YouTuber with over 10 million subscribers shares tiny amount he’s earned from TikTok

• Simon Minter, aka Miniminter, has earned a surprisingly small amount on TikTok
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A YouTuber with a massive following of 10million subscribers has revealed how little he has earned from TikTok. 

Miniminter (aka Simon Minter) who has 10.2mill subs on his channel, shared the surprising amount while in conversation with fellow content creator KSI.

During the conversation, Miniminter discussed how he has two TikTok channels, a gaming one, which posts every day, and has some 1.8million followers.

Then he has what he describes as his main channel, which has 2.1million followers, which he rarely posts on. He explained: ‘My main TikTok, I’ve earned £637.’

Conceding that he hasn’t posted a huge number of videos, he did point out that a recent clip had garnered a massive 19million views, with others also racking up huge numbers. 

According to Simon Minter, aka Miniminter, (pictured) he has earned a surprisingly small amount on money on TikTok

Simon is one of a collective of YouTubers called The Sidemen, who originally formed a decade ago, after forming a bond on an online platform for fans of popular video game, Grand Theft Auto. 

The collective is made up of KSI, real name Olajide ‘JJ’ Olatunji; Simon Minter, known online as Miniminter; Joshua Bradley, known online as Zerkaa; Tobi Brown, known online as TBJZL; Ethan Payne, known online as Behzinga; Vikram Barn, known as Vikkstar123 and Harry Lewis, known as W2S.

Speaking previously in a video, Simon has said: ‘A sideman is basically someone’s b**** who just follows them around… I was basically JJ’s b**** that followed him around.’ 

Some of them were already pals before the troupe was formed, with Joshua Bradley and Tobi Brown meeting at Bexley Grammar School in London and Olajide ‘JJ’ Olatunji and Simon Minter attending the £23,000-a-year Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire.

But it was via the world of online gaming that they began to lay the foundations for a group that is dominating internet entertainment.

The Sidemen began to make their name by recording video game sessions from their bedrooms, filming their own commentaries and reactions while playing, and uploading them to YouTube.

They set up a dedicated channel in 2015 and began to branch into other avenues of online entertainment, taking on a series of challenges, including eating tasks, hide-and-seek games and experimenting with parenting.

Nearly 300 videos have been posted on the channel, which now boasts more than 18million subscribers and some five billion views in total.

Simon Minter (pictured) is one of a group of hugely successful internet entertainers known as The Sidemen

Its success spawned further channels, MoreSidemen, SidemenReacts, SidemenShorts and even a Spanish alternative, Sidemen en Español – though just five videos have been posted and its subscriber tally is at a more modest 8,000.

Millions more views regularly roll in on their respective individual channels, too.

In February 2014, Olatunji, Minter, Bradley, and Barn moved into ‘The Sidemen House’ – a £4.5m mansion near London which comes complete with a gym, indoor pool, cinema and sauna – so they could collaborate more closely and grow their brand further.

The group’s success – which has seen them accumulate a net worth of more than £44m – then quickly began to expand beyond the YouTube community.

They launched an online shop, selling a wide range of branded clothes and other merchandise, which earns them around £2m a year, according to reports.

Meanwhile, a book and a nationwide tour to promote it followed – becoming a number one best-seller in the UK, with 26,436 copies sold within the first three days of its release.

And of course there has been the phenomenon that is the Prime energy drink, promoted to great success by KSI and fellow broadcaster Logan Paul.

Some of them were already pals before the troupe was formed, with Bradley (back-right) and Brown (front-middle) meeting at Bexley Grammar School in London and Olatunji (front-right) and Minter (back-left) attending the £23,000-a-year Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire. (Payne is pictured front-left, Barn middle-right, and Lewis middle-left)

The pair took part in high-profile boxing bouts, while KSI has also appeared on Channel 4’s The Great Celebrity Bake Off and even dipped his toe in the music industry, with his second album, All Over The Place, going to number one in the UK.

The group collectively nearly bagged a Christmas number one last year as well, claiming third place in the festive charts with Christmas Drillings featuring JME, in aid of food poverty charity FareShare.

Elsewhere, they organised a Sidemen FC charity football match at Charlton Athletic’s Valley Parade stadium, which resulted in Brown catching the eye and being invited to train with League Two outfit, Crawley Town last October.

Despite their roaring popularity, however, the group have also been embroiled in a number of controversies.

KSI has previously been accused of trivialising rape by making what was referred to as ‘rape faces’ in a series of his online videos.

The clips showed the star in a host of different backdrops as he turned to the camera with an aggressive expression while giving off sexualised signals. 

Meet the Sidemen taking the YouTube community by storm 

Olajide “JJ” Olatunji, aka KSI

By far the most high-profile and successful of the group, Olajide “JJ” Olatunji, 29, has been a household name on YouTube for more than a decade since dropping out of the £23,000-a-year Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire.

KSI previously revealed how he hid from his parents in the toilets for over an hour to avoid telling them his exam results – terrified of their reaction because they had sacrificed so much, coming to the UK from Nigeria and taking on debt and more work for themselves, to send him to private school.

When he did eventually tell them about his AS Level C, D, F and U grades, his father Jide buried his head in his hands while his mother Yinka smashed glasses in the kitchen. 

On top of his work with the Sidemen, KSI – which stands for Knowledge, Strength, Integrity – personally boasts more than 24 million subscribers.

His boxing bouts with US YouTuber Logan Paul in August 2018 and November 2019 were among the most-watched events in the platform’s history.

In July 2021, his second album All Over The Place went to number one in the UK.

He had a reported net worth of £16m as of last year. 

Simon Minter, aka Miniminter

A fellow Berkhamsted alumnus, Minter, 30, left university when tuition fees rocketed and went to work in a warehouse, before being taken on by his old school friend, KSI, to run his clothing line.

At the same time, he began creating his own YouTube content, primarily videos about FIFA and football more generally, while also recreating famous Vine clips. Since then he has amassed more than 10 million subscribers on the video sharing platform. 

Not much is known about his family, but his father is believed to own a small business. 

Minter also owns a property company and had a reported net worth of £9m as of last year.

Joshua Bradley, aka Zerkaa

Born in Bermondsey, Bradley, 30, attended Bexley Grammar School as a teenager before achieving a 2:1 degree in digital film production at Ravensbourne University.

He created his first YouTube channel in 2009, mainly uploading video game content of FIFA and Call of Duty, before co-founding the Sidemen, with whom he lived for four years, until moving into an apartment with his girlfriend, Freya Nightingale.

Cousin of the British grime MC Jme, he has also launched his own personal clothing line named ZRK.

He had a reported net worth of £3m as of last year.

Tobi Brown, aka TBJZL

A fellow Bexley Grammar alumnus, Brown, 29, was born to working-class Nigerian parents and completed a degree in computing at Coventry University before launching his YouTube career.

He typically uploads video game commentaries of FIFA and NBA 2K as well as football challenges, vlogs and comedy style videos, creating a fan base of nearly five million subscribers.

Brown has also founded a streetwear brand called ILLVZN, released a number of music tracks, including one with his brother Manny and sister Janelle, and was invited to train with League Two Crawley Town after impressing in a charity football match.

He had a reported net worth of £1.2m as of last year. 

Ethan Payne, aka Behzinga

Payne, 27, who attended a comprehensive school in Romford and dropped out of a criminal studies course at Hull endured a difficult childhood and says the Sidemen ‘saved my life, 100 per cent’. 

His biological father disappeared before he was born and the man he had been allowed to assume was his father left when he was 13, while his mother struggled with cancer.

As he began uploading videos on YouTube, primarily commentaries of FIFA and Call of Duty, viewers trolled him over his weight, which eventually inspired him to get fit, charting his journey to shed 4st to his fanbase of nearly five million subscribers.

He and his girlfriend, Faith Louisa Kelly, have a child together, born in September 2022. He had a reported net worth of £3m as of last year.

Vik Barn, aka Vikkstar123

Born in Guildford, Surrey, Barn moved to Sheffield when he was eight to attend Silverdale School.

He then turned down a place to study natural sciences at University College London to pursue his YouTube career – which includes videos on Call of Duty and Minecraft – full-time.

He often jokes that his parents, British nationals of Indian heritage, are ‘disappointed’ that he did not become a doctor. 

Barn caused a stir by announcing he would quit Call of Duty if hackers allegedly cheating continued to go unpunished and has invested in esports teams.

In December 2021, Barn announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, Ellie Harlow and he had a reported net worth of £8m as of last year.

Harry Lewis

The youngest of the collective, Lewis, 26, also attended a grammar school in Guernsey before making his name on YouTube, where he has amassed an army of more than 16 million subscribers.

He was the last to join the Sidemen after meeting Bradley at a FIFA gaming event in New York City.

His parents, including mother Sue, have appeared in some of his videos. 

Lewis also owns the first football challenge club in London called Kicktown and had a reported net worth of £4m as of last year.

He also faced a backlash for making inappropriate comments to women and asking them about sexually transmitted infections in an old video, which he’s since admitted he’s ‘not proud of’.

And earlier this year he was the subject of criticism after using a four-letter slur, referring to people of Pakistani origin, in a Countdown Challenge clip.

In response, a statement from The Sidemen posted on Twitter said: ‘During…’Sidemen Sunday’ a racial slur was said during the video.

‘We accept that it was completely unacceptable and inexcusable. The fact the incident was made light of on the show was wrong and compounded the hurt. We deeply regret this and would like to truly apologise.

‘We have reflected on this incident both collectively and individually and are truly ashamed that we let ourselves and you guys down in this way.’

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