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.

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.