William Jonathan Lenney (born 11 March 1996), better known as WillNE, is an English YouTuber and internet personality based in Newcastle.
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 fooling several media organisations into thinking he was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
2016
Lenney had his first wave of popularity in 2016, when he produced a video on grime music channel BGMedia, and what he considered the poor quality of the child rappers hosted on their channel.
The video went viral and increased the size of Lenney's channel.
By September 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.
2017
On 22 December 2017, Lenney's channel reached 1 million subscribers, making him among the 25 most-subscribed British YouTubers.
2018
Lenney's style of content was described by Vice Media in 2018 as designed for "teenagers hyper-literate on internet culture."
In January 2024, Lenney became a co-owner of Quadrant Esports, a content creation and apparel brand founded by Lando Norris.
In November 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.
2019
In 2019, Lenney went on a tour with fellow YouTuber Stephen Tries, titled This Week On The Internet Live.
Which, in February 2023, he turned into a Weekly pop culture news show.
In January 2019, Lenney launched a campaign to Stop Jill Hudson, aka Morgz Mum.
Lenney's main goal was to overtake her in subscribers.
He paid for advertisements across YouTube and Twitter to spread his message.
2020
He overtook her channel in subscribers in April 2020.
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 2020, Lenney co-launched a collaboration channel with fellow YouTubers ImAllexx, James Marriott and Memeulous, called the "Eboys".
The group disbanded in April 2021.
In January 2024, Lenney became a co-owner and investor in the esports, content creation and apparel brand Quadrant Esports, working with Formula One driver and founder Lando Norris as a business partner.
Lenney lives in London.
Lenney was born and grew up in Whitley Bay, England.
He attended Loughborough University, where he studied automotive engineering.
Lenney has Reflex Anoxic Seizures and has a seizure at the sight or discussion of Gore.
He said that he does not have seizures in places where he is comfortable, but does in places where he cannot easily leave, like movie theatres or classrooms.
He had a seizure at Cody Ko's live show in early 2020.