Jacksepticeye

jacksepticeye
McLoughlin at PAX West in September 2018
Personal information
Born
Seán William McLoughlin

(1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34)
EducationAthlone Institute of Technology (B.A. (Hons))
Occupations
  • YouTuber
  • actor
Signature
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Genres
Subscribers30.6 million[1]
(20 March 2024)
Total views16.6 billion[1]
(20 March 2024)
Associated acts
Websitejacksepticeye.com
100,000 subscribers2014[2]
1,000,000 subscribers2014[3]
10,000,000 subscribers2016[4]

Seán William McLoughlin (/məˈklɒxlɪn/ mə-KLOKH-lin;[5] born 7 February 1990), better known online as jacksepticeye, is an Irish YouTuber. Much of McLoughlin's YouTube content centres around gaming and vlogs. As of March 2024, his YouTube channel has accumulated 16.6 billion views and 30.6 million subscribers, making it the 2nd most-subscribed Irish channel on YouTube.[1][6]

Raised in Cloghan, County Offaly in Ireland, McLoughlin played video games from a young age. He started uploading videos to YouTube in December 2012 and his channel grew rapidly in the following years, reaching a million subscribers in 2014 and 10 million by 2016. Throughout 2017, McLoughlin appeared on Disney XD and Irish national television before touring in Europe and the US in 2017 and 2018 for his How Did We Get Here tour and the Game Grumps' Ready Player 3 tour.

In 2018, he began streaming exclusive content on Twitch as part of a multi-year deal with Disney Digital Network. He continued to create YouTube videos and appear in live events, including Summer Game Fest in 2020. In 2021, McLoughlin appeared in the film Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds. The following year, he released a biographical documentary entitled How Did We Get Here? which featured footage from his tour of the same name.

McLoughlin is a co-founder of the clothing brand Cloak with fellow YouTuber Markiplier and the founder and owner of the Top of The Mornin' Coffee company. He is also an active philanthropist, participating in multiple fundraisers that have raised tens of millions for charitable organizations, for which he has received awards from organisations such as Save the Children and Junior Chamber International.

  1. ^ a b c "About jacksepticeye". YouTube.
  2. ^ Jacksepticeye (3 October 2014). "100,000 Subscribers Silver Play Button — The Best Year of My Life". YouTube. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. ^ Jacksepticeye (20 August 2014). "DRAW MY LIFE — JACKSEPTICEYE | 1,000,000 Subscriber Special". YouTube. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. ^ Jacksepticeye (12 September 2016). "10,000,000 SUBSCRIBERS!". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
  6. ^ "Top 100 YouTubers in Ireland Sorted by Subscribers". Social Blade.