Draft:Simon Minter

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Simon Minter
Minter at Social in the City in 2019.
Born (1992-09-07) September 7, 1992 (age 31)
EducationBerkhamsted School
University of Hull
Occupations
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2008–present
Genres
Subscribers17.5 million (combined)[1]
Total views7.8 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. He attended Berkhamsted School, where he became friends with future YouTubers such as KSI (Olajide "JJ" Olatunji) and Zerkaa (Josh Bradley).[2] 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]

Minter is a YouTuber and is a co-founding member of British YouTube group, the Sidemen. His main YouTube channel, Miniminter, was created in February 2008[3] and has amassed over 3.6 billion views. Aside from his main channel, he has three separate channels with a combined view count of over 3.7 billion views.

Minter has released music singles such as "KSI's Little Brother", "Survive the Night" and "The Helium Song" alongside other creator and musicians such as, Randolph and Talia Mar.

Minter has also created a podcast with Randolph, another British YouTuber, titled the What's Good Podcast. It was created on 1 November 2018 and has since amassed over 260 million views and 960,000 subscribers.

Personal life[edit]

Minter is married to British singer Talia Mar. The pair had been dating since 2017, and moved in together in February 2023. They announced their engagement via Instagram and got married on 3 June 2023.[citation needed]

Minter loves to play football, having focused many videos on the sport in his YouTube channels.

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. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "Miniminter". YouTube. Retrieved 2023-07-11.