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{{Short description|British YouTube personality and live streamer (born 1995)}}

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{{Infobox Youtube personality
| name = Vikkstar123
| image = Vikkstar123 2022 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Barn in 2022
| birth_name = Vikram Singh Barn
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1995|8|2}}
| birth_place = [[Guildford]], Surrey, England
| education = [[Silverdale School]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Ellie Harlow|2023}}<ref>{{cite web|url= https://twitter.com/Vikkstar123/status/1706704167228600537?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet|title=Mr & Mrs 🤍 |website=Twitter.com|access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref>

| occupation = {{flatlist|
* [[YouTuber]]
* [[Online streamer|live streamer]]
}}
| pseudonym = Vikkstar
| channel_name = Vikkstar123

| years_active = 2010–present
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Video game culture|Gaming]]
* [[vlog]]
}}
| subscribers = {{Round|{{Sum|7.61|3.27|1.11|0.145}}|1}} million (combined)<ref name="YTStats">See:
* {{Cite web |title=Vikkstar123's YouTube Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/vikkstar123 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230405203827/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/vikkstar123 |archive-date=5 April 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023 |website=[[Social Blade]]}}
* {{Cite web |title=Vikkstar123HD's YouTube Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/vikkstar123hd |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230405203924/https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/vikkstar123hd|archive-date=5 April 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023 |website=[[Social Blade]]}}
* {{Cite web |title=VikkstarPlays's YouTube Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/vikkstarplays |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230405204059/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/vikkstarplays |archive-date=5 April 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023 |website=[[Social Blade]]}}
* {{Cite web |title=VikkstarShorts's YouTube Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/vikkstarshorts |url-status=live |archive-url= https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UC0OevbYhRrD3UP1jJlYB7qw|archive-date=5 April 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023 |website=[[Social Blade]]}}</ref>
| views = {{Round|{{Sum|2.13|1.10|0.142|0.38}}|1}} billion (combined)<ref name="YTStats"/>
| stats_update = 5 April 2023
| associated_acts = [[Sidemen (YouTube group)|Sidemen]]
| silver_button = yes
| silver_year = 2012
| gold_button = yes
| gold_year = 2013
}}
'''Vikram Singh Barn''' (born 2 August 1995), better known as '''Vikkstar123''', is an English [[YouTuber]] and [[Internet personality]]. He is a member and co-founder of the [[Sidemen]], a British [[YouTube]] group.

== Early life and education ==
Barn is of [[British Indians|Indian descent]]<ref>{{cite tweet|title=... Ethnicity and Nationality are two completely separate things, I've lived in England for all my life. My ethnic background is Indian.|date=May 10, 2013|user=Vikkstar123|number=332869254871408642}}</ref> and was born on 2 August 1995<ref name="birthday tweet">{{Cite tweet |number=1290025072539779072 |user=Vikkstar123 |title=25 years on this big rock. Super happy & grateful. Thanks for all the Birthday wishes! |date=2 August 2020 |access-date=23 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802204243/https://twitter.com/Vikkstar123/status/1290025072539779072 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |url-status=live |last=Barn |first=Vikram}}</ref> in [[Guildford]], Surrey, England,<ref name="Sidemen Quiz">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFz7xy-UkVo |title=Which of the Sidemen knows Vik the best? |date=23 July 2019 |type=video |publisher=MoreSidemen |time=14:44 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211024144652/rFz7xy-UkVo |archive-date=24 October 2021 |accessdate=4 April 2021 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> where he lived until eight years of age.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=590545266308227072 |user=Vikkstar123 |title=It's always nostalgic coming back to Guildford. I lived here until I was 8 |date=21 April 2015 |access-date=6 April 2021 |last=Barn |first=Vikram}}</ref> He later lived in [[Sheffield]] where he attended [[Silverdale School]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Alana |date=20 December 2019 |title=YouTube star encourages students to work hard during visit to his old school in Sheffield |work=[[Sheffield Star|The Star]] |publisher=Sheffield Newspapers Ltd |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/education/youtube-star-encourages-students-work-hard-during-visit-his-old-school-sheffield-1346565 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723150002/https://www.thestar.co.uk/education/youtube-star-encourages-students-work-hard-during-visit-his-old-school-sheffield-1346565 |archive-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> He is the youngest of three children.<ref name="SidemenBook">{{Cite book |last=Sidemen |first=The |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1A-DAAAQBAJ |title=Sidemen: The Book |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4736-4819-7 |access-date=23 February 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327052928/https://books.google.com/books?id=m1A-DAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> Barn was offered a place to study natural sciences at [[University College London]], but he ended up declining the offer in order to pursue his YouTube career full-time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Newsroom |first=The |date=5 November 2016 |title=Sheffield YouTube star explains why he could retire - aged just 21 |work=[[Sheffield Star|The Star]] |publisher=Sheffield Newspapers Ltd |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-youtube-star-explains-why-he-could-retire-aged-just-21-454425 |access-date=3 August 2021 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803052031/https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-youtube-star-explains-why-he-could-retire-aged-just-21-454425 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career ==
Barn joined YouTube in 2010; having played games with his friends he got into watching YouTubers and making videos of their own. Eventually he decided to launch his own channel, stating:<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Reiner |first=Andrew |date=30 April 2015 |title=An Interview With YouTube Sensation Vikkstar123 |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/04/30/an-interview-with-youtube-sensation-vikkstar123.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126040358/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/04/30/an-interview-with-youtube-sensation-vikkstar123.aspx |archive-date=26 January 2021 |access-date=20 February 2021 |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |publisher=[[GameStop]]}}</ref>

<blockquote>I got involved thinking I might be able to do a little bit better than they were doing, and get involved and have some fun with it. I started recording myself playing ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''. I started making tutorial videos that people could watch – some of them were for knives and how you could throw them across the map. I made videos showing places where you could throw a knife or tomahawk and get a kill. I thought it would be cool to show off these ridiculous kills.</blockquote>

As his popularity increased, he began to take it more seriously, branching out into ''[[Minecraft]]''.<ref name=":0" />

In 2013, he joined the Sidemen, which caused his popularity to rise further.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fogarty |first=Paul |date=17 September 2019 |title=YouTube: Get to know all seven Sidemen members – Ethan, Tobi, Harry! |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/09/17/youtube-sidemen-members-ethan-tobi-harry-ksi-miniminter-vik/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209071019/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/09/17/youtube-sidemen-members-ethan-tobi-harry-ksi-miniminter-vik/ |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=20 February 2021 |website=HITC}}</ref> He would later move in with three other members, sharing a house with them from 2014 to 2018, when he announced he was moving out of the Sidemen House.<ref name="TheTimes">{{Cite news |date=23 October 2021 |title=Who are the Sidemen? How KSI and friends amassed 123 million followers |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/who-are-the-sidemen-how-ksi-and-friends-amassed-123-million-followers-cdnbjjswd |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211023194702/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/who-are-the-sidemen-how-ksi-and-friends-amassed-123-million-followers-cdnbjjswd |archive-date=23 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 October 2018 |title=I'm leaving the Sidemen House. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOjiMiIMP64 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211024144632/WOjiMiIMP64 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |access-date=23 October 2021 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He is also part of the [[Dream SMP]] server.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Çakır |first=Gökhan |date=1 January 2021 |title=Who is a part of the Dream SMP Minecraft Server? |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/who-is-a-part-of-the-dream-smp-minecraft-server |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227011424/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/who-is-a-part-of-the-dream-smp-minecraft-server |archive-date=27 February 2021 |access-date=20 February 2021 |website=[[Gamurs|Dot Esports]] |publisher=[[Gamurs|GAMURS Group]]}}</ref>

In January 2021, he announced on his channel that he was quitting playing ''[[Call of Duty: Warzone]]'' due to a proliferation of cheating,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Criddle |first=Cristina |date=1 February 2021 |title=Gamer Vikkstar quits Call of Duty: Warzone over cheating |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55893817 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210084346/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55893817 |archive-date=10 February 2021}}</ref> saying hackers would be "the death of the game" if it went unfixed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Franceschi-Bicchierai |first=Lorenzo |date=2 February 2021 |title='Call of Duty: Warzone' Bans More than 60,000 Cheaters |work=[[Vice (magazine)#Website|Vice]] |publisher=[[Vice Media]] |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9m5a/call-of-duty-warzone-bans-more-than-60000-cheaters |url-status=live |access-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222150229/https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9m5a/call-of-duty-warzone-bans-more-than-60000-cheaters |archive-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> Along with criticism from several other high-profile streamers, the resulting uproar caused [[Activision]] to update the game's anti-cheat software.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Criddle |first=Cristina |date=3 February 2021 |title=Call of Duty: Warzone 'enhances' its anti-cheat software |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55919196 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213051958/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55919196 |archive-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>

== Other ventures ==
Barn is an investor in [[esports]] teams and has spoken about how he has invested in [[London Royal Ravens]], a ''[[Call of Duty]]'' team, speaking of his desire to 'build a blueprint' for the wider popularisation of the sport.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Powell |first1=Steffan |last2=Pandey |first2=Manish |date=7 January 2021 |title=Vikkstar on his plans for growing Call of Duty esports |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-55553453 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203003454/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-55553453 |archive-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>

On 28 September 2023, Barn released a single with [[Alan Walker]] and [[Dash Berlin]] titled "[[Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)]]" on digital platforms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Carl |date=28 September 2023 |title=New Releases |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/new-releases/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929220133/https://www.officialcharts.com/new-releases/ |archive-date=29 September 2023 |access-date=29 September 2023 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In December 2021, Barn announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1473690416117698576 |user=Vikkstar123 |title=We're engaged! These years together have been magical, here's to many more |date=22 December 2021 |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/xpK2Q |archive-date=23 December 2021 |url-status=live |last=Vikram |first=Barn}}</ref> They got married in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://twitter.com/Vikkstar123/status/1706704167228600537?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet|title=Mr & Mrs 🤍 |website=Twitter.com|access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Film
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2023
| scope="row" |''[[KSI: In Real Life]]''
| rowspan="2"| Himself
| [[Documentary film|Documentary]]; Cameo
| style="text-align:center;"|
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Web roles
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Network
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2014
! scope="row" data-sort-value="Sidemen Experience, The" | ''The Sidemen Experience''
| rowspan="6"| Himself
| [[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|Comedy Central UK]]
| Main role; 5 episodes
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2014 |title=Who Are The Sidemen? {{!}} The Sidemen Experience |url=https://www.comedycentral.co.uk/the-sidemen-experience/videos/who-are-the-sidemen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119023349/https://www.comedycentral.co.uk/the-sidemen-experience/videos/who-are-the-sidemen |archive-date=19 January 2019 |access-date=18 November 2019 |website=[[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|CCUK]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
! scope="row" data-sort-value="Sidemen Show, The" | ''[[The Sidemen Show]]''
| [[YouTube Premium]]
| Main role; 7 episodes
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=2 June 2018 |title='The Sidemen Show': YouTube Debuts First Trailer & Dates Premium Reality Challenge Format |url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/the-sidemen-show-youtube-debuts-first-trailer-dates-premium-reality-challenge-format-1202401935/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120042324/https://deadline.com/2018/06/the-sidemen-show-youtube-debuts-first-trailer-dates-premium-reality-challenge-format-1202401935/ |archive-date=20 November 2019 |access-date=20 November 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
! scope="row" | ''[[How To Be Behzinga]]''
| [[YouTube]]
| 1 episode
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web|date=October 2020|title=How To Be Behzinga|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHuR7fUesrsFp3OhJ1jbknGl7b2W9j4S|access-date=29 June 2021|website=YouTube|archive-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629201510/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHuR7fUesrsFp3OhJ1jbknGl7b2W9j4S|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Television roles
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Network
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2021
! scope="row" data-sort-value="Wheel, The" | ''[[The Wheel (game show)|The Wheel]]''
| Himself / Celebrity expert (Gaming)
| [[BBC One]]
| Series 1, episode 6
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=2 January 2021 |title=Michael McIntyre's The Wheel – Series 1: Episode 6 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000r0dw/michael-mcintyres-the-wheel-series-1-episode-6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103113539/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000r0dw/michael-mcintyres-the-wheel-series-1-episode-6 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |website=[[BBC iPlayer]]}}</ref>
|-
|}

== Discography ==
=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Album
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)]]"<ref>{{cite web |title=Better Off (Alone, Pt. III) – Single by Alan Walker, Bash Berlin & Vikkstar |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/better-off-alone-pt-iii-single/1706858191 |access-date=27 September 2023 |publisher=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(with [[Alan Walker]] and [[Dash Berlin]])</span>
| 2023
| {{Non-album single}}
|}

=== Music videos ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)" <br>{{small|(with Alan Walker and Dash Berlin)}}
| 2023
| Mads Neset
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Alan Walker, Dash Berlin & Vikkstar - Better Off (Alone, Pt. III) - Official Music Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouEl3qTLc0M|access-date=28 September 2023|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2016
| [[List of NME Award winners#NME Awards 2016|NME Awards]]
| Vlogger of the Year
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Britton |first=Luke Morgan |date=17 February 2016 |title=NME Awards 2016 with Austin, Texas full winners list |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/various-artists-117-1199809 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823210732/http://www.nme.com/news/music/various-artists-117-1199809 |archive-date=23 August 2017 |access-date=13 January 2017 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| [[2017 Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Awards]]
| Choice Gamer
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rubin |first1=Rebecca |last2=Knapp |first2=JD |date=13 August 2017 |title=Teen Choice Awards 2017: 'Riverdale,' Fifth Harmony Shut Out Competition |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/awards/teen-choice-awards-2017-tcas-fox-winners-list-riverdale-fifth-harmony-1202526197/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130122240/https://variety.com/2017/tv/awards/teen-choice-awards-2017-tcas-fox-winners-list-riverdale-fifth-harmony-1202526197/ |archive-date=30 November 2021 |access-date=23 December 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{YouTube|user=Vikkstar123|Vikkstar123}}
* {{IMDb name|7158704|name=Vikkstar123}}

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