Scott The Woz

About

Scott Daniel Wozniak (aka Scott The Woz) is a YouTube content creator and online personality. He is mainly known for his videos discussing video games, particularly those associated with Nintendo. Scott is also often used as a Reddit joke for subreddits centered around YouTube personalities where the subreddits would replace their central figure with Scott as a preferable alternative, particularly after the YouTuber did something controversial or problematic. As of April, 24th, 2022, Scott has over 1.65 million subscribers.

History

Scott created his YouTube channel on November 7, 2012.^[1] His earliest video on the channel was uploaded on July 21st, 2016. Titled "The Internet and You," the video is a parody of the way the internet was portrayed in media during the 1990s. To date, the video has over 816,000 views (shown below).

Scott's first video game-related videos were about the Nintendo Switch. Released in January 2017, the first of the two centered around Scott's desires for the then-upcoming Nintendo Switch (shown below, left). The second video focused on his reaction to Nintendo's first presentation about the console (below, right).

Scott would continue to post weekly, growing his audience to grow over two years. To date, his most viewed video is his one centered around controllers, which has over 10 million views (shown below).

/r/JonTron Takeover

On November 10th, 2018, Reddit user /u/Darthmemer1234 posted a frame of one of Scott's videos with the title "If Jontron doesn’t upload by the end of November, we should officially become a Scott the Woz sub," a reference to the lengthy gap between that moment and JonTron's last video which at the time was released on December 23, 2017^[3] (shown below). The post would go on to receive over 72,000 points.

Soon after, the subreddit completely changed its theme to that surrounding ScottTheWoz and his content.

During this period users on the subreddit were posting their own memes related to Scott and the takeover (examples shown below)

On November 12, 2018 Scott responded to the subreddit's change on Twitter^[5] with a selfie of himself with a bewildered expression (shown below)

When JonTron made his comeback in his "Flex Tape II: The Flexening" video, he acknowledged the situation and joked that the name Scott The Woz "sounds a bit like a terminal illness" at the 7:50 mark (shown below).

In his final video of 2018 (shown below, left), Scott would go on to thank both Jon and the subreddit in the ending credits sequence (shown below, right).

/r/EtikaRedditNetwork Takeover

On January 30th, 2019 redditor /u/mattab29 posted "If Etika doesn't stream by the end of February, then this becomes a Scott the Woz subreddit"^[6] on the /r/EtikaRedditNetwork subreddit, making a reference to Etika's own lack of activity. This post would go on to receive over 1.5k upvotes and 110 comments^[6] (shown below, left). The mods of the subreddit supported this, with an announcement post shortening the deadline to the end of February 1st before the subreddit would shift its focus to Scott the Woz (below, right).^[7]

At the end of February 1st, the subreddit proceeded to make its shift, changing its theme entirely to that of Scott's subreddit (shown below)^[8][9]

The second time Scott took over the subreddit was following Etika's mental breakdown on April 29th, 2019. During this, Etika responded to a tweet asking "Where’s Scott The Woz when you need him" to which Etika replied "in hell"(shown below)

At the same time, the subreddit once again shifted to the Scott theme, and jokes and memes surrounding Scott were posted on the subreddit (Posts from both these periods are shown below).

Following this, Scott posted a statement on the subreddit's shift on Twitter, expressing his appreciation for the memes, but discomfort with being associated with Etika's breakdown, and asked that the subreddit ease up on the posts about him (shown below).

Monopoly: Scott The Woz Edition

On November 26th, 2021, Scott The Woz and the Pixel Empire partnered with Hasbro and USAopoly for the annual Scott The Woz Merchandise for Charity Bonanza in which a variant of the Monopoly board game was created with a Scott The Woz theme. (shown below)

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