Fun tools by Neal Fun

Neal Agarwal’s site neal.fun pulls in over 4 million visits a month… by letting people do simple, delightful things online like “Draw a Perfect Circle” or “Design the Next iPhone.” It’s proof that fun is a marketing strategy.

Why it works

• Curiosity hooks: Each tool sounds like a challenge or game you have to click.
• Instant payoff: No loading, no signup, just instant fun.
• Shareable by design: Friends send friends weird interactive toys.
• High novelty factor: “Asteroid Launcher” and “Absurd Trolley Problems” are irresistible social bait.
• Evergreen traffic: People keep returning because the experiences don’t age.

Real-world parallels

• Google’s “Quick, Draw!” drew 20M players in weeks.
• Wordle skyrocketed to millions of users in months from one simple idea.
• "The Useless Web" became a viral time-killer machine on the same concept.