The Dolan Twins

About

The Dolan Twins or Grayson Dolan and Ethan Dolan are popular YouTube brothers who rose to fame after posting comedic videos of themselves to Vine. The YouTube stars have gained a positive reputation by faithfully posting videos every week for five years on YouTube until deciding to concentration on their mental health in 2019 after their father passed away. The brothers have been nominated for several Teen Choice Awards.

Online History

In 2013, Grayson and Ethan Dolan began posting videos to Vine and gained millions of followers in two years.^[1] In July, 2013, Icyystorm posted the first Ethan and Grayson Dolan Vine Compilation video to YouTuber (show below, left). The video gained over 410,100 views and 7,300 likes in five years. On March 9th, 2014, the twins joined YouTub and uploaded their first video, a challenge video on July 12th (show below, right). The video accumulated over 4.9 million views and 220,000 likes in five years. On September 25, 2015, American media and entertainment company AwesomenessTv sign the twins.^[2]

On June 2nd 2018, the Dolans began filming videos with the sister squad. On December 25th, the Dolan Twins uploaded their most popular video with the Sister Squad titled, "Best Friends Buy Each Other Dream Gifts" (shown below, left). The video garnered over 26.7 millions and 1.2 million likes in a year. The twins have also collaborated with other famous YouTubers. On September 17th, 2019, Jeffree Star uploaded a video titled "Switching Lives With The Dolan Twins" which accumulated over 14.1 million views and 659,000 likes in a month.

Shane Dawson Collaboration

On October 8th, 2019, The Dolan Twins uploaded a video titled, "It's Time To Move On…" which features a conversation with Shane Dawson in which the brothers discuss their last five years as YouTubers expressing that they are mentally overwhelmed, especially after their father passed away (shown below). In the video the twins decide to announce that they would no longer be posting weekly videos but would post maybe monthly videos that they are proud of. The video gained over 3.7 million views in one day and reached the number one trending spot on YouTube.

Reputation

As of October 2019, the Dolan Twins have gained over 10.6 million subscribers on YouTube and 4.7 million followers Instagram.^[9] Grayson Dolan^[10] has over 8.2 million followers on Twitter, while Ethan Dolan^[11] has eight million. The Dolan Twins have won nine awards at the Teen Choice Awards over five years.^[13]

Related Memes

#DolanPOC

In November 2017, Twitter users began to spread the hashtag #dolanpoc to raise awareness of some Dolan Twins fan accounts that use racial slurs and speech.^[3] Twitter user @arispeachess^[4] posted a screenshot of two related accounts to Twitter (shown below, left). Soon the hashtag spread more widely and people began using the hashtag to spread positive messages. On January 8th, 2019, Twitter user @ItzKeishaa^[5] posted selfies with the caption "- I am comfortable in my own skin..#dolanpoc" which accumulated over 1,400 likes and 150 retweets in nine months (shown below, center). On January 9th, Ethan Dolan^[6] responded on Twitter say, "Hey guys. I’m seeing a lot of discussion about racism in my notifications. Also seeing some false accusations about myself for some reason.. please know that racism is something that I will never tolerate. It’s disgusting and I can’t believe it still exists" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 93,000 likes and 17,800 retweets in nine months.

Personal Life

Ethan and Grayson have not been in confirmed relationships but have been rumor to be in several including with Sister Squad co-member Emma Chamberlain.^[8] On January 19th, 2019, their father Sean Dolan^[7] died of cancer and four days later Ethan Dolan^[12] tweeted, "If you are a fan of Grayson and I we love you and appreciate you so much. The best way you could support us during this tough time is to NOT show up at our father’s wake or funeral. thank you guys and please please please respect my wish" (shown below). The tweet garnered over 326,200 likes and 31,000 retweets in nine months.

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