 Welcome to World's Best Videos, we've compiled the list of facts about social media sensation Jacob Sartorius. Let's get into it. Rolf Jacob Sartorius, or better known as Jacob Sartorius, was born on October 2nd, 2002 in Oklahoma. Rolf is the name of his father and grandfather. Jacob said that the name of Rolf has been a tradition in his family, but he doesn't like going by that name. He is currently 14 years old and resides in Los Angeles, California. Born in Oklahoma, he was adopted and raised in Reston, Virginia. He has an older sister named Caroline. He also has two cats in his family, called Godzilla and Josie. He started his rights to social media fame on the 6th-second looping app Vine. He posted his first Vine on August 17, 2014, but didn't upload Vines consistently until February of 2015. The first video was static and the message was against bullying. Later in the same year, Jacob Sartorius posted his videos on Musically. Most of the videos posted on Musically were just lip-syncing videos of other music artists. He soon became one of the biggest stars with a total of 11 million followers. In 2016, he had to switch schools three different times due to getting verbally attacked, pushed, and teased by classmates. Social media offered him an escape from bullying, which Sartorius stated, Before Musically, I wasn't the most outgoing. That helped me goof off. It's like no one was watching besides the camera. Jacob has been playing the guitar for three to four years and it was something his father encouraged him to do. He released his debut EP, The Last Text, on January 20, 2017, after releasing hit singles like Sweatshirt, Hit or Miss, and The Last Text. He likes to leave clues and hints about his songs that he's going to release. He says, On my Twitter, I have lyrics from Sweatshirt. I had tweeted, You can wear my Sweatshirt and everyone was like, Is something wrong? After releasing the songs, his fans went back to his old tweets and realized the connection. On his 14th birthday, he released the third single, All My Friends. Even though Jacob's mother manages all of his social media accounts, the duo has grown them to amazing numbers. His self-titled YouTube channel has over 2.4 million subscribers and 196 million total upload views. His verified Twitter has 1.2 million followers, all while following 20,000 people. His Instagram at JacobSartorius has 8.3 million followers and he is following 105 people. In May 2016, JacobSartorius was criticized after a fan videoed him asking to give a message to his 3 friends. Unfortunately he couldn't remember the 3 names and moved away from the disappointed fans. JacobSartorius has been diagnosed with asthma, he even had an asthma attack live on you now in December 2016. Well that concludes the video guys, hopefully you guys have enjoyed the video and if you did remember to smack that like button, let us know in the comment section below what you'd like to see next and if you haven't already subscribed please do subscribe to keep up with the world's best videos.