On his self-titled YouTube channel, Scott creates educational videos across a range of topics including history, geography, linguistics, science, and technology.

[b][2] Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Scott first came to media attention as a student, creating a parody of a governmental website.

Scott produces and uploads educational videos to the channel across a range of topics including linguistics, technology, geography, history and science.

[7] Thomas Scott[8][9][10] was born in 1984 or 1985[8][11] in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire,[8] and graduated from the University of York with a degree in linguistics and the English language.

[17] In 2012 Scott was a presenter in the Sky 1 series Gadget Geeks alongside Colin Furze and Creative Technologist Charles Yarnold, where he was responsible for the creation of software solutions.

[22] Scott produces and uploads educational videos to the channel across a range of topics including linguistics, technology, geography, history and science.

[24] Scott announced that he was taking a break from his YouTube work starting 1 January 2024, after a decade of consistent weekly uploads.

Scott predicted "difficult years" ahead given the rise of "junk zero-effort generative AI channels" and competing video options.

[29] The group has created several podcasts and video series over the years, including:[30] A weekly comedy podcast taking the format of a game show where Scott and three contestants take turns asking each other difficult questions that require lateral thinking to answer, which was adapted from a 2018 six-episode game show on Scott's main YouTube channel that was also co-developed with David Bodycombe.

", which mashed together an image of Osama bin Laden with YouTube Internet memes;[49] "Parliament WikiEdits", a Twitter bot that tweets whenever an IP address from the Houses of Parliament edited Wikipedia, which inspired a wave of similar accounts including CongressEdits;[50] and "Klouchebag", a satire of the social media rankings site Klout.