How Weird Is My Audience? I Polled 15,408 People To Find Out

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I asked my audience six questions: some sensible, some ridiculous. I compared their results to the public. And the results were... interesting. • Graphics by William Marler: wmad.co.uk and his Lungs Podcast: lungspodcast.co.uk
Audio mix by Graham Haerther
Owl photo credit: Amol Mende via Pexels www.pexels.com/photo/brown-and-white-owl-close-up-photography-2683982/
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Tom Scott 4 місяці tagasi

And that's it for the videos in 2020! As usual, there are some brilliant guest videos coming up in January: please give them a warm welcome!

Michael Fussell 8 päeva tagasi

Your audience probably just chose cats more often from their “viral-ness” online

Elias Niwert 13 päeva tagasi

I think the reason for the results of the "how weird are you" question is that YOU, Tom are a solid 5 on that scale. We watch your videos, we sympathise with the ways you think and behave so we must be ona similar wavelength here

God's Gamer Місяць tagasi

A banger of a video

Kenny's Life Stories Місяць tagasi

my guess for why tom's audience rates it's wierdness at five is because we are ussually well aquanited with the internet, where we find weird interests, but we see more weird interests that we don't have,

Dan K Місяць tagasi

peap pik

TheN0m4d 10 minutit tagasi

I have never heard of, or seen anybody using two spaces after a period. Is this a thing in the English language? I was really confused by this question, because I never would've thought about using 2 spaces and no, I never used twitter.

No, Thank you 7 tundi tagasi

I have no inner monolog, and can't see things in my head.

GAMATIC -_- 11 tundi tagasi

1:34

Protector of the Realms 12 tundi tagasi

It looks like Bob Mortimer’s owl Mavis lmao

marasii.world 14 tundi tagasi

WAIT WTH THE NAME I THOUGHT FOR THE OWL WAS HENRY WTH WTH

GENERAL GOD 14 tundi tagasi

8:46 That's cuz of normal on longer has a true definition like 50+ years ago

Burned paper 15 tundi tagasi

Out of W.E.I.R.D I am an E.I.D Edit: I'm not Western or rich ( - _ - )

The Editor 20 tundi tagasi

I have an idea about why so many people chose Henry. There's that video where someone asks her grandma to name pokemon, and I think that the grandma named one of the pokemon Henry. Maybe everyone who knows that video unconsciously linked that with the owl? I have no idea why that would be the case Edit: I was thinking of said grandma naming a charmander "Hamilton." I'm out of ideas.

Lilac Dreams MLP and HRT 21 tund tagasi

. Hi. Hi.

Selin Tozkoparan Päev tagasi

*kokakikukekuk, esimitasolink, osakilenmis.*

Rina Päev tagasi

I thought henry instantly then maybe harry then oswald...

Tian Louw Päev tagasi

If that owl ain't a Frank...

Littlefox_100 Päev tagasi

5:32 it looks like a Henry I know I’m late

Littlefox_100 Päev tagasi

Oh my gosh I thought I was original 😐

Littlefox_100 Päev tagasi

5:32 it looks like a Henry I know I’m late

Littlefox_100 Päev tagasi

Thumbnail Me: uhhhhhhhhh

Adam Greene Päev tagasi

6:27 My elementary school had an eagle as its mascot, and they put the name up for a vote and Jimmy Talon won.

bianca Päev tagasi

i was excited when i saw jeremy on the list of owl names becuase thats what i named it too

Pendragon 2 päeva tagasi

The ones that answered yes to the mist challenge question: 🤡

Derrad - دراد 2 päeva tagasi

Jimmy Talon got me 😂

Ches Nogat 2 päeva tagasi

All the Nerodivergent people probably flocked here

Jesse Lindsey 2 päeva tagasi

I will die on my hill over and over again - IT'S TWO SPACES YOU CRETINS. I had no idea how disgusted I would feel that 2 spaces is falling out of style. Oh my god, why is this affecting me this badly? What is the matter with all of you?

retrosashia 2 päeva tagasi

i didnt think anything about the owl because i wasnt paying attention but im going to name it tessa because i feel like it

Ma Kako 2 päeva tagasi

I named the owl Geoffrey :)

chinthor 2 päeva tagasi

I'll admit to only learning this about myself now, here, today. I was a 2-spacer. The internet eventually got me to not bother. It wins.

SkippyTrx 2 päeva tagasi

I think we're all just weid Actually

Nace CapV 2 päeva tagasi

Haven't taking this and I am a 5

Alfia Ishmetova 3 päeva tagasi

8:29 The audience hiveminded and made a middle finger.

Quinn Collins 3 päeva tagasi

I’m so shook that I thought of Henry when I saw the owl and then it turns out most viewers also thought of Henry... so random lmao

Koen 23 3 päeva tagasi

If the answer to the question 'how weird is my audience?' is slightly more weird then you think you are and i'm part of your audience and the thing that I thought was also slightly more weird then I think I am, then what does that mean?

Joshua McLean 3 päeva tagasi

I heard intellectuals are more likely to be cat people, so if you are doing scientific or educational videos that could be why cays were preferred.

Jouke 3 päeva tagasi

As soon as the picture of the owl came up i said henry and apparently I'm not the only one

H Arz 3 päeva tagasi

That is OBVIOUSLY Owl McOwlface

Nicklas VEVA 3 päeva tagasi

Why would you ever use TWO spaces after a period? Books, articles, everything uses one space. What is the purpose of two spaces? It's not aesthetically pleasing. That's for sure.

S 3 päeva tagasi

8:19 THE MEMES WERE RIGHT

French Onion 4 päeva tagasi

That’s crazy that Harold was #2

Nathan Zaremskiy 4 päeva tagasi

The internet gave tom the finger on the weirdness scale

Bus Italique 4 päeva tagasi

5:50 I'm sure it's because oh harry potter

Aala Elsadig 4 päeva tagasi

I swear to God I never knew that the discussion of having one or two spaces after a full stop is a thing.

Neil Lunavat 4 päeva tagasi

I put. Two spaces. After period.

Niamh O'Connor 5 päeva tagasi

People who uses two spaces after a period are the same people who call the fire department to light their cigarette

Jonne Breitholtz 5 päeva tagasi

This was really interesting. Yee yee

Ryanファイサル 6 päeva tagasi

I named the owl John

Wyatt Braun 6 päeva tagasi

Dude that's super weird. I thought of the owl as Harold

Temmie Mew 6 päeva tagasi

I saw the owl. I said "Harold" INSTANTLY. WHAT!?!??!! W H A T ??!?!??!?!?!?!?!?

Meedup Carol 6 päeva tagasi

in portuguese 1 space after the period is the gramatically correct version as far as I know, so it isnt a matter of preference

ToasterBread 6 päeva tagasi

a tad quirky

Shariq Shafi 7 päeva tagasi

This is the most passive aggressive way anyone has ever to ld me I'm a computer nerd.

Daniel Gerber 7 päeva tagasi

two spaces! that's what I learned when I learned to type on an old manual typewriter, as a child.

Katherine Montano 7 päeva tagasi

Before the results of the "how weird are you" were showed, I had choosen 5 in my head😶

TomteNisse 7 päeva tagasi

Wow. I've never heard of putting two spaces after a period before. Never even reflected on it being a thing, whenever I've seen it I've just probably thought the person writing it made a mistake.

itsthecolleenlife 7 päeva tagasi

Those are some great owl names.

Willum_ 7 päeva tagasi

What makes you S.P.E.C.I.A.L

Massimiliano Curzi 8 päeva tagasi

I'm surprised there was not an "Owly Mc Owlface" option!

Klondike 8 päeva tagasi

8:57 the right graph is flipping me off

mysteryshrimp 8 päeva tagasi

My pet theory as to how weird your audience self-identified as: we behave as a hive mind, and wanted to give online polls the middle finger.

adam comerford 8 päeva tagasi

I have never even heard of putting two spaces after a period. Is that specific to typing? Because I've never seen that in a book before.

Maric 8 päeva tagasi

how weird am i? 5/7 is the obvious answer

Mr. Pavone 8 päeva tagasi

7:53 Anyone rating themselves as very weird are lying or trying to be interesting. Anyone rating themselves as normal? THAT is weird.

Norb T 8 päeva tagasi

Sad I couldnt participate :(

Idefix 9 päeva tagasi

I never heard of two spaces ever.

vompattimies 9 päeva tagasi

Maybe some people though the mist challenge was the mist movie?

Revnik 9 päeva tagasi

The motion/info-graphics are really great. Very good work, William Marler.

Moomoobeef h 9 päeva tagasi

partially surprised there's no hoodie.mp4 on the desktop

hi im nick 9 päeva tagasi

The owl's name is Garrett, guys. Sorry, but it is what it is.

red apple one 9 päeva tagasi

james van der beak

Obama 9 päeva tagasi

your editor is hilarious😂😂

Trash. 9 päeva tagasi

people use 2 spaces???? like anywhere on the planet????

SpagYeti 9 päeva tagasi

The owl is called Erold and I will fight you on that

aluminyo 10 päeva tagasi

When scott lost his composure you could slowly so him smiling more and more

vsm1 10 päeva tagasi

Regarding the cats vs. dogs difference, I think it's not your audience thing, but the "general public" thing. The audience was american and it's a cultural thing for americans to be dog people. One of the reasons is dog food companies, they constantly run ads which link puppy/dog images with images of happiness. They don't "sell" you dog food, they "sell" you an idea that owning a dog means you feel better. It's much more profitable because if you get a dog, you become a dog food buyer for the next 5-10-15 years.

Darris Hawks 10 päeva tagasi

Two spaces is stupid

Matthew Wu 10 päeva tagasi

Can someone explain henry the owl?

Alessio Doomboy 10 päeva tagasi

Cats are Dogs for introverts

Imbad 10 päeva tagasi

Ayyy 1 space gang

Flinchous 10 päeva tagasi

5:04 I didnt even know that there were people who would even think to use 2 spaces. I dont understand why you would either

AstolfoIsMyHusbando 10 päeva tagasi

i said henry •-•

vogonp 42 10 päeva tagasi

Let's create a mist challange.

JY - 06PS 782412 Thomas Street MS 10 päeva tagasi

i would have picked 5 on the scale too :| i guess it's true

Lambogis 10 päeva tagasi

Why would anyone use two spaces?

Adrian Tam 10 päeva tagasi

Animator at the end having a bit of fun

Killian Brady 10 päeva tagasi

It feels weird having always been two-space despite being terminally online for at this point literally more than half my life. It's definitely reflex, but I also think it looks magnitudes better in longer-form text, which is where my typing leans anyway. Just one of those things, I guess. 25-34 group, too.

Neil Ghaskadvi 10 päeva tagasi

this is a bit outdatEd bEcausE EveryonE is making an 📧 with youtubE polls

BʟɪᴛᴛᴇʀBᴜɢ 10 päeva tagasi

The owl is clearly called Horace.

Skyquaky 10 päeva tagasi

this owl is clearly an edric

IT'S MEEE333M 10 päeva tagasi

8:26 You plotted a middle finger thanks

Steven Utter 10 päeva tagasi

Wait people can make themselves smell things the same way we can imagine a picture in our heads? I smell something and am bombard with any memories or experiences connected to that smell, but the other way around doesn't produce the smell. I can't force myself to smell a fart that isn't there.

Shreya Sanjay 10 päeva tagasi

I've heard somewhere that smart people like cats more soooo I'm gonna leave that here 😉

Ben Stanfill 10 päeva tagasi

I would have put very normal. I think I'm interesting enough, I have plenty of random knowledge and I'm fairly personable, but I don't consider anything about me 'weird'

Td Td 10 päeva tagasi

When I saw that owl I immediately thought that's Henry. Wierd. The algorithm has us, the audience, down to a T.

Jan Dudek 11 päeva tagasi

What stuck me actually weird is the fact that you didn’t list Hedwig as definietly female name. My guess would be that’s the result of lack of articles in English, animals are by default addressed in neuter (it). I don’t think any Polish or German HP viewer would ever consider Hedwing to be anything else but female, despite her sex was never addressed in the books

FEMBOY 11 päeva tagasi

We all know that the best thing on the World is the Walter-Dog aka Nelson

Slaps Only 11 päeva tagasi

I can’t accept these findings as legitimate. Owl McOwlface wasn’t in the top 3 of owl names from Twitter results.

Eris 11 päeva tagasi

Wow. Does yt do that?

Bo 11 päeva tagasi

that owl totally does look like a henry

Probably Maybe 12 päeva tagasi

1:42 I suspect it is an introvert thing. Or possibly an indoorsy person thing. (They tend to go hand in hand, from what I've heard.)

au7WeeNg 12 päeva tagasi

I think Athena was because there's a literal genus of small owls called Athene, not _directly_ because of the general association of Athene with owls. IOW, the respondents wouldn't have said Athena to a picture of a big owl.