Tom Scott YouTube Stats

@tomscottgo · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Tom Scott channel overview

Tom Scott (@tomscottgo) is a YouTube channel created in 2006. It has 6.8M subscribers and 2B total views across 764 videos, an average of 2.6M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.4M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.3M views. Over the last 12 months, Tom Scott published 33 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, Tom Scott gained 10K subscribers and 7M views, about 438K views a day.

How much does Tom Scott make?

Returbe estimates Tom Scott's YouTube ad revenue at $36K – $121K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.5 to $8.5, typically $4.5, based on the channel's niche, audience language and the share of its views coming from Shorts. At that rate, 1 million long-form views earn about $4.5K.

Ad revenue is only part of the picture: sponsorships, affiliate links, memberships and merch often pay more than ads. Learn how RPM varies by niche in how much YouTubers make per 1,000 views, or check any channel with the free monetization checker.

Upload schedule

Tom Scott publishes about 4.3 videos a month. Based on its last 52 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (100% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 2, 2026.

Tom Scott's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are Tom Scott's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• I left YouTube two years ago. Time to come back.3.3M views · Mar 23, 20262.4× typical views
• I helped break a 142-year-old bell, and that's okay.2.5M views · Mar 30, 20261.8× typical views
• When I blow this whistle, a swimming pool appears.2.4M views · Sep 28, 20261.8× typical views
• Why robots still can't pick strawberries2.2M views · Oct 12, 20261.6× typical views
• Flying a plane badly, on purpose.2.1M views · Sep 7, 20261.5× typical views
• Thomas, a tank engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine.2.1M views · Sep 14, 20261.5× typical views
• It's getting harder to balance the power grid. Here's why.2M views · Nov 2, 20261.5× typical views
• This Mars rover's cool. But have you seen its wheels?1.9M views · Aug 31, 20261.4× typical views

Latest videos

5 of Tom Scott's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• It's getting harder to balance the power grid. Here's why.2M views · Nov 2, 20261.5× typical views
• This machine breaks things.1.8M views · Oct 26, 20261.4× typical views
• Clocks are so much more interesting than I thought.1.1M views · Oct 19, 20260.8× typical views
• Why robots still can't pick strawberries2.2M views · Oct 12, 20261.6× typical views
• In this arcade, you drop metal balls on rich people.1.8M views · Oct 5, 20261.4× typical views
• When I blow this whistle, a swimming pool appears.2.4M views · Sep 28, 20261.8× typical views
• Can I get into the Top 100 of tiddlywinks in one day?1.4M views · Sep 21, 20261× typical views
• Thomas, a tank engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine.2.1M views · Sep 14, 20261.5× typical views
• Flying a plane badly, on purpose.2.1M views · Sep 7, 20261.5× typical views
• This Mars rover's cool. But have you seen its wheels?1.9M views · Aug 31, 20261.4× typical views

Frequently asked questions

Data from Returbe's index of YouTube channels, collected from public YouTube data. Earnings are estimates from views and RPM benchmarks, not figures from the channel. Returbe is not affiliated with Tom Scott or YouTube.