Content creator Jimmy Donaldson, known on the Internet as MrBeast, has made it clear he is interested in buying TikTok. Donaldson has the most subscribers of any user on YouTube— over 340 million—and boasts over 113 million TikTok followers.

As the Jan. 19 date for a TikTok ban approaches, another name is emerging as a potential buyer: SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who already owns X.

Social media influencer MrBeast says he'd buy TikTok to keep it from being banned. Elon Musk reportedly is interested in buying the app as well.

Donald Trump just issued an executive order that gives popular social media giant TikTok just 75 days to consider selling ownership rights to a potential US buyer. While Trump did express his desire for both Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison as top picks for buyers,

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.

Buying TikTok would further solidify Musk's position as one of the most powerful men in the U.S. and the world.

TikTok denied a report that China is exploring a sale of the app to Elon Musk to keep TikTok operational in America amid a looming U.S. ban.

Reports about Chinese officials eyeing Musk as the buyer of TikTok’s U.S. operations are “not a total shock” given Musk’s relationship with Trump, says Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.

Incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz says that the federal law that could ban TikTok by Sunday also “allows for an extension as long as a viable deal is on the table.”

ANALYSIS: The chaotic unbanning of TikTok signals a new political fusion between corporate power and American authoritarianism — and Silicon Valley stands eager to serve, writes Io Dodds

On Monday night, the world's eyes were on America as Donald Trump was sworn in as the President of the United States of America… again.People not only watch Trump in real time because of his unpredictability,