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Duolingo’s Restaurant Side Business Tops $1.3M

Duolingo’s side business, Duo’s Taquería, has doubled its revenue to $1.3M in 2024

Dhawal Shah Mar 25th, 2025

DeepLearning.AI to Cross $100M in Sales on Coursera

Class Central analysis shows how DeepLearning.AI is set to join the $100M club on Coursera, based on SEC disclosures of related-party transactions.

Dhawal Shah Mar 18th, 2025

A chart showing Duolingo’s quarterly revenue growth from 2020 to 2024. Revenue steadily increased, reaching $209.6M in Q4 2024. Annual revenue milestones: $250.8M in 2021, $369.5M in 2022, $531M in 2023, and $748M in 2024. The trend reflects consistent growth alongside rising user numbers

How GenAI Costs Sank Duolingo’s Stock 20% (A Non-AI Generated Analysis)

A human analysis of financial documents reveals what AI content farms missed: Duolingo’s GenAI features are undermining its own profit margins.

Dhawal Shah Mar 10th, 2025

Udemy Earns More, Pays Instructors Less: Class Central Exclusive

Despite assurances of sustained instructor earnings, Udemy’s policy changes delivered a $30 million pay cut, sacrificing creator income to bolster its stock value.

Dhawal Shah Feb 17th, 2025

Coursera’s 2025 Strategy: Focusing on Campus, Scaling Back Degrees

As revealed in a recent earnings call, Coursera’s strategy is to integrate into existing university curricula, prioritizing ‘Coursera for Campus’ over its own online degree programs.

Dhawal Shah Feb 10th, 2025

The Rise of AI Search: ChatGPT Surpasses DuckDuckGo, Threatens Bing

Since December 16th, ChatGPT Search traffic to Class Central has grown threefold, becoming one of the site’s top 5 traffic sources

Dhawal Shah Jan 13th, 2025

262K Courses, 833M Enrollments: Breaking Down Udemy’s Massive Catalog

From course ratings to pricing, let’s have a look at some of the discernible trends of Udemy’s catalog.

Dhawal Shah, Archisha Bhar & Suparn Patra

Nov 26th, 2024

Why Duolingo is Worth More Than Coursera and Udemy Combined

Duolingo’s market value ($13.49B) now eclipses both Coursera and Udemy combined, driven by explosive user growth and surging quarterly revenue.

Dhawal Shah Nov 18th, 2024

30% of Coursera Courses Have Peer Reviews: Here Are the Best

Unlike multiple-choice questions, peer-reviewed assessments are manually graded by other learners.

Suparn Patra & Manoel Cortes Mendez

Sep 16th, 2024

20 Most Cited Research Papers on MOOCs

To get an overview of the topics and trends in the research on MOOCs, Class Central has created a list of the most cited research papers on MOOCs.

Heba Ledwon & Pat Bowden

Mar 5th, 2024

The Business of Online Education: A Deep Dive Into Thinkific’s Financials

From IPO success to stabilization efforts, explore the journey of Thinkific, an ecommerce platform for online course creators, as they navigate growth, setbacks, and strive for profitability.

Dhawal Shah May 29th, 2023

The Business of Online Education: Khan Academy Tax Returns Analysis (2008–2021)

Khan Academy has received $365M in donations and saw an important boost during the pandemic.

Dhawal Shah May 22nd, 2023

How GenAI Costs Sank Duolingo’s Stock 20% Despite Record Growth

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Coursera’s 2025 Strategy: Focusing on Campus, Scaling Back Degrees

The Rise of AI Search: ChatGPT Surpasses DuckDuckGo, Threatens Bing

262K Courses, 833M Enrollments: Breaking Down Udemy’s Massive Catalog

Why Duolingo is Worth More Than Coursera and Udemy Combined

30% of Coursera Courses Have Peer Reviews: Here Are the Best

20 Most Cited Research Papers on MOOCs

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