"Or maybe our man is broke ?" — Internet reacts to MrBeast's response to a viral photo of him flying economy

Recently, a picture of Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson flying economy went viral, garnering him some hate online.

The Beast Games creator was quick to respond, revealing how he frequently travels by economy class. MrBeast proclaimed that economy tickets remain readily available when his team makes last-minute bookings. The YouTuber wrote:

“I’ve flown Southwest multiple times already this year, sometimes when we need last minute tickets it’s all that’s available and I’m just chilling in the back of a plane with random fans lol.”

After his reply went viral, internet users shared their two cents on Jimmy Donaldson flying by economy class. Reacting to one such post talking about the viral reply, a user (@kingflaymes) pointed out,

“Or maybe our man is broke ? 💀”

Read on to learn how others react to MrBeast choosing economy class for his frequent travels.

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Internet reacts after MrBeast’s response to “flying economy” went viral

Jimmy Donaldson is well-known for producing over-the-top and extravagant content on YouTube. Understandably, many reacted with surprise to Donaldson choosing to fly in economy class.

“Cause all his money spent on beast games lol,” a user joked.

“Bros broke after beast games,” another user reacted the same way.

“This is how you stay a millionaire lol,” someone added.

“Is MrBeast that broke 😭🙏,” another one commented.

A user shared some wise words highlighting how many on social media love to hate,

“People will find a way to hate no matter what - if he flew private, they’d call him out for that too. Can’t win with the internet!”

Another user voiced in Jimmy Donaldson’s support,

“Just because you’re rich doesn’t meant u shouldn’t save.”

Someone chimed in with their opinion,

“This proves that no matter what you do there's always someone that's gonna hate.”

Another one proclaimed,

“One is rich doesn't mean they always need to book Business class. It's their choice and people should respect it.”

All reactions aside, MrBeast’s choice of flying by economy class should be attributed to the frequency of his travels and the availability of the seats, as mentioned by the creator. Besides, Donaldson is amongst the wealthiest content creators out there. The YouTuber, philanthropist, and businessman has a net worth of $1 billion, per Celebrity Net Worth.

His primary YouTube channel has over 363 million subscribers, most in the world. At the same time, his other social media accounts are also some of the most followed/subscribed in the world. He also produced Beast Games with Amazon MGM Studios, in which he gave away over $25 million. The last episode of Beast Games dropped in February 2025, revealing the first prize of over $10 million (without taxes).

Even before its release, the show had run into some controversies, with five anonymous contestants filing a lawsuit for mistreatment on the set against MrBeast and many others. However, despite the controversies and poor critical reception, Beast Games went on to become one of Amazon Prime’s most viewed shows.