The site, founded by Michele Incollu as a parody of the free press website Leggo (from which it takes the font of the logo and the sounding alike name),[1] published its first article on October 28, 2012.

On April 13, 2017, Lercio released its second book “Lo sporco che fa notizia”, published by Shockdom with a preface by Daniele Luttazzi and a cartoons introduction by Sio.

Since 2018 Lercio has been collaborating with famous satirical sites from all over Europe, such as Der Postillon (Germany), Le Gorafi (France) and El Mundo Today (Spain), exchanging and translating articles.

[4] On December 6, 2018, with a preface by Giobbe Covatta and cover and internal drawings by Sara Pichelli, Lercio released its third book “La storia lercia del mondo”, again by Shockdom, composed almost exclusively of unpublished pieces.

[5] In July 2020, the website of the Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (Treccani) publishes an analysis about Lercio metalinguistic satire.