Babbel
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Babbel GmbH, operating as Babbel,[3] is a German subscription-based language learning software and e-learning platform, available in various languages since January 2008.
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Type of site | Private |
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Available in | Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. |
Headquarters | Berlin, |
Key people | Arne Schepker (CEO), Thomas Holl (Co-Founder), Julie Hansen (CEO Babbel, Inc.) |
Industry | E-Learning, Online Education |
Employees | 1000 Globally[1][2] |
URL | www |
Registration | yes |
Launched | August 2007; 16 years ago (2007-08) |
Current status | Online |
The platform offers various resources such as the Babbel self-study app, Babbel Live classes, Babbel podcasts, Babbel for Business, and Toucan products, all designed to emphasise practical language use in real-life scenarios with real people.[4]
The curriculum includes over 60,000 lessons in 14 languages. Babbel was the first online language learning platform, first to introduce a language learning app[5] with over 16 million subscriptions, it is now the most sold language learning platform globally.[4]
With 1000 employees, Babbel is headquartered in Berlin (Babbel GmbH) and maintains a presence in the United States with an office in New York, operating as Babbel Inc.[4]