Jordan Adika

English commentary YouTuber (born 1994)

  • Jordan Adika
Years active2021–presentSubscribers237 thousand (main channel)
509 thousand (combined)[a][1]Total views11 million (main channel)
58.27 million (combined)[b][1]Associated actsJarvis Johnson
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers
Twitch information
Channel
  • JordanAdika
Followers124.3 thousand (main channel)
40.6 thousand (combined)[c]
Last updated: August 25, 2023

Jordan Adika Cope (/əˈdiːkə/ ə-DEE-kə;[2] born 5 May 1994) is an English YouTuber. He is known for his commentary videos and his collaborations with long-time friend Jarvis Johnson, including their podcast, Sad Boyz.

Personal life

Jordan Adika Cope[3] was born on May 5, 1994[4] in England, UK.[5][6] He attended University College Falmouth in Falmouth, Cornwall from 2012 to 2015, graduating with a bachelor's degree in film.[7][8] He met fellow YouTuber Jarvis Johnson, with whom he now frequently collaborates, at a work event in early 2016 when they both worked at Patreon, bonding over a mutual interest in the comedy troupe The Lonely Island.[9][10]

Career

Early career

From June 2010 – February 2012, Cope worked at Contract Audio Visual as an event assistant. He also worked as a web development intern at UltraSimplified from February 2011 – July 2012. He was then an intern at Amirani Media for one month in August 2012, before moving on to become a journalist at Rushes Magazine, where he worked from June 2013 – July 2014. In March 2015, Cope became the Creator Relations Talent Lead at Patreon. He left Patreon in January 2019 to become the Director of Production at Atypical Artists, which he left in July 2020.[8][5][11]

Patreon

In March 2015, Cope became the Creator Relations Talent Lead at Patreon.[12][8] Here, he met fellow YouTuber Jarvis Johnson.[9]

In November 2017, while still working at Patreon, Cope became involved in a lawsuit, which alleged that Patreon was used to distribute a hate campaign, in the form of a podcast, against the plaintiffs, blogger Maddox and his girlfriend.[13] The lawsuit was dismissed in May 2018.[14][15]

In January 2019, Cope left Patreon, and co-founded Atypical Artists, where he was the Director of Production.[11][5] He left in July 2020.[8]

Online career

Cope first appeared on Johnson's YouTube channel on 22 May 2018.[16] The two run a podcast together,[17][18] which began on 14 October 2017.[19] He uploaded the first video on his own YouTube channel on 13 October 2021.[20]

Notes

  1. ^ Views, broken down by channel:
    237 thousand (Jordan Adika)
    120 thousand (Sad Boyz Highlights)
    152 thousand (Sad Boyz)
  2. ^ Views, broken down by channel:
    11 million (Jordan Adika)
    30.46 million (Sad Boyz Highlights)
    16.81 million (Sad Boyz)
  3. ^ Followers, broken down by channel:
    21.4 thousand (JordanAdika)
    19.2 thousand (SadBoyzPod)

References

  1. ^ a b "About Jordan Adika". YouTube.
  2. ^ Johnson, Jarvis Allen; Cope, Jordan Adika; Gilbert, Brian David (18 August 2023). Becoming Unraveled (w/ Brian David Gilbert) | Sad Boyz (Video). Event occurs at 4:52. Retrieved 24 August 2023. My middle name is Adika.
  3. ^ Cope, Jordan Adika (18 August 2023). Becoming Unraveled (w/ Brian David Gilbert) | Sad Boyz (Video). Event occurs at 4:43. Retrieved 24 August 2023. So, my last name- last name is Cope, C-O-P-E. [...] My middle name is Adika.
  4. ^ Cope, Jordan Adika [@JordanAdika] (4 May 2012). "So, 18th birthday. About fucking time AMIRITE @TomJPorter?" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b c "Creative Team". Atypical Artists. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Sad Boyz". Sad Boyz. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2023. Jordan grew up in England
  7. ^ Cope, Jordan Adika. "Jordan Cope on about.me". about.me. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d Cope, Jordan Adika. "Jordan Cope - Producer & Pod Boy at Sad Boyz, LLC | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  9. ^ a b Cope, Jordan Adika [@JordanAdika] (25 January 2021). "worked together @ patreon, bonded over mutual love of lonely island" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Johnson, Jarvis Allen; Cope, Jordan Adika. "About". Sad Boyz. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  11. ^ a b Stories, Local (16 July 2019). "Meet Lauren Shippen, Briggon Snow and Jordan Cope of Atypical Artists in West Hollywood - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". Voyagela. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  12. ^ Ku, Christy. "The Adpocalypse: Is Demonetisation Driving Creators to Patreon?". TenEighty. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  13. ^ Kanski, Alison (21 November 2017). "Lawsuit alleges Weber Shandwick didn't stop copywriter's online harassment campaign". PRWeek. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  14. ^ Moore, Thomas (23 May 2018). "Negligence suit against Weber Shandwick dismissed". PRWeek. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  15. ^ "George Ouzounian et al - v. - Dax Herrera et al". New York State Court. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  16. ^ Johnson, Jarvis Allen; Cope, Jordan Adika (22 May 2018). We Have The Same Birthday And Also Look Alike? (Video). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  17. ^ Weiss, Geoff (20 July 2021). "Rhett And Link Form $5 Million 'Creator Accelerator' Fund, Tender First Equity Investment In Jarvis Johnson". Tubefilter. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  18. ^ "10 Content Creators To Follow If You Have ADHD". Yahoo Life. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  19. ^ Johnson, Jarvis Allen; Cope, Jordan Adika (14 October 2017). "36 Questions to Fall in Love". Sad Boyz. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  20. ^ Cope, Jordan Adika; Johnson, Jarvis Allen (13 October 2021). People Are Selling Magic Spells on Etsy (w/ Jarvis Johnson) (Video). Retrieved 25 August 2023.