Seán William McLoughlin was born on 7th February 1990, in Athlone, Ireland, and is a producer of web videos, which he uploads to the video platform YouTube. He is particularly known for his amusing way of commenting on his Let’s Plays and Vlogs, and his constant screaming. Jacksepticeye has been active since 2012.
So just how much is the net worth of Jacksepticeye? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $10 million, as of the data presented at the end of 2017. Internet is the major source of Jacksepticeye’s still growing fortune.
Jacksepticeye (Seán William McLoughlin) Net Worth $10 Million
To begin with, there is no information about his early childhood or education, except that towards the end of 2008, he successfully completed high school and then entered university to study Music Technology. However, in early 2010 McLoughlin dropped out of college after two years, but later resumed studying, but this time English after talking to a person on the Interpals online platform. He graduated from college in 2014, but concurrently managed to reach one million subscribers.
Concerning his professional career, Seán McLoughlin appeared on YouTube for the first time on 24th February 2007 under the pseudonym Jacksepticeye – McLoughlin got his name Jack from his mother and then from his friends. Seán means John in British English; a nickname for it is Jack. Later, his friends started calling him Jacksepticeye when in an accident a piece of glass from a friend’s glasses entered his eye. The wound bled according to his information for several days and was inflamed, hence the name part septic eye, which means infected eye. He began his professional career at the end of 2012, with a video in which he described his impressions of the game “Solid Snake”. A short time later he started producing Let’s Plays from “Far Cry 3” and “Dark Souls”. His older videos are considered to be much quieter than the later ones, however, that’s why he calls himself the most energetic game commentator on YouTube. Seán runs several series of Let’s Plays, and regularly uploads vlogs Reading Your Comments in which he comments on the viewers. The audience of the channel began to grow rapidly in September 2013, after PewDiePie mentioned the channel in its shout-out competition, which earned McLoughlin more than one million subscribers within a year. As of the latest data, Jacksepticeye has reached 10 million subscribers and over 4 billion views on YouTube, so continuing to add to his net worth.
In addition to his career on YouTube, McLoughlin co-hosted the annual festival South by Southwest (SXSW) in March 2016. He is also a former drummer of the indie heavy metal band Raised to the Ground. To conclude, all the above described engagements have added sums to the total size of Jacksepticeye net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of Jacksepticeye, he is in relationship with Danish YouTuber Wiishu. They currently reside in Brighton, England.
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