KSI Leaves 23 Million-Subscriber Sidemen After 13 Years
Updated
Updated · BBC.com · May 31
KSI Leaves 23 Million-Subscriber Sidemen After 13 Years
11 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 31
31 May marks KSI’s final Sidemen video, ending a 13-year run with the YouTube collective he joined in 2013.
KSI said he had spent months weighing the move and called the announcement the hardest video he had ever made; his spokesperson confirmed the exit after fans questioned whether it was a stunt.
The departure removes one of the group’s best-known members from a channel with 23 million subscribers, while KSI keeps his own audience of more than 18 million on YouTube.
Olajide Olatunji rose to fame online from 2008 and has since expanded into music, boxing, TV judging on Britain’s Got Talent and a minority stake in Dagenham & Redbridge.
With KSI gone after 13 years, what is the future for the Sidemen's brand and their massive charity events?
Does KSI's departure signal a breaking point for YouTube supergroups when individual fame eclipses the collective?