7.KSI
The seventh ranking belongs to, Olajide Olayinka Williams “JJ” Olatunji, better known as KSI, which stands for knowledge, strength, and integrity. He is an English YouTuber and his career consists of gaming, filmmaking, acting, rapping, and professional boxing. He officially created his YouTube channel on July 24, 2012, where he uploaded videos of himself engaging in FIFA and Modern Warfare 2, along with sets of vlogs and comedic sketches.
He also has a career in the music industry as a rapper, and one of the works is a diss tracks that addressed the on-going beef with fellow YouTuber, Logan Paul. The two later competed in a boxing match against each other, that not only led to a career in boxing for KSI, but also resulted in a vast amount of views, subscribers, and monetization. The fight also included their brothers, Deji and Jake Paul, as an opening act to get their audience pumped for the main fight. The strides KSI has gone through to build his platform led to him having the second most amount of subscribers on YouTube in the United Kingdom, and he has the most subscribers as a person of color.
8.SSSniperWolf
Then, ranked at number eight is Alia Marie “Lia” Shelesh, better known as SSSniperWolf. She is a British-American Youtuber, who is considered one of the biggest female gamers in history. Her career began on January 19, 2013, when she began to upload content on her gaming channel centered around Call of Duty Black Ops II, Fortnite Battle Royale, and Minecraft.
She also used Twitch for live streams, in order to gain more attention. Her tenacity and originality resulted in receiving a Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Award for Favorite Gamer on March 23, 2019, due to her massive fanbase and thrilling content. Many channels made bold accusations stating that she did not deserve the award because she persuaded the judges using her sex appeal. However, the rumors did not prevent Alia from continuing to shine in the male-dominated field.