LUKE Littler is poised to rival Stephen Bunting in a new way by starting a similar side hustle.
And the Nuke revealed that he already has plenty of ideas in the pipeline to get the quest off the board.
Luke Littler has hinted at starting a new side hustle in the future[/caption]
Littler, whose arrows success has seen the sport explode in popularity, is already a hit on social media.
And the 18-year-old has is open to launching his own YouTube channel.
The world champion was asked if he’d ever thought of starting his own channel, like Bunting on the Huw Ware podcast.
Littler said: “Yeah, I think it’s one for the future. Definitely one for the future but at the minute, it’s a case of just chilling out, seeing the year through.
“There’s loads of ideas for YouTube, like ‘Day in the Life of Luke Littler’.
“Or just filming darts. Playing against fans on the Target Darts counter. There is a lot you can do.”
Bunting – who beat Littler on his way to claiming the Bahrain Darts title in January – has more than 65,000 YouTube subscribers.
The 39-year-old appears to have started it fairly recently, with four videos posted in the last month.
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He also dug into what a successful year would look like, saying: “Ideally, I want to retain the Premier League.
“The Matchplay didn’t go too well for me last year, so I’d like to win at least a game there and go deep into the tournament.”
The Warrington-ace was then asked how he prepares to play on the world stage, after appearing visibly emotional after the first-round of the world champs.
He revealed: “There’s been a few times where I felt nervous, but I just think to myself, just enjoy it and you won’t get nervous.
“But I’m pretty sure I was born with no nerves. And when you’re playing, you get the first leg, the first two legs,
“And you settle in even if the opponent comes back at you, you know, you’ve got the game to come back.”
Littler hasn’t exactly kicked on from his record-breaking win at Ally Pally on January 3.
He was dumped out early in the Bahrain and Dutch Masters, before losing to Michael van Gerwen in the first round at the first night of Premier League darts in Belfast.
The teenager was also knocked out of the first Players Championship event of the year on Monday – after losing to 6-3 Rob Cross.
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
- 1994 – Dennis Priestley
- 1995 – Phil Taylor
- 1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
- 1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
- 1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
- 1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
- 2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
- 2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
- 2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
- 2003 – John Part
- 2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
- 2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
- 2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
- 2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
- 2008 – John Part (2)
- 2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
- 2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
- 2011 – Adrian Lewis
- 2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
- 2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
- 2014 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2015 – Gary Anderson
- 2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
- 2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
- 2018 – Rob Cross
- 2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
- 2020 – Peter Wright
- 2021 – Gerwyn Price
- 2022 – Peter Wright (2)
- 2023 – Michael Smith
- 2024 – Luke Humphries
- 2025 – Luke Littler
Most World Titles
- 14 – Phil Taylor
- 3 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
- 1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
