84+ Udemy Statistics for 2024 (Users, Instructors & More)

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In this article, I listed Udemy statistics 2024 in different sectors, including Udemy course statistics, Udemy finance statistics, Udemy geographical statistics, and general stats.

Udemy Statistics for 2024 (At a glance)

Udemy Statistics: Top Picks

1. Udemy has over 49 million users worldwide.
2. Udemy, an eLearning platform, provides access to more than 213000 video courses.
3. According to Udemy, the lowest cost Udemy course is $25.
4. Udemy has more than 74,000 instructors from all around the world.
5. More than 75 languages are used for the video courses.
6. According to the statistics, more than 680 million course enrollments have been gathered on Udemy so far.
7. There are more than 10,500 enterprise learners on Udemy.
8. As per the data from the Udemy business team, users prefer browsing the Udemy surging skill content by industry.
9. The data from Udemy suggests that there are more than 10.5K  corporate students on Udemy.
10. The revenue generated in the year 2022 by Udemy was $599.22 million.
11. According to research from 2020, Udemy was valued at $3.25 billion.
12. There are over 7.7 billion course enrollments on Udemy.

Udemy has seen an upward graph in revenue with $276.4 million in 2019 to $599.22 million in the year 2022. By 2024, Udemy is predicted to surpass its revenue of all these years. However, with the competitors diving into the eLearning world, the figures are unpredictable.

Ranking Udemy Statistics

13. In a recent update, EdSurge said that every course in Udemy must have at least 5 individual lessons and a watch time of 30 minutes for each lesson.
14.  By offering exciting deals and offers, Udemy sells courses at an average of $10-$20, according to a study by Forbes.
15. On an estimation, LinkedIn said that Udemy had less than 5000 employees in the month of May 2021.
16. SimilarWeb recorded that Udemy has almost 98 million monthly visits.
17.  Post-pandemic, Udemy recorded a 111% increase in health & lifestyle courses.
18. Brazil, India, and the US gather the biggest traffic in Udemy.
19. In the year 2020, Udemy exceeded $400 million in terms of revenue, according to Forbes, while considering the financial aspect of the company.
20. The average duration of a potential user on the Udemy site is 11 minutes and 11 seconds, including the time for searching courses and their descriptions.
21. Although Udemy gives free introductory courses, Class Central revealed that 90% of the courses require a premium subscription.
22. Udemy had gone through 18 funding rounds to get a total of $311.4 million.
23. In the year 2021, there was a whopping enrollment of 100k users in 335 courses globally, according to Class Central.
24. 20.85% of the website traffic poured in from web searches for Udemy.
25. 3.5% of the website traffic was acquired via running display ads for Udemy.
26. CrunchBase released a note saying that Udemy raised up to $296.5m as total funding for its company development.

Udemy Courses Statistics

27. As of 2022, there are over 213,000 courses on Udemy.

28. According to Business Insider, Zero to Hero Python is the best-selling course on Udemy, and it has a whopping more than 1 million student databases.
29. CrunchBase found that Udemy offers almost 600 courses for free.
30. A study by Class Central revealed that 63% of courses in Udemy are taught in English, and the remaining are offered in different languages.
31. As a follow-up, Forbes recorded that Udemy took over the global population by offering courses in 65 universal languages.
32. Although Udemy gives free introductory courses, Class Central revealed that 90% of the courses require a premium subscription.
33. In the scale of popularity, Class Central noticed that the Free JAVA tutorial for Beginners is the most popular course in Udemy.
34. Business Wire said that most global companies like Samsung, Accenture, Apple, PayPal, and Unilever trust Udemy for employee skill development.
35. Class Central found that the most creative course in Udemy is the Ultimate Drawing Course – beginners to advanced, which is also a fun course. 
36. EdSurge revealed that Udemy for Business could cost $360 per year.
37. A deep study by EdSurge concluded that Udemy has the largest course library with a whopping 157,000 courses on different niches and topics.
38. By offering exciting deals and offers, Udemy sells courses at an average of $10-$20, a study by Forbes.
39. Class Central noticed that 50% of Udemy users opt for either business or technology-related courses, while the remaining users opt for other topics.
40. Udemy recorded a 111% increase in health & lifestyle courses post-pandemic.
41. Web development and Data science courses increased by 60% in Udemy.
42. In contrast, Class Central calculated the numbers and released that although 70% of enrollments are in total for Udemy, not all users take the courses.
43. In a recent update, EdSurge said that every course in Udemy must have at least 5 individual lessons and a watch time of 30 mins for each lesson.
44. In the year 2021, there was a whopping enrollment of 100k users in 335 courses globally, according to Class Central.
45.  Udemy course enrollments rose to 773 million in 2022.

Let’s have a look at the course enrollments over the years.

Popular Courses on Udemy

46. As per the latest data, python Development is the most popular course on Udemy. There are over 36 million learners enrolled in this course
47. The web development course has the most enrollments, with over 11 million + students.

Let’s have a look at the most popular courses on Udemy with the number of students.

Udemy Instructors and Learners Statistics

48. In 2022, Udemy had over 52 million learners.

49. There are over 74,000 instructors on Udemy, as per the data from 2022.

Udemy Statistics by Country

50. Udemy has the most number of users from the US and India. Both countries combine 15% of the total users.
51. The third most popular country is Brazil, where Udemy has the most users.

The following data represents the Udemy users by country. 

Udemy Revenue Statistics

52. Udemy had revenue of $599.22 million in 2022.
53. It is seen that Udemy has had a very stable growth in revenue each year since 2019.

Let’s have a look at Udemy’s revenue over the years.

54. According to the revenue data from Udemy, the Consumer segment has earned more money for Udemy as compared to the Business segment of Udemy.

Following is the comparison data of the Consumer and Business segment profit over the years.

55. Currently, Udemy is facing a huge loss in 2019. Udemy has lost over $70 million.
56. Moreover, in 2022, Udemy lost over $80 million.

Udemy Finance Statistics

57. Udemy has updated its commission by 37% for zero instructor promotions, whereas 97% for instructors gathered sales through promotions. 
58. In the year 2020, Udemy had exceeded $400 million in terms of revenue, said Forbes while considering the company’s financial aspect.
59. CrunchBase released a note saying that Udemy raised up to $296.5m as total funding for its company development.
60. In a recent funding round by Udemy, it hit a valuation at $3.25 billion.
61. Only the top-excelling instructors in Udemy are making a generous amount of revenue whereas other instructors are falling back, said EdSurge.
62. After the pandemic, the production of courses in Udemy scaled up by 60%, resulting in a newly updated course library.
63. Udemy had gone through 18 funding rounds to get a total of $311.4 million.

Udemy Geographical Statistics 

64. In Australia, there was an increase of 168% in Business Fundamentals in Udemy.
65. On the contrary, Brazil recorded a spike in unconventional courses like Instagram marketing, video editing, and art-related courses in Udemy.
66. Similarly, America also scored a 326% increase in learning Adobe Illustrator in Udemy, followed by editing software.
67. Mexico also recorded a rise in Finance courses by 235% in Udemy. 
68. Topics like trading and excel peaked by 223-209% in France’s user database.

Udemy General Statistics

69. There was a spike in the course collection by Udemy.
70. EdSurge revealed that Udemy decided to double its course library by considering new categories and topics. 
71. The average length and duration of a specific course in Udemy is less than 5 hours, a study by Class Central.
72. In Udemy, the technology niche has been ranking the top list of best courses, according to Class Central.
73. Business Wire quoted that Udemy for Business offers a subscription service that unlocks more than 8000 courses for employees in a company.
74. Only 16.47% of the US population uses Udemy to learn and acquire in-demand skills, whereas other users are from different countries.
75. There was an increase of 80% in the usage of Udemy by global businesses.
76. The average duration of a potential user on the Udemy site is 11 minutes and 11 seconds, including the time for searching courses and their descriptions.
77. 20.85% of the website traffic poured in from web searches for Udemy.
78. Only 3.5% of the traffic to Udemy came from referrals.
79. On an accurate note, 9 out of 10 courses are paid in Udemy.
80. The overall course rating in Udemy is 3.5 out of 5 stars.
81. Udemy acquired 3.5% of the website traffic via running display ads.
82. Udemy runs discount and sale offers almost every month to attract more and more students.

Udemy Employee Statistics

83. According to the data from Udemy, in 2022, Udemy had over 6,946 employees.
84. Since 2018 Udemy progressively hired employees with more than 5000 people.

Let’s have a look at the number of employees working at Udemy over the years.

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Reference Links

• Crunchbase
• Classcentral 1
• Forbes 1
• Forbes 2
• LinkedIn
• Classcentral 2
• Udemy
• Edsurge.
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