Overview
Trajectory score
46
/ 100TrueUp rank>1,000
Valuation
$5.4billion
TrueUp rank#616
Open jobs
59
TrueUp rank#743
Employees
900
TrueUp rank#718
Business
Language-learning
Founded
15 years ago
Nov 30, 2011
Company type
Public
Duolingo is a Language-learning company with 59 job openings. It is currently valued at $5.4 billion as a public company. 900 people work at Duolingo. The company was founded in 2011.
Company grid
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Jobs
Open jobs
59
TrueUp rank#743
CategoriesJobs
- Engineering (Software)20
- Marketing & Growth18
- Business Operations & Program Management8
- Community5
- Artificial Intelligence4
LocationsJobs
- 🇺🇸 United States51
- 🇺🇸 New York City27
- 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh22
- 🇨🇳 Beijing, China4
- 🇨🇳 China4
TechnologiesJobs
- LLM9
- iOS9
- Android6
- Swift5
- GSuite4
Financials
Valuation
$5.4billion
as of Jun 30, 2026
TrueUp rank#616
- All-time high valuation
- $25.4billion
- Current valuation: 79% below
- Market listing
- NASDAQ: DUOL
- Next earnings
- Aug 5
- In 10 days
Revenue
$1.1billion
trailing 12mo
TrueUp rank#265
Revenue growth
+26.5%
vs. same quarter last year
TrueUp rank#137
- Valuation per employee
- $6.0 million
- TrueUp rank#790
- Revenue per employee
- $1.2 million
If Duolingo were a country
Trailing 12-month revenue, ranked among national GDPs
#197
Vanuatu$1.1 B
Vanuatu$1.1 B#198Duolingo$1.1 B
Duolingo$1.1 B#199
Northern Mariana Islands$1.1 B
Northern Mariana Islands$1.1 BCulture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
79%
100+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Above averagevs. other tech cos.
Approve of CEO
Luis von Ahn
98%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
People
Employees
900
Source: Public data
TrueUp rank#718
Employee growth
Duolingo Org Chart
Rankings and awards
TIME Top EdTech Companies #1
2026
Fast Company's Most Innovative #12
Education
2026
Forbes Top 250 Living Innovators #217
Luis von Ahn
2026
Wall Street Journal Best-Managed Companies #213
2025
Fortune Fastest-Growing Companies #5
2025
Fortune Future 50 #35
2025
Layoffs
- Layoff events
- 1
Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Policies
- Remote openings
- 0%
- 0 jobs
- H-1B sponsorships (2025)
- 46
- TrueUp rank#198
External research
Top posts
History
Security incidents
IPO
- IPO date
- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 years ago
Top owners at IPO
Luis von Ahn14.6%
Severin Hacker14.6%
NewView Capital19.9%
Union Square Ventures14.1%
CapitalG13.5%
KPCB10.3%
General Atlantic7.0%
- Founder ownership at IPO
- 29.2%
Implied founder equity split
Luis von Ahn50.0%
Severin Hacker50.0%
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