Jack Edwards (YouTuber)
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| Born | 18 October 1998[1] Brighton, England | |||||||||
| Education | St Cuthbert's Society, Durham | |||||||||
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| Website | https://www.thejackexperience.co.uk/ | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2016–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Books | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.38 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 119 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 5 July 2024 | ||||||||||
Jack Benjamin Edwards (born 18 October 1998) is an English YouTuber, social media influencer and author.[3] He has built an online following posting videos about books, popular culture and university life since 2016, and is associated with the internet sub-communities of BookTube, BookTok[4][5][6] and EduTube.[7][8][9] As of July 2024 he has over 1.38 million subscribers on YouTube and over 1.1 million followers across TikTok and Instagram.
Early life and education
[edit]Jack Edwards was the top student from his school before entering university. He is from Brighton and studied English Literature, Politics, and History at A-level, the results of which he opened on camera on his channel.[10] Edwards was invited to interview at Oxford University for the English Q300 undergraduate degree. He attended the University of Durham to study English literature in the Q300 program.[11][12][13] During his time there, he was a member of St Cuthbert's College. He was the first member of his family to attend university.[12]
Career
[edit]Edwards began documenting his experiences at university on YouTube in 2016. The dean of his college attributed a rise in applications to the college he attended to Edwards' channel, calling it "the Jack Edwards effect".[8]
He now has over one million subscribers on his main channel @jack_edwards, and over 400,000 on his second channel @jack_in_the_books. He is known for posting about popular culture, including reading the book recommendations of popular actors, musicians, and reality stars.[14] He is also active on TikTok and Instagram. Edwards is signed by the Sixteenth talent agency.[15] He published The Uni-Verse: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving University with Harper Collins in 2020.[16][17]
In 2021, Edwards launched Ink Outside the Box, a stationery company.[18] In 2023, Edwards announced that he would be closing down the company.[19]
In 2023, Edwards was announced as a "thinker in residence" for that year's Hay Festival, focusing on digital storytelling and online media.[20] As part of his role, he interviewed Alice Oseman.[21] That year he also hosted the 2023 Booker Prize official livestream at Oxford University.[22][23]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jack Edwards". The Jack Experience. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ a b "About Jack Edwards". YouTube.
- ^ i read Julia Fox's book and it actually is ✨a masterpiece✨, retrieved 21 February 2024
- ^ Bacon, Jess. "Is BookTok sucking the joy out of reading?". Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Kaplan, Anna. "How TikTok Helped Fuel The Best-Selling Year For Print Books". Forbes. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Merry, Stephanie. "Six TikTok stars share their favorite books of 2022". Washington Post. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Haynes, Tom. "What happens to studytubers once they stop studying?". i-D Vice. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ a b Stokel-Walker, Chris. "The rise of EduTube: how social media influencers are shaping universities". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Sharma, Ruchira. "StudyTube: The community of YouTubers using revision and university to boost their platforms". iNews. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Wood, Lucy. "Lewys Ball and Eve Bennett lead YouTubers opening their A-Level Results live on camera and it's stressful to watch". Metro. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Stokel-Walker, Chris. "Universities switch on to YouTube student influencers". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ a b Anderson II, Ricky. "A chat with YouTube's resident librarian, Jack Edwards". Creator Handbook. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Coloma, Ron Rocky. "Edwards serves as inspiring role model for young scholars". The Guam Daily Post. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Sinha, Ekta. "RM's New Solo Album Has Got Us Thinking About His Book Recommendations And We Picked The Popular Ones". Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "Sixteenth Creators". Sixteenth. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "The Uni-Verse: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving University". GoodReads. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Ask the Expert: My son has no life skills – how will he cope at university?". The Irish News. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Youtuber Jack Edwards releases a brand new stationery range". Celeb Mix. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Edwards, Jack. "i'm closing down my company". YouTube. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Thinkers in Residence". Hay Festival. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "The Guardian view on Heartstopper: a phenomenon that defines a generation". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/jack-edwards-qa-get-to-know-the-host-of-the-booker-prize-2023
- ^ Biino, Marta (28 February 2024). "How YouTuber Jack Edwards went from making college content to becoming a top book creator". Business Insider. Retrieved 12 August 2024.