Early life and career
The twins are from the Long Valley region of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey. [5]
Since their beginnings, the duo has accumulated over 6.4 million followers on Vine and 11 million subscribers on YouTube, and embarked on a world tour titled the "4OU" Tour in 2016. [6] The duo was also involved in a Twitter ad campaign for the social network's new stickers feature. [7] At the 2016 Teen Choice Awards, the duo won the awards for Choice Web Star: Male [8] and Choice YouTuber.
On March 27, 2018, the two announced a hiatus from YouTube through a video on their channel entitled Bye For Now. [9] In the video, they stated that they wanted to re-evaluate themselves creatively and focus on their lives outside of the platform. [10] They later announced their return on May 1, 2018. [11]
In June 2018, the twins formed The Sister Squad with fellow YouTubers James Charles and Emma Chamberlain. [12] The four uploaded simultaneous videos on their YouTube channels on June 19, August 28, October 31, and December 25, 2018, and were featured prominently in YouTube Rewind 2018. [13] The Sister Squad was nominated for a 2019 YouTube Ensemble Shorty Award. [14] The twins were nominated in several Streamy Award categories from 2016 to 2019, winning Creator of the Year at the 7th Streamy Awards. [15]
Their father, Sean Dolan, died from cancer on January 19, 2019. He was fifty years old. [16]
On October 8, 2019, they uploaded a sixty-minute video titled It's Time To Move On.... They explained the stress of their father's death, and that they intend to change the content of their channel and to a more flexible schedule. [17]
On January 14, 2021, they uploaded a podcast titled We're Moving On From YouTube, onto their podcast channel Deeper with the Dolan Twins. [18]
In 2023, they directed the short film Nothing Left to Give, which depicted a farm family grappling with the loss of their mother. The film debuted at the 2023 HollyShorts Film Festival, and was subsequently uploaded to their YouTube channel. [19] [20]
Work outside of YouTube
MTV's Total Request Live reboot added the Dolan Twins to the show's lineup as correspondents, and to provide on-air hosting duties across platforms. [21] It was announced in August 2018 that the twins had directed a music video for the Australian alt-pop group Cub Sport. [22]
In February 2020, the Dolan Twins launched a weekly podcast, Deeper with the Dolan Twins, produced by Cadence13. It lasted until May 2021. [23]
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