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jacknjellify (pronounced /d͡ʒækənˈdʒɛləˌfiː/ jak-ən-JEL-ə-fee) is a YouTube channel/production company owned by Cary and Michael Huang, who host Battle for Dream Island. The account was founded on February 4, 2008, making animations and marble races. The first episode of BFDI was released on January 1, 2010, and their channel has been running for over seventeen years. jacknjellify also makes other animations, but BFDI is their main project. Jacknjellify's office currently resides in Los Angeles, California as of 2025.
jacknjellify was officially verified on YouTube on June 26, 2017[1], and the channel was affiliated with the Channel Frederator Network on October 14, 2019[2].
Crew members[]
- For a complete list, see List of crew members.
Showrunners[]
Voice Cast[]
Currently[]
- Cary Huang: 8-Ball, Bracelety, Grassy, Marker, Match, Pin, Ruby, Spongy, Tennis Ball and X
- Cindy Jiang: Foldy and Pillow
- Emily Pitcher: One and Snare Drum
- Ian Woodside: Gelatin (BFDIA 6+, IDFB 2+, BFB 24+)
- Justin Chapman: Purple Face
- Katherine Sun: Eggy and Naily
- Kenzie Bryant: Barf Bag, Bell, Cake, Ice Cube, Needle, and Taco
- Michael Huang: Blocky, Book, Bubble, Cloudy, Coiny, Donut, Eraser, Firey, Firey Speaker Box. Flower, Flower Speaker Box, Four, Fries, Golf Ball, Leafy, Loser, Pen, Pencil, Puffball, Puffball Speaker Box, Robot Flower, Snowball, Woody, Yellow Face
- Niall Burns: Profily and Two
- B. Oktavio Wolfmann: Price Tag & Avocado
- Sabrina: Lightning and Liy
- Sam Lee: Lollipop, Pie and Stapy
- Satomi Hinatsu: Balloony, Basketball, Black Hole, Bomby, Bottle, Clock, Fanny, Firey Jr., Gaty, Saw
- Schazer: Winner
- Thomas Chick: Tree
Formerly[]
- Graham Taylor: Gelatin (BFDIA 1-5e; BFB 1-23)
- Keiko Eng: Bomby (IDFB 1) and Needle (BFDIA 5; IDFB 1)
- Keiko Eng's Brother: Ice Cube (BFDIA 5a)
List of videos[]
- Main article: List of jacknjellify videos
History[]
Beginning (2008–2009)[]
The channel was formed on February 4, 2008. They would start making contraptions and their personal animation work. On May 2, 2008, the first BFDI drawings were made by Cary Huang. On September 30, 2008, The first comic strip of Total Firey Island was made, which was heavily inspired by Total Drama and Survivor. The first ever animation of BFDI was on February 20, 2009. During at the time of the year, the twins went to Hawai'i, when they got back they started to think of making their comic strip to a flash animated web series. They cancelled Total Firey Island and quickly went on production of Battle for Dream Island..
Creation of BFDI (2010–2013)[]
On January 1, 2010, Michael and Cary uploaded the first episode of Battle for Dream Island. Over time, their viewer count started growing. At one point, their animation called "Scale of the Universe" even got viral on Newgrounds and featured on ABC News. By 2012, Season 1 had ended. In episode 24, they said that BFDI would be cancelled, but both twins decided to make a season 2 if they had more than 1,000 total votes.
The second season, called Battle for Dream Island Again, was released on YouTube on June 29, 2012. Each episode received thousands of votes. By 2013, Michael announced that they needed to take a break from BFDI to focus more on school. The series was suspended after the delay of BFDIA 6.
AdSense suspension (2014–2016)[]
On March 6, 2014, jacknjellify's AdSense account was suspended for an unknown reason. They sent YouTube two appeals; however they were both rejected. Since then, they have gained over 115 million views.
On June 15, 2016, jacknjellify revealed on Twitter that their AdSense account has been restored,[3] thus meaning that they can once again receive income from their videos, further guaranteeing that BFDIA 6 will be released. Also, thanks to this, the show will hopefully be in its full production again, if not just a bit slower. jacknjellify also created a slideshow[4] for their thoughts about what caused the account's block in the first place.
A few hours later, jacknjellify, once again confirmed that their AdSense account is unbanned through a post on their Facebook account,[5] also including the said slideshow's link for the Facebook users.
Comeback of BFDI (2016–2020)[]
Battle for Dream Island came back when a video called BFDI Is Back, showing that a brand new season that would be called IDFB. The season only had one episode since, IDFB got delayed two times, when Michael and Cary had to focus on college and when they said they have to work on other projects. Also in 2016, they won Wikia's Food Award.
During 2017, they decided to make a new season with a whole new cast and assets to make it smoother. The new season was called Battle for BFDI (BFB), which had 64 contestants and 2 hosts. It started growing the viewers, subscribers and algorithm that even the channel got affiliated and partially produced by Channel Frederator. The first era of that season had 16 episodes due to Two splitting the show and having 40 of their contestants. The second era of the show had 14 episodes and 15 contestants (including Profily).
The present (2021–present)[]
The fifth season, Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two (BFDI:TPOT, or TPOT for short) was announced in the stinger of "Uprooting Everything" and premiered on January 10, 2021. BFB's finale was announced on March 2021, but it was delayed to April 9, 2021. In the same month, they reached 1,000,000 subscribers. Michael and Cary said that they would be taking a break of BFDI episodes and focus and shorts and parts of their lives. On January 22, 2022, they won the Cartoon Crave Awards. During that same month, they would work on TPOT 2 after a few months of break. As of now, TPOT episodes are coming out after one to two months.
jacknjellify had its own office for the summer of 2023 until September 30, 2023 at Water Garden in Santa Monica, California, United States.[6][7] Ten years after Battle for Dream Island Again was widely thought to be cancelled, jacknjellify uploaded BFDIA 6 on September 1, 2023, titled "Well Rested", a decade after BFDIA 5e was uploaded. "Well Rested", "The Seven Wonders of Goiky", and "Intruder Alert" were the first episodes to be developed in the jacknjellify office.
King of the Web[]
jacknjellify once ran for King of the Web. Their first goal was 100,000 votes and if it was reached, BFDI's second season would happen. They said you could vote 10 times per day.
The first goal was never reached, so they lowered it to only 10,000, which was reached, and Battle for Dream Island Again started production shortly after.[8]
Their second goal was 12,500 votes and if it was reached, BFDI would be weekly instead of monthly. Blocky was in the cameo and at the end, saying that you could vote for one of these reasons:
- A: Like BFDI
- B: Like clean water
- C: Like clicking on pink buttons.
The goal was never reached, so BFDI never became weekly.
Channel statistics[]
YouTube subscribers[]
jacknjellify has 2.9 million subscribers as of April 7, 2025.
| Subscribers | Date achieved |
|---|---|
| 0 | February 4, 2008[9] |
| 1 | February 6, 2008[10] |
| 25 | August 19, 2009[9] |
| 100 | September 30, 2010[10] |
| 500 | April 23, 2011[10] |
| 1,000 | August 7, 2011[10] |
| 1,338 | March 2, 2012 |
| 2,763 | August 2, 2012[10] |
| 5,000 | December 21, 2012[9] |
| 10,000 | May 4, 2013[9] |
| 50,000 | October 14, 2014[11] |
| 100,000 | October 26, 2015 |
| 200,000 | January 8, 2017 |
| 300,000 | December 23, 2017 |
| 400,000 | August 6, 2018 |
| 500,000 | March 9, 2019 |
| 600,000 | December 2, 2019 |
| 700,000 | May 3, 2020 |
| 800,000 | August 22, 2020 |
| 900,000 | January 15, 2021 |
| 1,000,000 | April 27, 2021 |
| 1,100,000 | December 25, 2021 |
| 1,200,000 | May 13, 2022 |
| 1,300,000 | July 23, 2022 |
| 1,400,000 | December 31, 2022 |
| 1,500,000 | June 30, 2023 |
| 1,600,000 | August 3, 2023 |
| 1,700,000 | August 17, 2023 |
| 1,800,000 | September 3, 2023 |
| 1,900,000 | September 25, 2023 |
| 2,000,000 | November 13, 2023 |
| 2,100,000 | January 20, 2024 |
| 2,200,000 | February 28, 2024 |
| 2,300,000 | April 22, 2024 |
| 2,400,000 | June 28, 2024 |
| 2,500,000 | August 19, 2024 |
| 2,600,000 | October 14, 2024 |
| 2,700,000 | December 28, 2024 |
| 2,763,000 | January 30, 2025 |
| 2,800,000 | February 13, 2025 |
| 2,900,000 | April 7, 2025 |
As noted on jacknjellify's Twitter, the 50,000th subscriber was Galaxitastic, known as SugarCane789 at the time.[12]
YouTube views[]
jacknjellify has 2,066,684,609 views as of April 7, 2025.
| Views | Date achieved |
|---|---|
| 0 | February 4, 2008[9] |
| 50 | April 15, 2008[9] |
| 5,000,000 | July 29, 2012[9] |
| 10,000,000 | December 6, 2012[9] |
| 50,000,000 | June 25, 2014[13] |
| 60,000,000 | November 4, 2014[14] |
| 100,000,000 | August 16, 2015[15] |
| 200,000,000 | November 21, 2016[16] |
| 300,000,000 | January 26, 2018[17] |
| 500,000,000 | December 9, 2019[18] |
| 600,000,000 | August 6, 2020 |
| 700,000,000 | February 14, 2021 |
| 800,000,000 | October 18, 2021 |
| 900,000,000 | June 7, 2022 |
| 1,000,000,000 | November 15, 2022[19] |
| 1,500,000,000 | February 12, 2024 |
| 2,000,000,000 | February 24, 2025[20] |
Trivia[]
Subscriber milestones[]
- On April 27th, 2021, the channel hit one million subscribers. The channel is also the first object show creator ever to hit one million.[21]
- On November 13, 2023, the channel hit two million subscribers. "Meaty" was released at the same time to celebrate during the 2 MILLION SUBS CELEBRATION STREAM.
- AnimationEpic, the channel for Inanimate Insanity, reached the 500,000 subscribers milestone nine minutes prior on the same stream.
- On January 30th, 2025, the channel hit 2,763,000 subscribers.[22] A week later, they released "Thanks for 2,763,000 Subscribers!" to celebrate the milestone.
YouTube view milestones[]
- On November 15, 2022, the channel hit one billion views.[19]
- The one billion milestone was coincidentally the same day designated by the United Nations for when the world population reached eight billion people.
- On February 24, 2025, the channel hit two billion views, the same day "The Power of Four" was uploaded.
Other[]
- jacknjellify's former logo was based on the logo for Homestar Runner, which is a web series Michael and Cary are huge fans of.
- During the credits of "Return of the Hang Glider", a message was put at the end that said "Subscribe to our new channels", which listed the personal channels of Michael and Cary Huang (Fernozzle and Carykh), and Andrew Wang (Losmmorpg), meaning that Andrew was once noted as a member of jacknjellify.
- Michael said in a livestream that the channel name was based on a series they made in kindergarten.
- It's about a boy named Jack (from the video "I Can Make A Difference!") and his little brother named Jellify (who is not in that video). However, it's actually pronounced /ˈdʒɛləˌfaɪ/, but they just had no idea. These two might be characters made from their elementary comics.
- Both Jack and Jellify appear in "The Four is Lava" as recommended characters, but Jack himself appears in "Lots of Mud" and as a timeline error in "Seasonal Shift".
- It's about a boy named Jack (from the video "I Can Make A Difference!") and his little brother named Jellify (who is not in that video). However, it's actually pronounced /ˈdʒɛləˌfaɪ/, but they just had no idea. These two might be characters made from their elementary comics.
- It has been confirmed on a few occasions that the brand of jacknjellify itself is confirmed to exist in the Battle for Dream Island canon in some form.
- Cary and Michael are mentioned in the "how to be dumb" book in "A Leg Up in the Race", and Cary is later mentioned directly by Ruby in "Lots of Mud".
- In "Lick Your Way to Freedom", some of the jacknjellify crew, mainly Cary and Michael Huang and Satomi Hinatsu, appear as a recommended character.
- Amor Boretto also appears as a recommended character in What Do You Think of Roleplay? and Kenzie Bryant also does in Don't Dig Straight Down.
- In the subscriber specials, the Equation Playground has a spot designated to keeping up with jacknjellify's sub count.
- It's only in Thanks for 1,000,000 Subscribers where Five mentions jacknjellify directly.
Gallery[]
Banners and logos[]
Community posts[]
- Main article: Jacknjellify community posts
Other[]
See also[]
- jacknjellify.com
- Project:Jacknjellify compliments, compliments page for jacknjellify
- HTwins.net
References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jacknjellify/status/879248070466076673
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ChannelFredNet/status/1183814216672841728
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jacknjellify/status/742813670799855616
- ↑ http://htwins.net/traffic
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/battlefordreamisland/posts/1308410785853797
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230725004753/https://twitter.com/jacknjellify/status/1683620196517556225
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TTGuy10000/status/1709799537609691514
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qxYzUxtBBc&list=PLbDP9HpqeU_MOTgv5Zuk8g96jfb0N6ho8&index=8
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20130520191206/http://socialblade.com:80/youtube/user/jacknjellify
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 https://htwins.net/oscsubs/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jacknjellify/status/522160786811011073
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jacknjellify/status/522161653027049472
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150414091056/http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/jacknjellify/monthly
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jacknjellify/status/529877813654855681
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BrozdoVSN/status/633100761128308736
- ↑ https://twitter.com/realCarykh/status/800804983444684801
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180602172708/https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/jacknjellify/monthly
- ↑ https://youtu.be/B3s09gMyR4Q?t=469
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgEuz3YweWc
- ↑ Congratulations to jacknjellify on 2 billion channel views!
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNBsdSsAmYQ
- ↑ https://x.com/jacknjellify/status/1885045493358879050?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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