The number gained a degree of popular attention when Martin Gardner described it in the "Mathematical Games" section of Scientific American in November 1977, writing that Graham had recently established, in an unpublished proof, "a bound so vast that it holds the record for the largest number ever used in a serious mathematical proof."
Číslo získalo veľkú popularitu keď ho Martin Gardner opísal v sekcii "Mathematical Games" magazínu Scientific American v novembri 1977, opisujúc, "V nepublikovanom dôkaze, Graham nedávno ustanovil ... hranicu tak rozsiahlu, že drží rekord za najväčšie číslo, ktoré bolo kedy použité v matematickom dôkaze."