1. Jacksepticeye 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.
17 Facts About Jacksepticeye
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Jacksepticeye continued to create YouTube videos and appear in live events, including Summer Game Fest in 2020.
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Jacksepticeye is an active philanthropist, participating in fundraisers that have raised tens of millions for charitable organizations.
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Jacksepticeye was raised in Cloghan in County Offaly, Ireland and lived for a time in Banagher.
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Jacksepticeye's father worked for the Electricity Supply Board and his mother worked a number of jobs before she became a care-giver for his grandmother.
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Jacksepticeye was given his nickname "Jack Septic Eye" after a childhood accident during a football match in which he injured his eye.
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Jacksepticeye then moved to an apartment in Athlone, County Westmeath, in 2014 where he studied hotel management at the Athlone Institute of Technology, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Jacksepticeye lived in Athlone until 2017 when he moved to Brighton, England.
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Jacksepticeye was estimated to be the eighth highest-paid gamer by Forbes in 2019, with estimated earnings of $11 million, and he was announced as the third most talked about gaming personality of the year on Twitter.
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Jacksepticeye was included in Forbes' Top Creators 2024 at number 23 with an estimated income of $18 million.
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Jacksepticeye chose to use a stereotypical catchphrase for his intro to express his Irish identity to viewers of his videos, wearing a flat cap for the same reason.
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Jacksepticeye has speculated that his Irish identity and accent has contributed to his success, saying that "[w]hen some young lad comes around and he starts screaming in an Irish accent and swearing, it's like people getting their own Irish drug".
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Jacksepticeye's commentary has been described as "genuine" and "authentic" by TheJournal.
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Jacksepticeye announced that the company had partnered with the Feya Foundation, a charity aimed at combating world hunger.
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Jacksepticeye announced a comic book with comic book publisher Bad Egg, saying that he had been inspired to partner with the company after they released Godslap in collaboration with YouTuber MoistCr1TiKaL.
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Jacksepticeye has argued that controversies with companies like Activision Blizzard and the use of slurs or "gamer words" on Twitch indicated a toxic "chad energy" in the video game industry and culture.
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Jacksepticeye has been in a relationship with Dutch YouTuber Evelien "Gab" Smolders since 2019.