Tested.com#Tested
{{Short description|YouTube channel and website by Adam Savage}}
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| channel_handle = @tested
| channel_display_name = Adam Savage's Tested
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| years_active = 2010–present
| genre = {{Hlist|Maker culture|technology}}
| subscribers = 6.92 million
| views = 1.55 billion
| stats_update = October 10, 2023
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Tested.com (often simply called Tested) is a website and YouTube channel that focuses on maker culture and technology. The company was started by Will Smith and Norman Chan in 2010, with MythBusters hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman joining the company in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://flymagazine.net/unleashing-a-myth-buster-qa-with-adam-savage/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524161408/http://flymagazine.net/unleashing-a-myth-buster-qa-with-adam-savage/ |url-status=usurped|archive-date=2015-05-24|title=Unleashing a Myth Buster: Q&A with Adam Savage|work=FLY}} The channel has 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.{{cite web |url = http://www.tested.com/news/what-tested-is-and-why-im-crazy-excited-about-it/11/|title = What Tested Is and Why I'm Crazy Excited About It|first = Will |last = Smith|date = 2010-03-08
|publisher = Tested|access-date = 2010-03-09}}
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Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman joined the website in 2012.{{cite web |title=Jamie and Adam Welcome You to Tested! | website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbTV6M8rPa0 |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Gutelle |first1=Sam |title=YouTube Millionaires: Tested's "Huge Nerds" Build Gadgets, Audience |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/04/02/tested-youtube-millionaires-adam-savage-jamie-hyneman/ |access-date=24 June 2022 |work=Tubefilter |date=2 April 2015}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Liptak |first1=Andrew |title=Adam Savage on his live science show, cosplay, and 'promoting the joy in making things' |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/25/15049064/adam-savage-brain-candy-live-cosplay-mythbusters-tested-building-interview |access-date=24 June 2022 |work=The Verge |date=25 March 2017 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Hendrickson |first1=Paula |title='Mythbusters' May Be Ending, But Star Adam Savage Sees New Beginnings |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/awards/mythbusters-adam-savage-jamie-hyneman-tested-vsauce-1201838798/ |access-date=24 June 2022 |work=Variety |date=17 August 2016}} In April 2016, Will Smith left Tested to start his own company, Foo VR.{{cite news |url= https://www.engadget.com/2016/04/02/will-smith-foo-show-vr-talk-show/ |title= Tech journalist Will Smith launches a talk show in VR |date= 2 April 2016 |access-date= 28 November 2016 |author= Timothy Seppala |work= Engadget}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Hartlaub |first1=Peter |title=Adam Savage's Tested.com stage show comes to Castro |url=https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Adam-Savage-s-Tested-com-stage-show-comes-to-10415042.php |access-date=24 June 2022 |work=SFGATE |date=26 October 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Downing |first1=Shane |title=Mythbuster Adam Savage Brings Evening Of Journeys, Virtual Reality To Castro Theatre |url=https://hoodline.com/2016/10/mythbuster-adam-savage-brings-castro-theatre/ |access-date=24 June 2022 |work=hoodline.com |date=28 October 2016 |language=en}}
In 2019, Tested launched a collaboration with virtual reality brand Oculus. The project included episodic experience in which the user was virtually placed next to a maker as they constructed a build, and featured Rick Lyon, Griffon Ramsey, and Savage, among others.{{cite magazine |last1=Ashworth |first1=Boone |title=Adam Savage's New VR App Lets You Visit Maker Workshops |url=https://www.wired.com/story/adam-savage-vr-app-maker-workshops/ |access-date=5 July 2022 |magazine=Wired |date=11 September 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190914215210/https://www.wired.com/story/adam-savage-vr-app-maker-workshops/ |archive-date=14 September 2019}}
Adam Savage now serves as editor-in-chief of Tested, with the YouTube channel being renamed to "Adam Savage's Tested".{{cite news |last1=Liptak |first1=Andrew |title=MythBusters' Adam Savage on the tech he carries everywhere |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/7/17826798/adam-savage-whats-in-your-bag-edc-one |access-date=24 June 2022 |work=The Verge |date=7 September 2018 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=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 |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220614005492/en/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 |website=www.businesswire.com |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=en |date=14 June 2022}} Videos on the channel now focus on Savage constructing costumes and props in his workshop, as well as visiting film studios or collaborating with other makers, among other activities. Savage has visited Boston Dynamics to interact with their robots on multiple occasions, including constructing a rickshaw pulled by Spot.{{cite news |last1=Liszewski |first1=Andrew |title=Adam Savage Found the Perfect Reason To Spend Tens of Thousands of Dollars on a Robotic Dog |url=https://gizmodo.com/adam-savage-found-the-perfect-reason-to-spend-tens-of-t-1841665537 |access-date=5 July 2022 |work=Gizmodo |date=13 February 2020 |language=en-us}}{{cite news |last1=Hart |first1=Matthew |title=Adam Savage Shows How to Program Dancing Boston Dynamics Dog |url=https://nerdist.com/article/adam-savage-boston-dynamics-dancing-dog-tested/ |access-date=5 July 2022 |work=Nerdist |date=15 January 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Hart |first1=Matthew |title=Adam Savage Built a Robot Dog-Driven Rickshaw |url=https://nerdist.com/article/adam-savage-robot-driven-rickshaw/ |access-date=5 July 2022 |work=Nerdist |date=14 February 2020}} Several videos on the channel feature Savage donning cosplay that conceals his identity and walking across comic convention floors.{{cite news |last1=Machado |first1=Yolanda |title=Adam Savage Goes Incognito as Iron Man at a Convention |url=https://nerdist.com/article/adam-savage-goes-incognito-as-iron-man-at-a-convention/ |access-date=5 July 2022 |work=Nerdist |date=9 September 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Leonhardt |first1=Megan |title=Mythbusters' Adam Savage spent 14 years and over $15,000 building a single Comic-Con costume |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/17/adam-savages-most-expensive-costume-took-him-14-years-and-cost-15000-dollars.html |access-date=5 July 2022 |work=CNBC |date=18 July 2019 |language=en}} Savage described Tested as a "vehicle for promoting the joy in making things. I use that term as broadly as possible, whether it’s photography or film or music or theater or costume or setting up a shop, outfitting a car."
In 2019, Savage and Tested were nominated for "Best Web Personality/Host" at the Webby Awards and was the People's Voice Winner in the category of "How-To & DIY (Video Series & Channels)".{{cite web |title=NEW Webby Gallery + Index |url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2019/video/performance-craft/best-web-personalityhost/86473/adam-savagetestedcom |website=WebbyAwards |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=NEW Webby Gallery + Index |url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2019/video/video-series-channels/how-to-diy-video-series-channels/86634/adam-savages-one-day-builds |website=Webby Awards |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=en}} In 2020, Savage and Tested were an Honoree in the category of "Best Web Personality/Host".{{cite web |title=NEW Webby Gallery + Index |url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2020/video/performance-craft/best-web-personalityhost/114603/adam-savageadam-savages-tested |website=Webby Awards |language=en}}