Tom Scott
@tomscottgo · 6.7M subscribers
Tom Scott’s most viewed videos of 2021
Lifetime totals, not views in this range.
Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.
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The shooting range where you fire over a busy road
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YouTubers have to declare ads. Why doesn't anyone else?
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I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.
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I took the world's shortest flight. It was underwhelming.
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How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?
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The beach where Lego keeps washing up
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The UK's last aerial ropeway uses no power, moves 300 tonnes a day, and will be gone by 2036.
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The Thames Barrier must never fail. Here's why it doesn't.
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Why Progress Bars Don't Move Smoothly ▓▓▓░░░░░░
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The world's most expensive object by weight
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Taking The Emergency Exit From A Wind Turbine
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The world's only float-through McDonalds
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The hidden background noise that can catch criminals
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The highway where trucks work like electric trains
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I thought the Schmid Peoplemover was impossible
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Why Hollywood explosions don't look like real explosions
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The public toll road with no speed limit
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Why Shakespeare Could Never Have Been French
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Why this "falling rocks" sign is more important than most
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The diving gondola: a strange elevator to the ocean floor
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What Color Is My Hoodie?
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How one little boat (and me) held up miles of London traffic at Tower Bridge
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The long-forgotten history of the British moon spacesuit
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The world's most useful model railway
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I helped cover a 5,000-year-old monument with worn-out tires
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This tiny railroad across the sea has an important job
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"High explosives" doesn't just mean "bigger boom"
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The tunnel where people pay to inhale radioactive gas
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The world's last turntable ferry has a really clever design
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I tried to film a volcano and it was a complete disaster
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Hill Hill Hill Hill, debunked, debunked
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I asked an AI for video ideas, and they were actually good
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Three strange river crossings
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I asked an AI for video ideas for other YouTubers. It went badly.
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The Islands With Too Much Power
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The Shocking New Use for Red Telephone Boxes
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Five YouTubers. Five games. $10,000. ⋮ Money: the full series
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History forgot these old fireworks. We recreated them.
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The Accidental Rush for Anthrax Island
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England's oldest attraction turns teddy bears to stone
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Trying To Fail A Drug Test On Purpose
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This changed my mind about aquariums.
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No-one is going to save Covehithe
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An actual, real-world use for robot dogs
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Why this observatory fires lasers at satellites
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Trying To Create an AI Tom Scott (on a $100 budget)
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The town where holding fireworks over your head is a tradition
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Landing at the only airport that's also a public beach
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The Radioactive Beach In New York
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Australia's Bushfire-Hunting Satellites