{{Short description|English YouTuber, model and writer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox YouTube personality | name = Jim Chapman | image = Jim Chapman (14544929095) (cropped).jpg | caption = Chapman in 2014 | birth_name = <!-- Per WP:BLPPRIVACY, do not use full names unless they have been "widely published by reliable sources". --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|28|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLzchqmC_eY|title=DRAW MY LIFE!|first=Jim|last=Chapman|date=10 February 2013|website=YouTube|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> | birth_place = London, England | education = University of East Anglia (BSc) | occupation = {{flatlist| * YouTuber }} | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Tanya Burr|2015|2019|reason=divorce}}|{{marriage |Sarah Tarleton|2022}}}} | children = 2 | relatives = Samantha Chapman (sister) | website = {{URL|jimchapman.co.uk}} | years_active = | youtube_handle = JimChapmansplus | youtube_display_name = Jim Chapman
| youtube_years_active = 2011–present | youtube_genre = {{flatlist| * Vlogs * fashion }} | youtube_subscribers = 2.07 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 111 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update =19 December 2025 }} '''Jim Chapman'''<!-- Per WP:BLPPRIVACY, do not use full names unless they have been "widely published by reliable sources". --> (born 28 December 1987) is an English YouTuber. Chapman began posting videos on his YouTube channel in 2010 and released his first book, titled ''147 Things'', on 5 October 2017.
== Career == Chapman graduated from the University of East Anglia with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, he planned to do a master's degree, but decided not to continue in order to pursue his online career.<ref name="EAstern">{{cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/video_norfolk_s_gok_wan_jim_chapman_is_fashioning_his_future_1_1752193 |title=Video: Norfolk's Gok Wan, Jim Chapman, is fashioning his future |first=Lucy |last=Clapham |work=Eastern Daily Press |date=24 December 2012 |access-date=27 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903135434/http://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/video_norfolk_s_gok_wan_jim_chapman_is_fashioning_his_future_1_1752193 |archive-date= 3 September 2014 }}</ref><ref name="standard">{{cite web|first=Lucy Hunter |last=Johnston |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/press-play-meet-youtubes-london-stars-9112810.html |title=Press play: meet YouTube's London stars |work=London Evening Standard |date=7 February 2014 |access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref>
Chapman created his first "j1mmyb0bba" YouTube channel (known as simply "Jim Chapman") in 2010 where he produces videos on men's fashion and grooming. He was part of the 'YouTube Boyband' that raised money for Comic Relief and was featured in ''The Guardian''.<ref name="vulture">{{cite web|last=Dobbins |first=Amanda |url=http://www.vulture.com/2014/04/youtube-boy-band-internet-fame.html |title=Meet the YouTube Boy Band |work=Vulture |date=21 April 2014 |access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Stuart |last=Dredge |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/21/youtube-boy-band-sport-relief |title=YouTube Boy Band's cover version of It's All About You becomes viral hit |work=The Guardian |date=21 March 2014 |access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref>
Chapman is influential through social media. {{As of|2016|07|01}} Chapman has over 2.5 million subscribers to his main YouTube channel and over 159 million video views. He has over 1 million subscribers to his second YouTube channel.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/11031778/Zoella-Tanya-Burr-and-the-UKs-YouTube-superstars.html|title=Zoella, Tanya Burr and the UK's YouTube superstars|last=Marr|first=Wendy|date=16 August 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="gq">{{cite web|last=Carvell |first=Nick |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2014-03/13/jim-chapman-youtube-personal-style-and-best-looks-in-pictures |title=Personal Style: Jim Chapman |work=GQ |date=13 March 2014 |access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://vidstatsx.com/j1mmyb0bba/youtube-channel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126095451/http://vidstatsx.com/j1mmyb0bba/youtube-channel |url-status=usurped |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Jim Chapman YouTube Channel Stats |publisher=Vidstatsx.com |access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref> He has over 1.8 million followers on Twitter and 2.2 million on Instagram.<ref name="telegraph" /><ref name="thedrum">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedrum.com/node/174601|title='No amount of money can make me create an advert' – YouTube's king of content Jim Chapman advises brands on working with social talent|last=Faull|first=Jennifer|date=23 July 2014|work=The Drum|access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref> Chapman has done a number of collaborations on his channel with other YouTubers, including: Marcus Butler, Alfie Deyes, Louise Pentland, Grace Helbig, Tyler Oakley, Zoe Sugg, Joe Sugg, Louis Cole, Caspar Lee and many others.
==Personal life== Chapman grew up in Wilby, outside Attleborough, and attended Old Buckenham High School followed by Notre Dame High School for Sixth Form.<ref name="EAstern" /> He is the brother of make-up artists Samantha Chapman and Nicola Chapman Haste of the PixiWoo YouTube channel and founders of the Real Techniques make-up brushes.<ref name="standard" /><ref name="gq" /> He also has a twin brother, John, who co-runs the Lean Machines YouTube channel.<ref name="en24">{{cite web|url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/video_norfolk_youtube_sensations_tanya_burr_jim_chapman_the_lean_machines_and_pixiwoo_talk_about_their_online_success_1_3523032|title=Video: Norfolk YouTube sensations Tanya Burr, Jim Chapman, The Lean Machines and Pixiwoo talk about their online success|last=Cope|first=Lauren|date=7 April 2014|work=Norwich Evening News|access-date=27 August 2014|archive-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903134427/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/video_norfolk_youtube_sensations_tanya_burr_jim_chapman_the_lean_machines_and_pixiwoo_talk_about_their_online_success_1_3523032|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 3 September 2015, Chapman married Tanya Burr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/tanya-burr-marries-jim-cummings |title=Congratulations! Tanya Burr and Jim Chapman are married |publisher=OK Magazine |date=6 September 2015 |access-date=6 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061426/http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/tanya-burr-marries-jim-cummings |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> On 12 March 2019, Chapman made a statement via Instagram to announce that they had split up.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/youtubers-tanya-burr-jim-chapman-2638533|title=Youtubers Tanya Burr and Jim Chapman announce shock split|last=Eyres|first=Zosia|date=2019-03-12|website=bristolpost|access-date=2019-03-12}}</ref>
On 26 July 2020, Chapman announced his engagement to Sarah Tarleton, after 16 months of dating.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jim Chapman on Instagram: "@sarah.tarleton and I have some news"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CDGnhWUBzr6/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CDGnhWUBzr6 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=registration|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Instagram|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 1 March 2021, Chapman announced they were expecting their first child together.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shenton |first1=Zoe |title=Jim Chapman and fiancée Sarah Tarleton are expecting their first baby |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a35679503/jim-chapman-baby-sarah-tarleton/ |access-date=1 March 2021 |work=Cosmopolitan |date=1 March 2021}}</ref> Their daughter was born in September 2021. On 28 March 2022, Chapman and Tarleton were officially married at the Santa Barbara courthouse in California. In early September 2022, they held a wedding ceremony at Villa Luisa in Seville, Spain, attended by family and friends. On 2 August 2023, Chapman and Tarleton announced the arrival of their second child together, a son.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/youtube-star-jim-chapman-model-30615820|title=YouTube star Jim Chapman and model wife Sarah welcome second baby and share sweet snap|website=Mirror|first=Niamh|last=Spence|date=2 August 2023|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.jimchapman.co.uk}} * {{IMDb name|7575070}}
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