In this 30‑minute YouTube vlog, MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) and his friends Karl Jacobs, Ludwig, Nolan Hansen, and others embark on a staged tour of private islands ranging from a $1 “island” (a pile of bricks and a toilet) up to a $250 million super‑island. Each island is presented with its price tag, unique amenities, and extreme activities: monkeys on the $1 island, a frozen $5 million island accessed by hovercraft, a $16 million island with helicopters, submarines and jet‑skis, a $45 million island featuring a mansion, beach bar, hot tub and historic ruins, a $150 million eco‑luxury island powered by solar and wind with exotic wildlife, and finally a $250 million island that includes an amusement park, dozens of water slides, zip‑lines, 100+ jet‑skis, lifeguards, and capacity for 13,000 guests. Throughout the video the group engages in comedic banter, stunts (helicopter jumps, water‑slide rides, dogsledding), and interacts with animals (monkeys, flamingos, lemurs, “mermaids”). Mid‑video a paid promotion for the mobile game Stumble Guys is inserted, with MrBeast encouraging viewers to download the game. The vlog blends lavish visual showcases, humor, and a commentary on the extremes of wealth, while maintaining MrBeast’s signature high‑energy, fast‑paced style.
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This is a $250 million private island. Literally anything you could ever want is on this private island. And I'm going to show you the difference between this and a $150 million luxury island, a massive $45 million island, a $5 million frozen island, all the way down to the world's cheapest private island. That thing. I'm starting to realize we might not all fit on it. First step on my brand new island. Here's your dollar.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you for selling it to me.
It's yours now, buddy.
Let's check out what I just bought. My first impression is it's a lot smaller than I thought. When you pay $1, you get a random pile of bricks, an old toilet— I found the restroom. —and a bunch of random wooden poles.
There's more poles than square feet on this thing.
They're actually called pilings.
Let's pile onto that boat and leave. And as you can see, there's nothing here. So I'm going to blow it up. But later in this video, we're going to a $150 million island and also a $250 million super island. But first, we're going to head over to the $1 million island called Monkey Island. Ooh. Yes, you heard me right. This island is literally swarmed with hundreds of monkeys. I can see why it's called Monkey Island. What's this monkey? It's Odi. Oh, Odi took my orange. Okay. Monkey see food, monkey take. All the monkeys on this island have a strategy for interacting with people. They gaslight you into thinking that you're friends and then they steal your food.
You can have it. You can have it. I love this monkey. There's a monkey on the boat.
And if you're wondering where you and your friends are going to sleep on this island, suspended above the water are 6 luxury cabanas, which house both humans and monkeys. Monkeys. The monkey's grabbing the GoPro, Jimmy. Sir, we need this for filming. I just need to borrow this. Uh, thank you. Okay, I got my camera back. You want— whoops. Oh, yes, he wants your hat. Okay, you, you can have that, sir. By the end of this, I'm gonna be naked. The monkeys are stealing everything. And the monkeys are not even the coolest part of this island. See, this island isn't even an island at all. It's actually on top of a massive underwater plant network that emerged from the sand and water to create this illusion of an island that we see today. Is this a Is it a million-dollar island or a million-dollar bush? Because there's no land. What you think? I don't know.
I think an island is what you make of it.
And on the other side of the island, there's even a private relaxation area and a beachfront massage parlor. Nolan! I'm trying not to fall in the water.
I'm about to get a massage with a monkey.
That's really cool. Notice how all the water around here is freezing.
What? Whoa!
That took a lot of effort. And we put that much effort in to convey that the $5 million island is very cool. And where we're going next, most of the year looks like this. But it's going to look like this. No joke, this island is so cold right now that the lake around it is actually frozen solid. Which means to get there, we're going to be using an interesting vehicle. We're literally hovering. Yeah, apparently snowmobiles are just too basic for this island. It just had to be hovercraft. This is awesome. Talk about arriving in fashion. And it only took about 30 seconds of being outside the hovercraft for the gang to be frozen solid. How cold is it?
It's 0 degrees Celsius. It's pretty cold, man. You're more like a 70 guy.
And so they hurried over to these futuristic self-heated huts to stay warm. Oh, this is so small. Wait, there's no room for you in here. We're going to have to cuddle then. And these huts are able to stay here completely year round because not only can they float on warm, peaceful lake water, but they also do just fine in the dead of winter. But at least in the winter, you get a great view of the Northern Lights.
For $5 million, you basically get a winter wonderland.
And while staying on this island, you're given unlimited 5-star food. I think he thinks we speak Finnish. And even though this island comes with a luxury cabin to stay in— Oh, this is beautiful.
This is nice. Cool. Fine. I'll take it. Jimmy, buy it for me.
The gang ended up spending most of their time on the frozen lake where they were able to ride an actual dogsled. Oh, you took your glove.
Oh my God. This is the best island. I don't know how any island is going to beat this.
Maybe one where I could feel my hands.
And Karl's hands are in luck because the next island is not only warm, but more expensive than all of the other islands combined. This island is tiny, but arguably one of the most luxurious ones out there. Okay, let's go check out the house. Wow. Oh, wow.
We're stoked to have you as our guest. We hope you have a blast. Just don't break anything. Yo, we should try to break one thing.
Ooh, nice bathroom.
Usually rich people like showers that can fit like 30 to 1,000 people in them. This time they chose a reasonable shower. When you pay $16 million, in addition to a shower that's the size of the $1 island, the private island comes with this helicopter that's apparently too big for the island. We have jet skis. We have a submarine, another submarine to the right. We have a shark submarine over there.
There's almost a submarine for each of us.
Boys, do whatever you want. Have fun. Yeah!
Yeah! Oh, I'm going really fast. Oh, yeah! I'm on private island! Oh, get away from me! To get off of this thing. Whoa, we're under a boat! I am a fish now!
And after Ludwig and Karl kissed the sea at 500 miles per hour, we went back to shore to take a little breather.
Yeah, Ludwig's going to jump out of a helicopter. He really is.
No, wait, I'm not— what?
Any last words? I love you, Mom. I'm sorry.
This helicopter is taking the boys up into the air and letting them jump and freefall into the ocean.
Oh, my God. This is crazy. We shouldn't be doing this. This is only a $16 million island, and we're jumping out of helicopters. He's about to jump. Oh, my God. Oh, wait, they jumped. There it goes. Whoever said money doesn't buy happiness doesn't own that private island because I'm pretty happy. And now the $45 million island.
This island is so big you can't even fit it all in frame. Oh, hey. I didn't even realize they were waiting on us. I always feel uncomfortable when I pull up to places and people are just standing potentially for hours waiting on me.
Hello. We have some blueberry smoothies here.
Is it alcoholic? No, it is not.
He's not 21. Now we'll take you guys up and we'll show you around Royal Island a little bit.
Let's see what $45 million gets us. There's a long path.
The path is longer than the Lost Island.
For $45 million, this island comes with a mansion and its own beachside bar and private chef. Can I give it a flip?
Sure. Not too bad.
And outside of the mansion is a hot tub overlooking the COVID where the jet skis are. And of course, a pool with the best view I've ever seen. Does this look as cool on camera as it does in real life? And if for some reason you don't want to stay in the mansion, there's 5 low-key luxury beachside cabanas you can pick from. Jimmy, may I? You may. May I? You may. I have class. But even after messing around with all of the amenities— why are we playing ping pong when we have an entire island? It's important to note that that's not what makes this island special. All the way on the other end of the island are century-old ruins that we are yet to explore.
Tips on driving? Oh, no.
All right, you ready? Yeah! We're going to go off-roading a little bit and head to the back of the island now.
How does Karl always end up driving?
Because I'm awesome.
Oh, big bump.
Ooh, dude.
This feels like a safari.
Yeah, you're going 4 times the speed limit. I mean, I don't know if there's cops that will stop you, but I'm just letting you know.
Is there a jail on this island? No jail.
Oh, there's no jail? And when we finally ran out of road to drive on, we started to make our way through what used to be a village of people on this island over 100 years ago. This used to be a bar? Yep. Yeah. You want to walk under this 100-year-old giant 1,000-pound slab? Sure.
Surely it won't fall on top of me. Dude, if today was the day that it fell, you couldn't even be mad.
Nolan, come over here before you die. And just past these ruins is easily the best view on the entire island. Whoa. Oh yeah, it gets better. We were driving for so long, I forgot we were on an island. The island starts over there, comes all the way around, wraps all the way around here, goes down that coastline, all the way up over there. I'll be honest, I personally wouldn't pay $45 million for a big jungle with some ancient ruins, but I'm sure some rich guy will. This next island is arguably the second most expensive island that money can buy. This is the $150 million island. It comes with 8 luxurious mega mansions, and the best part is it's completely is completely powered by solar panels and wind turbines, is home to some of the most exotic animals I've ever seen, and took over 4 decades to build. This island will literally blow your mind. When I think of a private island, this is what I think of.
That's good, because this is a private island.
All right. And apparently, the first thing you need to do here is wash your hands. Make sure you don't taint the island with your outside world germs. I've already washed my germs. Does everyone who come here get a coconut?
I mean, they're not running low.
True. I don't know if it's because this place is so fancy, or maybe they just heard about Karl's driving. But each of us ended up with our own personal driver. I have a feeling this is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Unless you come back. That might be out of my price range. And even though this island costs $150 million, you can actually rent it for yourself for the extremely low price of $140,000 per day. I didn't even realize we just went up a mountain. I've heard this is the most luxurious private island in the world. It is. The view is insane. This is the Great House. But before we were able to explore the Great House, my dumb friends got distracted by a turtle. There's a turtle? Get in there.
Yeah!
All right, you guys go to the rest of the island.
This island is so extra that for every 1 person in your party, they have 10 staff members waiting on your every need. There's a bunch of people over there like, here's drinks, here's food. What do you want to do over the next few days? And we're just like, turtle. Yeah! And of course, Nolan, of all my friends, wanted to take advantage of this.
Yes! Yeah! What's everyone up to over here?
We're playing pool. What, 10 people? They're my hype crew. You don't have to hang out with them to make you feel good. I will be sad if you don't sit down and relax. Okay. If you need attention, don't make them stand there. It's only been an hour, but I'll say it. This is the best island so far. On top of all of that, the island has a house with a driving range on the roof where you can hit golf balls into the ocean because these are made of fish food. Oh, you should probably hit it further so you don't hit someone. Look at all those flamingos. There's so much I can't process it. Bro, flamingos in the sky.
They're everywhere.
They don't love us unless we give them food. Come here, my brethren. But flamingos aren't the only exotic animals on this island. Whoa. Carl, what? That's a dinosaur. This is so cool. And believe it or not, this tortoise could live to be over 200 years old. Mr. Tortoise, my name is Jimmy. If my descendants' descendants' descendants come here, tell them I was awesome. And afterwards, we got sworn by a bunch of lemurs that live on this island. Get over here.
Jimmy, I don't know if you noticed that there's two lemurs on here. Yeah, I know.
I'm trying not to move. I'll put food on there. Oh, please don't. And if you're wondering where all of these exotic animals came from, most of them, sadly, are endangered species and are on this island because the owner, Richard Branson, brought all of them here to prevent them from going extinct. But the most endangered animals on this island were the mermaids that served us sushi. Mermaids and sushi. This is luxury.
Mermaids, do you guys want sushi? I wouldn't say no.
Is that cannibalism? Yes.
It's like a family reunion. Get over here.
There's honestly so much on this island, we can't even film it all. We played tennis. We played basketball. We explored yet another mansion. I did my first cold plunge. You get the idea. There's so much to do on this island. It's actually overwhelming. This one's actually pretty intense. I'm like actually scared. You want to know what else is intense? What? The final island. I'll see you there. Why are we still here? And on the way to the $250 million island, we stopped in shark-infested waters because I have to pay for this video. And now that I'm surrounded by sharks in what feels like my worst nightmare, I'm going to tell you guys about something that's Oh, they're so close. Oh my gosh. And the worst part is I'm not coming out until I'm done with this ad. Stumble Guys is a free-to-play mobile player game where 32 people compete for the crown. You have to be an absolute maniac to do this. Not even Stumble Guys could pay me to do this. Why are you all here, sharks?
Oh, oh, they're so close. They're so close.
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Logan's going right at him. Bro, this is wild. I want to make sure there's enough sharks for Jimmy. They also added a brand new level where you have to follow a pattern as long as possible to stay alive. And the longer you live, the harder it gets. Oh, the shark's hitting me! I think the sharks are hitting the cage. Oh, it's rocking! Oh, this is scary. I also just released my brand new toolkit so you can build your own MrBeast level. This is one of their best seasons ever. You need to try my new MrBeast level plus build your own, and I want to see what you guys come up with. Oh, the sharks keep hitting the cage, so I'm gonna get out of here. Make sure you download Stumble Guys for free so I don't have to go back to the shark cage.
You're alive!
Let's go do more things that have nothing to do with sharks, please. And now that I've paid off the debt I've incurred this video, let's visit the $250 million island. This is a $250 million private island. This extraordinary island has an entire amusement park with over a dozen water slides. It also has its own hot air balloon and just about every activity you could ever imagine. And we have it all to ourselves. There are no other guests here. But out of every feature you've seen on these islands so far, this one stands above the rest. In the middle of the island is a massive water slide. Even though literal 8-year-olds ride that water slide, I might still check it out because I'm afraid of heights. But before taking on the water slide, we checked out the other features, like how there's over 100 jet skis on this island. It's a bit overkill. And not to mention, there's a literal zip line that spans across man-made beaches. What's the helmet for? What am I going to hit?
The ground, bro. Because sometimes people fall off? This is like really scary. Yeah. Good luck. Thank you.
Karl, you're kind of far behind.
This is awesome. Um, this is actually not that crazy. And if you own this island, you can host over 13,000 of your friends at any of these 5 gargantuan pools. Oh. This kind of looks like it was made in Minecraft. And it's so funny just seeing my 2 friends in it. Nolan looks like a tiny speck. For $250 million, this island, of course, has exotic animals. Is that a peacock? Sir, I need to take you in for questioning, sir. And even every game you can imagine.
I wish there was the 13,000 people that are normally here to watch how bad he is at cornhole. Is that soccer pool?
This island has things I didn't even know existed. But something I noticed is that there were way too many lifeguards at this island for just the 4 of us. How many lifeguards are on this island? Over 100. Really? With this many lifeguards, you would have to try to drown. So I thought it would be fun if we gave them all the day off. Has anyone ever rented this island before?
You never been on a slide before?
Wow, this is a first.
Dude, you are leaning back. You look way too relaxed.
And after all the 100 lifeguards went down, they decided to hype up me and the boys for our turn to go down the slide.
Yeah! Here we go! Oh! Oh my God.
Boys, you want to know what's even scarier than that?
What? That one. Why is it so terrifying again?
That looks so scary. We can skip it. Towering at over 135 feet tall, this is the tallest water slide in all of North America. I don't even know what I'm looking at. It's like a skyscraper, but I'm scared. Daredevil's Peak, what a soothing name. Very inviting. Oh, we're so high. It's kind of freaking me out. All right, we made it to the top. Are you guys just waiting for us up here? Listen to how intense the wind is up here. Oh, don't look down. Look how crazy the island looks. Oh my God. Hi, Carl. No. Oh no, it— oh, would you say no skos is enforceable. No, no, it's impossible.
There we go.
The last car said you got to go, Nolan.
I love you, Mom.
I'll see you on the other side.
All right, go! Oh my God! Oh my God, hit by a truck! Let's do this! You better come down after me.
Okay.
Oh God, why is it so fast?
Is it actually that scary? I'm going to do this for your entertainment even Even though giant rides scare me.
Here we go! That is going so fast!
And even though I was basically just drowning the entire time down the water slide, I gotta say this whole island was pretty awesome. Oh yeah, and one more thing. Make sure you use this QR code to download Stumble Guys and you can win $10,000.
