Memrise is one of the most popular language learning platforms in the world, with over 55 million registered users and an active community of lesson creators, tutors and learners.
Founded in 2010 by British entrepreneur Ed Cooke and neuroscientist Greg Detre, the app was built using processes both co-founders conceived as the easiest way to learn languages effectively, though the psychological spacing effect.
Before Memrise, Cooke had been awarded the Grand Master of Memory title by the International Association of Memory and Detre was specialising in memory at Princeton University.
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