WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES 2018
RANK NO.44 Duolingo
DUOLINGO
Duolingo has turned the gamification of education into a model for
success, winning over 200 million users—an impressive number for a learning
app, as investors appear to recognize: The company was valued at $700 million
in July 2017. In 2017, it grew its base 30%, to 25 million monthly users, who
can take 75 free courses in 29 languages. The company first solidified its
market lead with a flashcards app called Tinycards. Duolingo’s first foray
outside of languages, Tinycards uses a mix of repetition, animation, and
positive affirmation as a means of teaching users virtually anything from human
anatomy to Pokémon names and statistics. And because users can make their own
shareable decks on any topic of their choosing, Tinycards taps into another
urge to compete—and show off trivia knowledge—between friends, making it the
perfect education platform for swipe-left millennials.
https://www.fastcompany.com/company/duolingo
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