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 suggests the possibility of buying TikTok to save being banned in the US, and a number of billionaires have contacted him about it.

YouTube star MrBeast joked about purchasing TikTok to prevent its potential ban in the U.S. TikTok, which serves around 170 million Americans, faces a looming January 19 deadline to sever ties with its Chinese owner,

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.

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 is leading efforts to buy TikTok, teaming up with a group of billionaires to prevent the app from being banned in the U.S.

MrBeast is putting his name in the hat of billionaires fighting to buy TikTok before it’s U.S. death day. Just two days after he tweeted that he would buy the Chinese-owned company, the content-creator said that he had a meeting with billionaires looking to cut a check for platform.

MrBeast's pledge to buy TikTok sparked billionaire interest as the app faces a Jan. 19 U.S. ban deadline over ByteDance ownership.