Duolingo has been named the world’s highest-ranked educational technology company in the World’s Top EdTech Companies 2026 ranking, published by TIME in partnership with Statista. Brazil’s Cogna Educação ranks second, followed by India’s upGrad in third place.
The top 10 companies also include organizations from the United States (Coursera, Superhuman), Brazil (Afya), India (College Vidya, Adda247), the United Kingdom (Tassomai), and China (Yuanfudao).
Europe Represented by One Company in the Top 10
Europe’s highest-ranked company is the UK’s Tassomai, which places fifth globally. It is the only European company among the world’s top 10 EdTech companies in the 2026 ranking.
European representation becomes significantly stronger further down the list. Among the top 50, 13 European companies are included, representing the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Moldova, Norway, Ireland, Greece, France, and Spain.
Within the top 100, the number of European companies increases to 24.
The highest-ranked European EdTech companies are:
Tassomai (United Kingdom) – #5
UK Open College (United Kingdom) – #14
Infinitas Learning (The Netherlands) – #17
Code for All (Portugal) – #19
FunEasyLearn (Moldova) – #23
Prodigy Finance (United Kingdom) – #30
Inspera (Norway) – #31
AMBOSS (Germany) – #32
Learnosity (Ireland) – #37
total.school (Greece) – #38
Pearson (United Kingdom) – #39
Maxicours (France) – #40
The Valley Business & Tech School (Spain) – #50
How the TIME and Statista Study Was Conducted
The World’s Top EdTech Companies 2026 ranking is the result of a comprehensive quantitative study of the global education technology sector.
Statista evaluated approximately 6,500 companies developing and providing EdTech products and services worldwide. Following a detailed assessment, the 500 highest-performing companies were selected for the final ranking.
The methodology is based on two main pillars:
1. Financial Strength
This dimension includes an assessment of:
revenue;
funding;
market capitalization;
additional financial data gathered from public sources, annual reports, company websites, and information submitted directly by participating companies.
2. Industry Impact
Companies were also evaluated based on:
the impact of their products and services;
alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
the quantity and value of their intellectual property portfolio;
web traffic metrics and overall market relevance.
The final score was calculated using the following weighting:
70% Financial Strength
30% Industry Impact
Rising Stars Ranking
Alongside the main ranking, TIME and Statista also published the Rising Stars list, recognizing young EdTech companies with the highest revenue growth over the past three years.
To qualify, companies had to meet the following criteria:
be no more than 10 years old;
generate at least US$1 million in revenue in 2024;
achieve revenue growth of more than 20% over the previous three years.
European companies featured in the Rising Stars ranking include Brighterly (Ukraine), ubiLearning Solutions (Germany), Tomorrow University (Germany), and EPICODE (Italy).
The ranking provides a snapshot of the global EdTech landscape based on publicly available data and information submitted through the application process. TIME and Statista note that inclusion—or exclusion—from the ranking should not be interpreted as a definitive assessment of a company’s overall quality beyond the criteria used in the study.
This article is based on publicly available data from the World’s Top EdTech Companies 2026 ranking published by TIME and Statista. EdTech Bulgaria provides a summary and analysis of European participation in the ranking.
You can view the full ranking and read TIME’s analysis here.
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