# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josh-wardle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:01:41.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josh-wardle"
name: "Josh Wardle"
slug: "josh-wardle"
description: "Josh Wardle is a Welsh software engineer best known for developing the viral web-based word game Wordle and the collaborative experimental project r/place for Reddit. In January 2022, the New York Times Company acquired Wordle from Wardle for a seven-figure sum. He lives in Brooklyn, New York City. Wardle was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of the year in 2022."
tagline: "Welsh game developer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1983"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.944802666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 182
totalFollowers: 1819
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/powerlanguish"
    handle:    "powerlanguish"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshwardle/"
    handle:    "joshwardle"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk"
  - platform:  "GITHUB"
    url:       "https://github.com/powerlanguage"
    handle:    "powerlanguage"
    followers: 1253
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy_x_AlJBPyGsOVFYMPCq4A"
    handle:    "@powerlanguish"
    followers: 566
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wardle"
    title: "Josh Wardle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B4_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%84"
    title: "جوش واردل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wardle"
    title: "Josh Wardle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wardle"
    title: "Josh Wardle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wardle"
    title: "Josh Wardle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wardle"
    title: "Josh Wardle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110368005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump