October 2026
Largest Learning Platforms Public Companies in the US
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Duolingo, Graham Holdings, Stride, Coursera and American Public Education.
 | Duolingo Inc is a technology company that develops a mobile learning platform to learn languages and is the top-grossing app in the Education category on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. Its products are powered by sophisticated data analytics and artificial intelligence and delivered with class art, animation, and design to make it easier for learners to stay motivated master new material, and achieve their learning goals. Its solutions include the Duolingo Language Learning App, Super Duolingo, Duolingo English Test: AI-Driven Language Assessment, Duolingo For Schools, Duolingo ABC, and Duolingo Math. It has four predominant sources of revenue; time-based subscriptions, in-app advertising placement by third parties, and the Duolingo English Test, and In-App Purchases. | $143 | -47% | $6.7B | $5.5B | 5.3x | 36.1x | ||
| Graham Holdings Company is a diversified holding company with operations spanning educational services, television broadcasting, healthcare, manufacturing, automotive dealerships, and other businesses. The Company's education activities are conducted through Kaplan, whose services include academic preparation programs for international students, English-language programs, exam preparation, and career and academic advisement. These services are provided to students, schools, and colleges, both domestically and outside the United States. It operates through seven reportable segments: Kaplan International, Kaplan Higher Education, Kaplan Supplemental Education, Television Broadcasting, CSI, Manufacturing and Automotive, with key revenue coming from the Education and Automotive segments. | $1,213 | +20% | $5.1B | $5.3B | 1.1x | 7.8x | ||
| Stride Inc is a technology company providing an educational platform to deliver proprietary and third-party curriculum, software systems, and educational services designed to facilitate individualized learning for students and adults throughout the U.S. The platform delivers products and services to attract, enroll, educate, track progress, and support students. It provides customized solutions to public and private schools, school districts, charter boards, employers, government agencies, and consumers. Its platform addresses two markets in the K-12 space: General Education and Career Learning, with products and services for the General Education market predominantly focused on core subjects for kindergarten through twelfth grade students. | $79 | +17% | $3.3B | $3.1B | 1.2x | 5.4x | ||
| Coursera Inc is an online learning platform that connects learners, educators, and institutions with the goal of providing educational content that is affordable, accessible, and relevant. It combines content, data, and technology into a single, unified platform that is customizable and extensible to both individual learners and institutions. The company operates through two reporting segments: Consumer and Enterprise. The majority of revenue is generated from the Consumer segment. The consumer segment targets individual learners seeking to obtain hands-on learning, gain valuable job skills, receive professional-level certifications, and otherwise increase their knowledge to start or advance their careers. | $5 | -40% | $1.3B | $361M | 0.5x | (7.4x) | ||
| American Public Education Inc provides online and campus based postsecondary education including various undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The fields of study include business administration, health science, technology, criminal justice, education, liberal arts, national security, military studies, intelligence, and homeland security. There are three reporting segments: the American Public University segment which is the key revenue generator; the Rasmussen University Segment and the Hondros College of Nursing segment. The revenue is generated from net course registrations and enrollment, tuition rate, net tuition, and other fees. | $49 | +46% | $893M | $824M | 1.3x | 12.9x | ||
| Goodheart-Willcox Co Inc is a United States-based company engaged in publishing both print and digital textbooks on technical, trades, engineering; family and consumer sciences; business, computer, and career education; agriculture education; health sciences; and health and physical education. It also produces online courses and other instructional resources that provide a complete classroom solution. The company publishes for technical, trades, and technology; family and consumer sciences; and business, marketing, and career education. The firm recognizes revenue from selling digital online content, printed products and others. | $360 | -14% | $161M | $161M | 6.7x | - | ||
| Chegg Inc is an American educational services company. The Chegg platform provides products and services to support learners with their academic course materials, as well as their career and personal skills development. The company's service and product offerings fall into two categories: Subscription Services, which encompasses Chegg Study Pack, Chegg Study, Chegg Writing, Chegg Math, and Busuu offerings that can be accessed internationally through the company's websites and on mobile devices, and Skills and Other, which encompasses skills, advertising services, print textbooks, and eTextbooks offerings. | $1 | -33% | $78M | $56M | 0.1x | (1.9x) | ||
| Nerdy Inc provides a platform for live online learning, with a mission to transform the way people learn through technology. The company's proprietary platform leverages technology, including AI, to connect learners with instructors across a wide range of subjects and formats, including subscription-based learning, one-on-one instruction, small group tutoring, large-format classes, and assessments. Its flagship business operates under the Varsity Tutors brand. The company's offerings are available directly to students and consumers, as well as through schools and other institutions. | $6 | +528% | $52M | $42M | 0.2x | (0.8x) | ||
| Skillsoft Corp is a leader in corporate digital learning. The company's segments include Talent Development Solutions and Global Knowledge. Talent Development Solutions brings a foundation of products and customers. TDS enterprise-grade solution serves customers and employees world-wide. TDS Learner is a world-renowned consumer-scale and experiential learning platform that serves learners internationally. The Global Knowledge segment is centered around instructor-led training, or live learning, with face-to-face delivery by experienced trainers, both in-person and virtually. | $5 | -60% | $48M | $532M | 1.0x | 16.5x | ||
| KIDZ AI Inc is an AI-driven education technology company transforming live teaching experience into proprietary AI-powered learning systems. By integrating artificial intelligence, AI agents, and robotics, it is building a world-wide education infrastructure designed to make learning outcomes measurable, verifiable, and accessible across borders. The Company is strategically expanding into AI compute infrastructure, GPU cloud platforms, and data center ecosystems. | $2 | +164% | $1M | - | - | - | ||
| Median | $27 | +2% | $527M | $532M | 1.1x | 6.6x |
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