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Tom Scott

@tomscottgo764 videos20 yrs

Tom Scott's Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Subs6.75M

10Kin 28d

Views1.97B

11.87Min 28d

Est. revenue$36K

Down 4%vs prior 14d

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As of 2026-11-05, Tom Scott has 6,750,000 subscribers, 1,973,055,419 total views, and 764 videos. Ranked #5,659 worldwide and #971 in Lifestyle by subscribers.

Tom Scott’s most recent 48 uploads

  • The latest upload vidIQ has for Tom Scott is “It's getting harder to balance the power grid. Here's why.”, a long-form video published Nov 2, 2026.
  • These are Tom Scott’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Sep 25, 2023 and Nov 2, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
  • Median views across these 48 uploads: 1,701,456. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
  • Most viewed in the sample: “After ten years, it's time to stop weekly videos.” (12,178,791 views, Jan 1, 2024). Least viewed: “I got hit in the teeth at England's oldest ritual” (480,040 views, Jun 29, 2026).
  • Median length: 21:18 for 48 long-form videos.
  • In this sample, Tom Scott’s consecutive uploads were a median of 7 days apart (shortest gap 7 days, longest 812 days).
  • Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 5, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.
Tom Scott’s most recent uploads, newest first, with publication date (UTC), format, lifetime views and length
VideoPublished (UTC)ViewsLength
It's getting harder to balance the power grid. Here's why.1,627,62116:21
This machine breaks things.1,806,14723:17
Clocks are so much more interesting than I thought.1,124,41821:05
Why robots still can't pick strawberries2,182,57731:10
In this arcade, you drop metal balls on rich people.1,814,02911:01
When I blow this whistle, a swimming pool appears.2,419,39426:07
Can I get into the Top 100 of tiddlywinks in one day?1,378,09825:58
Thomas, a tank engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine.2,070,17718:00
Flying a plane badly, on purpose.2,071,88217:40
This Mars rover's cool. But have you seen its wheels?1,911,94722:40
How do you keep 8,995 codebreakers secret?1,468,92226:25
This 100-year-old ride must never change again.919,37716:37
Turns out building dry stone walls is difficult1,053,55424:45
I'm so glad this hidden monorail broke down.1,420,22227:22
I get excited about &.999,16123:40
I have a weird conspiracy theory about this bridge1,741,06212:40
If I get this wrong, 50,000 people will hear it.657,94023:14
To help fire this trebuchet, I climbed inside it685,18822:55
I got hit in the teeth at England's oldest ritual480,04015:15
We can't invent a robot better than these ferrets1,636,11421:33

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vidIQ. As of 2026-11-05, Tom Scott has 6,750,000 subscribers, 1,973,055,419 total views, and 764 videos. It ranks #5,659 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ. Source: public YouTube statistics recorded by vidIQ. https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomscottgo/ Methodology: https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/

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