{{short description|Canadian British Internet personality}} {{notability|Bio|date=October 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox social media personality | name = Mememolly<!--please gain consensus on the talk page before changing this--> | image = Molly Templeton at the Streamy Awards 2010.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Molly Templeton at the Streamy Awards 2010 | birth_name = <!--please gain consensus on the talk page before adding this--> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Beaconsfield, England | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | spouse = {{marriage|Mike Rugnetta|2017}} | relations = | years_active = 2006–present | notable_works = | known_for = Vlogging, Rocketboom | website = | youtube_handle = mememolly | youtube_display_name = | youtube_years_active = | youtube_genre = Vlogs | youtube_subscribers = 97.3 thousand<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 48.5 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = 23 Apr 2026 }} '''Molly Templeton''' (born 25 October 1989), known by her stage name '''Mememolly''' (me-me-molly), is a British-Canadian Internet personality and entrepreneur. She hosted the video blog Rocketboom from July 2009 to July 2011.<ref name="tube-july09">{{cite news | url=http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/07/06/rocketboom-premieres-new-nyc-host-mememolly/ | title='Rocketboom' Premieres New NYC Host 'mememolly' | publisher=Tubefilter | author=Marc Hustvedt | date=6 July 2009 | access-date=29 November 2009 | archive-date=11 November 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111162434/http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/07/06/rocketboom-premieres-new-nyc-host-mememolly/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="cbs">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/10/onthescene/entry5602268.shtml |title=The Va Va Voom Behind RocketBoom |publisher=CBS News |first=Shira |last=Lazar |author-link=Shira Lazar |date=10 November 2009 |access-date=29 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113091454/http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/10/onthescene/entry5602268.shtml |archive-date=13 November 2009 }}</ref>
==Career== Originally from the United Kingdom, Templeton started making YouTube videos in her bedroom when she was 16.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} After a few years working independently in web video and studying fine art at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, she went to New York to host, write and produce for the comedic news web show, Rocketboom.<ref name="highbeam"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=YouTube Star 'mememolly' To Be Next 'Rocketboom' Host |first=Marc |last=Hustvedt |work=Tubefilter |date=26 June 2009 |access-date=9 September 2014 |url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2009/06/26/youtube-star-mememolly-to-be-next-rocketboom-host/ }}</ref> In July 2011 she left Rocketboom and was employed by the online entertainment studio My Damn Channel as Director of Talent & Audience Development, later cofounding the internet marketing agency Everybody at Once.<ref name="highbeam"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=My Damn Channel Launches Talent Division, Hires Mememolly |first=Joshua |last=Cohen |work=Tubefilter |date=1 August 2011 |access-date=9 September 2014 |url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2011/08/01/my-damn-channel-launches-talent-division-hires-mememolly}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Templeton|first=Molly|date=29 December 2020|title=Molly Templeton|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-templeton-506124148/|website=LinkedIn}}</ref> Since October 2019, Templeton has worked for YouTube as the Head of Social Marketing, Operations, & Global Crisis Response.<ref name=":0" />
Templeton's ''mememolly'' channel on YouTube was once No. 10 on the all-time most-subscribed list for the UK.<ref name="tube-july09"/> As of December 2020, the channel has over hundred thousand subscribers and 48 million video views, and has been inactive since 2013.<ref name="tube-july09"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=mememolly YouTube Channel Stats, Subscriber Statistics, Ranking |work=vidstatsx.com |access-date=9 September 2014 |url=http://vidstatsx.com/mememolly/youtube-channel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226060851/http://vidstatsx.com/mememolly/youtube-channel|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 February 2013}}</ref>
==Personal life== Templeton was born and raised in Beaconsfield, England.<ref name="tube-july09"/> Since July 2017, she is married to American composer and educational YouTuber Mike Rugnetta.<ref name="marriage">{{Cite web |title=We are now legally required to hang out together forever |work=Instagram |date=15 July 2017 |access-date=5 November 2017 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BWkiyjpF4DD/}}</ref> As of 2019, the couple live in an apartment in Brooklyn, New York.<ref name="highbeam">{{Cite web |title=My Damn Channel Talent Network Will Sign, Develop, Produce New Video Stars |work=Marketing Weekly News |via=HighBeam Research|date=20 August 2011 |access-date=9 September 2014 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-264794014.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153202/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-264794014.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mememolly & Mike's Flea Market-Style Funhouse in Brooklyn|url=https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/mememolly-mikes-flea-marketstyle-funhouse-in-brooklyn-house-tour-198272|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Apartment Therapy|language=en}}</ref> She has collaborated with him several times on his podcasts, as an interviewee on ''Reasonably Sound'' and as a performer on ''Fun City''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reasonably Sound|url=https://reasonablysound.com/|access-date=2020-12-29|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Podcasts – Mike Rugnetta|url=https://rugnetta.com/podcasts/|access-date=2020-12-29|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Fun City|url=https://www.stitcher.com/show/fun-city|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Stitcher}}</ref>
Templeton is an avid cyclist, and has misophonia (an extreme aversion to, but not a fear of, certain sounds).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-11-02|title=Mike & Molly|url=https://meaningfull.media/mike-molly/|access-date=2020-12-29|website=meaningfull.media|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Ars|date=2019-11-16|title=The science of audio: How a podcast reveals the pleasant mysteries of hearing|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/11/the-science-of-audio-how-a-podcast-reveals-the-pleasant-mysteries-of-hearing/|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}}</ref>
Although ceasing to make YouTube videos in 2013 and largely dropping out of the public eye, Templeton maintains a following on other social media platforms, including Twitter and Instagram.
== See also == * List of YouTube personalities
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{YouTube|u=mememolly|Mememolly}} * [https://www.instagram.com/mememolly/?hl=en Mememolly's profile] on Instagram * [https://twitter.com/mememolly?lang=en Mememolly's profile] on Twitter
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