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Tested.com
Websitetested.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2010–present
Genres
  • Maker culture
  • technology
Subscribers6.72 million[1]
Total views1.55 billion[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: October 10, 2023

Tested.com (often simply called Tested) is a website and YouTube channel that focuses on maker culture and technology. The company was started by Will Smith and Norman Chan in 2010, with MythBusters hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman joining the company in 2012.[2] The channel has since been rebranded to Adam Savage's Tested, with Hyneman and Smith both no longer involved.

History

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Making the move from Maximum PC, Will Smith and Norman Chan joined Whiskey Media in 2010 to launch Tested.com. The move allowed Smith and Chan to create content for all forms of technology, rather than being limited to personal computers.[3]

(Left) Adam Savage and (right) Norman Chan of Tested

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman joined the website in 2012.[4][5] Hyneman left the company in early 2016. After the end of the pair's show MythBusters early that same year, Savage increased the amount of content he was producing for the YouTube channel and the site.[6][7] In April 2016, Will Smith left Tested to start his own company, Foo VR.[8]

In 2016, Savage and Chan performed live stage shows titled "Tested the Show: Journeys". Some of the shows also featured Simone Giertz and chef J. Kenji López-Alt.[9][10]

In 2019, Tested launched a collaboration with virtual reality brand Oculus. The project included episodic experience in which the user was virtually placed next to a maker as they constructed a build, and featured Rick Lyon, Griffon Ramsey, and Savage, among others.[11]

Adam Savage now serves as editor-in-chief of Tested, with the YouTube channel being renamed to "Adam Savage's Tested".[12][13] Videos on the channel now focus on Savage constructing costumes and props in his workshop, as well as visiting film studios or collaborating with other makers, among other activities.[12][6] Savage has visited Boston Dynamics to interact with their robots on multiple occasions, including constructing a rickshaw pulled by Spot.[14][15][16] Several videos on the channel feature Savage donning cosplay that conceals his identity and walking across comic convention floors.[17][18] Savage described Tested as a "vehicle for promoting the joy in making things. I use that term as broadly as possible, whether it’s photography or film or music or theater or costume or setting up a shop, outfitting a car."[6]

In 2019, Savage and Tested were nominated for "Best Web Personality/Host" at the Webby Awards and was the People's Voice Winner in the category of "How-To & DIY (Video Series & Channels)".[19][20] In 2020, Savage and Tested were an Honoree in the category of "Best Web Personality/Host".[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Adam Savage's Tested". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Unleashing a Myth Buster: Q&A with Adam Savage". FLY. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Smith, Will (2010-03-08). "What Tested Is and Why I'm Crazy Excited About It". Tested. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  4. ^ "Jamie and Adam Welcome You to Tested!". YouTube. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  5. ^ Gutelle, Sam (2 April 2015). "YouTube Millionaires: Tested's "Huge Nerds" Build Gadgets, Audience". Tubefilter. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Liptak, Andrew (25 March 2017). "Adam Savage on his live science show, cosplay, and 'promoting the joy in making things'". The Verge. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  7. ^ Hendrickson, Paula (17 August 2016). "'Mythbusters' May Be Ending, But Star Adam Savage Sees New Beginnings". Variety. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  8. ^ Timothy Seppala (2 April 2016). "Tech journalist Will Smith launches a talk show in VR". Engadget. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  9. ^ Hartlaub, Peter (26 October 2016). "Adam Savage's Tested.com stage show comes to Castro". SFGATE. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  10. ^ Downing, Shane (28 October 2016). "Mythbuster Adam Savage Brings Evening Of Journeys, Virtual Reality To Castro Theatre". hoodline.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  11. ^ Ashworth, Boone (11 September 2019). "Adam Savage's New VR App Lets You Visit Maker Workshops". Wired. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  12. ^ a b Liptak, Andrew (7 September 2018). "MythBusters' Adam Savage on the tech he carries everywhere". The Verge. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  13. ^ "SiliCon with Adam Savage Announces New Celebrities, Makers, Artists and Authors to its August 2022 Two-Day Lineup with Much More to Come, including Details Around NASA Panels". www.businesswire.com. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  14. ^ Liszewski, Andrew (13 February 2020). "Adam Savage Found the Perfect Reason To Spend Tens of Thousands of Dollars on a Robotic Dog". Gizmodo. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  15. ^ Hart, Matthew (15 January 2021). "Adam Savage Shows How to Program Dancing Boston Dynamics Dog". Nerdist. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  16. ^ Hart, Matthew (14 February 2020). "Adam Savage Built a Robot Dog-Driven Rickshaw". Nerdist. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  17. ^ Machado, Yolanda (9 September 2021). "Adam Savage Goes Incognito as Iron Man at a Convention". Nerdist. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  18. ^ Leonhardt, Megan (18 July 2019). "Mythbusters' Adam Savage spent 14 years and over $15,000 building a single Comic-Con costume". CNBC. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  19. ^ "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". WebbyAwards. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  20. ^ "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". Webby Awards. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  21. ^ "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". Webby Awards.
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