Games break?

A record-breaking $100,000,000 was poured into Beast Games, so it’s not surprising the show took home 44 titles throughout filming (though, sorry, MrBeast fans, he doesn’t take the title for most Guinness World Record titles won ever).

The most shocking titles are those tied to money: such as the staggering cost of the show, the largest physical cash prize on set ($5,000,000), or even the most prize money turned down on a competitive reality TV show ($1,000,000).

The show also had the largest prize fund awarded for a competitive reality TV show ($10,000,000) and the most money won in a single episode of a competitive reality TV show ($2,020,000) during the dramatic final episode.

It’s shocking to even think about the money tied to the minigames the competitors played too, which had some record-breaking payouts such as highest amount of money won/lost on a coin toss on a competitive reality show ($5,000,000), or most amount of money in bribes awarded on a competitive reality TV show ($6,719,996).

To end on a light note, some fun record titles they won while filming include largest pong cup (10 ft; 3.04 m) and fastest monster truck pulled by a team (15 min 14.25 sec).

Filming took place primarily in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada – technically “Beast City” and “Beast Island” – and that is where the Beast Games team claimed their awards. For a full list of the 44 titles they won, see below.

Full list of record titles:

1. Fastest time to lift a boulder with a pulley (team) - 17.27 seconds
2. Largest game of mystery briefcase opening - 1,583 people
3. Most people opening mystery briefcases simultaneously - 407 people
4. Largest game of “flag sprint” - 2,000 people
5. Largest game of team betrayal - 1,100 people
6. Largest physical cash prize on set for a competitive reality show - $5,000,000 (£3,845,000)
7. Most participants in a single competitive reality show season - 2,000 people
8. Largest display of cardboard cutouts of the same character - 50,000
9. Most participants eliminated in one episode of a competitive reality show - 1,000 people
10. Most cinema cameras used in a single competitive reality show season - 43 cameras
11. Largest area of land won on a competitive reality TV show - 67 acres (270,120.31 m2)
12. Most expensive non-cash prize won on a competitive reality TV show - $1.8 million ($1,809,500) in Pearl Islands, Panama
13. Largest area of scaffolding used for a single set on a TV show - 68,523.59 ft2 (6,366.05 m2)
14. Most foam cubes used on the set of a competitive reality TV show - 250,000 cubes
15. Most trap doors used on a single set of a TV show - 1,000 trap doors
16. Most people simultaneously dropped through trap doors - 83 people
17. Most people dropped consecutively through trap doors - 83 people
18. Largest pong cup - 10 ft (3.04 m)
19. Most cameras recording simultaneously on a competitive reality TV show - 1107 (107 cams + 1000 GoPros)
20. Most expensive prize/item intentionally destroyed on a competitive reality TV show - $26,490
21. Most prize money turned down on a competitive reality TV show - $1,000,000
22. Highest amount of money won/lost on a coin toss on a competitive reality show - $5,000,000
23. Tallest towers used in a competitive reality show - 75 ft 11.62 in
24. Most motion cams used on a single challenge on a TV show - 1,000 motion cams
25. Most competitors mic'd up on a competitive reality TV show - 1,000
26. Most expensive season of a competitive reality TV show - $100,000,000
27. Fastest monster truck pull by a team - 15 min 14.25 sec
28. Largest story producer team for a competitive reality TV show - 63
29. Most amount of challenge testers on set of a competitive reality TV show - 198
30. Largest subsidiary prize fund on a competitive reality TV show - $1,000,000
31. Most tablets used in a challenge on a competitive reality TV show - 1,000 tablets
32. Most pneumatic pistons used on the set of a competitive reality TV show - 3,000
33. Most LED light strips used on a competitive reality TV show - 1000 (1 strip per trapdoor)
34. Highest drop of a ball into an oversized target - 39 ft (11.88 m)
35. Most money used in a cash grab on a competitive reality TV show - $1,000,000
36. Most balls used in a single episode on a competitive reality TV show - 5,000 balls
37. Most lavalier microphones recording simultaneously in a single episode of a competitive reality TV show - 1,000 microphones
38. Most costume fittings for a competitive reality TV show - 1,000
39. Fastest time to costume fit 1,000 people on a competitive reality TV show - 72 hours
40. Youngest series director of a $100 million competitive reality TV show - Tyler Conklin (USA), at 26 years and 60 days
41. Most amount of money in in-game bribes awarded on a competitive reality TV show - $6,719,996
42. Most money in in-game bribes turned down on a competitive reality TV show - $1,809,767
43. Largest prize fund awarded for a competitive reality TV show - $10,000,000
44. Most money won in a single episode of a competitive reality TV show - $2,020,000