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 2023, the platform claimed to have 64 million learners, over 210,000 courses, and more than 75,000 instructors teaching courses in nearly 75 languages.[3] The company also claims that more than 50% of the Fortune 100 are Udemy Business customers.

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