# Nerdle

> Nerdle, a math take on Wordle, claimed over 1 million players within weeks of launch.

- Owner: Nerdlegame Ltd (Richard Mann)
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2022-01-20
- Peak date: 2022-02-21
- Spread Score: 14 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Shareable output, Daily ritual, Newsjacking

## Summary

Nerdle went live at nerdlegame.com on January 20, 2022, with a new math puzzle each day. Players posted grids on Reddit and Twitter, and teachers used it in class. By February 21, The Guardian reported over 1 million players in more than 200 countries.

## Timeline

- 2022-01-20 — Nerdle (Open web) — Nerdle went live at nerdlegame.com; co-creator Richard Mann shared his first result on Twitter.
- 2022-01-30 — r/wordle users (Reddit) — An r/wordle thread, "For those that Nerdle," collected players' grids and solving tips.
- 2022-01-30 — The New Stack (Press) — The New Stack reported that Nerdle's makers had forked Hannah Park's Wordle-clone code.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/nerdle

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Nerdle.” Case HIS-00958. Spread Score v1.2: 14/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00958