Sneako | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy September 8, 1998 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Kick information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2023–present |
| Followers | 51.4 thousand [1] |
| YouTube information | |
| Years active | 2013–2022 2025–present [2] |
| Subscribers | 1.28 million [2] (July 3, 2025 [2] ) |
| Views | 98.14 million [2] (July 3, 2025 [2] ) |
Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy (born September 8, 1998), known online as Sneako, is an American far-right livestreamer and political pundit. He gained prominence through YouTube, where he posted artistic commentary videos and street interviews. His channels were removed in 2022 for repeated violations of YouTube's community guidelines. His Twitch account was banned in 2023 for “extreme[ly] hateful conduct.” [3] His YouTube channel was reinstated in October 2025 under a YouTube pilot program allowing previously terminated creators to return to the platform.
His content evolved from gaming videos to political and social commentary. Politically, he has been described as espousing a range of political views, including anti-semitism, far-right policies, Islamism, anti-Zionism, anti-Hinduism, support for widespread patriarchal rule and misogyny. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy [9] was born in New York City [10] to a Filipino mother of partial Han Chinese descent and a Multiracial Haitian father of Afro-Haitian and Ashkenazi Jewish descent. [11] In 2023 he moved to Miami, Florida, before returning to his home city in late 2025, where he currently resides. [12]
Sneako began uploading videos to YouTube in 2013. [15] His early videos were apolitical gaming and filming man-on-the-street interviews, often about dating, before briefly working for YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast. [16] His topics began to shift into right-wing trolling, such as asking White people on the street to say racial slurs for one dollar. [17] [18] He would also host discussions on why men and women are not equal. [17]
In 2022, Sneako was banned from YouTube [17] and was banned from Twitch the following year. [19] Following his removals, he began streaming on Rumble, where he became popular with young male viewers. [17]
In October 2024, Sneako was banned from YouTube again within 24 hours of a brief reinstatement. [20] He was also banned from TikTok in early 2024 for promoting violent misogynistic content, according to Media Matters for America. [21]
In October 2025, Sneako publicly criticized Twitch after the platform reinstated streamers Nina Lin and Zoe Spencer following a 24-hour suspension related to a widely circulated clip in which they were accused of sexually assaulting a man on camera. [22] In response, Sneako publicly criticized the decision on X, questioning why he remained permanently banned while other creators received rapid reinstatement. [23] In posts on X and in a video cited by SoapCentral, Sneako contrasted their short suspension with his own permanent ban from Twitch, claiming he had never been given a clear explanation beyond "hateful conduct." [24]
In February 2024, Sneako participated in a sparring session with former UFC Middleweight Champion Sean Strickland at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. The session, which was filmed and widely circulated online, showed Strickland delivering a series of aggressive punches that bloodied Sneako's nose. Critics argued that Strickland had gone too hard against a non-professional fighter, and the video prompted debate about the ethics of sparring intensely with beginners. [25] [26] Strickland defended the session and complimented Sneako's resilience, stating that he would have stopped had Sneako gone down. [27]
In late November 2024, Sneako launched a new video series titled Project X (PRJX), which he posted exclusively on X (formerly Twitter). Filmed primarily in New York City, the videos featured interviews with strangers and commentary on social issues including pornography, masculinity, and comparisons between online careers and traditional employment. [28]
In May 2025, Sneako appeared with Kanye West in a virtual interview with Piers Morgan on Piers Morgan Uncensored. The discussion, intended to address West's online conduct, escalated after Morgan questioned his social media presence and past statements. West abruptly ended the interview mid-conversation, and Sneako exited shortly afterward, criticizing Morgan's approach. [29] The walkout received widespread attention and was later uploaded to Morgan's official YouTube channel. In June 2025, Sneako appeared outside the Manhattan courthouse during Sean "Diddy" Combs' ongoing trial, where he confronted a reporter for referring to Kanye West by his former name instead of "Ye." The interaction was streamed live and shared widely on social media. [30] In November 2025, rapper Lil Pump expressed gratitude toward Sneako during a livestream, saying the streamer supported him when he was "dead broke" and had "zero dollars." Pump credited Sneako as one of the people who helped him during a period of financial difficulty. Sneako responded by praising Pump’s authenticity compared to "alpha male" internet personalities. The exchange was filmed on Sneako’s stream and later reported by Complex. [31]
In late 2025, Sneako and fellow streamer Adin Ross publicly discussed encouraging Kanye West and Drake to collaborate on a joint album. During a livestream, Sneako criticized ongoing diss tracks in the music industry, arguing that ego-driven conflicts had prevented a potential collaboration between the two artists. Clips of the discussion circulated widely on social media, with fans expressing mixed reactions. [32]
In October 2025, Sneako's main YouTube channel and secondary channels were reinstated after nearly three years of suspension. [33] He announced the reinstatement on X and later posted a video about his return, stating that he intended to focus on "more constructive" content. The unbanning followed similar reinstatements of other previously banned creators on the platform. [34] [35] [17]
In November 2025, Sneako announced that his YouTube channel had been fully remonetized following its reinstatement. In an interview and subsequent posts on X, he said he had regained access to the YouTube Partner Program after a 39-day review period and described the process as stressful but ultimately successful. Sneako stated that he planned to approach content creation "more strategically" compared to his pre-ban period and claimed that YouTube had acknowledged errors in its original enforcement actions. Coverage of his return described it as widely celebrated among his fanbase. [36]
Sneako has been widely criticized for making misogynistic and antisemitic statements, [37] [4] including jokes about Adolf Hitler and remarks targeting Jewish people. [16] He is associated with online personalities such as Andrew Tate, [18] whom he has credited with improving his life, [38] as well as rapper Kanye West and far-right activist Nick Fuentes. [16]
In 2023, he defended sports fans who were recorded shouting homophobic and transphobic remarks at a game he attended, arguing that "they are children and obviously joking" and blaming pride flags in classrooms. [17] He later accused MrBeast of "pushing kids into transgenderism" by supporting Ava Kris Tyson, a trans woman affiliated with the MrBeast channel. [39]
In July 2023, in a livestream with Nick Fuentes and other right-wing extremists, Sneako disputed Matt Walsh's claim that "transgenderism" was created by the Nazis, instead claiming it was a Jewish invention. [40] He has refused to call Adolf Hitler "evil", wrote on X that people should not "bash" Hitler for killing Jewish people and wished him a happy birthday, and (talking about roleplay) said "I'll be the Nazi and I'll shove you in the oven like a dirty Jew." [41] [42]
He has expressed disillusionment with electoral politics following the failure of Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, stating by 2020 that voting "doesn't matter anymore". [16] He was involved in Kanye West's 2024 presidential campaign, where he collaborated with Fuentes to produce social media content. [17] [16] During an appearance at the America First Political Action Conference, Sneako predicted that Fuentes would one day become president of the United States. [43]
In June 2025, Sneako tweeted "I endorse Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor," citing Mamdani's stance as "the only non-Zionist candidate" and stating that "people are tired of the Zionism". [44] Following Mamdani's reported win, he tweeted: "Zohran won because everyone is sick of Zionists." [45] His comments drew criticism from author Douglas Murray on Sky News Australia, who argued that such statements reflected anti-Israel sentiment and questioned their relevance to a mayoral campaign. [46]
In the same month, he conducted an interview with New York City Mayor Eric Adams at Gracie Mansion, which was widely criticized by various international media outlets due to Sneako's repeatedly anti-semitic actions. [47] [48]
Mayor Eric Adams said when asked about his meeting with Sneako, “I didn’t know his history, I don’t support anything that is criticizing any group in the city.” [49]
Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres said on Twitter regarding the interview, “The Mayor is smoking cigars at Gracie Mansion with Sneako — yet another antisemite who once declared: ‘Down with the Jews,’”