Matt Parker
Matt Parker makes maths playful through Stand-up Maths videos, books such as Humble Pi and Love Triangle, and live comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd.
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Known for
- Love Triangle2024 · Author
Book - Humble Pi2019 · Author
Book - BookThings to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension2014 · Author
- A Problem Squared2019–present · Co-host with Bec Hill
Podcast - Getting Triggy With It2025–2026 · Solo maths comedy show
Live show - We calculated pi with colliding blocks2025 · Pi Day collaboration
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Overview
- Work
- Stand-up mathematician, author and YouTube creator
- Background
- Trained as a high-school maths teacher in Perth, Australia, before moving to the UK
- Breakout
- Helped establish Numberphile in 2011
- Book milestone
- Humble Pi became the first maths book to top the Sunday Times bestseller list in 2019
- Regular collaborators
- Helen Arney and Steve Mould in Festival of the Spoken Nerd; Bec Hill on A Problem Squared
Mini bio
How it started.
Matt trained as a high-school maths teacher in Perth before moving to the UK. He took that classroom curiosity into public talks and comedy, and founded Think Maths to bring engaging maths talks into schools.
Finding his audience.
He helped establish Numberphile in 2011 and became a familiar face on the channel. His own Stand-up Maths videos give fans puzzles, experiments and mathematical mistakes to explore. Alongside his online work, he served as Queen Mary University of London’s Public Engagement in Mathematics Fellow from 2009 to 2019.
Maths on the bookshelf.
His first book, Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension, arrived in 2014. Humble Pi followed in 2019 and became the first maths book to reach number one on the Sunday Times list. Love Triangle, published in 2024, explores the trigonometry behind everyday life and became a New York Times bestseller.
With friends.
Matt performs with Helen Arney and Steve Mould as Festival of the Spoken Nerd. He also co-hosts A Problem Squared with Bec Hill, tackling problems submitted by listeners. Getting Triggy With It brings his mathematical experiments and comedy back to the stage.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2024Love TriangleAuthor
- 2019Humble PiAuthor
- 2014Things to Make and Do in the Fourth DimensionAuthor
Live shows and podcasts
- 2025–2026Getting Triggy With It: Matt Parker does the mathsSolo performer
- 2020–presentA Podcast of Unnecessary DetailCo-host with Helen Arney and Steve Mould
- 2019–presentA Problem SquaredCo-host with Bec Hill
Awards
- 2020 Christopher Zeeman MedalAwarded by the IMA and LMS for excellence in communicating mathematics.
- 2018 Euler Book PrizeThe Mathematical Association of America recognised Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension.
- 2018 JPBM Communications AwardRecognised for bringing mathematics to wider audiences through videos, writing, broadcasting and comedy.
Quotes
math is something to be enjoyed and played with.Matt Parker, response to the 2018 Euler Book Prize
In his award response, Matt explained the spirit behind Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension.
Trivia
- An asteroid bears his name: (314159) Mattparker appears in the IAU naming bulletin dated 15 August 2024.
- He has held world records for both the Rubik’s Cube and Space Invaders.
- His mathematical adventures have included flipping a coin 10,000 times and travelling to Antarctica.
- In 2023 he handed Think Maths to fellow maths communicator Zoe Griffiths to run as her own organisation.
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