Grayson Dolan

Ethan and Grayson Dolan (born December 16, 1999), collectively known as The Dolan Twins,are an American comedy duo who rose to prominence in May 2013 on the video sharing application Vine. They are currently signed to AwesomenessTV, and have been since 2015.

The twins are from the Long Valley section of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey. On December 19, 2017 they published a video, highlighting what type of twins they are. In the video Ethan Dolan expressed doubt that they were identical twins, in truth they are.

Since their beginnings, the duo has accumulated over 6.4 million followers on Vine and 4.4 million subscribers on YouTube, and embarked on a world tour titled the "4OU" Tour in 2016. The duo was also involved in a Twitter ad campaign for the social network's new stickers feature. At the 2016 Teen Choice Awards, the duo won the awards for Choice Web Star: Male and Choice YouTuber.

On March 27, 2018 it was reported that the two would be taking a step back from YouTube, through a video on their channel entitled Bye For Now. In the video they state that this is to re-evaluate themselves creatively and focus on their lives outside of YouTube. They later announced their return on May 1, 2018. They are represented by WME.

In June 2018, the twins formed The Sister Squad with fellow teenage YouTubers James Charles andEmma Chamberlain. The four uploaded simultaneous videos on their respective YouTube channels on June 19, August 28, October 31, and December 25, 2018, and were featured prominently in YouTube Rewind 2018. The Sister Squad was nominated for a 2019 YouTube Ensemble Shorty Award.

Their father, Sean Dolan, died on January 19, 2019, after a two year battle with cancer.He was fifty years old.

In June 2019, their channel earned the YouTube Diamond Play button by passing ten million subscribers. On October 8, they posted a sixty minute video to their channel titled It's Time To Move On.... They explain in what is mostly an interview format with fellow YouTuber Shane Dawson the grief and stress of their father's death, and that they intend to change the content of their channel and cease posting every Tuesday, as has been the case since starting their channel in 2014, to a more flexible posting schedule.

MTV's Total Request Live reboot added the Dolan twins to the shows lineup as correspondents, and provide on-air hosting duties across platforms. It was announced in August 2018 that the twins had directed a music video for the Australian alt-pop group Cub Sport.

In September 2017, they claimed that the Jake Paul's version of their origins, seen in his memoir You Gotta Want It was not exactly the truth. In his book, Jake Paul claimed that the twins were only popular now because he featured them on his channel. They disputed this statement during an interview with fellow vlogger Caspar Lee, instead stating that Jake and Logan Paul "showed them the ropes".

During a London Fan-Meet-Up in November 2017, miscommunication, large crowds, and delays caused the Hyde Park meetup to be a disaster. One mother claimed thousands of young fans had already arrived before the event was to start, causing chaos when the event was canceled 15 minutes before it was to start. Afterwards the twins used Twitter to express their sorrow that the event was cancelled and asked for fans to be respectful and safe.

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In October 2017, a fan called to attention through Twitter concerns about hateful and at times racist language from some fans that were being aimed at others. In some occasions it seemed to appear that entire accounts on Twitter and other social media sites, were created to harass people of color (POC) in the fan base. In response to reported actions of other fans, the original user who brought forward the concerns revived the hashtag to "highlight the POC in the dolan fandom..."