Graph is from Yahoo finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DUOL/?guccounter=1
Reuters news article: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/duolingo-prioritizes-user-growth-over-monetization-forecasts-softer-bookings-2026-02-26/
“The language-learning app has spent recent years fine-tuning monetization through more ads and subscription prompts, helping lift bookings per user. But that coincided with slower user growth.” Yes Reuters, that’s called enshittification.


What language are you trying to learn? It’s really pretty bad, you can complete a whole course and be unable to have basic conversations, but it’s certainly better than nothing as long as you pair it with a rigorous study and practice regimen. Or, it was, before the AI-ification of it, now half the time it’s just completely wrong.