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{{Short description|English online and television personality}}
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{{Infobox YouTube personality
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|image=Tom Scott avatar by Matt Gray.jpg
|caption=Tom Scott in his signature red t-shirt in 2016
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| caption = Scott in 2016
|birth_name = Thomas Scott
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|birth_place=[[Mansfield]], [[England]]|residence=[[London]], [[England]]
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| education = [[University of York]]
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|occupation=Entertainer, educator, YouTuber, web developer, presenter
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* Matt Gray
* 162 thousand (The Technical Difficulties)
* [[Jay Foreman (comedian)|Jay Foreman]]
* 118 thousand (Lateral with Tom Scott)
* [[Colin Furze]]
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* [[Matt Parker]]
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* Gary Brannan
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* Chris "Toast" Joel
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'''Thomas Scott'''<!-- Arbitration enforcement mandate: You must not post any personal information (such as birthdate) about the article subject unless there is consensus for the addition on the talk page. See the page notice at [[Template:Editnotices/Page/Tom Scott (presenter)]]. --> (born {{Birth based on age as of date|19|2004|noage=yes}}) is an English [[YouTuber]] and [[web developer]]. On his self-titled [[YouTube]] channel, Scott creates educational videos across a range of topics including history, geography, linguistics, science, and technology. {{As of|2024|08|post=,}} his five YouTube channels have collectively gained over {{Rounddown|{{Sum|6.44|0.255|0.832|0.159|0.115}}|2}} million subscribers{{efn|name="YT Subs"|
'''Tom Scott''', born Thomas Scott<ref>{{cite AV media|author=Tom Scott|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvIoKEpD-hI&t=1m4s|title=Let's Talk About Names. In Iceland.|publisher=YouTube|work=|time=1:04|date=17 February 2014|accessdate=10 December 2017}}</ref> is a [[United Kingdom|British]] entertainer, educator, YouTuber, web developer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tomscott.com/projects/|title=Web Toys and Games|website=Tom Scott|accessdate=29 July 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710153307/https://www.tomscott.com/projects/|archivedate=10 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and former presenter of ''[[Gadget Geeks]]'' on [[Sky 1|Sky One]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9014060/My-life-as-one-of-Sky-1s-Gadget-Geeks.html|title=My life as one of Sky 1's Gadget Geeks|first=Emma|last=Barnett|publisher=Sunday Telegraph|date=15 January 2012|accessdate=16 January 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115234536/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9014060/My-life-as-one-of-Sky-1s-Gadget-Geeks.html|archivedate=15 January 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He lives in [[London]] and is originally from [[Mansfield]], [[Nottinghamshire]].<ref>{{Cite episode|title=North vs South -Youtube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z148F3o6FAQ|access-date=29 August 2016|series=Matt and Tom's Park Bench|date=19 February 2016|time=00:27|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502231606/http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/04/30/hate-klout-tom-scott-mixes-meaningless-metrics-with-feminine-hygiene-in-response/|archivedate=2 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He graduated from the [[University of York]] with a degree in [[linguistics]].<ref>{{Cite episode|title=How Auto-Tune Works|series=Things You Might Not Know|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i09V6SkVkz8|access-date=11 February 2019|date=11 February 2019|time=01:20|deadurl=no|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20190211164933/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i09V6SkVkz8|archivedate=11 February 2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He has over 1.5 million subscribers and more than 286 million video views on his main YouTube channel {{As of|2019|January|df=British|lc=y|since=}}.<ref name="youtubechannel">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/enyay/about|title=Tom Scott|website=[[YouTube]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Subscribers, broken down by channel:
{{blist
|6.44 million (Tom Scott)
|255 thousand (Matt and Tom)
|832 thousand (Tom Scott Plus)
|159 thousand (The Technical Difficulties)
|115 thousand (Lateral with Tom Scott)}}
}} and {{Rounddown|{{Sum|1.766|0.04886|0.04517|0.00317|0.01473}}|2}} billion views.{{efn|name="YT Views"|Views, broken down by channel:
{{blist
|1.766 billion (Tom Scott)
|48.86 million (Tom Scott Plus)
|44.17 million (Matt and Tom)
|3.17 million (The Technical Difficulties)
|14.73 million (Lateral with Tom Scott)}}
}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Scott's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/tomscottgo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609094547/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/tomscottgo |archive-date=2023-06-09 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=[[Social Blade]]}}<br />{{Cite web |title=Matt and Tom's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/mattandtom |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308125558/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/mattandtom |archive-date=2023-03-08 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=[[Social Blade]]}}<br />{{Cite web |title=Tom Scott plus's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/tomscottplus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230154933/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/tomscottplus |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=[[Social Blade]]}}<br />{{Cite web |title=The Technical Difficulties's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/techdif |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230154932/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/techdif |archive-date=2022-12-30 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=[[Social Blade]]}}<br />{{Cite web |title=Lateral with Tom Scott's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/lateralcast |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230154933/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/lateralcast |archive-date=2022-12-30 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=[[Social Blade]]}}</ref>

Born in [[Mansfield]], Nottinghamshire, Scott first came to media attention as a student, creating a parody of a governmental website. He created his channel in 2006, but only began to enjoy mainstream popularity after 2014, when he began his education series "Things You Might Not Know". Scott produces and uploads educational videos to the channel across a range of topics including [[linguistics]], [[technology]], [[geography]], [[history]] and [[science]]. His output has included series such as ''Language Files'' (which focuses on linguistics and languages), ''The Basics'' (computing and IT), ''Amazing Places'' (geographical locations), and ''Things You Might Not Know''. Typically his videos take the form of relatively short videos on interesting items, with many having received external coverage including colours unable to be recorded accurately on video,<ref name="irish" /> compact hovercraft,<ref name=":1" /> and how bear-resistant infrastructure is tested.<ref name=":5" />

Scott has also collaborated with other YouTubers.<ref name=":6" /> He announced that he was taking a break from his YouTube work starting January 2024, after a decade of consistent weekly uploads.<ref name=":7" />

==Early life==
[[File:Pirate_Tom_-_014_(4660039334)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|upright|Scott as "Mad Cap'n Tom" in 2010]]Thomas Scott<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |agency=Press Association |date=2004-07-28 |title=Student battles government over spoof site |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jul/28/highereducation.uk3 |access-date=2023-09-04 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=4 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904162418/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jul/28/highereducation.uk3 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> was born in {{Birth based on age as of date|19|2004|noage=yes}}<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0AMaW4XRCI |title=That Time I Got In Trouble With The Government |date=2018-08-27 |last=Scott |first=Thomas |type=Video |time=1:12–1:47 |access-date=2024-06-15 |quote=When I was 19, the British government mailed a leaflet out to every home in the country. [...] That sort of joke was still new and exciting in 2004.}}</ref> in Mansfield, [[Nottinghamshire]],<ref name=":2" /> and graduated from the [[University of York]] with a degree in [[linguistics]] and the English language.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-07-29 |title=Spoof website will stay online |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3936497.stm |access-date=2023-09-04 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827210122/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3936497.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He later earned a [[Master of Arts]] in educational studies.<ref name="UniChallenge">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gdx8 |title=BBC Two – Christmas University Challenge, Christmas 2022, Durham University v University of York |date=21 December 2022 |publisher=[[BBC]] |time=4:55 |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204233722/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gdx8 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |url-status=live |quote=I graduated in English language and linguistics, and then an MA in educational studies in the early 2000s.}}</ref>

In 2004, when Scott was 19 and at university, he produced a website parodying the British government's "[[Preparing for Emergencies]]" website,<ref>{{cite web |title=Preparing for Emergencies – Homepage |url=http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk/ |website=preparingforemergencies.co.uk |access-date=25 May 2021 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515055834/http://preparingforemergencies.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> including a section explaining what to do in case of a [[zombie apocalypse]]. This resulted in the [[Cabinet Office]] demanding the site be deleted, to which Scott sent a "polite response declining to take down the site".<ref name=":3">{{cite news |date=29 July 2004 |title=Spoof website will stay online |language=en |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3936497.stm |url-status=live |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827210122/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3936497.stm |archive-date=27 August 2018}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/27/parody_not_funny_gov/ |title=Emergency advice parody misses Gov UK funny bone |work=The Register |first=Lucy |last=Sherriff |date=27 July 2004 |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105184618/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/27/parody_not_funny_gov/ |archive-date=5 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jul/30/digitalmedia.egovernment |title=When zombies attack |first=Tom |last=Scott |work=The Guardian |date=30 July 2004 |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914184357/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jul/30/digitalmedia.egovernment |archive-date=14 September 2014}}</ref>

In 2009, Scott became the official UK organiser of [[International Talk Like a Pirate Day]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yarr.org.uk/ |title=Talk Like A Pirate Day UK Headquarters |website=yarr.org.uk |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221081752/http://www.yarr.org.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and was subsequently nominated by his friends to run for student president at the [[University of York Students' Union]], under the guise of his Talk Like a Pirate Day persona, "Mad Cap'n Tom Scott". Despite running as a joke, he gained almost 3,000 votes, won the election, and served as the organisation's 48th president.<ref name="pirate">{{Cite news |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2106024.pirate_becomes_new_student_union_president/ |title='Pirate' becomes new student union president |work=York Press |date=10 March 2008 |access-date=16 January 2012 |first=Gerran |last=Grimshaw |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005185148/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2106024.pirate_becomes_new_student_union_president/ |archive-date=5 October 2012}}</ref> When running for [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] in the [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]] constituency as a [[joke candidate]] in 2010, Scott used the character – at the time, he described his chances of winning in the safe [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] seat of Westminster as "Somewhere 'twixt [[a snowball's chance in hell]] an' zero."<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDermott |first=Kerry |date=29 April 2010 |title=England's fringe candidates fight for votes |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8640794.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826150630/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8640794.stm |archive-date=26 August 2017 |access-date=16 January 2012 |work=BBC News}}</ref> He received 84 votes (0.2% of the total), finishing in last place behind [[Pirate Party UK]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Results 2010: Cities of London and Westminster |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b11.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823081938/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b11.stm |archive-date=23 August 2017 |access-date=16 January 2012 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

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== YouTube ==
==Career==
===Early career===
In 2012 Scott was a presenter in the [[Sky One|Sky 1]] series ''[[Gadget Geeks]]'' alongside [[Colin Furze]] and Creative Technologist Charles Yarnold, where he was responsible for the creation of [[software]] solutions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9014060/My-life-as-one-of-Sky-1s-Gadget-Geeks.html |title=My life as one of Sky 1's Gadget Geeks |first=Emma |last=Barnett |work=The Sunday Telegraph |issn=0307-1235 |oclc=49632006 |date=15 January 2012 |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115234536/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9014060/My-life-as-one-of-Sky-1s-Gadget-Geeks.html |archive-date=15 January 2012}}</ref> He also worked creating [[Flash games]] for the [[Daily Mirror]]'s ''[[UsVsTh3m]]'' website. These included a viral "North-O-Meter" which judged its players' [[North–South divide in England|northernness]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burrell |first=Ian |date=2021-05-30 |title=How to heat hamsters humanely while setting the web alight thanks to the power of YouTube |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/business/heating-hamsters-the-power-of-youtube-tom-scott-1027210 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>


Scott received coverage in 2013 for "Actual Facebook Graph Searches", a [[Tumblr]] site which exposed a potentially embarrassing and dangerous collection of public [[Facebook]] data using Facebook's Graph Search, such as showing men in [[Tehran]] who have said that they were "interested in men" or "single women who live nearby and are interested in men and like getting drunk".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/23/facebook-graph-search-privacy-concerns |title=Facebook's Graph Search tool causes increasing privacy concerns |first=Juliette |last=Garside |work=The Guardian |date=23 January 2013 |access-date=25 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208150416/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/23/facebook-graph-search-privacy-concerns |archive-date=8 February 2014}}</ref>
Scott has a popular [[YouTube]] channel with over 1.5 million subscribers and more than 286 million video views on his YouTube channel {{As of|2019|January|df=|lc=y|since=}}.<ref name="youtubechannel"/> Regular series on the channel include ''Things You Might Not Know'', ''Amazing Places'', ''The Basics,'' and ''Built for Science'', as well as a series warning of the future of technology, named simply &#x23E9; (the [[fast forward]] symbol). His channel also hosts the comedy panel show ''Citation Needed'', featuring the other members of his radio comedy troupe "The Technical Difficulties", and which he presented. Scott additionally produces explanations of computer security issues on [[Brady Haran]]'s YouTube channel ''Computerphile''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLux5q2c4P_IqbKF11-pfsR|title=Tom's videos for Computerphile - YouTube|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref>, among other projects such as linguistics.<ref name="youtubechannel"/> He is known for his red t-shirts, worn out of a need for continuity during filming.<ref>{{Citation|last=Matt and Tom|title=Why Does Tom Always Wear Red T-Shirts?|date=2015-12-28|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4SoSBo_nsI|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807154809/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4SoSBo_nsI&gl=US&hl=en|deadurl=no|accessdate=2017-08-09|archivedate=7 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


===YouTube career===
At the end of 2015, Scott launched a collaborative YouTube channel with his colleague and friend Matt Gray called ''Matt and Tom'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/mattandtom|title=Matt and Tom|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=2017-01-10|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205054629/https://www.youtube.com/MattAndTom|archivedate=5 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> known for its series ''The Park Bench'' wherein the pair would regularly sit on a park bench and discuss videos on Scott's other channel, occasions from their past, travels and stories related to their jobs. From its inception until March 2018 the series was produced weekly, but in their 24 March 2018 episode<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je0UVD_4vDM&t=212s | title=A Break in the Bench? | author=Matt and Tom | date=24 March 2018 | publisher=Youtube | accessdate=31 December 2018 }}</ref> they announced that the series would no longer be produced on a regular schedule due to time constraints. They did note that they would produce irregular episodes from time-to-time, whenever they had interesting things to talk about. On 30 October 2018, they ended the series with the episode "The Park Bench: 2015-2018", however, they stated that the channel would continue to be used for other projects.<ref>{{Citation|last=Matt and Tom|title=The Park Bench: 2015-2018|date=2018-10-30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paA7ek43ACc|access-date=2018-10-31}}</ref>
Scott produces and uploads educational videos to the channel across a range of topics including [[linguistics]], [[technology]], [[geography]], [[history]] and [[science]]. His work has included series including the languages and linguistics focussed ''Language Files'', computing and information technology based ''The Basics'', ''Amazing Places'', and ''Things You Might Not Know''. Typically his videos take the form of relatively{{Vague|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} short videos on interesting items, with many having received external coverage{{Dubious|date=October 2024}} including colours unable to be recorded accurately on video,<ref name="irish">{{cite news |date=19 July 2017 |title=Here's why you can't see what the world's 'pinkest pink' looks like on-screen |url=https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/science/2017/07/19/news/here-s-why-you-can-t-see-what-the-world-s-pinkest-pink-looks-like-on-screen-1088524/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213161651/http://www.irishnews.com/magazine/science/2017/07/19/news/here-s-why-you-can-t-see-what-the-world-s-pinkest-pink-looks-like-on-screen-1088524/ |archive-date=13 December 2017 |access-date=18 May 2020 |work=The Irish News}}</ref> compact hovercraft,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=Inventor's Hovercraft Goes Viral After YouTuber Takes a Ride |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/inventors-hovercraft-goes-viral-youtuber-180235349.html |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB}}</ref> and how bear-resistant infrastructure is tested.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Baitinger |first=Brooke |date=2023-07-25 |title=Grizzly bear takes 'selfie' — inside its mouth — while playing with GoPro in Montana |url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/nation-world/national/article277637568.html |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Idaho Statesman}}</ref> Scott has also collaborated with other YouTubers, including challenging YouTuber [[Jordan Harrod]] to create a [[deepfake]] version of him for $100.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Haysom |first=Sam |title=YouTuber challenges scientist to create an AI version of him for $100 |url=https://mashable.com/video/tom-scott-ai-version/ |access-date=7 March 2021 |website=Mashable |date=19 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112181621/https://mashable.com/video/tom-scott-ai-version |url-status=live}}</ref>


Scott announced that he was taking a break from his YouTube work starting 1 January 2024, after a decade of consistent weekly uploads. "I am so tired. There's nothing in my life right now except work" he explained, although it was his "dream job". Scott believed YouTube made it impossible to reduce the quality of his videos. Thus he saw his only other option as expanding further and hiring staff, forcing him to "become a manager", which he deemed beyond his skills. Soon after, he noted that other YouTubers with similar long-form content were also reducing or stepping away as views and ad-revenue fall. Scott predicted "difficult years" ahead given the rise of "junk zero-effort [[generative AI]] channels" and competing video options.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Hern |first=Alex |date=2024-01-05 |title='I am so tired': YouTuber Tom Scott ends Things You Might Not Know |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/05/youtuber-tom-scott-ends-things-you-might-not-know-series |access-date=2024-01-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaukat |first=Rahman |date=2024-01-04 |title=Tom Scott Is Done Releasing Weekly YouTube Videos |url=https://gamerant.com/tom-scott-youtube-videos-retire/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=[[Game Rant]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mather |first=Katie |date=2024-01-03 |title=Who is Tom Scott? YouTuber's 'retirement' announcement raises concerns about creator burnout |url=https://www.aol.co.uk/news/tom-scott-youtuber-retirement-announcement-194737665.html |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=[[AOL]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
He has produced a number of quiz and panel shows for his YouTube channel, including ''Citation Needed'' (2014-2018), ''Game On'' (2016), ''Questionable'' (2016), and ''Lateral'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=999666890262822914|title=New video! And a new series! Lateral, a quiz show. The first episode has @Kat_Arney, @helenarney, @simonoxfphys and @sallylepage and it is a GREAT start to the show:|date=2018-05-04|access-date=2018-06-01|language=en|user=tomscott}}</ref>


In 2022, Scott won the [[12th Streamy Awards|Streamy Award]] for Learning and Education.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chan |first=J. Clara |date=5 December 2022 |title=YouTube Streamy Awards: MrBeast Takes Top Creator; Full List of Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/2022-youtube-streamy-awards-winners-1235274871/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206005336/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/2022-youtube-streamy-awards-winners-1235274871/ |archive-date=6 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> He was nominated in the same category in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brant |first=Brian |date=27 August 2023 |title=Streamy Awards 2023: Complete Winners List |url=https://people.com/streamy-awards-2023-complete-winners-list-7852449 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905092157/https://people.com/streamy-awards-2023-complete-winners-list-7852449 |archive-date=5 September 2023 |access-date=28 August 2023 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>
== Other projects ==


=== Work in other media ===
=== ''The Technical Difficulties'' ===
Scott is a member of the four-person [[comedy troupe]], The Technical Difficulties, with whom he hosted a radio show of the same name on [[University Radio York]] which won the [[Kevin Greening]] award at the [[Student Radio Association|Student Radio Awards]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barnard |first=Mike |title=Student radio talent celebrated at the Student Radio Awards 2008 |url=http://www.milkround.com/news-careers-advice/205631/student-radio-talent-celebrated-at-the-student-radio-awards-2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502231606/http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/04/30/hate-klout-tom-scott-mixes-meaningless-metrics-with-feminine-hygiene-in-response/ |archive-date=2 May 2012 |access-date=21 November 2012 |website=Milkround}}</ref> The group consists of Scott, Matt Gray, Gary Brannan and Chris Joel.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJOMsMKBj54 |title=Tech Dif Make Ice Cream - Will It Soft Serve? |date=2020-03-21 |last=Scott |first=Thomas |last2=Gray |first2=Matthew James Bartholomew |last3=Brannan |first3=Gary |last4=Joel |first4=Christopher |type=Video |publisher=Matt and Tom |time=0:29 |access-date=2024-07-10 |quote=Mr Christopher Joel |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The group has created several podcasts and video series over the years, including:<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Technical Difficulties |url=https://www.techdif.co.uk/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=techdif.co.uk}}</ref>
Scott began in 2004 by producing a website parodying the British government's emergency response procedures, including a section explaining what to do in case of a [[zombie apocalypse]]. This resulted in the [[Cabinet Office]] responding by demanding the site be taken down. In response, Scott said he sent a "polite response declining to take down the site" with the website still live today.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spoof website will stay online |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3936497.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=27 August 2018 |date=29 July 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/27/parody_not_funny_gov/|title=Emergency advice parody misses Gov UK funny bone|publisher=The Register|first=Lucy|last=Sherriff|date=27 July 2004|accessdate=16 January 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105184618/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/27/parody_not_funny_gov/|archivedate=5 November 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jul/30/digitalmedia.egovernment|title=When zombies attack|publisher=The Guardian|date=30 July 2004|accessdate=16 January 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914184357/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jul/30/digitalmedia.egovernment|archivedate=14 September 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk/index.htm|title=Preparing for Emergencies - Homepage|website=www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk|access-date=2017-08-09|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516001642/http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk/index.htm|archivedate=16 May 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Four years later, his [[University Radio York]] radio show, "The Technical Difficulties", won the Kevin Greening Award<ref>{{cite web|last=Barnard|first=Mike|title=Student radio talent celebrated at the Student Radio Awards 2008|url=http://www.milkround.com/news-careers-advice/205631/student-radio-talent-celebrated-at-the-student-radio-awards-2008|publisher=Milkround|accessdate=21 November 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502231606/http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/04/30/hate-klout-tom-scott-mixes-meaningless-metrics-with-feminine-hygiene-in-response/|archivedate=2 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> at the Student Radio Awards. More recently, The Technical Difficulties has been relaunched as a [[podcast]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://techdif.co.uk/|title=The Technical Difficulties - Podcast and Web Show|accessdate=28 December 2015|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106062115/http://www.techdif.co.uk/|archivedate=6 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and as a series on Scott's YouTube channel. He later captained the Hitchhikers in series 3 of [[BBC Four]]'s ''[[Only Connect]]'' in 2010 but was knocked out by the Strategists in the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ptfgy/episodes/guide|title=Only Connect, Series 3 Episodes|publisher=BBC|accessdate=8 September 2017}}</ref> In 2012, Scott took part in the Team in the Sky 1 series ''[[Gadget Geeks]]'' where he was responsible for the Software solutions.<ref name=":0" /> Widespread coverage was received by Scott in 2013 for "Actual Facebook Graph Searches", a [[Tumblr]] site which exposes potentially embarrassing or dangerous collation of public [[Facebook]] data using Facebook's Graph Search such as showing men in [[Tehran]] who have said that they are "interested in men" or "Single women who live nearby and are interested in men and like getting drunk".<ref>{{Cite web
{| class="wikitable"
| url = http://actualfacebookgraphsearches.tumblr.com/
|+
| title = Actual Facebook Graph Searches
!Series
| website = actualfacebookgraphsearches.tumblr.com
!Duration
| access-date = 2016-02-29
!{{Refh}}
| deadurl = no
|-
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160225042339/http://actualfacebookgraphsearches.tumblr.com/
|''The Reverse Trivia Podcast''
| archivedate = 25 February 2016
|2010–2014
| df = dmy-all
! style="text-align:centre;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Technical Difficulties |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-technical-difficulties/id531200269 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=[[Apple Podcasts]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/23/facebook-graph-search-privacy-concerns|title=Facebook's Graph Search tool causes increasing privacy concerns|first=Juliette|last=Garside|publisher=The Guardian|date=23 January 2013|accessdate=25 January 2013|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208150416/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/23/facebook-graph-search-privacy-concerns|archivedate=8 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> One year later, Scott worked part-time for [[Trinity_Mirror#Digital|UsVsTh3m]] for over a year.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsyhGHUEt-k|title=Emojli: Behind the Scenes and Why You Should Never Build An App|first=Tom|last=Scott|date=30 August 2014|accessdate=23 July 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626194352/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsyhGHUEt-k|archivedate=26 June 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tomscott.com/projects/|title=Web Toys and Games|website=Tom Scott|accessdate=29 July 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710153307/https://www.tomscott.com/projects/|archivedate=10 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|''Cit<nowiki/>ation<nowiki/> Nee<nowiki/>d<!-- Leave this stuff in here so this article doesn't mess up maintenance scripts -->ed''
|2014–2018
! style="text-align:centre;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cit<nowiki/>ation<nowiki/> Nee<nowiki/>ded, from the Technical Difficulties |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGIo2odDuuPeYtb7BtQ1kBhp |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=[[YouTube]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''Two of These People Are Lying''
|2019–2021
! style="text-align:centre;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Two Of These People Are Lying |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrkYtXgEpu5QXFgFJO8SxTMa24wv7b40X |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=[[YouTube]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''Adventures''
|2022–2023
! style="text-align:centre;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=We've been on Adventures |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrkYtXgEpu5QJQPW7aQNMXiVkxeVmLcx1 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=[[YouTube]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''Reverse Trivia''
|2024–
! style="text-align:centre;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reverse Trivia, from the Technical Difficulties |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrkYtXgEpu5RDaX3JJ1qCpY7LgMooGbSN |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=[[YouTube]] |language=en}}</ref>
|}


=== ''Lateral with Tom Scott'' ===
===Emojli===
A weekly comedy podcast taking the format of a game show where Scott and three contestants take turns asking each other difficult questions that require [[lateral thinking]] to answer, which was adapted from a 2018 six-episode game show on Scott's main YouTube channel that was also co-developed with David Bodycombe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 August 2023 |title=Lateral with Tom Scott on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/lateral-with-tom-scott/id1648140033 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814212056/https://podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/lateral-with-tom-scott/id1648140033 |archive-date=14 August 2023 |access-date=14 August 2023 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=25 May 2018 |title=YouTuber Tom Scott Pits Creators Against One Another In Game Show Based Around Lateral Thinking |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/05/25/htom-scott-lateral-quiz-show/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306225533/https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/05/25/htom-scott-lateral-quiz-show/ |archive-date=6 March 2020 |access-date=14 August 2023 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}</ref>
{{Main|Emojli}}
Scott, along with Matt Gray, co-founded [[Emojli]] in 2014. It was a parody [[emoji]]-only social network based on social networking application [[Yo (app)|Yo]]. It was described by ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' as "an inside joke turned into reality".<ref>{{Cite web
| url = http://www.salon.com/2014/07/02/an_emoji_only_social_network_ridiculous_or_brilliant/
| title = An emoji-only social network: Ridiculous … or brilliant?
| last = Gray
| first = Sarah
| date = 2 July 2014
| publisher = Slate
| accessdate = 28 July 2014
| deadurl = no
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140730020123/http://www.salon.com/2014/07/02/an_emoji_only_social_network_ridiculous_or_brilliant/
| archivedate = 30 July 2014
| df = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
| url = https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/30/emoji-network
| title = Emoji-only social network Emojli is the new Yo
| last = Solon
| first = Olivia
| date = 30 June 2014
| work = Wired UK
| deadurl = no
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140831181638/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/30/emoji-network
| archivedate = 31 August 2014
| df = dmy-all
}}</ref>


Scott has continued the podcast into 2024 despite indefinitely pausing his weekly [[YouTube]] release schedule.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trahan |first=Philip |date=1 July 2023 |title=Tom Scott announces indefinite YouTube break after 10 years of uploads |url=https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/tom-scott-announces-indefinite-youtube-break-after-10-years-of-uploads-2196370/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814210734/https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/tom-scott-announces-indefinite-youtube-break-after-10-years-of-uploads-2196370/ |archive-date=14 August 2023 |access-date=14 August 2023 |website=Dexerto |language=en}}</ref>
It closed in July 2015 after it became too expensive to maintain, though it is sometimes mentioned in Scott's videos and speeches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uk.businessinsider.com/emojli-emoji-only-social-network-shuts-down-2015-6|title=Investors tried to throw cash at this startup that was actually just a joke|access-date=2016-08-29|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502231606/http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/04/30/hate-klout-tom-scott-mixes-meaningless-metrics-with-feminine-hygiene-in-response/|archivedate=2 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


===Web apps===
== Discography ==


=== Singles ===
Other web-related humour Scott has created includes "Evil", a web app that revealed the phone numbers of Facebook users,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/24/evil-app-shows-how-facebook-users-make-their-mobile-numbers-public/|title="Evil" app shows how Facebook users make their mobile numbers public|first=Mike|last=Butcher|publisher=TechCrunch|date=24 May 2010|accessdate=16 January 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119003424/http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/05/24/evil-app-shows-how-facebook-users-make-their-mobile-numbers-public/|archivedate=19 January 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
{| class="wikitable sortable"
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/oct/06/facebook-privacy-phone-numbers-upload
|+List of singles, with selected details
| title = Is your private phone number on Facebook? Probably. And so are your friends'
!Title
| last = Arthur
!Artist(s)
| first = Charles
!Year
| date = 6 October 2010
! class="unsortable" | {{Ref heading}}
| website = [[The Guardian]]
|-
| publisher =
|"On a Pirate Ship"
| accessdate = 16 January 2012
|[[Jay Foreman (comedian)|Jay Foreman]] featuring Mad Cap'n Tom
| deadurl = no
|2007
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140215075839/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/oct/06/facebook-privacy-phone-numbers-upload
! style="text-align:centre;" |<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK-pMy_jOKI |title=On a Pirate Ship |date=3 September 2007 |last=Foreman |first=Jay |author-link=Jay Foreman (comedian) |last2=Scott |first2=Thomas |access-date=14 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703094809/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK-pMy_jOKI&ab_channel=TomScott |archive-date=3 July 2023 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
| archivedate = 15 February 2014
|-
| df = dmy-all
|"Shelter Me from the Rain"
}}</ref> "Tweleted"—which allowed you to see posts deleted from Twitter,<ref>{{Cite web
|[[Beardyman]] featuring MC HyperScott
| url = http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1911574,00.html
|2022
| title = Tweleted: Making Mischief on Twitter
! style="text-align:centre;" |<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Foreman |first1=Darren Alexander |author-link1=Beardyman |last2=Scott |first2=Thomas |date=5 March 2022 |title=Shelter Me From the Rain |url=https://tidal.com/browse/track/219337330 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614111430/https://tidal.com/browse/track/219337330 |archive-date=14 June 2023 |access-date=14 June 2023 |website=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x10JTuL9crQ |title=Shelter me from the rain |date=4 March 2022 |last1=Foreman |first1=Darren Alexander |author-link1=Beardyman |last2=Scott |first2=Thomas |access-date=14 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701140559/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x10JTuL9crQ |archive-date=1 July 2023 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
| last = Fletcher
|}
| first = Dan
| date = 20 July 2009
| website = [[Time (magazine)|Time Business]]
| publisher = [[Time Inc.]]
| accessdate = 16 January 2012
| deadurl = no
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120115121811/http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0%2C8599%2C1911574%2C00.html
| archivedate = 15 January 2012
| df = dmy-all
}}</ref> and "What's Osama bin Watchin?", which mashes together an image of [[Osama bin Laden]] with [[Internet meme]] videos from YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/05/09/osama.watching.television/index.html|title=Make Osama watch 'Friday,' suffer other indignities|publisher=CNN Tech|first=Doug|last=Gross|date=9 May 2011|accessdate=16 January 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118052107/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-09/tech/osama.watching.television_1_bin-terrorist-leader-youtube-video?_s=PM%3ATECH|archivedate=18 January 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2012, Scott released "Klouchebag", a satire of the social media rankings site [[Klout]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/04/27/klouchebag_the_site_that_calculates_how_obnoxious_you_are_on_twitter.html
| title = Who Are the Real Klouchebags?
| last = Pagels
| first = Jim
| date = 27 April 2012
| website = [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]
| accessdate = 2 May 2012
| deadurl = no
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120502030612/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/04/27/klouchebag_the_site_that_calculates_how_obnoxious_you_are_on_twitter.html
| archivedate = 2 May 2012
| df = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/04/30/hate-klout-tom-scott-mixes-meaningless-metrics-with-feminine-hygiene-in-response/
| title = Hate Klout? Tom Scott Mixes Meaningless Metrics with Feminine Hygiene in Response
| last = Kosner
| first = Anthony
| date = 30 April 2012
| website = [[Forbes#Forbes.com|Forbes.com]]
| publisher =
| accessdate = 2 May 2012
| deadurl = no
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120502231606/http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/04/30/hate-klout-tom-scott-mixes-meaningless-metrics-with-feminine-hygiene-in-response/
| archivedate = 2 May 2012
| df = dmy-all
}}</ref>


==Politics==
==Other work==
[[File:Tom Scott at dConstruct (15128500146) (cropped) 2.jpg|thumb|262x262px|Scott at dConstruct in 2014]]In 2014, Scott co-founded [[Emojli]] along with Matt Gray. It was a parody [[emoji]]-only social network inspired by [[Yo (app)|Yo]]. Emojli was described by ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'' as "an inside joke turned into reality".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2014/07/02/an_emoji_only_social_network_ridiculous_or_brilliant/ |title=An emoji-only social network: Ridiculous ... or brilliant? |last=Gray |first=Sarah |date=2 July 2014 |website=Salon |access-date=28 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730020123/http://www.salon.com/2014/07/02/an_emoji_only_social_network_ridiculous_or_brilliant/ |archive-date=30 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/30/emoji-network |title=Emoji-only social network Emojli is the new Yo |last=Solon |first=Olivia |date=30 June 2014 |magazine=Wired UK |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831181638/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/30/emoji-network |archive-date=31 August 2014 |access-date=17 September 2017}}</ref> It closed in July 2015 after it became too expensive to maintain.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/emojli-emoji-only-social-network-shuts-down-2015-6 |title=Investors tried to throw cash at this startup that was actually just a joke |website=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=29 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502231606/http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/04/30/hate-klout-tom-scott-mixes-meaningless-metrics-with-feminine-hygiene-in-response/ |archive-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> In September 2015, Scott created a full-size [[emoji]] keyboard out of fourteen standard keyboards to type every standard Unicode emoji.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://metro.co.uk/2015/09/21/guy-creates-emoji-keyboard-so-we-may-never-use-words-again-5401832/ |title=Guy creates emoji keyboard so we may never use words again |last=Kentish |first=Francesca |date=21 September 2015 |website=Metro |access-date=4 April 2020 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708102354/https://metro.co.uk/2015/09/21/guy-creates-emoji-keyboard-so-we-may-never-use-words-again-5401832/ |url-status=live}}</ref>


Other web apps Scott has created include "Evil", a web app that revealed the phone numbers of Facebook users;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/24/evil-app-shows-how-facebook-users-make-their-mobile-numbers-public/ |title="Evil" app shows how Facebook users make their mobile numbers public |first=Mike |last=Butcher |website=TechCrunch |date=24 May 2010 |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119003424/http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/05/24/evil-app-shows-how-facebook-users-make-their-mobile-numbers-public/ |archive-date=19 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/oct/06/facebook-privacy-phone-numbers-upload |title=Is your private phone number on Facebook? Probably. And so are your friends' |last=Arthur |first=Charles |date=6 October 2010 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215075839/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/oct/06/facebook-privacy-phone-numbers-upload |archive-date=15 February 2014}}</ref> "Tweleted", which showed posts deleted from Twitter;<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1911574,00.html |title=Tweleted: Making Mischief on Twitter |last=Fletcher |first=Dan |date=20 July 2009 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time Business]] |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115121811/http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0%2C8599%2C1911574%2C00.html |archive-date=15 January 2012}}</ref> "What's Osama bin Watchin?", which mashed together an image of [[Osama bin Laden]] with YouTube [[Internet meme]]s;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/05/09/osama.watching.television/index.html |title=Make Osama watch 'Friday,' suffer other indignities |website=CNN Tech |first=Doug |last=Gross |date=9 May 2011 |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118052107/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-09/tech/osama.watching.television_1_bin-terrorist-leader-youtube-video |archive-date=18 January 2012}}</ref> "Parliament WikiEdits", a [[Twitter bot]] that tweets whenever an [[IP address]] from the [[Houses of Parliament]] edited Wikipedia, which inspired a wave of similar accounts including [[CongressEdits]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://slate.com/technology/2014/07/twitterbots-scan-government-ip-addresses-and-tweet-their-wikipedia-edits.html |title=Here's How to Know What Edits Governments Are Making on Wikipedia |last=Newman |first=Lily Hay |date=14 July 2014 |website=Slate |access-date=13 April 2020 |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707223850/https://slate.com/technology/2014/07/twitterbots-scan-government-ip-addresses-and-tweet-their-wikipedia-edits.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and "Klouchebag", a satire of the social media rankings site [[Klout]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/04/27/klouchebag_the_site_that_calculates_how_obnoxious_you_are_on_twitter.html |title=Who Are the Real Klouchebags? |last=Pagels |first=Jim |date=27 April 2012 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=2 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502030612/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/04/27/klouchebag_the_site_that_calculates_how_obnoxious_you_are_on_twitter.html |archive-date=2 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/04/30/hate-klout-tom-scott-mixes-meaningless-metrics-with-feminine-hygiene-in-response/ |title=Hate Klout? Tom Scott Mixes Meaningless Metrics with Feminine Hygiene in Response |last=Kosner |first=Anthony |date=30 April 2012 |website=[[Forbes#Forbes.com|Forbes]] |access-date=2 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502231606/http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/04/30/hate-klout-tom-scott-mixes-meaningless-metrics-with-feminine-hygiene-in-response/ |archive-date=2 May 2012}}</ref>
=== University of York ===
In 2008, Scott was the UK organiser of [[International Talk Like a Pirate Day]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yarr.org.uk/|title=Talk Like A Pirate Day UK Headquarters|website=www.yarr.org.uk|access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref> and successfully ran as "Mad Cap'n Tom Scott" for [[Students' union|student union]] president at the [[University of York]].<ref name="pirate">{{Cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2106024.pirate_becomes_new_student_union_president/|title='Pirate' becomes new student union president|publisher=York Press|date=10 March 2008|accessdate=16 January 2012|first=Gerran|last=Grimshaw|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005185148/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2106024.pirate_becomes_new_student_union_president/|archivedate=5 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He recounted his experience in a two-part video on the Matt and Tom channel.<ref>{{Citation|last=Matt and Tom|first=|title=The Ballad of Mad Cap'n Tom: Part 1|date=2016-02-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztYapweHD3g|volume=|pages=|access-date=2018-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Matt and Tom|first=|title=The Ballad of Mad Cap'n Tom: Part 2|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1KEr7mRyUg|volume=|pages=}}</ref>


In December 2022, Scott appeared in two episodes of ''[[Christmas University Challenge]]'' as captain of the [[University of York]] team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nunn |first=Catriona |date=12 January 2023 |title=Meeting the Challenge of 'Christmas University Challenge' |url=https://alumnivoices.co.uk/2023/01/12/meeting-the-challenge-of-christmas-university-challenge/ |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=Alumni Voices |language=en-GB |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117170548/https://alumnivoices.co.uk/2023/01/12/meeting-the-challenge-of-christmas-university-challenge/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
===UK general election===
{{Main|United Kingdom general election, 2010}}
In 2010, after losing a bet that the [[New Orleans Saints]] would lose the [[Super Bowl XLIV|2010 Super Bowl]], Scott ran for Parliament—again as "Mad Cap'n Tom"—in the [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]] constituency as a [[joke candidate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUULstZRWS1lDvJBzHnkXA |title=The Ballad of Mad Cap'n Tom, Part 2.|first=Tom|last=Scott|deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205170236/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUULstZRWS1lDvJBzHnkXA |archivedate=5 February 2017 |df=dmy-all|via=YouTube|date=1 April 2016|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> By chance, Scott stood against the [[Pirate Party UK|Pirate Party]] candidate Jack Nunn, which was described on the BBC News Quiz as "a split in the pirate vote".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/30/pirate_v_pirate/|title=Yarr! Election pits pirate vs pirate|access-date=2017-11-28|language=en}}</ref>


==Notes==
As part of his bid, he promised to scrap taxes on [[rum]], have schools offer courses in "swordsmanship and gunnery", and put a 50% tax on downloads of [[Cheryl (entertainer)|Cheryl Cole]] [[MP3]]s, mainly due to his dislike of the singer. He described his chances of winning in the safe [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] seat of Westminster as "[s]omewhere 'twixt a snowball's chance in hell an' zero."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8640794.stm|title=England's fringe candidates fight for votes|first=Kerry|last=McDermott|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=16 January 2012|date=29 April 2010|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826150630/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8640794.stm|archivedate=26 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He received 84 votes, 0.2% of the total including the vote of lead guitarist of [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Noel Gallagher]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b11.stm|title=Election Results 2010: Cities of London and Westminster|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=16 January 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823081938/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b11.stm|archivedate=23 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrjYc87dQZM&t=284|title=Noel Gallagher - Newsnight 2011.10.11|publisher=Newsnight BBC2|website=Youtube|date=11 October 2011|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 21 December 2024

Not to be confused with Tom Scott (saxophonist).
Tom Scott
Scott in 2016
Personal information
Born
Thomas Scott

1984 or 1985 (age 38–39)
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
EducationUniversity of York
OccupationYouTuber
Websitetomscott.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
Genres
  • Education
  • science
  • comedy
Subscribers
  • 6.44 million (Tom Scott)
  • 254 thousand (Matt and Tom)
  • 832 thousand (Tom Scott Plus)
  • 162 thousand (The Technical Difficulties)
  • 118 thousand (Lateral with Tom Scott)
[1]
Total views
  • 1.77 billion (Tom Scott)
  • 45.59 million (Tom Scott Plus)
  • 49.71 million (Matt and Tom)
  • 3.61 million (The Technical Difficulties)
  • 16.29 million (Lateral with Tom Scott)
[1]
100,000 subscribers2014
1,000,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: 14 October 2024

Thomas Scott (born 1984 or 1985) is an English YouTuber and web developer. On his self-titled YouTube channel, Scott creates educational videos across a range of topics including history, geography, linguistics, science, and technology. As of August 2024, his five YouTube channels have collectively gained over 7.8 million subscribers[a] and 1.87 billion views.[b][2]

Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Scott first came to media attention as a student, creating a parody of a governmental website. He created his channel in 2006, but only began to enjoy mainstream popularity after 2014, when he began his education series "Things You Might Not Know". Scott produces and uploads educational videos to the channel across a range of topics including linguistics, technology, geography, history and science. His output has included series such as Language Files (which focuses on linguistics and languages), The Basics (computing and IT), Amazing Places (geographical locations), and Things You Might Not Know. Typically his videos take the form of relatively short videos on interesting items, with many having received external coverage including colours unable to be recorded accurately on video,[3] compact hovercraft,[4] and how bear-resistant infrastructure is tested.[5]

Scott has also collaborated with other YouTubers.[6] He announced that he was taking a break from his YouTube work starting January 2024, after a decade of consistent weekly uploads.[7]

Early life

Scott as "Mad Cap'n Tom" in 2010

Thomas Scott[8][9][10] was born in 1984 or 1985[8][11] in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire,[8] and graduated from the University of York with a degree in linguistics and the English language.[8][12] He later earned a Master of Arts in educational studies.[13]

In 2004, when Scott was 19 and at university, he produced a website parodying the British government's "Preparing for Emergencies" website,[14] including a section explaining what to do in case of a zombie apocalypse. This resulted in the Cabinet Office demanding the site be deleted, to which Scott sent a "polite response declining to take down the site".[9][10][15]

In 2009, Scott became the official UK organiser of International Talk Like a Pirate Day,[16] and was subsequently nominated by his friends to run for student president at the University of York Students' Union, under the guise of his Talk Like a Pirate Day persona, "Mad Cap'n Tom Scott". Despite running as a joke, he gained almost 3,000 votes, won the election, and served as the organisation's 48th president.[17] When running for Parliament in the Cities of London and Westminster constituency as a joke candidate in 2010, Scott used the character – at the time, he described his chances of winning in the safe Conservative seat of Westminster as "Somewhere 'twixt a snowball's chance in hell an' zero."[18] He received 84 votes (0.2% of the total), finishing in last place behind Pirate Party UK.[19]

General election 2010: Cities of London and Westminster[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Field 19,264 52.2 +3.9
Labour Dave Rowntree 8,188 22.2 −3.1
Liberal Democrats Naomi Smith 7,574 20.5 +2.0
Green Derek Chase 778 2.1 −2.2
UKIP Paul Weston 664 1.8 +0.7
English Democrat Frank Roseman 191 0.5 New
Independent Dennis Delderfield 98 0.3 New
Pirate Jack Nunn 90 0.2 New
Independent Mad Cap'n Tom (Scott)[21] 84 0.2 New
Majority 11,076 30.0 +7.8
Turnout 36,931 55.5 +4.4
Registered electors 66,849
Conservative hold Swing +3.5

Career

Early career

In 2012 Scott was a presenter in the Sky 1 series Gadget Geeks alongside Colin Furze and Creative Technologist Charles Yarnold, where he was responsible for the creation of software solutions.[22] He also worked creating Flash games for the Daily Mirror's UsVsTh3m website. These included a viral "North-O-Meter" which judged its players' northernness.[23]

Scott received coverage in 2013 for "Actual Facebook Graph Searches", a Tumblr site which exposed a potentially embarrassing and dangerous collection of public Facebook data using Facebook's Graph Search, such as showing men in Tehran who have said that they were "interested in men" or "single women who live nearby and are interested in men and like getting drunk".[24]

YouTube career

Scott produces and uploads educational videos to the channel across a range of topics including linguistics, technology, geography, history and science. His work has included series including the languages and linguistics focussed Language Files, computing and information technology based The Basics, Amazing Places, and Things You Might Not Know. Typically his videos take the form of relatively[vague] short videos on interesting items, with many having received external coverage[dubious – discuss] including colours unable to be recorded accurately on video,[3] compact hovercraft,[4] and how bear-resistant infrastructure is tested.[5] Scott has also collaborated with other YouTubers, including challenging YouTuber Jordan Harrod to create a deepfake version of him for $100.[6]

Scott announced that he was taking a break from his YouTube work starting 1 January 2024, after a decade of consistent weekly uploads. "I am so tired. There's nothing in my life right now except work" he explained, although it was his "dream job". Scott believed YouTube made it impossible to reduce the quality of his videos. Thus he saw his only other option as expanding further and hiring staff, forcing him to "become a manager", which he deemed beyond his skills. Soon after, he noted that other YouTubers with similar long-form content were also reducing or stepping away as views and ad-revenue fall. Scott predicted "difficult years" ahead given the rise of "junk zero-effort generative AI channels" and competing video options.[7][25][26]

In 2022, Scott won the Streamy Award for Learning and Education.[27] He was nominated in the same category in 2023.[28]

The Technical Difficulties

Scott is a member of the four-person comedy troupe, The Technical Difficulties, with whom he hosted a radio show of the same name on University Radio York which won the Kevin Greening award at the Student Radio Awards in 2008.[29] The group consists of Scott, Matt Gray, Gary Brannan and Chris Joel.[30] The group has created several podcasts and video series over the years, including:[31]

Series Duration Ref.
The Reverse Trivia Podcast 2010–2014 [32]
Citation Needed 2014–2018 [33]
Two of These People Are Lying 2019–2021 [34]
Adventures 2022–2023 [35]
Reverse Trivia 2024– [36]

Lateral with Tom Scott

A weekly comedy podcast taking the format of a game show where Scott and three contestants take turns asking each other difficult questions that require lateral thinking to answer, which was adapted from a 2018 six-episode game show on Scott's main YouTube channel that was also co-developed with David Bodycombe.[37][38]

Scott has continued the podcast into 2024 despite indefinitely pausing his weekly YouTube release schedule.[39]

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected details
Title Artist(s) Year Ref.
"On a Pirate Ship" Jay Foreman featuring Mad Cap'n Tom 2007 [40]
"Shelter Me from the Rain" Beardyman featuring MC HyperScott 2022 [41][42]

Other work

Scott at dConstruct in 2014

In 2014, Scott co-founded Emojli along with Matt Gray. It was a parody emoji-only social network inspired by Yo. Emojli was described by Salon as "an inside joke turned into reality".[43][44] It closed in July 2015 after it became too expensive to maintain.[45] In September 2015, Scott created a full-size emoji keyboard out of fourteen standard keyboards to type every standard Unicode emoji.[46]

Other web apps Scott has created include "Evil", a web app that revealed the phone numbers of Facebook users;[47][48] "Tweleted", which showed posts deleted from Twitter;[49] "What's Osama bin Watchin?", which mashed together an image of Osama bin Laden with YouTube Internet memes;[50] "Parliament WikiEdits", a Twitter bot that tweets whenever an IP address from the Houses of Parliament edited Wikipedia, which inspired a wave of similar accounts including CongressEdits;[51] and "Klouchebag", a satire of the social media rankings site Klout.[52][53]

In December 2022, Scott appeared in two episodes of Christmas University Challenge as captain of the University of York team.[54]

Notes

  1. ^ Subscribers, broken down by channel:
    • 6.44 million (Tom Scott)
    • 255 thousand (Matt and Tom)
    • 832 thousand (Tom Scott Plus)
    • 159 thousand (The Technical Difficulties)
    • 115 thousand (Lateral with Tom Scott)
  2. ^ Views, broken down by channel:
    • 1.766 billion (Tom Scott)
    • 48.86 million (Tom Scott Plus)
    • 44.17 million (Matt and Tom)
    • 3.17 million (The Technical Difficulties)
    • 14.73 million (Lateral with Tom Scott)

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    "Tom Scott plus's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
    "The Technical Difficulties's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
    "Lateral with Tom Scott's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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  4. ^ a b "Inventor's Hovercraft Goes Viral After YouTuber Takes a Ride". Yahoo News. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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