‘Fun, free, and effective’: Duolingo’s Sean Colombo explains the app’s soaring popularity in India

“Duolingo was created with the mission of making the world’s best education universally available,” said Sean Colombo, the global VP of engineering for Duolingo. The edtech app which was launched in 2013, saw an uptake in its users during the covid-19 pandemic.

In an in-depth conversation with indianexpress.com, Colombo shared insights into the evolution of one of the world’s leading language learning platforms with over 100 million monthly active users. Colombo enumerated about the growth of the app globally and in India.