Jack Austin Thomas (born: August 28, 2005), better known online as Jack Pop, is an American YouTuber, comedian, actor, animator, and filmmaker. He has been been creating characters, filmmaking, animating and writing for most of his childhood. As the writer/director/producer of over 300 videos and animations, he has always been self-taught, gaining inspiration from his many favorite role models in the industry. He then began formally training at Catapult Acting Studio in 2016 as a way to expand his comfort zone and become a well rounded filmmaker and actor.
Personal life[]
Jack was born on August 28, 2005, in Decatur, Georgia. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his parents and younger brother, Tyler. He has a King Charles Cavalier dog named Charlie that often makes appearances in Jack Pop videos.
About[]
Jack is known for his works such as The Bully Busters, That weird neighborhood kid your mom made you play with, and the Acid Bubbles series. His channel consists mainly of sketches, animations and shorts. He performs as multiple characters using costumes and a green screen for many videos and brings in his friends and family to perform in others. While making videos on his popular channel Jack Pop since 2018 he'd already been making videos since 2014 on his first channel called 'Jack Snap'. Unfortunately, that first channel, along with over 200 videos was deleted because of internet trolls that commented inappropriate things.
He uses Final Cut Pro for editing his videos. For cameras, he mainly uses a Canon Rebel EOS T8i camera for recording, but uses iPhones and a Sony Handycam HDR when necessary. He uses Clip Studio Paint for graphics and animations.
Second channel[]
On Jack's second channel, Jack Pop 2, he creates bloopers and behind the scenes videos of his main channel sketches and films.
Third channel[]
In November 2020, Jack created a third channel called Pop Heads, with Jack Pop regular, Gavin Schauble which they use as a Podcast channel to discuss their processes, films and other subject matter relating to their lives.
Awards & Nominations[]
Jack Pop was nominated for a Streamy Award for Comedy in 2021 and Nominated again for a Streamy Award in 2022 for Best Script.
Trivia[]
- He is 5'8" (172 cm) tall.
- His first video was "How to Draw Spongebob" in 2013.
- He has a cousin named Ally.
- Jack has performed in Improv.
- He has written a series of graphic novels called 'XVW'.
- He collabed with RYANcomedy in December 2021 in a Christmas Sketch
Channel milestones[]
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 100,000 subscribers: December 5, 2020
- 200,000 subscribers: March 16, 2021
- 300,000 subscribers: May 14, 2021
- 400,000 subscribers: June 21, 2021
- 500,000 subscribers: June 25, 2021
- 600,000 subscribers: July 4, 2021
- 700,000 subscribers: September 11, 2021
- 800,000 subscribers: September 26, 2021
- 900,000 subscribers: November 18, 2021
- 1 million subscribers: January 10, 2022
Video view milestones[]
- 100 million views: August 10, 2021