Who are Sidemen?
Sidemen is a Youtube channel that was created in 2013 by seven British YouTubers, Tobe Brown, Ethan Payne, Harry Lewis, Vik Barn, Simon Minter, Josh Bradley, and JJ Olatunji. Sidemen are also known as SDM and its members have their own individual channels. The most popular Youtuber in the group is JJ Olatunji, also known as KSI.
Profile Summary
| Name | Sidemen |
| Nationality | British |
| Age range | 27 years – 31 years |
| Occupation | Web stars |
| Members | 7 |
| Date Created | June 14, 2015 |
| Net worth | $14 million |
Sidemen Biography
Sidemen is a Youtube channel that consists of seven successful British YouTubers. The group was formed on June 14, 2015, after Ethan coined the official name for the group. Members of Sidemen had known each other for a long time and they post content related to fun challenges and commentary on their channel.
The history of Sidemen dates back to 2005 when Simon became friends with JJ Olatunji and seven years after, the two friends connected with Josh Bradley who was a friend of Tobi Brown from secondary school. On Josh Bradley’s 21st birthday, the four friends were in a voice hangout and at the same time watching a stream from Ethan Payne which led to them inviting him to join the group and he obliged. Vik Barn became a member of the group after he was called to help with technical support the Ultimate Sidemen was formed on October 19, 2013, but a few months later, Harry was asked to record them and that is how he became a member of the group.
Sidemen Members
Sidemen are made up of seven Youtubers( Tobe Brown, Ethan Payne, Harry Lewis, Vik Barn, Simon Minter, Josh Bradley, and JJ Olatunji ). Aside from their group Youtube account, they have their own individual channels. We would write a little note about them below:
JJ Olatunji
Olatunde William Olatunji Jr is the most popular member and he was born on June 19, 1993, to Jide and Yinka who are of Nigerian descent. He is 29 years old. He has numerous nicknames but he chooses to go by KSI which means Knowledge Strength Integrity and he tattooed it on his body in 2017. KSI is one of the richest YouTubers in the world, he has an estimated net worth of $15 million and he has over 30 million subscribers across his channel.
Concerning his relationship, KSI was dating Seana Cuthbert, a fellow YouTuber who appeared in some of his videos. The duo dated for more than a year and split in mid-2014 but they remain friends. After his relationship with Seana ended, he started dating Lois in 2017 but hid her away from the spotlight till October 2017 when he released a video titled Mauritius with my girlfriend and he revealed her face in the video.
Tobi Brown
Tobit John Brown was born on April 8, 1993, in Hackney London to Nigerian Parents. He is 29 years old. He is also known as Tobi Lerone, TBJZL, and Tobijizzle and he attended St Dominic’s Catholic Primary School from 1997 to 2004 thereafter, he went on to study computing at Coventry University. He has two brothers and three sisters and he met Josh Bradley at age 11 when attending Bexley Grammar School. Tobi is a very shy person and there is no information on his dating history.
Ethan Payne
Ethan Payne was born on June 20, 1995, in a hospital close to Upton Park, the former stadium of top-flight English Premier League team West Ham United. He is 27 years old. The name of Ethan’s mum is Ruth Payne who has featured in some of his videos and his parents divorced when he was very young. He schooled in Marshalls Par a school located in Romford East London and he furthered his education at South Essex College where he studies games development in 2016. He is currently dating Faith Kelly. He started dating her in 2021 and in 2022 they gave to their first child, Olive Ottilie Payne.
Harry Lewis
Harry Lewis was the last person to join the Sidemen Group and he was born on November 24, 1996, in Guernsey, this makes him the youngest member of the group. He is 26 years old. Harry attended Guernsey Grammar School and he played for Ranger FC during his childhood however, he went into gaming at a very young age after his parents bought a Nintendo GameCube for him.
Harry started YouTubing at age 13 to 14 however, most of his channels were experimental channels but a breakthrough came after he created the channel with the name Wroetoshaw, which he derived from two players’ names in FIFA. He became a member of the Sidemen group at age 17 after he dropped out of school to focus on his Youtube career and his channel was among the top 10 most subscribed YouTube channels in the U.K for over 10 years. Harry dated Kattie Leach from 2014 to 2020 however, there is no information on his current relationship status.
Vik Barn
Vikram Singh Barn was born on August 2, 1995, in Guildford Surrey South West London and he is of Indian Descent. He is 27 years old. He attended Silverdale School from 2006 to 2013 and he later rejected an offer of admission from the University College, London to study Natural Sciences as he preferred to be a YouTuber.
Vikram dated Kayleigh Wordley from 2015 to 2017. The name of his present girlfriend is Ellie Harlow, born in 1997. He started dating her in late 2018 which is a year after his breakup. Vik Barn goes by the moniker, Vikkstar123.
Simon Minter
Simon Edward Minter is the third most subscribed member of the Sidemen group and he was born on September 7, 1992, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. He is 30 years old. Simon attended Berkhamsted School and this is where he and JJ Olatunji met thereafter, he furthered his education at the University of Hull and his preferred choice was Criminology. Simon dropped out of school and was inspired to start his Youtube channel from KSI. He goes by the name, Miniminter.
Simon has three Youtube channels and he has been dating fellow YouTuber and singer Talia Mar since 2018.
Joshua Bradley
Josh Bradley is the oldest member of the Sidemen group and he was born on September 4, 1992, in Bermondsey, South London. He is 30 years old. He attended Bexley Grammar School from 2004 to 2009 and this is where he met Tobit. Josh furthered his education by studying Digital Film Production at Ravensbourne University. Josh has been dating fellow YouTuber Freya Nightingale since 2011 and they started living together in 2019. He goes by the name Zerkaa.
Sidemen Clothing
Sidemen have various streams of income and one of them is their clothing brand called Sidemen Clothings, their products range from women’s clothes, men’s clothes, children’s clothing, and accessories. Sidemen clothing also has customized digital gift cards that one can use to shop for products after purchasing the gift card.
Sidemen Net worth
Sidemen is a very successful group and they make their money through YouTube Adsense, Merchandise Sales, and Sponsorship deals. The estimated net worth of the group is $14 million.