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Tested.com
Websitetested.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2010 - Present
Genre(s)Maker culture, technology
Subscribers5.8+ million[1]
Total views1.2+ billion[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 23 June 2022

Tested.com is a website and YouTube channel that focuses on maker culture and technology. Originally started by Will Smith and Norman Chan in 2010, with Mythbusters hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman later joining the company.[2] The company and channel have since been rebranded to Adam Savage's Tested, with Hyneman and Smith both no longer involved.

History

Making the move from Maximum PC, Will Smith and Norman Chan joined Whiskey Media in 2010 to launch Tested.com. The move allowed Smith and Chan to create content for all forms of technology, rather than being limited to personal computers.[3] Tested launched in preview form on March 8, 2010. While in its preview-form Tested did not yet have the community-themed Wiki-Database system that its sister-sites feature, but features full editorial content including video reviews[4] and a podcast of which English screenwriter and former PC Gamer Editor-in-chief Gary Whitta is a weekly guest.[5] In October 2011 Smith, Chan and Whitta raised over $53,000 during a 24-hour live-streamed edition of the podcast for the Child's Play charity.[6][7] Producing video content for Tested was Ana Hurka-Robles, who was reassigned to Tested from Anime Vice until leaving Whiskey Media in December 2011.[8] In April 2016 Will Smith left Tested to start his own company, Foo VR.[9]

Tested provides videos and articles on many forms of technology, with extensive coverage of the Apple iPad,[10] e-book readers[11] and the testing of various devices' wireless internet speeds throughout San Francisco.[12] Tested also has freelance contributors Ryan Whitwam, Will Greenwald, Sam Cook, Wesley Fenlon, Bobby Schweizer, and Matt Braga who are responsible for articles detailing news and analysis in subjects like netbooks,[13] web browser software,[14] photo enhancing systems,[15] smartphones,[16][17] and 3D imagery and functionality.[18] Tested is recognized as a supporter of MakerBot Industries, using their CupCake Computer numerical control model to make mystery object videos and interviewing founder Bre Pettis on new models at conventions.[19] In one of his many appearances on Revision3's video podcast Tekzilla, Smith showcased the CupCake to presenter Patrick Norton.[20] Other appearances have included discussions on different iPad browsers with Veronica Belmont featuring the Skyfire web browser.[21] Computer numerical control was also the subject of Tested: The Show episode 1. In the episode, Smith and Chan visited TechShop and built their new mystery object show maker, the MakerBot Thing-o-Matic.[22] The site also covers the San Francisco Bay Area version of the Maker Faire. Previous interviews include the Raygun Gothic Rocketship[23] and the Mondo Spider.[24]

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman joined the website in 2012.[25][26] Hyneman left the company in early 2016. After the end of the pair's show Mythbusters early that same year, Savage increased the amount of content he was producing for the YouTube channel and the site.[27][28]

In 2016, Savage and Chan performed live stage shows titled "Tested the Show: Journeys". Some of the shows also featured Simone Giertz and chef J. Kenji López-Alt.[29][30]

Adam Savage now serves as editor-in-chief of Tested, with videos on the channel focusing on his builds and visiting film studios, among other activities.[31][32]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Adam Savage's Tested". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Unleashing a Myth Buster: Q&A with Adam Savage". FLY. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24.
  3. ^ Smith, Will (2010-03-08). "What Tested Is and Why I'm Crazy Excited About It". Tested. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  4. ^ "Nexus One Video Review". Tested. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  5. ^ "This is only a Test podcast - Episode 64 - Insert Timely Reference - 5/4/2011". Tested. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  6. ^ "OCTOBERKAST! 24 Hours of This is Only a Test For the Kids!". Tested. 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  7. ^ "This is Only a Test Marathon". Tested. 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  8. ^ "To All You Whiskey Users". Tested. 2011-12-07. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  9. ^ Timothy Seppala (2 April 2016). "Tech journalist Will Smith launches a talk show in VR". Engadget. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Quick Look at 5 Awesome iPad Apps". Tested. 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  11. ^ "Barnes & Noble Nook Video Review". Tested. 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  12. ^ "Tested: Wireless Broadband Speed in San Francisco". Tested. 2010-05-10. Retrieved 2010-05-10. Will takes to the streets to see exactly what kind of wireless performance you get from a Palm Pre Plus, a MiFi 2200, an iPad 3G, and a iPhone 3Gs in the City by the Bay.
  13. ^ "How Netbooks Can Survive in an iPad World". Tested. 2010-05-09. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  14. ^ "Why Microsoft is Confident about Internet Explorer 9". Tested. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  15. ^ "Multi-Image Fusion Makes Panoramic Stitching Super Easy". Tested. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  16. ^ "The Effect of Flash on Android's Web Browsing Experience". Tested. 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  17. ^ "BlackBerry OS 6.0 Revealed". Tested. 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  18. ^ "Research Kills 3D Headaches, But is it Enough for Haters?". Tested. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  19. ^ "MakerBot in the News – Tested.com at CES 2011". MakerBot Industries. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  20. ^ Build your own CNC Machine. Revision3. 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  21. ^ Tested.com's Will Smith Talks iPad Browsers. Revision3. 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  22. ^ "Tested: The Show, Episode 1: Computer Numerical Control". Tested. 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  23. ^ Tested.com interview with Sean Orlando at the 2010 Makers Faire. Raygun Gothic Rocketship. 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  24. ^ Maker Faire 2010: All Hail the Mondo Spider. Tested. 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  25. ^ "Jamie and Adam Welcome You to Tested!". Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  26. ^ Gutelle, Sam (2 April 2015). "YouTube Millionaires: Tested's "Huge Nerds" Build Gadgets, Audience". Tubefilter. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  27. ^ Liptak, Andrew (25 March 2017). "Adam Savage on his live science show, cosplay, and 'promoting the joy in making things'". The Verge. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  28. ^ Hendrickson, Paula (17 August 2016). "'Mythbusters' May Be Ending, But Star Adam Savage Sees New Beginnings". Variety. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  29. ^ Hartlaub, Peter (26 October 2016). "Adam Savage's Tested.com stage show comes to Castro". SFGATE. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  30. ^ Downing, Shane (28 October 2016). "Mythbuster Adam Savage Brings Evening Of Journeys, Virtual Reality To Castro Theatre". hoodline.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  31. ^ Liptak, Andrew (7 September 2018). "MythBusters' Adam Savage on the tech he carries everywhere". The Verge. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  32. ^ "SiliCon with Adam Savage Announces New Celebrities, Makers, Artists and Authors to its August 2022 Two-Day Lineup with Much More to Come, including Details Around NASA Panels". www.businesswire.com. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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