Sunnyzz

Sunesh Gurung (born March 12, 2008), also known as Sunnyzz, is a British YouTuber and content creator. He is known for his challenges, vlogs, gameplay and food related content.

Gurung was born in York and raised in Catterick Garrison. Gurung then studied at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate. During that time, Gurung created his first ever YouTube channel as 'SuneshTheHemGuy08' in 2020, later SunnyTheWeird123. He consistently uploaded a few times a day during the early stage of doing YouTube making short videos, skits, vlogs and gameplay. In 2023, Gurung gained popularity for uploading videos that featured with one of the most popular sports drink at the time, Prime Hydration.

Early Life and Education

Sunesh Gurung was born in York, England, on March 12, 2008. Gurung grew up mainly in York and in Catterick Garrison, England. His parents are from Nepal and his dad was a British Gurkha.

Gurung studied at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate.

YouTube career

2020–2023: The Beginning

Gurung created his first YouTube channel and uploaded his first ever YouTube video in January 2020 at the age of 11, under the name ''SuneshTheHemGuy08''. His early content consisted of skits, vlogs, challenges and short films, sometimes he uploads a few times a day. In March 2020, his channel was renamed under the name ''SunnyTheWeird123''.

By Mid 2020, Gurung had around 300 subscribers and 10,000 total views.

In Late 2020, Gurung was more focused on challenges, vlogs and gameplay. He gained early success by playing a mobile game made by a YouTuber named ''Morgz'' called Morgz Ultimate Challenge.

On December 29, 2020, Gurung changed the channel name to 'Sunnys' which was originally on his first channel.

In 2021, Gurung gained popularity for doing a new challenge when he uploaded a video where Jenga controlled his life for a whole day where it gained over 500 views. Afterwards, he started to make a few prank videos on his brother, notably Gurung pranked his brother into believing that he has reached 10 million subscribers.

In Mid 2021, Gurung slightly changed the style of videos that he wanted to upload. Gurung focused more on reacting to videos than what he has done before. Some notable ones include reacting to the Morgz Documentary and some MrBeast videos. He made over 40 reaction videos and it gained more success as it contributed over 6,500 views within the whole year.

In 2022, Gurung was thinking of another switch for his style of content, so he decided to create a new channel under a new name called 'Yeastiez'. The style of content insists of crazy challenges. Gurung was more focused on the new channel rather than his first channel. However, he only managed to upload 5 videos in total and didn't end up posting afterwards.

During that time, Gurung changed the first channel's name back to 'SunnyTheWeird123' after over a year in use on March 13, 2022.

In 2023, Gurung decided to continue uploading videos on his first channel but not frequently where he uploaded a few vlogs.

2023–Present: The Rise

In February 2023, Gurung created another channel under the same name (Yeastiez) where he started creating YouTube Shorts, which became quite popular. Throughout the year, Gurung mainly uploaded with the Prime Hydration drink, a sports drink made by KSI and Logan Paul, which was really popular at the time. Gurung gained popularity for attempting to make his own flavour and the current flavours of Prime Hydration, such as making flavours like KSI, Glowberry and Lemonade. By the end of 2023, Gurung managed to gain over 100,000 views and gained over 500 subscribers.

In 2024, Gurung gained popularity for doing an intense challenge where he attempted to pee 50 times within 50 hours where it gained over 25,000 views and gained recognition for doing a difficult challenge within a certain time frame.

In June 4, 2025, The 'Yeastiez' channel got removed from YouTube where the channel had over 600 subscribers and around 150,000 total views. Gurung quickly created another new channel under the name 'Sunnys' His style of videos consists of different genres such as challenges, testing out food products, making things, etc. To this day, Gurung gained popularity for testing out the cheapest menu items and comparing fast food restaurants in different countries.

In December 2025, he changed his channel name to 'Sunnyzz' cause he believed that there was a Twitch streamer with the same name and did not want to clash for using the name.

Personal life

Gurung sometimes plays football on the weekends, and he is currently studying a business course in college and volunteering in a charity store.