Mersenne Primes
Rank: 1
Prime: 22 - 1
Digits: 1
Discovered By: Ancient Greek mathematicians
Year: 500 BCE
View DetailsRank: 2
Prime: 23 - 1
Digits: 1
Discovered By: Ancient Greek mathematicians
Year: 500 BCE
View DetailsRank: 3
Prime: 25 - 1
Digits: 2
Discovered By: Ancient Greek mathematicians
Year: 275 BCE
View DetailsRank: 4
Prime: 27 - 1
Digits: 3
Discovered By: Ancient Greek mathematicians
Year: 275 BCE
View DetailsRank: 13
Prime: 2521 - 1
Digits: 157
Discovered By: Raphael M. Robinson
Year: 1952 Jan 30
View DetailsRank: 14
Prime: 2607 - 1
Digits: 183
Discovered By: Raphael M. Robinson
Year: 1952 Jan 30
View DetailsRank: 15
Prime: 21,279 - 1
Digits: 386
Discovered By: Raphael M. Robinson
Year: 1952 Jun 25
View DetailsRank: 16
Prime: 22,203 - 1
Digits: 664
Discovered By: Raphael M. Robinson
Year: 1952 Oct 07
View DetailsRank: 17
Prime: 22,281 - 1
Digits: 687
Discovered By: Raphael M. Robinson
Year: 1952 Oct 09
View DetailsRank: 19
Prime: 24,253 - 1
Digits: 1,281
Discovered By: Alexander Hurwitz
Year: 1961 Nov 03
View DetailsRank: 20
Prime: 24,423 - 1
Digits: 1,332
Discovered By: Alexander Hurwitz
Year: 1961 Nov 03
View DetailsRank: 21
Prime: 29,689 - 1
Digits: 2,917
Discovered By: Donald B. Gillies
Year: 1963 May 11
View DetailsRank: 22
Prime: 29,941 - 1
Digits: 2,993
Discovered By: Donald B. Gillies
Year: 1963 May 16
View DetailsRank: 23
Prime: 211,213 - 1
Digits: 3,376
Discovered By: Donald B. Gillies
Year: 1963 Jun 02
View DetailsRank: 24
Prime: 219,937 - 1
Digits: 6,002
Discovered By: Bryant Tuckerman
Year: 1971 Mar 04
View DetailsRank: 25
Prime: 221,701 - 1
Digits: 6,533
Discovered By: Landon Curt Noll & Laura Nickel
Year: 1978 Oct 30
View DetailsRank: 26
Prime: 223,209 - 1
Digits: 6,987
Discovered By: Landon Curt Noll
Year: 1979 Feb 09
View DetailsRank: 27
Prime: 244,497 - 1
Digits: 13,395
Discovered By: Harry Lewis Nelson & David Slowinski
Year: 1979 Apr 08
View DetailsRank: 28
Prime: 286,243 - 1
Digits: 25,962
Discovered By: David Slowinski
Year: 1982 Sep 25
View DetailsRank: 29
Prime: 2110,503 - 1
Digits: 33,265
Discovered By: Walter Colquitt & Luke Welsh
Year: 1988 Jan 28
View DetailsRank: 30
Prime: 2132,049 - 1
Digits: 39,751
Discovered By: David Slowinski
Year: 1983 Sep 19
View DetailsRank: 31
Prime: 2216,091 - 1
Digits: 65,050
Discovered By: David Slowinski
Year: 1985 Sep 01
View DetailsRank: 32
Prime: 2756,839 - 1
Digits: 227,832
Discovered By: David Slowinski & Paul Gage
Year: 1992 Feb 19
View DetailsRank: 33
Prime: 2859,433 - 1
Digits: 258,716
Discovered By: David Slowinski & Paul Gage
Year: 1994 Jan 04
View DetailsRank: 34
Prime: 21,257,787 - 1
Digits: 378,632
Discovered By: David Slowinski & Paul Gage
Year: 1996 Sep 03
View DetailsRank: 35
Prime: 21,398,269 - 1
Digits: 420,921
Discovered By: GIMPS / Joel Armengaud
Year: 1996 Nov 13
View DetailsRank: 36
Prime: 22,976,221 - 1
Digits: 895,832
Discovered By: GIMPS / Gordon Spence
Year: 1997 Aug 24
View DetailsRank: 37
Prime: 23,021,377 - 1
Digits: 909,526
Discovered By: GIMPS / Roland Clarkson
Year: 1998 Jan 27
View DetailsRank: 38
Prime: 26,972,593 - 1
Digits: 2,098,960
Discovered By: GIMPS / Nayan Hajratwala
Year: 1999 Jun 01
View DetailsRank: 39
Prime: 213,466,917 - 1
Digits: 4,053,946
Discovered By: GIMPS / Michael Cameron
Year: 2001 Nov 14
View DetailsRank: 40
Prime: 220,996,011 - 1
Digits: 6,320,430
Discovered By: GIMPS / Michael Shafer
Year: 2003 Nov 17
View DetailsRank: 41
Prime: 224,036,583 - 1
Digits: 7,235,733
Discovered By: GIMPS / Josh Findley
Year: 2004 May 15
View DetailsRank: 42
Prime: 225,964,951 - 1
Digits: 7,816,230
Discovered By: GIMPS / Martin Nowak
Year: 2005 Feb 18
View DetailsRank: 43
Prime: 230,402,457 - 1
Digits: 9,152,052
Discovered By: GIMPS / Curtis Cooper & Steven Boone
Year: 2005 Dec 15
View DetailsRank: 44
Prime: 232,582,657 - 1
Digits: 9,808,358
Discovered By: GIMPS / Curtis Cooper & Steven Boone
Year: 2006 Sep 04
View DetailsRank: 45
Prime: 237,156,667 - 1
Digits: 11,185,272
Discovered By: GIMPS / Hans-Michael Elvenich
Year: 2008 Sep 06
View DetailsRank: 46
Prime: 242,643,801 - 1
Digits: 12,837,064
Discovered By: GIMPS / Odd M. Strindmo
Year: 2009 Jun 04
View DetailsRank: 47
Prime: 243,112,609 - 1
Digits: 12,978,189
Discovered By: GIMPS / Edson Smith
Year: 2008 Aug 23
View DetailsRank: 48
Prime: 257,885,161 - 1
Digits: 17,425,170
Discovered By: GIMPS / Curtis Cooper
Year: 2013 Jan 25
View DetailsRank: 49*
Prime: 274,207,281 - 1
Digits: 22,338,618
Discovered By: GIMPS / Curtis Cooper
Year: 2016 Jan 07
View DetailsRank: 50*
Prime: 277,232,917 - 1
Digits: 23,249,425
Discovered By: GIMPS / Jon Pace
Year: 2017 Dec 26
View DetailsRank: 51*
Prime: 282,589,933 - 1
Digits: 24,862,048
Discovered By: GIMPS / Patrick Laroche
Year: 2018 Dec 07
View DetailsRank: 52*
Prime: 2136,279,841 - 1
Digits: 41,024,320
Discovered By: GIMPS / Luke Durant
Year: 2024 Oct 12
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