The site was created in 2010 by Eric Holscher, Bobby Grace, and Charles Leifer.[4]
On March 9, 2011, the Python Software Foundation Board awarded a grant of US$840 to the Read the Docs project for one year of hosting fees.[5] On November 13, 2017, the Linux Mint project announced that they were moving their documentation to Read the Docs.[6] In 2020, Read the Docs received a $200,000 grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.[7] For 2021, Read the Docs reported 700 million page views and 196 million unique visitors.[8]
In 2013, a "Write the Docs" conference for Read the Docs users was launched, which has since turned into a generic software-documentation community.[9][10][11] As of 2024, it continues to hold annual global conferences, organize local meetups, and maintain a Slack channel for "people who care about documentation."[12]
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