GCEIP 500 Global rank #13 · United States
Duolingo: turning short language lessons into a global learning habit
By the end of 2024, Duolingo’s app and website reached more than 100 million monthly active users across courses in over 40 languages. The scale comes from a free-first product built around short, repeated lessons.
The company
What it does
Duolingo develops mobile and web learning products, with language courses at the centre of its business. It also offers the Duolingo English Test and subscription tiers. The company uses a free service supported by advertising and paid options, a model that gives learners a low-friction way to start.
Across markets
Its 2024 Form 10-K reports more than 100 million monthly active users and courses in over 40 languages. The company also reported that more than 5,600 education programmes accepted its English Test results for international admissions. These are reach and adoption measures, not proof that every user becomes proficient or that the test is accepted everywhere. The business has made digital language practice available at a scale that classroom-only models cannot easily match.
The company’s footprint and context are linked to the public sources below.
GCEIP view
What the record tells us
TIME selected Duolingo for its 2023 and 2025 TIME100 Companies lists. The entries are editorial selections, not awards. The company’s case is the product itself: a recurring learning routine that attracts a large global audience and supports paid products. GCEIP sees the central question as educational depth at scale; user numbers show reach, while learning outcomes require separate evidence.
Published recognition
Selected results
See published awards and company-list results 2 sources
- TIME100 Most Influential Companies · 2025View source
TIME100 Companies selection
Named by TIME editors among 105 businesses for company-specific influence, impact, innovation, ambition or success; analysis of the specific business case pending
- TIME100 Most Influential Companies · 2023View source
Leaders
Language-learning platform