Dolan Twins

The twins are from the Long Valley region of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey.^[4]

Since their beginnings, the duo has accumulated over 6.4 million followers on Vine and 11 million subscribers on YouTube, and embarked on a world tour titled the "4OU" Tour in 2016.^[5] The duo was also involved in a Twitter ad campaign for the social network's new stickers feature.^[6] At the 2016 Teen Choice Awards, the duo won the awards for Choice Web Star: Male^[7] and Choice YouTuber.

On March 27, 2018, the two announced a hiatus from YouTube through a video on their channel entitled Bye For Now.^[8] In the video, they stated that they wanted to re-evaluate themselves creatively and focus on their lives outside of the platform.^[9] They later announced their return on May 1, 2018.^[10]

In June 2018, the twins formed The Sister Squad with fellow YouTubers James Charles and Emma Chamberlain.^[11] The four uploaded simultaneous videos on their YouTube channels on June 19, August 28, October 31, and December 25, 2018, and were featured prominently in YouTube Rewind 2018.^[12] The Sister Squad was nominated for a 2019 YouTube Ensemble Shorty Award.^[13] The twins were nominated in several Streamy Award categories from 2016 to 2019, winning Creator of the Year at the 7th Streamy Awards.^[14]

Their father, Sean Dolan, died from cancer on January 19, 2019. He was fifty years old.^[15]

On October 8, 2019, they uploaded a sixty-minute video titled It's Time To Move On.... They explained the stress of their father's death, and that they intend to change the content of their channel and to a more flexible schedule.^[16]

On January 14, 2021, they uploaded a podcast titled We're Moving On From YouTube, onto their podcast channel Deeper with the Dolan Twins.^[17]

In 2023, they directed the short film Nothing Left to Give, which depicted a farm family grappling with the loss of their mother. The film debuted at the 2023 HollyShorts Film Festival, and was subsequently uploaded to their YouTube channel.^[18][19]

MTV's Total Request Live reboot added the Dolan Twins to the show's lineup as correspondents, and to provide on-air hosting duties across platforms.^[20] It was announced in August 2018 that the twins had directed a music video for the Australian alt-pop group Cub Sport.^[21]

In February 2020, the Dolan Twins launched a weekly podcast, Deeper with the Dolan Twins, produced by Cadence13. It lasted until May 2021.^[22]