Company overview

Driven by the purpose of creating mutual understanding through language, Babbel has been building digital language learning products for consumers and businesses since 2007. The Babbel app helps people connect and communicate across cultures, whether for travel, friendship, or career advancement. Based on a deep knowledge of how language learning is most effective, Babbel aims to make learners conversational as fast as possible. And it works: Studies from institutions like Michigan State University, Yale University and the City University of New York demonstrate the efficacy of Babbel's language learning methods. Millions of language learners agree.Babbel's secret sauce is the blend of true expertise, understanding of how humans learn, and the latest technology. With more than 60,000 lessons across 15 languages hand-crafted by experts, the learner experience constantly adapts through behaviour analysis to provide high quality interactive content that makes understanding a new language easy, from Spanish to Indonesian.Because Babbel is for everyone, its team reflects this diversity. From headquarters in Berlin and New York, Babbelonians from more than 80 nationalities represent the backgrounds and perspectives that make humans unique. With over 25 million subscriptions sold and an industry-leading retention rate, Babbel creates genuine connections with users worldwide.
Founded in 2007
Berlin, Berlin, DEU
1.1K employees (156 in marketing)
73% recommend to a friend
50% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$160,000 – $180,000

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

8 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +2% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$33.3M

Last raise

$22M

Series C, 11 years ago

Funding history

Jul 2015

Series C Babbel · $22M

Mar 2013

Series B Babbel · $10M

Jan 2009

Grant Babbel · $1.3M

Jul 2008

Seed Round Babbel

Audience

Monthly website visitors
3.9M
Month over month-1.4%
Quarter over quarter-14%
Top sourceDirect (52.5%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank35
Traffic source mix
Direct
52.5%
Search
42.6%
Referral
2.8%
Social
1.2%
Paid referral
0.8%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

94.7K

12-mo growth

+13.4%

Monthly growth

+1.2%

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