---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-053299"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUOL"
cik: "0001562088"
company_name: "Duolingo, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:04:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:05:19.202099+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duolingo Q2 DAUs up 23% YoY to 58.7M; raises FY2026 EBITDA guidance

## Summary
- Revenue $298.5M (+18% YoY); net income $33.2M (11.1% margin) vs $44.8M (17.8%) YoY.
- DAUs 58.7M (+23% YoY, acceleration from Q1); paid subscribers 12.7M (+17%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $77.3M (25.9% margin); company raises FY2026 Adjusted EBITDA outlook.
- Current User Retention Rate (CURR) at all-time high of 84%, up ~1% YoY.
- Streak Revival event brought back 15.4M learners, including ~8M previously inactive.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-053299
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUOL
- cik: 0001562088
- company_name: Duolingo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:04:09+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562088/000162828026053299/0001628280-26-053299-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562088/000162828026053299/duol-20260805.htm

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