From laughter to labour: how an Irish couple conquered YouTube with their daily lives

The Saccones have 140,000 daily viewers, but that has made them targets, they tell John Hearne.

CORK City family, the Saccone-Jolys, are Ireland’s biggest internet stars. Their YouTube channel has 300,000 subscribers, and their daily uploads attract 140,000 views.

The 20-minute videos that Jonathan Joly posts each day are a slice of family life. Joly and his wife, Anna Saccone, go shopping, look after their baby daughter, Emilia, or play with their six dogs. Since Emilia was born, a year ago, the show has exploded in popularity.