Joe Weller
UK YouTuber who started in FIFA videos, boxed KSI at the Copper Box Arena in 2018, co-hosted the Wafflin’ podcast until 2025 and now posts travel, survival and challenge videos.
Lifestyle · YouTube · Updated Nov 13, 2026
Joe Weller is a UK YouTuber known for being KSI’s first boxing opponent, in February 2018. KSI won by a third-round knockout in front of 7,500 people at London’s Copper Box Arena, per Tubefilter. Weller was born in Brighton, England, per Famous Birthdays, and his YouTube channel, opened in June 2012, has about 5.3 million subscribers and more than 1 billion views. From 2020 to October 2025 he co-hosted Wafflin’, a podcast on The Fellas Studios network, with Theo Baker and Luke Martin. As of November 2026 he is still uploading, though less often than in his FIFA years: his newest video went up in early November 2026.
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Questions people ask
Who is Joe Weller?
Joe Weller is a UK YouTuber who grew up making FIFA and football videos, became KSI’s first boxing opponent in 2018, and now makes travel, survival and challenge videos. Famous Birthdays says he uploaded his first video on July 11, 2012, that his most popular early videos were FIFA videos, that he collaborated with KSI on several videos, and that his “World Cup Song: Brazil 2014” passed three million views in its first month. He was never an official member of the Sidemen, per Tubefilter, but he played for Sidemen FC in the March 8, 2025 Sidemen Charity Match and scored, per Sports Illustrated. His biggest recent videos include Surviving 9 Days in the Amazon Rainforest (Full Documentary), with about 5.1 million views, and I Survived WWE Africa (Brutal), with about 3.6 million.
What happened to Joe Weller? Why did he disappear or fall off?
Joe Weller has not disappeared: as of November 2026 he is still posting on YouTube, but far less often than in his FIFA years, and his podcast Wafflin’ ended in October 2025. His videos page shows four new long videos in 2026 so far, including Surviving The Weirdest 24-Hour Challenge in Thailand around March, Joe Weller Goes on a Ridiculous YouTuber Holiday in October and Attempting to have a FUNNY day while unwell & alone! in early November, each with roughly 100,000 to 650,000 views. Wafflin’ posted its last episode, titled “Goodbye...,” on October 26, 2025, per the show’s feed, after episodes titled “Joe Says Goodbye!” (July 27, 2025) and “What’s Next For Joe Weller?” (August 24, 2025). He has not announced quitting YouTube in anything we could source.
What happened between Joe Weller and KSI? Why did they have beef and fight?
Joe Weller and KSI fell out in 2017, settled it in a boxing match on February 3, 2018 that KSI won, and by 2020 were talking it through on Weller’s podcast. Tubefilter reported that the feud began in August 2017 and that the two traded insults online before the fight, which KSI won by knockout in round three at the sold-out Copper Box Arena, with a peak of 1.6 million people watching live and more than 20 million views within days. In January 2019 KSI said on a podcast that the two had also had a scrap in a car park before the official fight, which he said Weller won, per Dexerto. Weller told Sky Sports in November 2019 that he had trained for about seven months, fought after knee surgery and “just froze on the night.” On May 15, 2020, Wafflin’ posted “KSI vs Joe Weller - The Beef,” described in the show’s feed as the pair discussing their beef together for the first time since the fight.
What happened to Joe Weller in Thailand?
As of November 2026, we found no report in a major news outlet of any incident involving Joe Weller in Thailand; what is public is his own Thailand travel videos. His channel has posted Exploring Abandoned Thai Mafia Headquarters, about two years old with roughly 661,000 views, and Surviving The Weirdest 24-Hour Challenge in Thailand, posted around March 2026 with roughly 649,000 views. Travel and survival videos like these, from the Amazon to the Philippines, are most of what he has posted since about 2022.
What happened between Joe Weller and Elliot Crawford? Why did they fall out?
Joe Weller and fellow YouTuber Elliot Crawford fell out publicly, talked it through on Wafflin’ in March 2021, and later released a song together. The podcast’s March 28, 2021 episode, “Confronting Elliot Crawford About Weller Beef, KSI & YouTube Career,” is described in the show’s feed as the pair sitting down “after years of not knowing what truly went on” to discuss why they fell out and why Crawford sent “that infamous message to KSI.” An earlier episode, on August 23, 2020, was billed as Joe finally speaking to Elliot. About three years ago Weller’s channel posted FIRE in the JUNGLE - Joe Weller & Elliot Crawford (Music Video), which has about 488,000 views. Neither has explained the original falling out in a press interview we could find.
Why did Joe Weller and Theo Baker fight? What is Joe Weller’s boxing record?
Joe Weller boxed fellow YouTuber Theo Baker as a YouTube content fight in 2017 and won, and that bout came before his loss to KSI, per Tubefilter. We found no source giving a grudge behind it; the two later co-hosted Wafflin’ for years. His other on-record fights: the February 2018 loss to KSI, and a March 2019 sparring session at Jake Paul’s home that ended when Paul landed a body shot at the end of the first round, per Dexerto. When some viewers said he was paid to lose, he answered, “If someone was going to fake a boxing match, you’d do it with a convincing knockout punch.” Before KSI, his only boxing had been a white-collar bout, per Sky Sports. Theo Baker’s side is in his entry.
Why did Joe Weller cry?
Joe Weller has not been reported crying in any one moment that a major outlet covered, so we cannot point to a single clip. What is on the record: in April 2020 Wafflin’ discussed “Joe’s new emotional video in which he opened up about YouTube once and for all,” per the show’s feed, and in November 2019 he told Sky Sports that losing to KSI and the online criticism after it had been hard to get past.
How old is Joe Weller, and what is his real name?
Joe Weller is 30, born March 2, 1996, per Famous Birthdays, so he turned 19 in 2015 and was 21 when he boxed KSI. Joe Weller is the name he publishes and the name Famous Birthdays lists; no other full name has been published that we found. Famous Birthdays also credits him with an earlier channel name, nuevafilms. He has not published his height, and we do not guess.
Where is Joe Weller from?
Joe Weller is from Brighton, England, per Famous Birthdays. We do not list a current home city.
Where can I watch Joe Weller?
Joe Weller posts long videos on YouTube @JoeWeller, which had about 5.3 million subscribers in November 2026, with short clips on TikTok (about 460,000 followers, per Social Blade) and Instagram, and posts on X. The full Wafflin’ archive, 129 episodes from February 2020 to October 2025, is on Apple Podcasts and other podcast apps. Episodes featured KSI (May 2020) and Elliot Crawford (March 2021), and episode titles named Danny Aarons (“Danny Aarons Calls Out Weller,” November 2024) and Calfreezy (“Weller Confronts Calfreezy,” January 2025), per the show’s feed.
What is Joe Weller’s net worth? How much is Joe Weller worth?
Joe Weller does not publish a number and neither do we.
Why did Joe Weller become Christian? What is his religion? Who is Joe Weller’s girlfriend or who is he dating?
Not something we cover.
Who represents Joe Weller?
As of November 2026, no agency or manager is named for Joe Weller on his YouTube About page, which lists a business email address only. Wafflin’ took brand inquiries through The Fellas Studios, the podcast network it belonged to, per the show’s feed. Ames Create does not represent him; we cover him because people still search what happened to the YouTuber who boxed KSI first, and most of the answer is on the record. If that changes, this entry will say so.
Our read
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The format. He has changed formats more than most UK YouTubers of his era: FIFA videos and songs, then boxing build-ups, then a weekly talk podcast with friends, and now travel and survival trips, from nine days in the Amazon to wrestling in Africa. The constant is him on camera, saying yes to the uncomfortable thing.
Why it travels. The KSI fight still drives his name in search eight years later, and the trip videos travel when the premise is extreme: the Amazon documentary and the WWE Africa video are his two biggest recent uploads by far. Regular vlogs now land in the low hundreds of thousands of views.
Brand fit. Travel, outdoor gear, fitness and football brands fit the trip and challenge videos. With a slower upload pace and no podcast since October 2025, a single integrated trip video makes more sense than a recurring series.
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Sources: Joe Weller’s YouTube, About page and videos page, and videos JI8e0jdbxRE, X9RhdqtMpoo, smobimApv-Q, jF3qpA4ztAc, OiGa9p1WBNw, E68rb7PAhNQ and w58wXFRDq-I; Wafflin’ feed and Apple Podcasts listing; Famous Birthdays; Tubefilter, February 5, 2018; Dexerto, January 27, 2019 and March 30, 2019; Sky Sports, November 7, 2019; Sports Illustrated, March 8, 2025. YouTube counts read from YouTube, November 2026. Follower counts via Social Blade, November 2026.
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