Background and career
Seán William "Jack" McLoughlin ( SHAWN mə-GLOK-lin; born 7 February 1990), better known by his online pseudonym Jacksepticeye (stylised in all lowercase), is an Irish YouTuber, streamer and philanthropist. His videos focus on gaming, comedy, and vlogging.
Raised in Cloghan, County Offaly in Ireland, McLoughlin played video games from a young age. He started uploading videos to YouTube in December 2012 and his channel grew rapidly in the following years, reaching a million subscribers in 2014 and 10 million by 2016. Throughout 2017, McLoughlin appeared on Disney XD and Irish national television before touring in Europe and the US in 2017 and 2018 for his How Did We Get Here tour and the Game Grumps's Ready Player 3 tour.
In 2018, McLoughlin began streaming exclusive content on Twitch as part of a multi-year deal with Disney Digital Network. He continued to create YouTube videos and appear in live events, including Summer Game Fest in 2020. In 2021, McLoughlin appeared in the film Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds. The following year, he released a biographical documentary entitled How Did We Get Here? which featured footage from his tour of the same name. In 2025, he starred in the video game Dispatch in a voice role. In April 2026, it was announced that he would co-produce the upcoming Bloodborne film adaptation.
McLoughlin is the founder and owner of the Top of The Mornin' Coffee company. He also co-founded the clothing brand Cloak with fellow YouTuber Markiplier, although he is no longer associated with the brand. He is an active philanthropist, participating in fundraisers that have raised tens of millions for charitable organizations.
Seán William McLoughlin was born on 7 February 1990, the youngest of five children to John (c. 1936 – 27 January 2021) and Florrie McLoughlin. He was born in Ballinasloe, and raised in Cloghan in County Offaly, Ireland and also lived for a time in Banagher. His father worked for the Electricity Supply Board and his mother worked a number of jobs before she became a care-giver for his grandmother. McLoughlin began playing video games at the age of seven and as a child he spent time playing on the Nintendo Game Boy in a neighbourhood treehouse, later describing how he found a sense of belonging in games. As a child, he was often called Jack, a common nickname for Seán in Ireland. He was given the nickname "Jack Septic Eye" after a childhood accident during a football match in which he injured his eye.
How Jacksepticeye makes money
In 2018, he was estimated to be the eighth highest-paid YouTuber by Forbes, with estimated earnings of $16 million. In 2019, he was estimated to be the eighth highest-paid gamer by Forbes, with estimated earnings of $11 million, and he was announced as the third most talked about gaming personality of the year on Twitter. He was the seventh-highest earning gaming YouTuber in 2022 according to an analysis by casino review site Casino Alpha, with an estimated income of €7.3 million from his YouTube videos that year.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth, in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
