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 W2S in 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Born | Harold Christopher George Lewis 6 November 1996 Guernsey, England | ||||||||||||
| Other names | Harry Lewis W2S | ||||||||||||
| Education | Guernsey Grammar School | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | |||||||||||||
YouTube information | |||||||||||||
| Channels | W2S W2S+ | ||||||||||||
| Years active | 2012–present | ||||||||||||
| Genres | |||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 20.2 million (combined) | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 5.4 billion (combined) | ||||||||||||
| Associated acts | Sidemen | ||||||||||||
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Twitch information | |||||||||||||
| Channel | |||||||||||||
| Years active | 2014–2022 | ||||||||||||
| Genres | |||||||||||||
| Followers | 1.1 million | ||||||||||||
Last updated: 23 January 2025 | |||||||||||||
Harold Christopher George Lewis (born 24 November 1996), better known online as W2S or Wroetoshaw, is a British YouTuber and Internet personality. He is a member and co-founder of the British YouTube group the Sidemen, as well as a co-owner of XIX Vodka, Sidemen Clothing[1], restaurant chain Sides[2][3][4], and cereal brand Best Breakfasts.
Lewis launched his YouTube channel, W2S, in 2012, primarily focusing on FIFA gaming videos. Over time, he diversified his content to include real-life challenges and collaborations with other YouTubers. As of January 2025, his main YouTube channel has over 16.3 million subscribers.
Early Life
[edit]Harry Lewis, was born on November 24, 1996, in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands in England. He along with his family resided in Alderney before relocating to Guernsey in 2004.[5][6]
Career
[edit]Lewis launched his YouTube channel, W2S (Wroetoshaw), in 2012, focusing primarily on FIFA gaming content. Over time, he garnered a substantial following and diversified his content to include real-life challenges and collaborations with other YouTubers. In January 2014, Zerkaa met Lewis while at a FIFA gaming event in New York City and invited him to join the Sidemen.[7]. In 2014, Harry moved to London and became roommates with fellow YouTubers Callux and Calfreezy. He later joined the Sidemen, a British YouTube group, further amplifying his online presence.
In 2016, W2S and the Sidemen organized the Upload influencer event, a gathering that allowed fans to interact with the Sidemen and other web video creators. The second and final Upload event took place in September 2017.[8]
August 2017- Sidemen Diss Tracks, between the seven Sidemen, half a million pounds of revenue were made. [9]
2018- Ricegum Diss Track.[10]
In 2020, The Sidemen Channel reached 10 Million Subscribers.[11][12]
In 2024, W2S and the Sidemen launched “Inside”, which garnered millions of views and has been picked up for a Season Two, and an American Adaptation by Netflix.[13][14]
Philanthropy
[edit]In August 2015, all of the Sidemen members except Olatunji and Barn participated in the 2015 Wembley Cup football charity match, facing Spencer FC, with Minter captaining the Sidemen United team. The match ended with Spencer FC beating Sidemen United by five goals to two.[15]
Lewis has participated in the Sidemen Charity Match as a member of the Sidemen, which has raised funds for charities including the Teenage Cancer Trust and CALM.[16][17] The Sidemen Charity Match is a recurring football friendly match run by the Sidemen to raise money for various charitable causes. They have been held since 2016, barring a four-year hiatus between the third and fourth matches, while the upcoming sixth match is being held eighteen months after the fifth. In all matches so far, the group's seven members and various affiliated YouTubers competed as the Sidemen Football Club, while various other YouTubers competed as the YouTube Allstars. The first match, on 3 June 2016, was held at St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, raising over £110,000 for the Saints Foundation.[18][19] The 2025 Sidemen Charity Match will take place at Wembley Stadium.[20]
In March 2020, the Sidemen released a twenty-minute YouTube video titled "#StayHome". The video featured the Sidemen and more than one hundred other YouTube video creators and other celebrities raising awareness of the UK's "stay at home" campaign which aimed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the UK.[21][22] All of the advertising revenue generated from the video was donated to the NHS.[23]
Personal life
[edit]Lewis has a younger brother named Josh and a younger sister named Rosie. He attended Guernsey Grammar School.
In 2022, he competed in Mr Beast’s Private Jet Challenge, in which he won a private jet for his siblings.[24][25]
Accolades
[edit]In 2018, W2S set a Guinness World Records for having the most subscribers and views for a dedicated FIFA channel.
In 2023, he achieved the record for the most viewed crossbar challenge video on YouTube. He was also awarded the Streamy Awards and the Shorty Awards for his online content creation.
Publications
[edit]On 18 October 2016, W2S and the Sidemen released a book titled Sidemen: The Book, published by Coronet Books, and embarked on a UK-wide promotional tour.[26][27] A number one best-seller in the UK, the book sold 26,436 copies within the first three days of its release.[28][29]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | KSI: Can't Lose | Himself | Documentary | [30] |
| 2023 | KSI: In Real Life | Documentary | [31] | |
| 2024 | The Sidemen Story | Documentary | [32] |
| Year | Title | Role | Platform | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Sidemen Experience | Himself | Comedy Central UK | Web video miniseries; Main role; 5 episodes | [33] |
| 2017 | YouTube Rewind | YouTube | Episode: "The Shape of 2017" | [34] | |
| 2018 | The Sidemen Show | YouTube Premium | Main role; 7 episodes | [35] | |
| 2024 | The Chase: Sidemen Edition | YouTube | Special Spin-Off Episode | [36] | |
| Inside | Host | YouTube, Side+ | Reality show created by the Sidemen | [37] |
Discography
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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| UK [38] |
UK R&B [39] |
UK Ind. [40] |
IRE [41] |
NZ Hot [42] |
SCO [43] | ||||||||
| "This or That"[44] | 2022 | — | — | 23 | — | 14 | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Sidemen Clothing Limited – Overview". Companies House. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ Lutrario, Joe (25 November 2021). "YouTube's the Sidemen launch virtual fried chicken brand". RestaurantOnline.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Tabahriti, Sam (13 March 2022). "A fried chicken restaurant run by 7 YouTubers has opened its first branch after initially operating as a ghost kitchen. See inside". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "YouTube stars to open first bricks and mortar site for Sides". RestaurantOnline.co.uk. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Lewis , Harry. 2021. “GOOGLING MYSELF (W2S Net Worth Reveal).” YouTube. April 2, 2021. https://youtube/uyN0aiirTzc?si=Vhol5nTKG0804KiA.
- ^ Peacock, C. (2022). Who is Harry Lewis from The Sidemen YouTube group?... The Irish Sun. [online] doi:https://doi.org/1022025.jpg?1739271952.
- ^ The Sidemen (18 October 2016). Sidemen: The Book. Coronet Books. ISBN 978-1473648166.
- ^ "Looking Back at 2017's Most Exciting Influencer Event". blu-digital.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 December 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Monaghan, B. (2024a). Five things we learned from Netflix’s Sidemen documentary. [online] indy100. Available at: https://www.indy100.com/viral/the-sidemen-story-netflix-documentary [Accessed 11 Feb. 2025].
- ^ Glaze, V. (2018). Wroetoshaw Roasts RiceGum In a New Diss Track. [online] Dexerto. Available at: https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/wroetoshaw-roasts-ricegum-in-a-new-diss-track-147457/ [Accessed 11 Feb. 2025].
- ^ The SportsRush Desk (2020). Sidemen Sub Count : Sidemen reach 10 million Subs, A recap of the 7 year journey. [online] The SportsRush. Available at: https://thesportsrush.com/sidemen-sub-count-sidemen-reach-10-million-subs-a-recap-of-the-7-year-journey/ [Accessed 11 Feb. 2025].
- ^ Savic, Nikola (2 December 2020). "YouTuber's The Sidemen celebrate 10 million subscriber milestone". Ginx.
- ^ Monaghan, B. (2024). Sidemen’s chaotic new reality show racks up millions of views in a day. [online] indy100. Available at: https://www.indy100.com/viral/sidemen-inside-youtube-reality-show [Accessed 11 Feb. 2025].
- ^ Artemiou, N. (2024). The Sidemen Host New Online Reality Game Show - Verge Magazine. [online] Verge Magazine. Available at: https://vergemagazine.co.uk/the-sidemen-host-new-online-reality-game-show/ [Accessed 11 Feb. 2025].
- ^ Association, The Football. "It's Spencer FC v Sidemen United in EE's Wembley Cup". TheFA. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Watford YouTuber KSI 'so proud' as star-studded charity match thriller raises £1m". Watford Observer. 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ Gutelle, Sam (2023-09-11). "Sidemen raise £2.4 million, break YouTube viewership records with 2023 charity match". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ Castro, Danilo (25 August 2018). "KSI Net Worth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". heavy.com. Heavy Inc. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Rimell, William (4 June 2016). "Charity football match Sidemen FC v YouTube Allstars at St Mary's in Southampton raised more than £100,000 for the Saints foundation". dailyecho.co.uk. Southern Daily Echo. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Taye Rowland-Dixon (2024). THE SIDEMEN ANNOUNCE CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH AT LONDON’S ICONIC WEMBLEY STADIUM - Where To Go Now. [online] Verge Magazine. Available at: https://vergemagazine.co.uk/the-sidemen-announce-charity-football-match-at-londons-iconic-wembley-stadium/ [Accessed 11 Feb. 2025]
- ^ "Coronavirus: YouTube stars urge fans to stay at home". BBC News. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "KSI and Saffron Barker urge fans to stay inside as YouTube stars band together during coronavirus crisis". Metro. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus: YouTube stars and celebrities rally together to urge fans to 'stay home'". Daily Mirror. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ News, I. (2022). Guernsey YouTuber wins $2.5m private jet for his siblings. [online] ITV News. Available at: https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2022-11-21/guernsey-youtuber-wins-25m-private-jet-for-his-siblings [Accessed 11 Feb. 2025].
- ^ Mukherjee, S. (2022). Miniminter explains how W2S won a private jet in MrBeast’s challenge video. [online] Sportskeeda.com. Available at: https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-miniminter-explains-w2s-won-private-jet-mrbeast-s-challenge-video [Accessed 11 Feb. 2025].
- ^ Cowdrey, Katherine (2 June 2016). "'YouTube royalty' The Sidemen to Coronet". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Barr, Gordon (22 September 2016). "YouTube sensations The Sidemen come to Newcastle". Chronicle Live. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Dillon, Poppy (26 October 2016). "The Sidemen's Debut Book Tops Charts". TenEighty. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Flood, Alison (26 October 2016). "YouTube stars the Sidemen are frontrunners in race for Christmas books No 1". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Hale, James (10 August 2018). "KSI Releases Documentary 'Can't Lose' Ahead Of Logan Paul Boxing Match Up". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "KSI: In Real Life to Launch Exclusively on Prime Video on 26th January". Amazon MGM Studios. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ Shah, Furvah (2 February 2024). "Sidemen's Netflix documentary: Release date, trailer, cast and more". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "The Sidemen Experience by Toni Dundas for Comedy Central". creativepool.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017". 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "YouTube Red Reportedly Picks Up Series Starring Digital Supergroup Sidemen". Tubefilter. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "ITV's The Chase to face major format shake-up for epic special episode". EXPRESS.co.uk. 10 February 2024. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "British YouTube Stars The Sidemen Bring Season 2 of Reality Show 'Inside' (And U.S. Version) to Netflix". Hollywood Reporter. 20 November 2024. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "UK Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. 26 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "UK R&B Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. 26 December 2019.
- ^ Peaks of Sidemen's singles on the UK Independent Singles Chart:
- "UK Independent Singles Chart (20 December 2019 – 26 December 2019)". Official Charts Company. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- "UK Independent Singles Chart (23 December 2022 – 29 December 2022)". Official Charts Company. 23 December 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50 (23 December 2022 – 29 December 2022)". Official Charts Company. 23 December 2022. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Peaks on the NZ Hot Singles Chart:
- "The Gift": "New Zealand Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 23 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "Christmas Drillings" and "This or That": "New Zealand Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Scottish Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. 26 December 2019.
- ^ “W2S.” 2025. Genius. 2025. https://genius.com/artists/W2s.
