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Tom Scott

@tomscottgo · 6.7M subscribers

Tom Scott’s most viewed videos of 2013

Lifetime totals, not views in this range.

Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.

  1. Rank 1:
    Ten Illegal Things To Do In London

    Ten Illegal Things To Do In London

    15.7M views19 Feb 20132:03(opens in a new tab)

  2. Rank 2:
    Fantastic Features We Don't Have In The English Language

    Fantastic Features We Don't Have In The English Language

    7.8M views31 May 20134:00(opens in a new tab)

  3. Rank 3:
    Gender Neutral Pronouns: They're Here, Get Used To Them

    Gender Neutral Pronouns: They're Here, Get Used To Them

    4.6M views5 Jul 20133:49(opens in a new tab)

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    Lies on the London Underground

    Lies on the London Underground

    4.5M views15 May 20132:28(opens in a new tab)

  5. Rank 5:
    Why Jonathan Ross Can't Pronounce His Rs

    Why Jonathan Ross Can't Pronounce His Rs

    2.6M views24 May 20133:15(opens in a new tab)

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    All The Colours, Including Grue: How Languages See Colours Differently

    All The Colours, Including Grue: How Languages See Colours Differently

    2.3M views7 Jun 20132:56(opens in a new tab)

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    Why You Swear in Anglo-Saxon and Order Fancy Food in French: Registers

    Why You Swear in Anglo-Saxon and Order Fancy Food in French: Registers

    1.8M views14 Jun 20132:50(opens in a new tab)

  8. Rank 8:
    Why You Can Tweet More In Japanese: What Counts As A Character?

    Why You Can Tweet More In Japanese: What Counts As A Character?

    1.7M views17 Dec 20132:31(opens in a new tab)

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    Why Do We Have "Ye Olde"? Obsolete Letters, and the Mysteries of Ye Olde Ming

    Why Do We Have "Ye Olde"? Obsolete Letters, and the Mysteries of Ye Olde Ming

    1.5M views4 Dec 20133:40(opens in a new tab)

  10. Rank 10:
    Mele Kalikimaka: Why You Can't Say "Christmas" in Hawaiian

    Mele Kalikimaka: Why You Can't Say "Christmas" in Hawaiian

    1.4M views12 Jul 20132:28(opens in a new tab)

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    Adjectival Order: Why A "Big Red Balloon", not a "Red Big Balloon"?

    Adjectival Order: Why A "Big Red Balloon", not a "Red Big Balloon"?

    1.1M views11 Dec 20132:07(opens in a new tab)

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    There's Nothing Wrong With Saying "10 Items or Less": Descriptivism vs Prescriptivism

    There's Nothing Wrong With Saying "10 Items or Less": Descriptivism vs Prescriptivism

    1M views21 Jun 20133:00(opens in a new tab)

  13. Rank 13:
    Ghoti and the Ministry of Helth: Spelling Reform

    Ghoti and the Ministry of Helth: Spelling Reform

    958.6K views28 Jun 20133:20(opens in a new tab)

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    Oversight: Thank you for volunteering, citizen.

    Oversight: Thank you for volunteering, citizen.

    815.4K views2 Aug 20132:15(opens in a new tab)

  15. Rank 15:
    Whatever Happened to Tom's Hoodie?: Tom Scott at Thinking Digital 2013

    Whatever Happened to Tom's Hoodie?: Tom Scott at Thinking Digital 2013

    676.4K views12 Jun 20138:16(opens in a new tab)

  16. Rank 16:
    How Many Gs Do You Pull in an Elevator?

    How Many Gs Do You Pull in an Elevator?

    579.6K views12 Oct 20132:18(opens in a new tab)

  17. Rank 17:
    Making Flaps Vibrate In Your Throat: Voicing

    Making Flaps Vibrate In Your Throat: Voicing

    560.4K views20 Dec 20133:19(opens in a new tab)

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    When Facebook Resurrected the Dead

    When Facebook Resurrected the Dead

    377.3K views9 Jan 20133:15(opens in a new tab)

  19. Rank 19:
    Yorkshire Yoga

    Yorkshire Yoga

    130.4K views13 May 20130:37(opens in a new tab)

  20. Rank 20:
    Instant Whey

    Instant Whey

    73.1K views15 May 20130:06(opens in a new tab)

  21. Rank 21:
    A Spaceship Simulator in a Caravan: the LHS Bikeshed

    A Spaceship Simulator in a Caravan: the LHS Bikeshed

    71.2K views14 May 20131:16(opens in a new tab)

  22. Rank 22:
    A Brief History of Lyric Videos

    A Brief History of Lyric Videos

    52.2K views6 Mar 20132:20(opens in a new tab)

  23. Rank 23:
    Facebook Graph Search: a more realistic commercial

    Facebook Graph Search: a more realistic commercial

    44.1K views17 Jan 20130:45(opens in a new tab)