Want to know which of the Sidemen cast members is the richest? Read on for fun facts about the crew’s net worth.
Launched by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim on February 14, 2005, but now fully owned by Google, YouTube is the second most visited website after Google Search. The company which is based in San Bruno California is a global online video-sharing and social media platform just like TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
Since YouTube was launched in 2005, it has produced a lot of celebrities, personalities, and figures who are successful in their niche of information with a lot being millionaires.
One of the common and engaging niches on YouTube is Entertainment, prank, and challenge and personalities like MrBeast, FaZe Rug, and UDY, just to mention a few that come to mind when it comes to the entertaining category.
Another channel we cannot leave behind is the team of English YouTubers who form the group Sidemen. Sidemen was formed in 2013 and it still exists with 7 members who are now more like brothers. They have made a good name for themselves, and have millions of subscribers and followers on their individual channels and other platforms.
TheVibely has gathered 10 facts about them regarding their YouTube channel, their net worth, and how much they make. Read on for the tea!
Who is the richest Sidemen member? Here’re 10 things we know.
1. Sidemen is a popular group of YouTubers from the United Kingdom. The All-boys members have impressive net worths each.
Sidemen are a British YouTube group that was created in 2013. They are the biggest YouTube group in the United Kingdom. The group is made up of 7 members namely; Josh Bradley, Simon Minter, Tobi Brown, KSI, Ethan Payne, Vikram Barn, and Harry Lewis.
The Sidemen channel run by a group of seven English YouTubers has a combined net worth of $55 million. They have built up a huge following by uploading commentary clips, vlogs, and challenges. Considering how large the group is, it’s interesting to see how much each member is worth.
2. The members of Sidemen make their money from various streams of income and all revenues are shared equally among them.
Sponsorship deals – big brands are keen to advertise with the Sidemen due to their large audience. Their fans are mostly aged 15-25 and based in the UK, they haven’t cracked America yet! Depending on the type of promotion, the group could easily make six figures for an advertising deal. Anything less and it’s not worth it for them.
YouTube Ads – these are the ads that appear before videos and can be a big earner if your viewing figures are in the millions. Per their Social Blade, the group generates earnings of $930 to $14.9K in a day, the revenue of $6.5K to $104.2K in a week, an income of $27.9K to $446.5K in a month, and a salary of $334.9K to $5.4M.
Merchandise Sales – the clothing range is another cash cow for the boys and earns them about £2 million annually, per Techie Gamers.
All of the revenue generated is shared out equally among the group. Outside of the Sidemen channel, each member also has their own personal YouTube channels to make extra income. Some of them set up their own businesses and report profits to the Companies House in the UK. Based on this financial data, we calculate the net worth of each member.
3. KSI (J.J. Olatunji) is the richest member of the Sidemen group with a current net worth of $25 million.
KSI is the wealthiest out of the cast members, having the most subscribers on his personal channels. His main channel alone has 24 million subscribers. KSI’s second-biggest channel, where he does reactions and commentary, has 16.1 million subscribers.
Aside from creating video content, he is also an entrepreneur, musician, and boxer. He co-owns Prime Hydration with Logan Paul and the drink company is on track to make over $100 million in revenue in its first year. KSI also invests in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin which have taken a hit this year. As the founder of the group’s channel, KSI has an estimated net worth of $25 million as of 2023.
4. Simon Minter (Miniminter) is the second richest member with a current net worth of $10 million.
Miniminter is the second-richest in the crew. He primarily produces content on FIFA, real-life football, vlogs, Q&A sessions, and vine reactions. This led him to amass a total of 10.2 million subscribers on his channel.
A big chunk of his videos involves him collaborating with other Sidemen members for challenges. Simon also runs a property company. In 2023, Minter’s net worth is around $10 million.
5. Vik Barn (Vikkstar) is the third richest of the Sidemen members with a current net worth of $8 million.
Vik has had a reputation for uploading daily gaming videos to his main channel for four straight years. With 7.61 million subscribers, he’s also maintained a 136-episode series called “How To Minecraft.” He has made over £2 million from Minecraft servers alone!
Vik has been a member of the group since 2013 and joined a few months after five other members. As for his wealth, Vik Barn is worth a cool $8 million. Similar to Simon, Vik invests in property for the long term.
6. Harry Lewis (W2S) is the fourth richest member of the Sidemen group working with a current fortune of $5 million.
Fourth on the list is Harry Lewis. He created a slew of YouTube accounts where he experimented with various concepts. As a result, he is regarded as the fearless Sideman and has 16.3 million subscribers.
Apart from content creation, he owns the first football challenge club called “Kicktown” in London. Combining all of his income sources, his current net worth is $5 million. Harry’s wealth would be much higher if he wasn’t so lazy!
He is also one of the MrBeast giveaway challenge winners as he once won a private jet worth around $2.5 million.
7. Josh Bradley (Zerkaa) is working with a net worth of $4 million making him the fifth richest member of the Sidemen group.
Better known as Zerkaa or Josh Zerker, Bradley is the oldest member of the gang. Josh began with posting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 videos, then moved on to football-related content, which got him 4.66 million subscribers.
Josh spends some days editing old KSI videos. He also hosts a podcast that averages two-hour-long episodes. Zerkaa’s net worth is around $4 million.
8. Ethan Payne (Behzinga) is sitting on a current net worth of $1.5 million making him the sixth richest member of the group.
On his main channel, Ethan is best recognized for his fitness and lifestyle vlogs. On his second channel, he is best known for his gaming content. His main channel has reached a 4.9 million sub-count.
Ethan was the one who came up with the idea for the Sidemen project in the first place. Now, his idea helped him to reach a total of $1.5 million in net worth.
9. Last but not least, Tobi Brown (TBJZL) is the seventh richest member of the Sidemen group with a current net worth of $1.5 million.
Tobi started in 2011 and was initially uninterested. But now, he is predominantly a FIFA gamer who streams his gameplay for 4.91 million subscribers. He has another YouTube channel ‘TBJZL Plays with 1.69 million subs.
He is a founding member and has been with the Sidemen since October 2013. He once had “subscriber battles” against fellow members, Ethan and Josh. Tobi has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million.
10. Currently, they have 292 uploaded videos on their 17.8 million subscribed channel, and their videos have amassed over 4 billion total views.
Their channel is ranked the 218th most subscribed on YouTube, the 23rd most subscribed in the UK, and the 103rd best entertainment channel, per Social Blade.