FANS turned out to meet their favourite YouTube star Oli White in Newcastle.

They waited patiently outside WHSmith on Northumberland Street, with the queue extending over 500 metres away from the front of the store.

All the fuss was over video blogger, Oli White, who was signing covers of his new book, Generation Next.

The book sold over 2,100 copies on pre-release and his national book signing tour has sold out at Cardiff, Glasgow and Manchester.

The 21-year-old rose to online fame due to video blogs on his YouTube channel which has over 1.7 million subscribers.

He first joined YouTube in August 2012 and his most popular videos include "Salt and Ice Challenge" and "10 Things Guys Like About Girls".

His debut book is a novel, similar to that of fellow YouTuber, Zoella's first book, and it focuses on main character Jack and his rise to social media fame.