Here are a few of the most interesting Coursera statistics and facts I was able to dig up including user counts. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
Coursera Facts
- Website: Official Website
- Year Founded: 2012
- Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
- Founder(s): Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller
- Current Chief Executive: Jeff Maggioncalda
What is Coursera?
Coursera is an online education company that offers courses and learning experiences from the world’s top universities and education institutions including Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, University of Virginia and University of Michigan. Coursera has more than 23 million registered learners worldwide who can access over 1,700 courses and Specializations in dozens of topics including business, technology, social sciences, health and art. Coursera empowers learners around the world to achieve their career, educational and personal enrichment goals throughout their lives. Coursera is backed by leading venture capital firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates, GSV Capital, International Finance Corporation, Laureate Education Inc. and Learn Capital. (source)
Coursera Revenue Totals
Coursera revenue (annual):
- 2020: $293.511 million
- 2019: $184.411 million
- 2018: $141.772 million
- 2017: $95.630 million
Additional Coursera Statistics
Number of courses offered:
Last updated 3/5/21
Number of schools that use Coursera for Campus:
Last updated 3/4/21
Number of businesses that use Coursera:
Last updated 3/5/21
Estimated value:
Last updated 4/25/19
Total funding raised to date:
Last updated 4/25/19
Number of specializations:
Last updated 3/5/21
Number of partner institutions:
Last updated 3/4/21
Number of course certificates earned:
Last updated 11/24/16
Number of users in China:
Last updated 6/16/15
Number of users in India:
Last updated 10/18/16
Number of countries with users in them:
Last updated 9/22/15
Percentage of users that are from the US:
Last updated 10/16/16
Percentage of users that are from outside the US:
Last updated 10/16/16
Percentage of users that are from emerging markets:
Last updated 10/16/16
Percentage of users that use it only on a mobile device:
Last updated 10/16/16
Most popular course of 2016:
Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects – University of California, San Diego
Most popular specialization of 2016:
Data Science – Johns Hopkins University
Number of employees:
Last updated 10/16/16