About Nerdish

We made Nerdish because adult life leaves little room for learning, and we wanted to give curiosity a place. Here is how the app started, why we keep working on it, and who is behind the articles.

Building Nerdish since 2020

212 countries

where people read Nerdish

180k+ readers

on the App Store and Google Play

The idea goes back to 2017.

We felt that school often does the opposite of what it should: instead of encouraging curiosity, it suppresses it. Our first attempt was an app for teenagers.

In 2019 we realized the same gap exists for adults, who have even less time to fill it, and started building the app in the form you know today.

Why it exists

Most ways to learn something new were not made for busy adults: books and courses take hours, and an encyclopedia gives you every detail. We make Nerdish to fill that gap, with a format built for an ordinary day.

To make calm reading a habit

We don't cover news or politics, and we don't chase clicks. Instead, we write about history, people, art and culture. That makes Nerdish a calm place to read, and ten minutes a day is a habit that's easy to keep.

To give your day a smart break

A queue, a commute, a coffee break. Instead of another scroll through the feed, you can read a story or part of one. The minutes are the same, but you come away with more.

To let you know about everything

Nerdish covers a wide variety of topics, including ones you never knew you'd find interesting. Each story is short, but together they add up to a broader picture of the world, and more of what you see and hear starts to make sense.

Who is behind the articles

Nerdish has a small core team: there have never been more than five of us, and most of us are based in Europe. The articles are written with a much wider group of experts from around the world.

Technical Nerd
Andrew

Leads the technical team and is responsible for the product: that everything works, new features keep coming, and reading stays easy and pleasant.

Product & Marketing Nerd
Yulia

Responsible for what Nerdish offers its readers: which topics we cover, how stories are told, and how people discover the app.

Nerds
Editorial Team

Responsible for the articles themselves. Our authors include a PhD in philosophy, non-fiction writers, magazine editors-in-chief, art experts and science journalists.

Write for Nerdish

If you're an expert and passionate about a topic, write to us. We're always glad to welcome a new nerd.

We have other apps too

Educational apps are what we do. Besides Nerdish, which covers general knowledge, we make apps that go deeper into a single subject.

Virtuoso: Classical Music Guide

Virtuoso is a modern guide to classical music for beginners: an interactive app that helps you understand what you're listening to.
https://www.virtuosomusic.app/

Factorium app from Nerdish Team. The great choice for history lover.

Factorium: Daily History Articles

An app for history lovers, with daily articles about significant events that happened on this day in history.
iOS app, Android app

Smart reads
for smart people

Install Nerdish today and see if learning feels different this time

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