# Proof Narrative: A man on TikTok has solved the Riemann Hypothesis after one week of work.

## Verdict

**Verdict: DISPROVED**

This claim is false. The Riemann Hypothesis remains one of the most famous unsolved problems in mathematics, and no accepted proof exists — from TikTok or anywhere else.

## What was claimed?

Someone on TikTok allegedly solved the Riemann Hypothesis — a problem that has stumped professional mathematicians for over 167 years — in about a week. The Riemann Hypothesis is significant enough that the Clay Mathematics Institute has offered a $1 million prize for a correct solution, and as of 2026, that prize has never been awarded.

## What did we find?

The Riemann Hypothesis is definitively unsolved. Wikipedia's dedicated article on the hypothesis states plainly that, according to a 2026 survey, "there is overwhelming numerical evidence for the hypothesis, but no proof is known." This is not a stale or outdated assessment — it reflects active expert consensus.

A second, independently maintained Wikipedia article on the Millennium Prize Problems separately confirms that the Riemann Hypothesis is among the six problems that "remain unsolved, despite a large number of unsatisfactory proofs by both amateur and professional mathematicians." These two sources have separate editorial histories and cannot both be wrong simultaneously about such a high-profile result.

The Clay Mathematics Institute — the body that would award the $1 million prize — still lists the Riemann Hypothesis as "Unsolved" on its official Millennium Prize page. If anyone had solved it, the prize process would have been triggered. No such process is underway.

Looking specifically at TikTok-based claims, a search for credible mathematical evaluations of any TikTok-originating proof turned up nothing. What it did find was a pattern of amateur claimed proofs — and at least one debunking video explicitly addressing a viral TikTok claim. This is consistent with the historical pattern: many people have claimed to solve the Riemann Hypothesis over the years, and none have succeeded.

One final check asked whether a valid proof could have been submitted so recently that the community hadn't yet evaluated it. This doesn't hold up. When Michael Atiyah claimed a proof in 2018, mathematicians worldwide analyzed it within 48 hours. A 2026 status report confirms the hypothesis "remains open." There is no gap in review that could hide a valid accepted proof.

## What should you keep in mind?

The disproof here rests on what the claim actually requires: not just that someone made an interesting argument on TikTok, but that the Riemann Hypothesis has genuinely been *solved* — meaning a valid proof accepted by the mathematical community. That bar is very high and very well-monitored.

The sources used here are reference-tier, not primary mathematical literature. However, for a question this prominent, Wikipedia's status pages are maintained in near-real-time by people tracking exactly this. The Clay Institute's prize page is authoritative for the same reason it exists.

The one-week timeframe and social-media origin are not themselves disqualifying — in principle, anyone could prove anything. But they do fit a well-documented pattern of viral claims that don't survive mathematical scrutiny. The decisive evidence is simply that the hypothesis is still listed as unsolved by every authoritative source checked.

## How was this verified?

This claim was evaluated by checking three independent authoritative sources on the current status of the Riemann Hypothesis, then testing whether the conditions the claim requires — a valid, accepted mathematical proof — are actually met. All three citations were verified by live-fetching the source URLs and confirming the quoted text. Full details are in [the structured proof report](proof.md) and [the full verification audit](proof_audit.md). You can also [re-run the proof yourself](proof.py).
