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Blinkist

Blinkist

Key insights from 6,000+ bestselling books

•20 reviews•

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Blinkist was ranked #1 of the month for November 2013
Blinkist was ranked #1 of the week for November 27th, 2013
Shortcasts by Blinkist was ranked #2 of the day for October 23rd, 2020
Blinkist was ranked #1 of the day for November 27th, 2013
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What is Blinkist?

Blinkist distills the key ideas from over 6,000 books and podcasts into 15-minute Blinks to help people grow their knowledge and access powerful ideas.

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Recent Blinkist Launches

Shortcasts by Blinkist
Shortcasts by Blinkist Key insights from podcasts in 15 minutes

Launched on October 23rd, 2020

Shortcasts by Blinkist was ranked #2 of the day for October 23rd, 2020
Shortcasts by Blinkist was ranked #2 of the day for October 23rd, 2020
Blinkist Magazine
Blinkist Magazine Digital Magazine to discover nonfiction books and big ideas.

Launched on June 21st, 2016

Blinkist
Blinkist A smarter you in 15 minutes.

Launched on September 26th, 2015

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Forum Threads

adii
adii
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11yr ago

Blinkist - Key insights from 2,000+ bestselling nonfiction books

Are you too busy to read books? Not anymore! Blinklist will give you the opportunity to boost your knowledge with 2000+ bestselling nonfiction books that are transformed into 15 minutes read or listen packs.

Niklas Jansen
Niklas Jansen
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10yr ago

Blinkist for Android - Hacking the way we read books.

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Alex Murawski
Alex Murawski
•42 reviews

The best way to learn very quickly the main points from many famous books. And decide which book you want to read in detail.

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2mo ago
Pascal Pecoraro
Pascal Pecoraro
•1 review

Love the product, easy to handle, perfect user experience

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1yr ago
Evan Thomas Paul
Evan Thomas Paul
•1 review

This has quickly become one of my most frequently used apps. It also just feels a lot healthier to read these than Facebook posts or 'same story different day' news articles.

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7yr ago
Mike
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•7 reviews

It's so easy and fun to read a summary of a book with the Blinkist app.

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6yr ago
Simone Wong
Simone Wong
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