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Sporcle company history timeline

2007

On the morning of July 4th, 2007, the US Presidents quiz made the front page of digg.com (which in 2007 was a pretty big deal). In one day that quiz garnered over 100,000 plays.

However, the problem was that Ramme was a one man show and updating results across various sports leagues week over week was a tedious process. For example, Ramme had to update Sporcle to reflect the NHL playoffs while on vacation in Europe during the spring of 2007.

2008

In early 2008, Ramme was having lunch with Derek Pharr, a friend and former colleague who was a project manager at Adobe Systems Inc.

By late 2008, it was clear that the demand for quiz creation was exceeding their ability to create content.

2009

On September 23rd, 2009 anyone could come to Sporcle to create an account of their own.

2010

Scheld built the first version of the mobile app on his own time and it was released February of 2010.

2012

In the fall of 2012, Sporcle realized the need to expand its trivia reach out of the digital realm and into the physical world.

2016

On October 15th, 2016 the two billionth game play was hit.

2021

(Last Updated On: March 15, 2021) *The host fund is closed as of Friday, 4/24.

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