Zerkaa: The Numbers Behind the Sidemen’s Eldest Member

Zerkaa’s main YouTube channel sits at 4.7 million subscribers and 893,866,521 views as of June 21, 2026, with 2,030 videos uploaded since December 6, 2009. The figures place him 192nd among UK-based YouTube channels on Social Blade’s ranking and predate the Sidemen collective’s 2013 launch by four years. Across his seven solo channels the subscriber total reaches 8.4 million and 2.2 billion views, per Wikipedia.

The Main Channel in One Snapshot

Social Blade’s live subscriber and view count tracker shows Zerkaa’s main channel holding 4.7 million subscribers, 893,866,521 total views and 2,030 uploaded videos, with a creation date of December 6, 2009. The most recent daily figures on the page record 13,712 new views on Sunday June 21 and 16,460 the day before, a pace consistent with a creator still posting without going viral.

The country rank on Social Blade sits at 192nd in Great Britain, with a global rank of 815,673rd. Daily estimated earnings from the channel are tracked by Social Blade at between $1 and $76 per day, depending on traffic source mix. The figures below are pulled directly from the Zerkaa Social Blade dashboard and the Zerkaa Wikipedia entry, both fetched this week.

• Subscribers: 4.7 million (Social Blade, June 21, 2026)
• Total views: 893,866,521 (Social Blade, June 21, 2026)
• Videos uploaded: 2,030 (Social Blade, June 22, 2026)
• Channel created: December 6, 2009 (Social Blade)
• GB country rank: 192nd (Social Blade)
• Combined across solo channels: 8.4 million subscribers, 2.2 billion views (Wikipedia)

Eldest, and the One Who Organised the Holidays

Zerkaa, born Joshua Charlie Joseph Bradley on September 4, 1992 in Bermondsey, South London, is the oldest of the current Sidemen roster. Simon “Miniminter” Minter was born three days later, making Zerkaa the de facto first by a margin the group has leaned into, calling him “dad” and “daddy” in older videos, per the Sidemen Wiki.

The Sidemen itself began on October 19, 2013 as a Rockstar Games Social Club group called “The Ultimate Sidemen”, which included all members except Harry “W2S” Lewis. Zerkaa met Lewis at a New York FIFA event in January 2014 and invited him to join, the Sidemen group history and ventures listing records. By February 2014 the four eldest members had moved into a shared house near London.

Within the group Zerkaa is the official “Ultimate Sideman” after winning The Sidemen Experience in 2014, beating Vikkstar in a FIFA 15 match that led into a paintball war against Miniminter, Dexerto reports. He also planned the group’s well-known holiday video trips, the Sidemen Wiki notes, an unsexy structural job that quietly shaped the format the rest of the group later used.

The group’s own YouTube channel, launched for the inaugural 2016 Sidemen Charity Match, became the fastest YouTube channel to reach one million subscribers, the Sidemen Wikipedia page states. By December 2020 the group channel had passed 10 million subscribers, with each member receiving a Diamond Play Button. Zerkaa’s individual tenure is the longest continuous run inside the group, and now stretches past KSI’s 2026 departure.

Six Solo Channels and the Sidemen Portfolio

Beyond the main Zerkaa channel, he has launched six further solo YouTube channels: ZerkaaPlays, ZerkaaReacts, ZerkaaLive, ZerkaaActuallyPlays, ZerkaaGuesses and ZerkaaCards, the Zerkaa biography, career and personal details entry lists. Together with the main channel they account for the 8.4 million combined subscribers and 2.2 billion combined views cited above.

Outside YouTube he launched his own clothing brand ZRK London in April 2017, renamed to Internet Made in 2023. The Sidemen businesses he co-founded sit alongside it, dated by their launch milestones as recorded on the Sidemen Wikipedia page. The table below lists the six solo channels and their focus.

1. Sidemen Clothing – launched 2014
2. Sides – restaurant chain, launched November 2021 with Reef
3. XIX Vodka – vodka brand, launched October 2022
4. Best Cereal – cereal brand with Mornflake, launched March 2024
5. Upside VC – venture capital firm co-founded May 2025 with Jamie Elliott; Zerkaa was a Director and has since resigned, per Companies House filings cited on the Sidemen Wikipedia page

Tommy Tate and the 2022 Twitch Record

Zerkaa has streamed on Twitch since 2010 and is a Twitch partner. The Wikipedia entry, citing a December 2022 report from The Star, names him the most-watched UK Twitch streamer of 2022.

In 2022, he was the most watched Twitch streamer in the United Kingdom, with 17.68 million hours watched.

The character most associated with his Twitch work is Tommy Tate, a British road-man turned Los Santos criminal he roleplays on the NoPixel Grand Theft Auto V RP server, per the NoPixel Wiki. Tommy Tate is described on the wiki as the former leader of The Mandem, and Zerkaa returned to the NoPixel 4.0 server with a Tommy T stream posted to his main YouTube channel.

The 17.68 million hours figure for 2022 sits well ahead of any other Sidemen member’s UK Twitch year, and Wikipedia also notes Zerkaa was cited by Guinness World Records as a streamer featuring walkthroughs of the 2023 title Hogwarts Legacy. His Twitch follower count sits at 1.4 million on the same Wikipedia infobox. The 2022 record, combined with five-plus years of GTA RP consistency, is the data case for why a 4.7M-sub YouTuber still matters inside a 155.6M-sub collective.

The April 2026 Wembley Match and a Six-Member Group

The most recent public Zerkaa milestone sits inside the Sidemen rather than his own roster. The 2026 Sidemen Charity Match took place on Saturday April 18 at Wembley Stadium, kick-off 3pm, with Sidemen FC facing YouTube Allstars in aid of Bright Side and M7 Education, the Wembley Stadium match-day page confirms. The match is part of a series that has raised over £14.7 million for UK charities since 2016, per the Sidemen Wikipedia entry.

The 2026 edition followed KSI’s departure from the Sidemen, announced on May 31, 2026. The Wikipedia entry on the Sidemen states that Olatunji “announced that he would be departing the Sidemen, and that his last video with them would be that day.” The group has run as a six-member collective since, with Zerkaa, Miniminter, TBJZL, Behzinga, Vikkstar123 and W2S as the remaining roster.

He married his long-term partner Freya Nightingale on September 6, 2025 in France, two days after his 33rd birthday, the Wikipedia entry on Zerkaa records. The Sunday Times Influencer List 2019 had ranked him ninth among the most influential online creators in the UK, a snapshot that pre-dates the Sidemen’s current 155.6 million combined subscribers.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of content does Zerkaa make?

His main channel mixes real-life vlogs, football challenges and group collaborations. The wider set of seven solo channels covers gaming, reactions, live stream archives, full playthroughs, guessing formats and football trading cards, with the Wikipedia entry listing the channel-by-channel focus.

How many subscribers does Zerkaa’s main channel have?

Social Blade’s live tracker showed 4.7 million subscribers on June 21, 2026, with 893,866,521 total views across 2,030 uploaded videos and a channel creation date of December 6, 2009. The same Wikipedia entry lists 8.4 million subscribers combined across his seven solo channels.

Is Zerkaa still in the Sidemen?

Yes. Zerkaa remains one of six current Sidemen members after KSI announced his departure on May 31, 2026, the Sidemen Wikipedia page records. He is the eldest of the current roster, born September 4, 1992.

What is Tommy Tate?

Tommy Tate, also known as Tommy T, is the character Zerkaa roleplays on the NoPixel Grand Theft Auto V RP server, a British road-man who fled to Los Santos. The NoPixel Wiki describes him as the former leader of The Mandem, with Tommy T’s arc including an initiation beating by the Chang Gang in 2024.

When did Zerkaa marry Freya Nightingale?

The couple married on September 6, 2025 in France, the Wikipedia entry on Zerkaa records, two days after his 33rd birthday. They had been in a relationship since late December 2011 and got engaged on January 15, 2024.