# Tom Scott

> A web developer turned YouTube educator who turned standing in odd places and explaining odd things into one of the platform's most reliable weeklies - until he walked away in 2024 to prove he could stop.

*English presenter*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/tom-scott

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Comedian
- **Category:** Comedians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1984
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Scott surfaced as a student with a government-website parody, launched a YouTube channel in 2006, then spent years in obscurity. The turn came in 2014 with Things You Might Not Know - educational one-takes on linguistics, science, geography, history, technology - and suddenly the weekly cadence held. Series followed: Language Files, The Basics, Amazing Places. Videos on unfilmable colours and bear-proof bins drew outside press. He collaborated with other creators through Tom Scott plus and The Technical Difficulties, and co-hosted the puzzle podcast Lateral. In January 2024, after a decade of never missing a week, he stopped to work on other things. He returned in March 2026 with Tom Scott: England, unscripted and weekly again.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 80.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 95.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #29
- **Total followers across platforms:** 6,740,000

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/tomscott (@tomscott)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/tomscottgo/ (@tomscottgo)
- **TIKTOK**: https://www.tiktok.com/@tomscottgo (@tomscottgo)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/tomscott (@tomscott)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3784030/ (@nm3784030)
- **WEBSITE**: https://www.tomscott.com
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A (@@tomscottgo, 6,740,000 followers)

## Sources
- [The Movie DB](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1685041)
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- [Tom Scott (YouTuber)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(YouTuber))
- [Tom Scott (presenter)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(presenter))
- [Tom Scott (youtuber)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(youtuber))
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- [Tom Scott (vidéaste web)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(vid%C3%A9aste_web))
- [Tom Scott (intrattenitore)](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(intrattenitore))
- [톰 스콧 (유튜버)](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%B0_%EC%8A%A4%EC%BD%A7_(%EC%9C%A0%ED%8A%9C%EB%B2%84))
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- [Tom Scott (youtuber)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(youtuber))
- [Tom Scott](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott)
- [Tom Scott (osobowość internetowa)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(osobowo%C5%9B%C4%87_internetowa))
- [Tom Scott (youtuber)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(youtuber))
- [Tom Scott](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott)
- [jan Ton Ko](https://tok.wikipedia.org/wiki/jan_Ton_Ko)
- [Tom Scott (YouTuber)](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(YouTuber))
- [Том Скотт](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82)
- [Tom Scott (nghệ sĩ giải trí)](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(ngh%E1%BB%87_s%C4%A9_gi%E1%BA%A3i_tr%C3%AD))
- [汤姆·斯科特 (YouTuber)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%A4%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E6%96%AF%E7%A7%91%E7%89%B9_(YouTuber))
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Scott)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/04675723-0579-40b7-a47f-9efbdf52fa53)
- [Tom Scott](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott)
- [jan Tan Saka](https://tok.wikipedia.org/wiki/jan_Tan_Saka)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7817504)

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