The idea of Quizlet was conceived in 2005 by Andrew Sutherland while he was memorizing animal names for his French class.

To aid in memorizing words, he began writing a program to help him study

Quizlet is an App and web-based study application that allows students to study information via learning tools and games.

Quizlet trains students via flashcards and various games and tests.

As of February 2019, Quizlet has over 300 million user-generated flashcard sets and more than 50 million active users.