Duolingo

Duolingo, Inc. is an American educational technology company that produces learning apps and provides language certification. Duolingo offers courses on 42 languages, ranging from English, French, and Spanish to less commonly studied languages such as Welsh, Irish, and Navajo, and even constructed languages such as Esperanto and Klingon. It also offers courses on music, math, and chess. The learning method incorporates gamification to motivate users with points, rewards and interactive lessons featuring spaced repetition. The app promotes short, daily lessons for consistent, phased practice.

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Duolingo is an educational technology company that offers free learning apps teaching 42 languages—from widely spoken languages like English and Spanish to less common ones like Welsh and Navajo—as well as courses in music, math, and chess. The app uses gamified lessons with points and rewards, along with spaced repetition techniques, to encourage users to complete short daily practice sessions.

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Website.name: Duolingo, Inc.
Website.logo: Duolingo logo (2019).svg
Website.screenshot: Duolingo home page.png
Website.caption: Duolingo home page visited while logged out in March 2024
Website.company_type: Public
Website.location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Website.area_served: Worldwide
Website.key_people: Luis von Ahn (CEO)Severin Hacker (CTO)
Website.industry: Online education
Website.services: Language, music, chess, and math courses and language assessment.
Website.revenue: (2024)
Website.operating_income: (2024)
Website.net_income: (2024)
Website.assets: (2024)
Website.equity: (2024)
Website.employees: ≈ 830 (December 2024)
Website.international: yes
Website.advertising: Yes

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Duolingo Plus Gave Fans of Free App a Cost Worth Paying - Bloomberg

The free language app has gamified learning French, Gaelic and even High Valyrian. Now the public company must make money without infuriating its fierce following.

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He’d tried Babbel, Busuu and other language apps but preferred Duolingo because its lessons were fun . They didn’t feel like a chore. He and his wife, Marisa, had completed at least one lesson for more than 400 consecutive days, placing them among Duolingo’s most dedicated paying users. “I’m deadly serious about learning French,” he says.

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Official name: Duolingo
Official website: hi.duolingo.com
Image: Duolingo, mem-referenco, 1.jpeg

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official blog URL: blog.duolingo.com/pt
social media followers: 4410000
Alexa rank: 869
Commons category: Duolingo
email address: mailto:[email protected]
service status information URL: status.duolingo.com
official shop URL: store.duolingo.com
official jobs URL: careers.duolingo.com
FAQ URL: careers.duolingo.com/faq
described at URL: www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-12-02/duolingo-plus-gave-fans-of-free-app-a-cost-worth-paying?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB&leadSource=uverify%20wall
web feed URL: blog.duolingo.com/rss

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31 sections

Contents

History
Early history
Funds
Features and media
Products and services
Courses
Language courses
Subscriptions
Super Duolingo
Duolingo Max
Duolingo for Schools
Duolingo English Test
Other programs
Learning model
Exercises and pacing
Gamification
Duolingo Score
Business model
Generative AI usage
Reception
Effectiveness
Criticism
Awards
Image and brand
Duolingo's characters
In popular culture
Offices and workforce
See also
Notes
References
External links

Duolingo also offers the Duolingo English Test, an online language assessment, and Duolingo ABC, a literacy app designed for children. The company follows a freemium model, where some content is provided for free with advertising, and users can pay for ad-free services which provide additional features.