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Sidemen
Top to bottom from left column: Barn, Brown, Olatunji, Minter, Lewis, Payne, and Bradley.
Personal information
BornOlajide Olatunji (KSI)
(1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 (age 30)
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Simon Minter (Miniminter)
(1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 31)
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Joshua Bradley (Zerkaa)
(1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 31)
London, England
Tobit Brown (TBJZL)
(1993-04-08) 8 April 1993 (age 31)
London, England
Ethan Payne (Behzinga)
(1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 (age 28)
London, England
Vikram Barn (Vikkstar123)
(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 28)
Guildford, Surrey, England
Harry Lewis (W2S)
(1996-11-24) 24 November 1996 (age 27)
Guernsey, Channel Islands
OriginLondon, England[1]
OccupationYouTubers
Websitesidemen.com
YouTube information
ChannelsSidemen
MoreSidemen
SidemenReacts
SidemenShorts
Associated channels
Years active2013–present
Genres
Subscribers138.7 million (combined)[a][2]
Total views37.9 billion (combined)[a][2]
Network
Associated actsJme,[5] Deji
100,000 subscribers2016, 2018, 2020, 2021
1,000,000 subscribers2016, 2018, 2020, 2021
10,000,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: 14 October 2022

The Sidemen is a British YouTube group consisting of Internet personalities KSI, Miniminter, Zerkaa, TBJZL, Behzinga, Vikkstar123, and W2S. The group produce videos of various challenges, sketches, and video game commentaries across their YouTube channels, which have a combined total of over 138 million subscribers as of October 2022.[2][6]

Members

The Sidemen and others playing a game of FIFA in 2014

The group has the following members:[7]

  • Olajide "JJ" Olatunji – known online as KSI (2013–present)
  • Simon Minter – known online as Miniminter (2013–present)
  • Joshua Bradley – known online as Zerkaa (2013–present)
  • Tobit "Tobi" Brown – known online as Tobjizzle or TBJZL (2013–present)
  • Ethan Payne – known online as Behzinga (2013–present)
  • Vikram "Vik" Barn – known online as Vikkstar123 (2013–present)
  • Harry Lewis – known online as Wroetoshaw or W2S (2014–present)

History

Some of the members knew each other before the group was formed. Bradley and Brown both attended Bexley Grammar School in London and Olatunji and Minter both attended Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire.[7]

The group originates from a Rockstar Games Social Club group made on 19 October 2013 in Grand Theft Auto Online, called "The Ultimate Sidemen", which included all the members except for Lewis. In January 2014, Bradley met Lewis while at a FIFA gaming event in New York City and invited him to join the group.[7] Describing the group name, Minter said in a video that "A sideman is basically someone's bitch who just follows them around [...] I was basically JJ's bitch that followed him around."[1]

In February 2014, Olatunji, Minter, Bradley, and Barn moved into a house together near London, which they referred to as the "Sidemen House",[7][8][9] which allowed them to collaborate more often.[10]

On 1 December 2020, the group's eponymous YouTube channel surpassed 10 million subscribers. Each member of the group was awarded their own Diamond Play Button by YouTube to mark their milestone.[11]

YouTube content

The group has five YouTube channels, Sidemen, MoreSidemen, SidemenReacts, SidemenShorts and Sidemen en Español across which it publishes a variety of videos including challenges, sketches and video game commentaries.[12][13][14]

As of October 2022, the Sidemen channel has over 16.9 million subscribers and 4.4 billion views,[15] MoreSidemen has over 7 million subscribers and 2.8 billion views,[16] SidemenReacts has over 4.8 million subscribers and 1.7 billion views,[17] and SidemenShorts has over 1.8 million subscribers and 1 billion views.[18]

On 18 June 2018, the group released a web television series titled The Sidemen Show, available exclusively on YouTube Premium.[19] It comprises seven 30-minute episodes filmed around the world alongside a number of celebrity guests.[20][21]

In March 2020, the Sidemen released a twenty-minute YouTube video titled "#StayHome". The video featured the Sidemen and more than one hundred other YouTube video creators and other celebrities raising awareness of the UK's "stay at home" campaign which aimed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the UK.[22][23] All of the advertising revenue generated from the video was donated to the NHS.[24]

Other projects

Since 2014, the group has sold and distributed Sidemen Clothing merchandise.[25][12]

On 18 October 2016, the group released a book titled Sidemen: The Book, published by Coronet Books, and embarked on a UK-wide promotional tour.[26][27] A number one best-seller in the UK, the book sold 26,436 copies within the first three days of its release.[28][29]

In 2021, the Sidemen launched a subscription service known as Side+.[30] They also launched a restaurant chain known as Sides, and a vodka known as XIX Vodka.[31][30]

In 2022, the Sidemen launched Side+ on Xbox and is set to release on other platforms in the future.[32]

Charity football matches

Sidemen Charity Football match 2018 at the Valley

The group has hosted four football events to raise money for various charitable causes. In all matches so far, the group's seven members and various affiliated YouTubers competed as Sidemen Football Club, wearing black uniforms, while various other YouTubers competed as the YouTube Allstars, wearing red uniforms. The first match, in 2016, was held at St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, raising over £110,000 for the Saints Foundation.[33][34] All subsequent matches since were held at The Valley, London. The second and third matches, in 2017 and 2018, respectively raised £210,000 for the NSPCC and the Charlton Athletic Community Trust,[35][36] and £65,747 for the Young Minds Trust and the Charlton Athletic Community Trust.[37] The fourth match, in 2022, raised over £1,000,000 for CALM, Teenage Cancer Trust, Rays of Sunshine and M7 Education.[38][39][40]

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) Sidemen F.C. 7–2 YouTube Allstars St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 15,000
21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) Sidemen F.C. 0–2 YouTube Allstars The Valley, London
 Attendance: 27,000
2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) Sidemen F.C. 7–1 YouTube Allstars The Valley, London
Attendance: 27,000
24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) Sidemen F.C. 8–7 YouTube Allstars The Valley, London
 Report
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Discography

Single with selected chart positions and year released
Title Year Peak chart positions
UK
[41] 		UK
R&B
[42] 		UK
Ind.
[43] 		NZ
Hot
[44] 		SCO
[45]
"The Gift"[46]
(featuring S-X) 		2019 77 40 11 27 26

Publications

  • The Sidemen (18 October 2016). Sidemen: The Book. Coronet Books. ISBN 978-1473648166.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2017 British Book Awards Non-Fiction: Lifestyle Book of the Year Sidemen: The Book Nominated [47]
2019 Shorty Awards Best YouTube Ensemble Sidemen Nominated [48]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Includes the Sidemen's five group channels and fifteen of their individual channels which host Sidemen content.

References

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