Duolingo’s chief marketing officer (CMO) Manu Orssaud told ADWEEK the brand’s experiments on YouTube’s TikTok competitor have resulted in a 430% year-on-year boost in views.

Language learning app Duolingo has seen an over 200% spike in U.S. users learning Mandarin "out of spite" as many flee to Chinese app RedNote amid the uncertainty surrounding TikTok's future.

Duolingo previously faced criticism for quietly laying off 10% of its contractor base and introducing some AI features in late 2023, but it barely went beyond a semi-viral post on Reddit.Now that ...

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Thank you for your patience with us during these trying times. #RIPduo," Duolingo said in the TikTok post. Duolingo did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment about Duo's demise.

Parvez joined Duolingo as its sole social media coordinator in 2020. Back then, the company’s leadership was skeptical about TikTok’s potential.

“Started learning in Duolingo and from creators on Red Note [or Xiaohongshu],” one TikTok user wrote to me. “Even added the Chinese keyboard option on my phone.” ...

On April 1, Duolingo posted a video on TikTok where their mascot performed a musical number in Spanish while ice skating to advertise a “Duolingo on Ice” musical. Thursday, June 26, 2025.

The popular language-learning app Duolingo reported roughly 216% growth in new Mandarin learning in the U.S. compared to this time last year, with a sharp spike occurring mid-January, just as ...

Customers are starting to push back against AI in their favorite products, worried about jobs, quality and the meaning of art ...

Why your favorite brand wants you thinking about murder, nipples and the apocalypse Words by Carmen Macri We’re officially in the era of weird branding, where companies are getting riskier, louder and ...

For example, a Duolingo TikTok video jumping on board the “Mama, may I have a cookie” trend saw replies like ‘Mama, may I have real people running the company 💔’ (with 69,000 likes) and ...