Duolingo, the largest and fastest growing online language learning platform, has published its annual language learning report for 2021.

Here is the summary of the report.

• In 2021, Asian languages—especially Japanese and Korean—attracted learners worldwide, building on the impressive growth observed in 2020.
• Japanese surpassed Italian globally to become the 5th most popular language to study, and it’s the fastest-growing language in the U.S. and U.K.
• Korean—holding strong at the 7th most popular language to study around the world—is the fastest-growing language in Brazil, France, Germany, India, and Mexico, and it ranks as the second-fastest growing language in Japan!
• Chinese, which was the 10th most popular language to study in 2020, has overtaken Russian and Portuguese for the 8th spot worldwide. It is also one of the top 5 fastest-growing languages in Mexico and Brazil.

The full report is available online at https://blog.duolingo.com/2021-duolingo-language-report/.

https://blog.duolingo.com/2021-duolingo-language-report/