Jenn McAllister

Background

McAllister was born in Buckinghamshire County, Pennsylvania on July 9, 1996.

Career

McAllister runs three channels. Jennxpenn, jenn, and jennxpenngames. She has over 2 million subscribers and 130 million overall views on her main YouTube channel.

YouTube McAllister created her YouTube channel jennxpenn at the age of 12 on January 15, 2009, but already had prior YouTube experience through a channel created beforehand with a friend.

McAllister currently has three YouTube channels. Jennxpenn, jennxpenngames, and jenn.

In March 2013, McAllister signed a YouTube partnership deal with AwesomenessTV and shortly after, in July 2013, McAllister moved from her home in Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, California. In June 2014, McAllister signed a YouTube management deal with Fullscreen.

McAllister was nominated for both Choice Web Star: Comedy and Choice Web Collaboration at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards.

In September 2014, McAllister partnered with the nonprofit organization Our Time, releasing a video telling her viewers aged eighteen or above to register themselves to vote in the United States. At the 2015 Playlist Live convention, it was announced that McAllister and fellow YouTube star Lauren Elizabeth Luthringshausen would be starring in a film titled Bad Night. The movie was produced by GRB Entertainment.

On July 25, McAllister and fellow YouTube star Jack Baran, also known by his username thatsojack, announced at Vidcon that they would be starring in an online series on AwesomenessTV.

Achievements

• On April 30, 2014, Jenn reached one million subscribers on her jennxpenn YouTube channel, followed by a 16-city North American tour in celebration of the accomplishment with fellow YouTuber Tyler Ward, taking place at the beginning of May and the entirety of June.