Tom Scott
@tomscottgo · 6.7M subscribers
Tom Scott’s most viewed videos of 2016
Lifetime totals, not views in this range.
Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.
- Rank 1:
Why Snow and Confetti Ruin YouTube Video Quality
- Rank 2:
Will YouTube Ever Run Out Of Video IDs?
- Rank 3:
This giant model stopped a terrible plan
- Rank 4:
The Most Dangerous Stretch of Water in the World: The Strid at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire
- Rank 5:
Why 1/1/1970 Bricks Your iPhone
- Rank 6:
The Fake Vinegar In British Fish and Chip Shops
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The Bizarre Plan to Drain the Mediterranean: Atlantropa
- Rank 8:
The world's most dangerous path... isn't.
- Rank 9:
Calling The Police Doesn't Charge Your Phone Battery
- Rank 10:
Why Britain Sucks At Product Placement
- Rank 11:
Why Web Filters Don't Work: Penistone and the Scunthorpe Problem
- Rank 12:
ᑖᒻ ᔅᑳᑦ and ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ
- Rank 13:
Wheels, Bombs, and Perpetual Motion Machines
- Rank 14:
The Battery That's Lasted 176 Years
- Rank 15:
The Town Where Wi-Fi Is Banned: The Green Bank Telescope and the Quiet Zone
- Rank 16:
The World's Most Famous Teapot: The Utah Teapot
- Rank 17:
The Mushroom Cloud Over Britain: RAF Fauld and the Hanbury Crater
- Rank 18:
The Grave of the Man Who Never Was: Operation Mincemeat
- Rank 19:
The Problem With Renewable Energy (and how we're fixing it)
- Rank 20:
The Zip Line Across Time Zones
- Rank 21:
Why Wuppertal's Suspended Monorail Wasn't The Future Of Travel
- Rank 22:
The Strangest Elevator In Italy: the Ascensore Castello d'Albertis-Montegalletto, Genoa
- Rank 23:
Why Mountain Dew Rots Your Teeth More Than Coca-Cola
- Rank 24:
Unexploded Bombs off the British Coast: the SS Richard Montgomery
- Rank 25:
How "Crash Safari" Reboots Your Phone
- Rank 26:
Listening for Nuclear Tests at the Top of the World
- Rank 27:
Seeing Things: Visual Disturbances We All Experience
- Rank 28:
The Bus Replacement Rail Service (yes, that's the right way round)
- Rank 29:
Nobody's Exactly Sure How Much A Kilogram Is Right Now
- Rank 30:
Help, My Fusion Reactor's Making A Weird Noise
- Rank 31:
Pod Cars of the Past and Future: The Morgantown PRT
- Rank 32:
Driving Through Russia Without A Visa: The Saatse Boot
- Rank 33:
Fallout Shelters and Zurich's Water: Swiss Resilience
- Rank 34:
Arson as a Christmas Tradition: The Gävle Goat
- Rank 35:
In Norway, Everyone Can Know How Much You Earn
- Rank 36:
In Old Movies, Why The Dial Tone After Someone Hangs Up?
- Rank 37:
The Man Who Invented, Then Hated, Shopping Malls
- Rank 38:
No-One Knows Who Got To The North Pole First
- Rank 39:
The Solar Power Towers of Southern Spain
- Rank 40:
The Ice Block Expedition and Chainsaw Licenses: Citation Needed LIVE, Part 2
- Rank 41:
Thomas Midgley Jr and a Pope Infestation: Citation Needed 5x02
- Rank 42:
The Flower That Smells Like Death
- Rank 43:
Questionable with Jay Foreman, Sarah Breese and Will Seaward
- Rank 44:
Graham Island and Ye Starbucks: Citation Needed 4x01
- Rank 45:
No, Pokémon Go Can't Read Your Email
- Rank 46:
The Fake-British Ghost Town In China: Thames Town
- Rank 47:
The Hydraulic Telegraph and Latin Grease: Citation Needed 5x01
- Rank 48:
Victor Lustig and Binary Points: Citation Needed 4x05
- Rank 49:
Why You Can't Advertise Cancer Cures In Britain
- Rank 50:
The First Ever Wireless Hack: Marconi vs Maskelyne