Who are Jack and Finn Harries aka JacksGap? YouTube superstars and identical twins – here’s what we know

Alana Moorhead

Published: 17:50, 20 Oct 2016

TWIN brothers Jack and Finn Harries aka JacksGap are YouTube superstars but what are their video projects about and why have they got so many followers?

The account has over 4,200,000 subscribers but what else do we know about them? Here's what you need to know.

Jack and Finn Harries rung JacksGap and the pair have over 4 million usersCredit: Alamy

Who are Jack and Finn Harries aka JacksGap?

Jackson 'Jack' and Finnegan 'Finn' Harries are 23-year-old

Jack started the project during his gap year in 2011 after he'd left school with the aim to document his time while he was travelling.

By September, Jack's channel had gained 190,000 subscribers and the pay-per-click advertising was making enough money he was able to travel to Thailand.

But this number skyrocketed when Jack's twin bother Finn started appearing in videos alongside him and views started almost doubling.

Over the past five years, the brothers have been building up their YouTube and have their own blog.

What are their videos about?

Jack and Finn upload a variety of videos, initially they started out as a travel diary, but the boys have touched on a wide range topics.

These include, a 15-minute-long episodes about their travels in India, funding the venture with £20,000 from Skype, Sony and MyDestination.

While two years later, Jack shared a video called "Let's Talk About Mental Health" that was later in which he addresses the importance of starting an open conversation about mental health in order to reduce the stigma attached to it.

And in April 2015 the boys announced that Finn had moved to New York City earlier to study Design and Architecture for three and a half years at the Parsons School of Design.