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Dhawal Shah
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What is this? A blog for ants? It should be at least 900 characters. Founder at classcentral.com @classcentral.com
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Since December 16th, ChatGPT Search traffic to @classcentral.com has grown threefold, becoming one of the site’s top 5 traffic sources

www.classcentral.com/report/chatg...
January 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Remember when edX and Coursera were neck and neck in attracting students to their courses. Those days are long gone.

The gap is staggering. To put this in perspective: a single popular course on Coursera attracted 5x more learners than ALL new courses launched on edX in 2024.
able titled 'New MOOCs in 2024: Enrollment Analysis' from Class Central. It compares four platforms: Coursera, edX, FutureLearn, and Swayam. Coursera leads with 4.2 million enrollments and 3,869 courses. edX has 180,000 enrollments and 505 courses. FutureLearn accounts for 66,000 enrollments and 219 courses. Swayam reports 540,000 enrollments and 621 courses
January 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Despite having 262K courses, half of Udemy's courses have fewer than 208 students. The top 20% drive 91% of enrollments. Tech courses dominate with 4.8K students per course vs 3.2K platform average.

More analysis: www.classcentral.com/report/udemy...
An infographic titled 'Udemy: By the Numbers,' created by Class Central. On the left, key statistics are displayed: Total Courses - 262K, Total Enrollments - 833M, Average Enrollment per Course - 3,175, and Median Enrollment per Course - 208. On the right, a line chart depicts the growth of Udemy's courses from 2009 to 2024, showing a steady and steep increase over time. The x-axis represents the years, and the y-axis indicates the number of courses, peaking at 260K in 2024. The Class Central logo and the report URL are included at the bottom.
December 2, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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@classcentral.bsky.social is finally going to be a teenager. Class Central was a side project that I launched back in 2011 over a Thanksgiving weekend just to keep track of a few Stanford courses.

This was before MOOCs were even called MOOCs. I had no idea what I was getting into.
A screenshot of Class Central's homepage on mobile, celebrating its 13th anniversary. It features an illustration of a character wearing a party hat, holding a cake with the number 13, surrounded by balloons, a gift box, and a sign reading 'Class Central Turns 13.' Below, a search bar invites users to explore over 250,000 courses with options to browse by subject or university. Featured categories such as Free Certificates, Black Friday Deals, and Best Courses Guides are displayed beneath the search bar.
November 25, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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I wanted to understand how prices its Personal Plan across different geographies, so I reached out to the Class Central team (we’re spread across the world!) and gathered data from a few other regions using a VPN.
A world map showing Udemy's yearly subscription pricing in different countries, labeled with prices in USD. The United States is marked at $240 USD, Brazil at $72 USD, South Africa and India at $120 USD each, and Australia, Indonesia, and Italy at $144 USD each.
November 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM