# Vibe Coding

> An AI coding phrase entered dictionaries; its seed X post showed 7.3M views.

- Owner: null
- Kind: Trend & aesthetic
- Sector: Technology
- Seed date: 2025-02-02
- Peak date: Week of Mar 26, 2025
- Date basis: Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 52 (Notable), v1.2
- Mechanics: Catchphrase, Creator relay, Platform jump, Press loop, Controversy

## Summary

Karpathy named the practice in an X post. Creators shared experiments; press carried it beyond the AI community. Debate over code review and a reported database deletion followed. Collins selected the phrase as its Word of the Year.

## Timeline

- 2025-02-02 — Andrej Karpathy (X) — Karpathy named his prompt-led, unreviewed programming approach "vibe coding" in an X post.
- 2025-02-13 — Business Insider (Press) — Business Insider covered the phrase and Replit CEO Amjad Masad’s adoption of it.
- 2025-02-22 — Pieter Levels (X) — Levels began building a flight simulator with AI and documented the build on X.

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/vibe-coding

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Vibe Coding.” Case HIS-00660. Spread Score v1.2: 52/100. Updated 2026-10-14. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00660