Weston Koury / Sinjin Drowning

Overview

Sinjin Drowning is a YouTube gaming channel run by sibling pair Weston and Kalynn Koury. The pair are best known for their Minecraft and Moviestar Planet videos, with Weston (sometimes called Wes10) featuring prominently in memes made by the fandom.

Online History

YouTubers Weston and Kalynn Koury created their YouTube channel Sinjin Drowning on February 7th, 2017. The name of their channel is inspired by a scene from the show Victorious where a character named Sinjin almost drowns.

The earliest accessible video on the page was posted on November 26th, 2018 (seen below, left).^[1] The earliest known notable video was posted on May 18th, 2019, featuring the siblings playing Moviestar Planet, a multiplayer online game for children (seen below, right). The video gathered over 1 million plays in five years.^[2]

Weston Koury

Weston Koury created his YouTube channel on June 10th, 2015, beginning by posting sketches and vlogs with his friends. The first video posted to the channel^[3] was uploaded on August 16th, 2015, and the first viral video^[4] on Weston's channel was a December 5th, 2016 video featuring an ironic cover of the Justin Beiber song "Mistletoe." The post gathered over 700,000 views in seven years (seen below, right).

Following

Sinjin Drowning has over 780,000 subscribers on YouTube, 130,000 followers on X^[5] (formerly Twitter), and over 200,000 followers on Instagram.^[6] Weston Koury has gathered over 680,000 followers on YouTube, 760,000 followers on X,^[7] and over 1 million followers on Instagram.^[8]

Online Presence

Weston and Kalynn Koury enjoy a considerable following on TikTok as well, with clips from their videos often being reposted to this platform. A February 22nd, 2024 TikTok^[9] by @h0rnrydanger gathered over 7 million views and 1 million likes in four months (seen below, left). A March 6th post by TikToker^[10] @sinjindrowningposting gathered over 3 million plays and 460,000 likes in two months (seen below, right).

Search Interest

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