Udemy

Udemy

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A marketplace for teaching and learning through online video courses, workshops, and other instructor-led products. Udemy is relevant to OSS.Fund because maintainers and technical educators can monetize expertise at large scale through course sales, promotions, and subscription programs.

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Goal: Revenue. Model: Content. Status: Live.

Should you use this?

Best for
Maintainers with teachable expertise and an audience for books, courses, or paid updates.
Not ideal for
Projects whose users do not want educational or creator-style products.
Why choose it
Large course marketplace with built-in discovery. Best for maintainers who can package their expertise into popular training.
Watch out for
Content revenue depends on distribution and consistent publishing.
Setup effort
High
Fees
Udemy instructors currently receive 97% of net revenue on instructor-promotion sales and 37% on organic marketplace sales; subscription revenue shares use separate formulas.
Last verified
2020-06-20
Goal Revenue
Model Content
Official websiteVisit official website
VerificationUnverified
OrganizationCorporation
Open source statusClosed source
Platform technologyClosed source learning marketplace
Monetization modelSales of online video courses
Payment methodsPayPal, Payoneer, direct deposit (US), cards and app stores for purchases
Platform feesUdemy instructors currently receive 97% of net revenue on instructor-promotion sales and 37% on organic marketplace sales; subscription revenue shares use separate formulas.
User activityUdemy currently reports 84 million learners, 90,000 instructors, and more than 290,000 courses.