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WillNE
Personal information
Born	William Jonathan Lenney March 11, 1996 (age 24) Whitley Bay, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	YouTuber
YouTube information
Years active	2012-present
Genre	Comedy
Subscribers	4,210,000
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2016 1,000,000 subscribers 2017
Last updated: October 12, 2020

William Jonathan Lenney (born March 11, 1996), better known as WillNE, is a British YouTuber. Lenney's content is noted for both his videos focusing around internet culture and his practical jokes, such as getting a variety of YouTubers to collaboratively sing the song All Star without their knowledge, and pretending to be a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. Lenney's style of content was described by Vice Media in 2018 as designed for "teenagers hyper-literate on internet culture".

Early life and education

Lenney was born and grew up in Whitley Bay, England. He attended Loughborough University, where he studied automotive engineering. In 2016, Lenney quit his job as an attendant at a dinosaur-themed mini golf course.

Career

Lenney had his first wave of popularity in 2016, when he produced a video on music company BGMedia, and what he considered the poor quality of the child rappers hosted on their YouTube channel. The video went viral, becoming highly popular and dramatically increasing the size of Lenney's channel. By September of 2016, Lenney's channel had amassed roughly 250,000 subscribers. Around that same time, he left university in order to become a full-time YouTuber on advice from his mother. On December 22, 2017, Lenney's channel reached 1 million subscribers, making him among the 25 most-subscribed British YouTubers.

In November of 2018, Lenney attempted to fool various UK-based Tabloid media companies into believing that he would be a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. The campaign was partially successful, with several organisations, including OK! Magazine and Metro printing stories on the rumors before the full cast of the series was revealed. In 2019, Lenney went on a tour with fellow YouTuber Stephen Tries, titled This Week On The Internet Live. In January 2020, Lenney made a video in which he pretended to be muscular in photos he posted on Instagram, while producing the video he received a brand deal offer from a fitness company. In April of 2020, Lenney co-launched a collaboration channel with fellow YouTubers Alex Elmslie, James Marriott and George Andrew, called the "Eboys".

Personal life

Lenney currently resides in London. He suffers from a medical condition that causes him to have seizures and faint at the sight of blood. Lenney has a girlfriend named Mia.

References

1. Hall, Pagen (April 14, 2020). "Video Spotlight: Making YouTubers Sing Smash Mouth - All Star Without Them Noticing". Ten Eighty Magazine. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
2. ^ Wolfson, Sam (October 19, 2019). "'All the hood rats would jam with us': Grandmaster Flash, AJ Tracey and other artists on the generation gap". The Guardian. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
3. ^ Zadeh, Joe; Bethell, Chris (February 22, 2018). "The Lonely Life of a Professional YouTuber". Vice. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
4. • Osborne, Emma (November 13, 2018). "I'm A Celebrity: YouTuber WillNE tipped as latest signing for ITV show as shot of him in jungle attire circles internet". OK! Magazine. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
   • Griffin, Louise (November 13, 2018). "Is YouTuber WillNE heading into I'm A Celeb jungle?". Metro. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
   • Porter, Matt (November 19, 2018). "YouTuber WillNE reveals how he tricked the press into thinking he was entering 'I'm a Celebrity'". Dexerto. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
5. Woods, Jamie (April 21, 2019). "Gig Review: This Week On The Internet Live". Insanity Radio 103.2FM. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
6. Ellis, Phillip (January 22, 2020). "This Guy Pretended to Be Swole on Social Media for a Week". Men's Health. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
7. Jennings, Maddy (April 16, 2020). "Eboys Collaboration Channel Announced". Ten Eighty Magazine. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
8. Porter, Matt (February 25, 2020). "WillNE explains what happened after seizure at Cody Ko & Noel Miller show". Dexerto. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
9. Rogers, Jonna (July 3, 2019). "Weekly Round-Up: 24 – 30 June 2019". Ten Eighty Magazine. Retrieved October 12, 2020.

External links

WillNE's channel

• 1996 births
• Living people
• Comedy YouTubers
• English YouTubers
• People from Whitley Bay