Udemy

Udemy, Inc.
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Type of businessPublic
Type of site
Online education
Available in
Traded asNasdaqUDMY
FoundedMay 11, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-05-11)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Created by
Key peopleGreg Brown (CEO)
IndustryE-learning
RevenueIncrease US$516 million (2021)[2]
Operating incomeDecrease US$−78 million (2021)[2]
Net incomeDecrease US$−80 million (2021)[2]
Total assetsIncrease US$740 million (2021)[2]
Total equityIncrease US$390 million (2021)[2]
Employees1,238 (December 2021)[2]
URLwww.udemy.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
Users52 million (2022)[3]
Current statusActive

Udemy, Inc. (/ˌjdəˈm/ YOU-de-me) is an education technology company, founded in May 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani, and Oktay Caglar. It is based in San Francisco, California, United States, with hubs in Denver, Colorado; Dublin, Ireland; Austin, Texas; Melbourne, Australia; İstanbul, Turkey, and Gurgaon, India.[4]

As of June 30, 2024, the platform claimed to have over 73 million learners with over one billion course enrollments. The platform offers over 250,000 courses, and more than 75,000 instructors teaching courses in 75 languages. The company claims it has more than 16,000 Udemy Business customers, and also claims that more than 50% of the Fortune 100 are Udemy Business customers.[3]

Students take courses primarily to improve job-related skills.[5] Some courses generate credit toward technical certification. Udemy attracts corporate trainers seeking to create coursework for employees of their company.[6]

  1. ^ "Our origins". VentureBeat. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Udemy, Inc. 2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 25, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Learn about Udemy culture, mission, and careers | About Us". Udemy About. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  4. ^ "Connecting people with knowledge". about.udemy.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  5. ^ Lomas, Natasha. Online Learning Marketplace Udemy Raises $32M To Scale Up Internationally. TechCrunch. May 8, 2014
  6. ^ Carr, David F. Udemy Comes To Corporate Training Information Week. April 16, 2013