Khan Academy

Khan Academy
Type of site
501(c)(3)
Available inMultiple languages
OwnerKhan Academy, Inc.
Founder(s)Sal Khan[1]
URLkhanacademy.org
Launched2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Khan Academy
YouTube information
Channel
Created bySalman Khan
Years active2006–present
GenreEducation
Subscribers8.39 million[2]
Total views2.13 billion[2]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Last updated: May 6, 2024

Khan Academy is an American non-profit[3] educational organization created in 2006 by Sal Khan.[1] Its goal is to create a set of online tools that help educate students.[4] The organization produces short video lessons.[5] Its website also includes supplementary practice exercises and materials for educators. It has produced over 10,000 video lessons[6] teaching a wide spectrum of academic subjects, including mathematics, sciences, literature, history, and computer science. All resources are available for free to users of the website and application.

  1. ^ a b "What is the history of Khan Academy?". Khan Academy Help Center. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "About Khan Academy". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Nonprofit Explorer – ProPublica". ProPublica. May 9, 2013. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "One Man, One Computer, 10 Million Students: How Khan Academy Is Reinventing Education". Forbes. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Sampson, Demetrios G.; Ifenthaler, Dirk; Spector, J. Michael; Isaias, Pedro (July 17, 2014). Digital Systems for Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning. Springer. ISBN 9783319022642. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  6. ^ "Skoll Foundation", SpringerReference, Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, doi:10.1007/springerreference_76115 (inactive November 1, 2024), retrieved May 7, 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)