Tom Scott (YouTuber)
{{Short description|English online and television personality}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2014}}
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{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = Tom Scott
| logo =
| image =Tom Scott avatar by Matt Gray (cropped) 3.jpg
| alt = Head shot of Scott wearing a red T-shirt, smiling and standing outside
| caption = Scott in 2016
| birth_name = Thomas Scott
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|19|2004}}
| birth_place = Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
| education = University of York
| occupation = YouTuber
| website = {{URL|https://tomscott.com}}
| channel_handle = @TomScottGo
| channel_display_name = Tom Scott
| years_active = 2006–present
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Informational
- Factual
- Education
- Science
- Geography
- Comedy
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| subscribers = 6.53 million
| views = 1.83 billion
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| silver_year = 2014
| gold_button = yes
| gold_year = 2017
| stats_update = 16 April 2025
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Thomas Scott (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|2025|02|post=,}} his five YouTube channels have collectively gained over {{Rounddown|{{Sum|6.53|0.833|0.254|0.167|0.132}}|2}} million subscribers{{efn|name="YT Subs"|Subscribers, broken down by channel:
{{blist
| 6.53 million (Tom Scott)
| 833 thousand (Tom Scott plus)
| 254 thousand (Matt and Tom)
| 167 thousand (The Technical Difficulties)
| 132 thousand (Lateral with Tom Scott)}}}} and {{Rounddown|{{Sum|1.81|0.05148|0.04667|0.0048|0.01931}}|2}} billion views.{{efn|name="YT Views"|Views, broken down by channel:
{{blist
| 1.83 billion (Tom Scott)
| 52.24 million (Tom Scott plus)
| 47.02 million (Matt and Tom)
| 4.80 million (The Technical Difficulties)
| 21.60 million (Lateral with Tom Scott)}}}}{{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}}
{{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}}
{{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}}
{{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}}
{{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}}
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, compact hovercraft, and how bear-resistant infrastructure is tested.
Scott has also collaborated with other YouTubers. He announced that he was taking a break from his YouTube work starting January 2024, after a decade of consistent weekly uploads.
Early life
Thomas Scott{{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 }} was born in {{Birth based on age as of date|19|2004|noage=yes}}{{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.}} in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and graduated from the University of York with a degree in linguistics and English language. He later studied a two-year part-time research Master of Arts in educational studies.{{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.}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6MVaWr-XTk |title=How Did You Get Where You Are, Working "With Computers"? |date=2016-01-07 |last=Matt and Tom |time=4:06 |access-date=2025-02-26 |quote=Then I did two years part-time educational studies as a research degree. |via=YouTube}}
In 2003, Scott became the organiser of the British section of International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
In 2004, when Scott was 19 and at university, he produced a website parodying the British government's "Preparing for Emergencies" website,{{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}} 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".{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}
Career
=Political career=
File:Pirate_Tom_-_014_(4660039334)_(cropped).jpgIn 2008, he was 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.{{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}}
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."{{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}} He received 84 votes (0.2% of the total), finishing in last place behind Pirate Party UK.{{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}}
=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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}
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".{{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}}
=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 focused 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,{{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}} compact hovercraft,{{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}} and how bear-resistant infrastructure is tested.{{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}} Scott has also collaborated with other YouTubers, including challenging YouTuber Jordan Harrod to create a deepfake version of him for $100.{{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}}
In 2022, Scott won the Streamy Award for Learning and Education.{{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}} He was nominated in the same category in 2023.{{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}}
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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}
On 6 January 2025, it was announced that Scott would be competing in Jet Lag: The Game Season 13: Schengen Showdown as a guest player. He would compete on the same team as Sam Denby against Adam Chase and Ben Doyle in racing to claim the most countries in Europe within six days.{{Cite tweet |number=1876163142209995247 |user=wendoverpro |title=Time to go, go, go! |date=2025-01-06 |access-date=2025-01-07 |url=https://x.com/wendoverpro/status/1876163142209995247}}
= ''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.{{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://archive.today/20130128224527/http://www.milkround.com/news-careers-advice/205631/student-radio-talent-celebrated-at-the-student-radio-awards-2008 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |access-date=6 January 2025 |website=Milkround}} The group consists of Scott, Matt Gray, Gary Brannan and Chris Joel.{{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}} The group has created several podcasts and video series over the years, including:{{Cite web |title=The Technical Difficulties |url=https://www.techdif.co.uk/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=techdif.co.uk}}
= ''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.{{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}}{{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}}
Scott has continued the podcast into 2024 despite indefinitely pausing his weekly YouTube release schedule.{{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}}
Discography
= Singles =
Other work
File:Tom Scott at dConstruct (15128500146) (cropped) 2.jpgIn 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".{{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}}{{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}} It closed in July 2015 after it became too expensive to maintain.{{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}} In September 2015, Scott created a full-size emoji keyboard out of fourteen standard keyboards to type every standard Unicode emoji.{{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}}
Other web apps Scott has created include "Evil", a web app that revealed the phone numbers of Facebook users;{{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}}{{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}} "Tweleted", which showed posts deleted from Twitter;{{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 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}} "What's Osama bin Watchin?", which mashed together an image of Osama bin Laden with YouTube Internet memes;{{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}} "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;{{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}} and "Klouchebag", a satire of the social media rankings site Klout.{{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 |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}}{{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 |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}}
In 2010, Scott took part in series 3 of Only Connect, as the team captain of the Hitchhikers,{{Cite episode |title=Hitchhikers vs Strategists |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ry8w5 |series=Only Connect |series-link=Only Connect |network=BBC Two |date=31 August 2010 |series-no=3 |number=14 |access-date=5 January 2025}} as well as the special episodes, Wall Night 1 - Part 1 and Wall Night - Part 2, the following year.{{Cite episode |title=Wall Night 1 - Part 1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0186y2m |series=Only Connect |series-link=Only Connect |network=BBC Two |date=16 December 2011 |series-no=Wall Night |number=1 |access-date=5 January 2025}}{{Cite episode |title=Wall Night 1 - Part 2 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018gtnt |series=Only Connect |series-link=Only Connect |network=BBC Two |date=16 December 2011 |series-no=Wall Night |number=1 |access-date=5 January 2025}} In December 2022, he appeared in two episodes of Christmas University Challenge as captain of the University of York team.{{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}}
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