KSI fans rally against him in surprise subscriber race with Mr Bean Instagram: ksi \/ Wikimedia Commons: Gerhard Heeke[jwplayer mgzBNoPb]Fans of YouTuber Olajide \u2018KSI\u2019 Olatunji are hilariously rallying against him as he embarks on a surprise subscriber race with none other than iconic British comedy character Mr Bean. KSI is one of the most popular YouTubers not only in the UK but worldwide. He has accrued over 21 million subscribers on the platform and used his brand to become a professional boxer and a recording artist, setting his sights far beyond the confines of YouTube. While he has established himself as a top creator, he would have expected his main competition to come from fellow YouTubers such as Logan Paul and David Dobrik, but apparently, that\u2019s not the case. As became clear thanks to a post on KSI\u2019s subreddit on July 2, he appears to be locked in a tight subscriber race with Mr Bean, a selectively mute character portrayed by British comedy icon Rowan Atkinson. The original post questions how Olatunji, commonly referred to as JJ, can call himself the biggest UK YouTuber when he has less subscribers than the official Mr Bean YouTube account \u2013 which, really, isn\u2019t a completely unfair point. When the post was first published, KSI sat at 21.5 million subs, while Mr Bean had 21.6 \u2013 and then something strange happened. Rather than rally behind their hero, JJ\u2019s fans instead pushed for their peers to subscribe to Mr Bean, saying that they \u201ccan\u2019t allow JJ to overtake this icon\u201d and that he was \u201cpart of our childhood.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOMSHARMANWEB\/status\/1278612951373660160 In the short time since this was brought to everyone\u2019s attention, each of them have reached the next 100k iteration, with Mr Bean maintaining his lead over KSI. The question is, how does KSI respond? What does he do to get the better of Mr Bean? Only time will tell, but this could have a profound impact on JJ\u2019s status as the UK\u2019s biggest YouTuber. Neither KSI nor Bean have yet commented on the ongoing battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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