Nudge or Nudging may refer to:

Arts

Nudge (band) Nudge is an American band from Portland, Oregon. Nudge was formed in Portland by Brian Foote and Paul Dickow, both formerly of Fontanelle, and Honey Owens, a member of Jackie-O Motherfucker. The band's first release was on Foote's own Outward ...

, an American electronic rock band * Nudge, a character from the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson * "

Nudge Nudge "Candid Photography", better known as "Nudge Nudge", is a sketch from the third ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' episode, "How to Recognise Different Types of Trees From Quite a Long Way Away" (series 1, ep. 3) featuring Eric Idle (author of the ...

", a sketch from the third ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' * Gerald "Nudge" Noritis, a character from the Australian sitcom '' Hey Dad..!''

Information technology

Nudge (instant messaging) Yahoo! Messenger (sometimes abbreviated Y!M) was an instant messaging client (computing), client and associated protocol created and formerly operated by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger was provided free of charge and could be downloaded and used with ...

, an attention-getting feature in instant messaging software * Nudging, a

data assimilation Data assimilation refers to a large group of methods that update information from numerical computer models with information from observations. Data assimilation is used to update model states, model trajectories over time, model parameters, and ...

method also known as Newtonian relaxation

Organisations

Nudge Institute The/Nudge Institute, formerly The/Nudge Foundation, is an Indian Nonprofit organization, nonprofit organisation based in Bangalore, India, focused on poverty alleviation. Established in 2015, the organisation aims to create sustainable liveliho ...

, an Indian anti-poverty nonprofit *

Behavioural Insights Team The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), also known unofficially as the "Nudge Unit", is a UK-based global social purpose organisation that generates and applies behavioural insights to inform policy and improve public services, following nudge th ...

, or "Nudge Unit", a UK-based global social purpose organisation

Psychology

* ''Nudge'' (book), a book on choice architecture by Richard Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein **

Nudge theory Nudge theory is a concept in behavioral economics, decision making, behavioral policy, social psychology, consumer behavior, and related behavioral sciences that proposes adaptive designs of the decision environment (choice architecture) as ways t ...

, a psychological theory on influencing individuals and groups to take action without force {{disambiguation