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Yo guys what's goin' on, and welcome to...

―Simon's intro

That's all for today and see ya.

―Simon's old outro

Simon Edward Minter[1] (born: September 7, 1992 (1992-09-07) [age 31])[2] better known online as Miniminter (formerly miniminter7), is an English YouTuber known for his FIFA videos and vlogs.

Early Life[]

Simon was born in Hemel Hempstead, a town in Hertfordshire, England.[2] He has two older brothers called Nick and Johnny.[2] Simon attended Berkhamsted School, a private/independent school in his local area, alongside KSI.[2] They met around age 12-13 and have both said that they initially disliked each other and had a physical fight out of class.[2] Their teachers stepped in and attempted to force them into a friendship.[2] This ultimately worked and they have been best friends since. Simon is a long-time fan of Leeds United F.C as his mother's side of the family is from there.[2] He has also stated that he supports Watford F.C and Manchester United F.C (because of his brothers).

Simon achieved one A*, two A's and nine B's in his GCSE's in 2009. However, he failed to get good A-Level results in 2011 so didn't manage to get into his preferred university. He ended up taking a gap year in the 2011–2012 academic year and even travelled to Ghana for two months when he was 19 to teach football to the locals.[2] In the summer of 2012, Simon went traveling around the East Coast of America and stayed in six states. Upon returning to the UK the next month, Simon began studying criminology at the University of Hull.[2]

Simon met TBJZL when he was helping JJ film a video in London in November 2012.[3] Tobi was long-term friends with Zerkaa and the four of them went out for a meal together at Nando's and got on very well.[3] From his ongoing friendship with JJ, Simon was inspired to create a channel of his own.[4] He dropped out of university just three months into the term (after not enjoying the mass amount of theory on his course) and began working on JJ's clothing line, Beast.[2]

YouTube Career[]

Simon posted his first FIFA video in December 2012 just before quitting university.[5][2] Simon has stated that the "mini" part of "Miniminter" was in reference to his height when he was younger. It is also believed to be a reference to him being the youngest of the 3 children in his family. In his first few years of YouTube, Simon mainly made FIFA and real-life football videos, as well as vlogs, Q&A videos and PO Box package openings. In April 2013, Simon did his first collaboration video with Deji.[6]

Simon started his second channel in late-2013 and he would mainly post Grand Theft Auto V and Cards Against Humanity videos, as well as numerous other "random" games with the Sidemen. Simon posted videos to his second channel a lot more frequently than his main channel. Simon posted his first group video in March 2014; a crossbar challenge with various other YouTubers on his main channel. After this, Simon's subscriber count blew up to around 150,000. He has stated that his YouTube career and style was inspired by Nigahiga.

In early-2014, Simon moved into the original Sidemen House with three other members of the Sidemen. At this point, he had only known Vikkstar123 for a couple of months. This allowed the group to be much more collaborative and post more regular group content. He moved into the second and final Sidemen House (alongside Vik, JJ and Josh) in mid-2016 until January 2019 when the group decided to move on.

He continued to post GTA V videos to his second channel almost every day in the mid-2010s. Simon was the only person whose original XBOX Live gamertag was completely different from his typical online identity; he was known as "Real Nimrod". Simon was accused of having a one-night-stand with AshleyMarieeGaming whilst the Sidemen were on holiday in 2015. This was often brought up in Cards Against Humanity matches. Simon denied the accusations, although there was supposedly enough evidence to suggest they were truthful.

In the late-2020s, Simon's main channel branched out into Reddit videos, lifestyle videos, quizzes/gameshows, challenges and reaction videos. A large proportion of his real-life videos were collaborative challenges with other members of the Sidemen, such as patience tests, quizzes, football challenges and more. Simon joined the Nopixel GTA Roleplay server in May 2021, where he roleplayed as a character named Peter Shufflebottom. He left NoPixel a month later after losing interest, mainly due to viewers backseat gaming/chat-hopping.

Simon moved into the Centre Point tower in central London with KSI in earl-2019 where they lived for roughly two years. In 2022, Simon moved in with his fiancé Talia Mar, whom he has been in a relationship with since late-2017. They got engaged in June 2022.[7] They married on 3 June 2023.[8]

Controversies[]

2015 Twitter Hack[]

On 19 April 2015, Miniminter, W2S and KSI were the victims of hacker account "BudyBear" which has since been suspended following this incident. The event allowed the hacker to access the phone books and photo albums of their mobile devices which was ultimately used against them.

Simon regaining his twitter 2015

The tweet from Simon as he regained his Twitter account

The first sign of suspicious activity was when "Simon" and "Harry" ordered their Twitter followers to spam offensive remarks towards YouTuber Bashurverse in the chat of one of his live Twitch gaming streams. The hacker pretended to be Simon Minter and Harry Lewis told them to call "Bashur" a pedo and accuse him of pedophilia. In these tweets, there was one subtle hint that something was wrong which only a few followers picked up on: the spelling of the words. Since Harry and Simon are British, they would have typed "paedophilia" as opposed to "pedophilia". Unfortunately, the followers did as they were told and proceeded to call Bashur a "pedo".

Simon ultimately came off the luckiest during this incident. Although the hacker(s) tweeted offensive comments while pretending to be Simon, as well as the aforementioned Bashurverse incident, nothing of note was used personally against Simon himself. Bashur did (unsurprisingly) block "Simon" from commenting on the Twitch feed after he received the offensive comments. He lifted the ban upon realising Simon was hacked.

After the incident, Simon tweeted a photo of himself thanking @BudyBear for returning his account to him, and assuring his followers that he was definitely back in the flesh.

Madalearthquake1 Beef[]

In July 2016, Simon's fans would attack a small YouTuber called Madalearthquake1, saying that he abuses child and he kills people. Madalearthquake1 would respond to a fan who he think it actually Miniminter. On July 31, 2016 Simon uploaded a video titled "MY LIFE IS IN DANGER!!" would react and respond to Madalearthquake1's video. In the video, Simon stats that he fans shouldn't attack him and that it was a fake account who messaged Madalearthquake1.[9]

In 2017, Simon reacted to another video on Madalearthquake1, where he was accused by Madalearthquake1 that he is a child abuses and a predator. Simon would tell his audience not to message or attack this guy, but fans would continue to harass Madalearthquake1.[10] In a Reddit video with KSI, they found a post on Madalearthquake1 in which Simon said he'll like to meet Madalearthquake1 in person to see what he'll do.[11]

In 2023, Simon was asked by someone on his Reddit if he will fight Madalearthquake1 on and undercard of a Misfits Boxing event, which his answer was no.[12]

Sidemen Diss Track Season[]

Mmdejibeef

On August 5, Deji "jokingly" announced that he wanted to join the Sidemen. Simon called him out on Twitter, saying they didn't want him and that Deji should join Team 10 instead. Deji and Simon continued to dispute on Twitter, arguing primarily about JJ. Deji responded with tweets about how awful the Sidemen are and how "they're on life support".

Deji uploaded a diss track targeting the entirety of the Sidemen group (despite only having beef with Simon via Twitter) on August 11. He "dissed" all five remaining members of the group.[13] Simon uploaded a video reacting to the track along with Vik, Josh and Ethan the same day.[14]

On August 12, Simon uploaded his diss track in response to Deji's titled "KSI'S LITTLE BROTHER - DEJI DISS TRACK".[15] Deji subsequently uploaded his reaction to the track on August 13.[16]

On August 20, Deji uploaded a second diss track directed at Miniminter, titled "Ungrateful".[17]

This track once again brought about accusations of drug use which Simon denied in his reaction. Despite criticizing the track due to its "weak bars" and false information, Simon said he would not respond to any more diss tracks.[18] In a video on September 3, in which Deji and KSI reacted to diss tracks, Deji explained that "Ungrateful" was actually targeted at both Simon and Harry, and that the drug accusations were directed towards him, not Simon.[19]

Commentary Channels Beef[]

In April 2019, on an episode of the What's Good Podcast, Simon goes in on his dislike of Commentary Channels. Simon said during the podcast "they make an entire career basic on slating people". Simon would then go on and mention some explains of Commentary Channels including JaackMaate and ImAllexx.

Several member of the commentary community spoke out, including Memeulous who made a video responding to Simon.[20] A few months later, Simon appeared on the Happy Hour Podcast where they talked about the beef.[21] As off now the two have squashed the beef with each other.

James Arthur Drama[]

Miniminter vs James Arthur

Miniminter vs James Arthur beef

Before KSI's song, Down Like That released, Simon tweeted "To those that said I'd never make it, my friend has a song with Rick Ross".[22] When James Arthur responded to Simon with, "Probably cost 150k minimum through yeah".[23] The two would go back and forth on Twitter. Eventually Calfreezy got involved with the drama, starting a back and forth with each other. A few more YouTubers and fans got involved including W2S[24], INabber, Eleanor Neale[25] and JaackMaate.

James would announce that he would be leaving Twitter, with the following tweet, "Have to be honest some of the things I read on here go a bit toot far and quite frankly fuckin hurt, if that was your goal you win Maybe I should have thicker skin at this point I don’t know but either way this is my last tweet, I’m loggin off. Peace out Twitter friends".[26] This would end the beef between the two.

Tommy Fury Drama[]

In October 2023, Miniminter made a comment on the What's Good Podcast about English professional boxer Tommy Fury when he made a joke about Fury's daughter Bambi.[27] In February 2024, Fury responded to Simon saying "keep my child’s name out of your mouth."[28] Simon responds to Fury "He should be fighting Viddal. I don’t know why he’s chosen to go for a skinny non boxer. Fight Viddal man."[29]

Quotes[]

  • "Hi again, it's me"
  • "Jheez okay!"
  • "WHAT? Hehehehe!"
  • "Hell yeah!"

Trivia[]

  • Simon hates Fish.[30]
  • Simon wears a ring on his left pinky because of a tradition within his family (as stated in his second "Googling Myself"[31] video and in a "Would You Rather" with Fangs).[32]
  • Simon runs and maintains the MoreSidemen channel.[33]
  • Simon is a co-host of the What's Good Podcast, alongside Randolph.
  • Josh, the oldest Sidemen, is only 3 days older than Simon.
  • Simon's shoe size is apparently 12.[34]
  • He has been known to bleach/dye his hair, first to the colour red in early-2015 (earning him the nickname "red-haired lesbian"), then to silver, all black, purple, etc.
  • Simon has earned roughly $80,000,00 on his diss track on Deji.[35]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Simon Edward MINTER. UK Companies House. Retrieved on March 19, 2020.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Guess the Year Quiz with chunkz & miniminter | The Timeline
  3. 3.0 3.1 MINIMINTER & CHUCKIE ONLINE | "I'D ONLY MET VIK & JOSH TWICE BEFORE" | JD IN THE DUFFLE BAG PODCAST
  4. https://www.youtube.com/@Miniminter/about
  5. FUT: Winning the gold cup (part 1)
  6. Nugget Challenge Ft. ComedyShortsGamer
  7. INSIDE SIDEMEN STAR SIMON MINTER AND TALIA MAR’S RELATIONSHIP AS PAIR GET ENGAGED
  8. INSIDE MINIMINTER AND TALIA MAR’S MAGICAL ITALY WEDDING
  9. MY LIFE IS IN DANGER!!
  10. WHY I'M SCARED!
  11. KSI REACTS TO MY REDDIT
  12. THIS CAN'T BE REAL...
  13. Deji - Sidemen Diss Track (Official Music Video)
  14. SIDEMEN REACT TO DEJI SIDEMEN DISS TRACK
  15. KSI'S LITTLE BROTHER - DEJI DISS TRACK (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
  16. DEJI REACTS TO MINIMINTER DEJI DISS TRACK
  17. Deji - Ungrateful (Official Music Video)
  18. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEJI - UNGRATEFUL
  19. KSI REACTS TO DISSTRACKS
  20. My Response To Miniminter... (LMTH)
  21. Why Miniminter HATES Commentary Channels
  22. https://twitter.com/miniminter/status/1192497864007548929?lang=en
  23. https://twitter.com/jamesarthur23/status/1192989893141635079
  24. https://twitter.com/wroetoshaw/status/1193280099316953088?lang=en
  25. https://twitter.com/eleanorxneale/status/1193182156027285504
  26. https://twitter.com/jamesarthur23/status/1195925838514073600
  27. https://twitter.com/IfnBoxing/status/1761396536741654555
  28. https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1761395358972674471
  29. TOMMY FURY CALLED ME OUT...
  30. SIDEMEN ASSUMPTIONS: ARE KSI & ANNE MARIE DATING?
  31. HOW MUCH DO I EARN????
  32. WOULD YOU RATHER W/ MY SON, MINIMINTER !!!
  33. Is Miniminter Still In Charge of MoreSidemen?
  34. SIDEMEN SLIPPER CROSSBAR CHALLENGE
  35. Miniminter Goes Shopping for Sneakers at Kick Game
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