Tom Scott
@tomscottgo · 6.7M subscribers
Tom Scott’s most viewed videos of 2014
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Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.
- Rank 1:
Do The Numbers On Toaster Dials Mean Minutes?
- Rank 2:
British Plugs Are Better Than All Other Plugs, And Here's Why
- Rank 3:
Why Britain Uses Separate Hot and Cold Taps
- Rank 4:
The Man Who Set Up His Own Toll Road, Without Permission
- Rank 5:
The Image That Can Break Your Brain
- Rank 6:
Chess Clock Jenga
- Rank 7:
The Secret Button on Pedestrian Crossings
- Rank 8:
Danger: Humans
- Rank 9:
2030: Privacy's Dead. What happens next?
- Rank 10:
How YouTube Video Stabilization Works
- Rank 11:
How The Self-Retweeting Tweet Worked: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Twitter
- Rank 12:
Single Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google Forgot To Check Passwords
- Rank 13:
How To Read Text In Binary
- Rank 14:
The Shellshock Bug In About Four Minutes
- Rank 15:
There's a Bit of England in New York, Literally
- Rank 16:
The Level Crossing You Have To Power Yourself
- Rank 17:
Why Do Reversing Trucks Not Beep Any More?
- Rank 18:
How To Tell If You're Dreaming
- Rank 19:
Point Zero: Where All Roads Start
- Rank 20:
Disney Could Go Nuclear If They Wanted To
- Rank 21:
YouTube Doesn't Know Your Password
- Rank 22:
Let's Play: Bar Billiards
- Rank 23:
Never Call Someone "Tired and Emotional" In England
- Rank 24:
The Diner Where You Microwaved Your Own Food
- Rank 25:
Why Do Flag Emoji Count As Two Characters?
- Rank 26:
What's The Longest Word In The English Language?
- Rank 27:
Why Doesn't Britain Have Rabies?
- Rank 28:
The Big Lobster and Drive-through Booze: Citation Needed 1x01
- Rank 29:
British Tanks Are Better Than All Other Tanks, And Here's Why
- Rank 30:
Privacy In France: A Lot Of French People Might Be About To Sue Me
- Rank 31:
The Liquid Nitrogen Tanks of New York
- Rank 32:
Emojli: Behind the Scenes and Why You Should Never Build An App
- Rank 33:
Is "Paris Syndrome" A Real Thing?
- Rank 34:
Why Aren't There More Helicopter Crashes In London?
- Rank 35:
Third Person Driving with a Drone
- Rank 36:
Platform 9¾ Is In The Wrong Place
- Rank 37:
Fail-Safe vs. Fail-Deadly (with Colin Furze)
- Rank 38:
How To (Appear To) Snap Someone's Neck (On Stage)
- Rank 39:
From Missingno to Heartbleed: Buffer Exploits and Buffer Overflows
- Rank 40:
The Rise and Fall of the Gasometer
- Rank 41:
Why Does Nighttime Smartphone Footage Look All Flickery in Europe?
- Rank 42:
Angels Are Actually Pretty Terrifying
- Rank 43:
Can It Be "Too Cold To Snow"?
- Rank 44:
The Flag of Mars and Rods from God: Citation Needed 1x08
- Rank 45:
How To Throw A Bucket Of Water At Someone
- Rank 46:
Moss Is Terrible For Emergency Navigation
- Rank 47:
Your GPS Shuts Down If It Goes Too Fast
- Rank 48:
How To Fall Into A Swimming Pool
- Rank 49:
Why Was AllAdvantage.com Popular In Beverly Hills?
- Rank 50:
British Nuclear War from Beyond the Grave: The Letter of Last Resort