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
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
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 nearly 500,000 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]
Edwards appeared as a panellist on series eight of Between the Covers. His episode aired on BBC Two on 19 November 2024.
References
- ^ "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.