Dolan Twins

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Dolan Twins
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The Dolan Twins in 2017
Personal information
Born
Ethan Dolan
Grayson Dolan

(1999-12-16) December 16, 1999 (age 24)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationComedian
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2014–2021
Subscribers10 million [1]
Total views1.86 billion [1]
Associated acts
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: January 30, 2023

Ethan and Grayson Dolan [2] (born December 16, 1999 [3] ), collectively known as the Dolan Twins, are an American comedy duo who rose to prominence in May 2013 [4] on the video sharing application Vine.

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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]

Their father, Sean Dolan, died from cancer on January 19, 2019. He was fifty years old. [15]

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. [16]

On January 14, 2021, they uploaded a podcast titled We're Moving On From YouTube, onto their podcast channel Deeper with the Dolan Twins. [17]

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. [18] It was announced in August 2018 that the twins had directed a music video for the Australian alt-pop group Cub Sport. [19]

In February 2020, the Dolan Twins launched a weekly podcast, Deeper with the Dolan Twins, produced by Cadence13. It lasted until May 2021. [20]

Awards and nominations

YearNominatedAwardResult
2016 Teen Choice Awards Choice Web Star: Male Won
Choice YouTuber Won
2017 Choice Comedian Won
Choice Web Star: Male Nominated
Choice YouTuber Nominated
Choice Comedy Web Star Nominated
2018 Choice Web Star: Male Won
Choice Comedian Won
2019 Choice Male Web Star Nominated
Choice Comedy Web Star Won

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