Wikipedia

Draft:Simon Minter

Simon Minter
Minter at Social in the City in 2019.
Born (1992-09-07) September 7, 1992 (age 31)
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
EducationBerkhamsted School
University of Hull
Occupations
SpouseTalia Mar
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2008–present
Genres
Subscribers17.7 million (combined)[1]
Total views8.1 billion (combined)[1]
Associated actsSidemen
100,000 subscribers2010
1,000,000 subscribers2015
10,000,000 subscribers2019

Simon Edward Minter (born 7 September 1992), known professionally as Miniminter is an English YouTuber, streamer and Internet personality. He is a member and co-founder of the Sidemen, a British YouTube group. He is also a co-owner of XIX Vodka, Sidemen Clothing, and restaurant chain Sides.

Minter's YouTube career started in 2012, primarily focusing on FIFA gaming videos. Over time, he diversified his content, incorporating vlogs, challenges, and collaborations with other YouTubers.

Early life

edit

Minter was raised in Hertfordshire, being born on September 7, 1992 to British parents. He attended Berkhamsted School, where he became friends with future YouTubers such as KSI (Olajide "JJ" Olatunji) and Zerkaa (Josh Bradley),[2] acting first as the cameraman for Olatunji's channel before beginning his own content creation. When he first met Olatunji they hated each other at first.[3][4] After completing his secondary education, Minter went on to pursue a degree in Economics at the University of Hull. While studying, he also continued online content creation.

Career

edit

2008-2013: Emergence

edit

Minter's YouTube channel was created in the February of 2008, however he did not post on it until December 2012, inspired by KSI, uploading this first video whilst at university - discovering that university was not for him and instead leaving his studies to focus on a career in YouTube.[5] His channel saw wide success, reaching the milestones of 100,000 and 1,000,000 subscribers within a year. His content revolved around FIFA videos, playing football, as well as challenges and vlogs.

2013-present: Sidemen

edit

In the September of 2013, Minter created a second channel - MM7Games. A month later, a Rockstar Games Social Club with himself, KSI, and other British YouTubers was created on October 19, 2013 in Grand Theft Auto Online, known at the time as Ultimate Sidemen (which would eventually be shortened to Sidemen). By 2014, the group consisted of seven members being himself, KSI, Vikkstar123, W2S, Zerkaa, TBJZL, and Behzinga, and they had begun collaborating more often.

In 2016, Minter and members of the Sidemen created the Upload YouTube influencer event, hosting their viewers with other content creators. The second and last of these events took place in September 2017.[6]

Other projects

edit

In August 2017, Olatunji announced he was leaving the Sidemen, citing internal conflicts as his reasoning (although is still a member of the Sidemen in 2024). This sparked diss tracks to be released against one another from members of the Sidemen - with Minter joining and mentioning Olatunji's little brother, Deji, in song KSI's Little Brother. In 2020, he and Randolph, a friend as well as British rapper and YouTuber, collaborated to release two songs, being Survive the Night and The Helium Song.

In 2018, he launched the What's Good Podcast with Randolph. It was created on November 1, 2018 and has since amassed over 1,000,000 million subscribers.

In 2024, Minter played for England in Soccer Aid.[7]

M7 Education

edit

Minter runs a charity, M7 Education, aiming to help educational equality - providing experiences for both pupils and teachers in schools, aspirational trips.[8][9] It was founded by him in December 2018 with his brother. The charity has been supported at some of the Sidemen charity matches.[10]

Personal life

edit

Minter has two brothers, Johnny and Nick, with Nick having appeared several times in videos of Minter's. Minter is married to British singer Talia Mar. The pair had been dating since 2017,[11] and moved in together in February 2023.[12] They announced their engagement via Instagram and got married on 3 June 2023.[13]

Minter loves to play football, having focused many videos and playing on the Sidemen Charity Match and Soccer Aid.[14]

Discography

edit

Singles

edit
  • KSI's Little Brother (2018)
  • Fiver (2018)

Contributions

edit
  • The Gift (as Sidemen, featuring SX) (2019)
  • Survive the Night (featuring Randolph and Talia Mar) (2020)
  • The Helium Song (featuring Randolph) (2020)
  • Animation (with Randolph) (2021)
  • This Or That (as Sidemen) (2022)

Filmography

edit
Year Title Role Platform Notes
2014 The Sidemen Experience Himself Comedy Central UK
2018 The Sidemen Show Himself YouTube Premium
2024 The Sidemen Story Himself Netflix UK Documentary
Inside Himself, host YouTube, Side+

Books

edit
Year Title Publisher ISBN identifier
2016 Sidemen: The Book Coronet Books ISBN 978-1473648166

Awards and nominations

edit
Year Award Category Candidate/Job Result
2017 British Book Awards Non-Fiction: A Lifestyle Book "Sidemen: The Book" (as a member of the Sidemen) Nominated
2019 Shorty Awards Best YouTube Group Himself (as a member of the Sidemen) Nominated

References

edit
  1. ^ a b See:
    • "Miniminter's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
    • "MM7Game's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
    • "MiniminterClips's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
    • "MiniminterExtra's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  2. ^ MM7Games (2019-11-18). SOMEONE DREW MY LIFE. Retrieved 2024-08-24 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "The rise of KSI, the 25-year-old millionaire who's fighting Logan Paul after inventing YouTube boxing matches | Business Insider". web-archive-org.translate.goog. 2018-07-22. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  4. ^ Hamilton, Shona Ghosh, Isobel Asher (13 January 2019). "The rise of KSI, the 26-year-old YouTube millionaire who beat Logan Paul in a professional boxing match". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-10-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Sidemen : the book. Internet Archive. London : Hodder & Stoughton. 2016. ISBN 978-1-4736-4816-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ "Looking Back at 2017's Most Exciting Influencer Event". blu-digital.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  7. ^ Mcdonald, Hannah (2024-06-09). "Who is Miniminter? Meet the YouTuber taking part in Soccer Aid". Mail Online. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  8. ^ "Services". M7 Education. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  9. ^ "About". M7 Education. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  10. ^ "Fundraising superstars: Sidemen do it again". Charity Digital. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  11. ^ "TALIA MAR on Instagram: "We've moved innnnn 🔑"". Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-17 – via Instagram.
  12. ^ Bain, Ellissa (25 June 2022). "INSIDE SIDEMEN STAR SIMON MINTER AND TALIA MAR'S RELATIONSHIP AS PAIR GET ENGAGED". hitc. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  13. ^ Bain, Ellissa (6 June 2023). "INSIDE MINIMINTER AND TALIA MAR'S MAGICAL ITALY WEDDING". hitc. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Soccer Aid 2024: Who is Miniminter playing for England and what's his real name?". Manchester Evening News. 9 June 2024.
This page will be placed in the following categories if it is moved to the article namespace.
Categories:
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Simon_Minter&oldid=1242004239"