Codecademy Stats & High Programs

It’s formally time to ship 2024 — congrats! On the finish of any huge mission or enterprise, it’s clever to look again on what went effectively and suppose forward about what you need to strive subsequent. In case your group makes use of the Agile strategy to improvement, you already know this as a “retrospective.”  

Because the 12 months wraps up, we need to pause and take inventory of the objectives you’ve reached, the teachings you’ve discovered, and the progress you’ve made. That is Code Assessment, our annual exploration of knowledge from our learners and programs that uncovers key traits and challenges shaping the tech world at this time.  

We couldn’t have completed this with out you — our learners, our neighborhood, our largest champions. Each new characteristic, replace, and milestone we hit this 12 months was impressed by your curiosity, ambition, and suggestions. Collectively, we’ve pushed Codecademy far past our beginnings as a place to begin for coding. In 2024, it’s a spot the place careers are constructed, tech expertise are sharpened, and boundaries to progress are smashed. 

This 12 months, we took huge strides to replicate the varied journeys of learners at each stage of their careers. Whether or not you’re simply dipping your toes into tech, pivoting to a brand new position, or leveling up for a promotion, we’ve obtained you lined. From certification prep talent paths in new fields like cloud computing and IT, to instruments that deliver our studying atmosphere to life — like AI-powered teaching and mock interview simulations — we’ve labored laborious to satisfy you wherever you’re and assist you get to the place you need to go.

We discovered (lots) 

In 2024, learners collectively spent 507,530,006 minutes studying with Codecademy. That’s sufficient time to take a seat by Dune Half One and Half Two over 1 million instances. Or, it’s about so long as it’d take to look at all 149 of the Eras Tour live shows that Taylor Swift carried out in 2024 over 17,000 instances. This colossal period of time invested in studying new expertise underscores how dedicated and enthusiastic our neighborhood of learners is with regards to reaching private objectives and advancing careers.  

Everybody has completely different quantities of time to decide to studying technical expertise, as a result of all of us have distinctive objectives, schedules, and duties. Informal learners could take a few years, profession changers can obtain their objectives in underneath a 12 months with targeted effort, and upskillers may work studying into their every day routine. It doesn’t matter if it takes you a 12 months or per week to finish a Codecademy course or path. All the things is self-paced, so you may have the liberty to cease and begin once you want a break and revisit ideas everytime you need. 

We’ve additionally made it simpler for total groups to construct technical experience by our interactive programs. With Codecademy Groups, you possibly can unlock Codecademy Professional entry in your group of two or extra members plus use superior analytics and reporting instruments to trace particular person progress and group progress. You may soar proper in and begin a 14-day free trial of Codecademy Groups now. 

If coding was an Olympic sport, we’d have sufficient Codecademy learners to characterize the entire nations that participated within the 2024 Summer time Olympics after which some. This 12 months, our world neighborhood expanded to 237 nations and territories, with our most learners residing in the US, India, and the UK. We’re consistently blown away by how studying can bridge gaps and convey folks from completely different corners of the world (even Antarctica!) nearer collectively. 

We created new methods to trace progress… 

This summer season we organized our personal world competitors, the World Coding Video games. Over the course of seven days, we challenged our learners to see what number of talent XP they might earn by finishing content material objects in our programs and paths. Each content material merchandise in a course or path grants a distinctive quantity of talent XP, decided by its sort, the effort and time wanted to complete it, and its reference to Bloom’s Taxonomy, the tutorial framework that shapes our curriculum. For instance, finishing a lesson or mission earns you 25 XP, whereas tackling a portfolio mission rewards you with 50 XP. The inaugural World Coding Video games drew 1000’s of contributors who collectively earned over 1.15 million XP — and constructed some severe expertise. In the long run, the first-place winner of the World Coding Video games racked up 9,510 XP.   

Codecademy learners collectively earned a staggering 676,443,705 talent XP in 2024 — and we have now you to thank! Questioning what number of XP you’ve earned so far? In your dashboard, you’ll see a log of the XP you’ve earned in numerous talent areas, and you’ll kind them based mostly on the quantity of progress earned or the newest expertise you’ve labored on.  

… and use AI so that you make progress quicker   

If 2022 was the 12 months AI burst on the scene, 2024 was the 12 months that AI entered our lives in a significant manner. We consider that AI can improve the training expertise, not substitute it, which is why we added an AI Studying Assistant to supply AI-powered personalised assist and steerage proper in our studying atmosphere.  

The AI Studying Assistant harnesses OpenAI’s newest mannequin to provide you instantaneous, personalised coding steerage. Inside programs, tasks, and articles, you possibly can decide a bit of your code, click on “Clarify code,” and get a transparent rationalization powered by GPT. You may then preserve the dialog going by asking follow-ups, getting further particulars, or utilizing the AI Studying Assistant to catch any bugs. 

Because the launch of our AI Studying Assistant, we’ve seen a powerful 976,331 conversations from over 270,000 learners and a complete of three,177,777 learner questions and messages exchanged. Good to know: Learners with Professional and Plus subscription plans have entry to limitless prompts, whereas people with a free account can strive twice per day. 

One other vital AI characteristic that we rolled out in 2024 was the Interview Simulator, a device that creates interview questions like these you’d encounter from recruiters or hiring managers for Entrance-Finish, Again-Finish, and Full-Stack Developer roles. You may customise it to fit your goal firm, talent stage, and the place you’re within the interview course of. The Interview Simulator can at present run a mock get-to-know-you cellphone screener, and shortly we’ll add technical or final-stage interview. 

It’s superior to see what number of of you’re utilizing the Interview Simulator to put together for job interviews — so far, we’ve had over 20,000 interviews practiced with this device. We hope the apply helped and also you nailed the job! You may strive the Interview Simulator now; you get 3 free makes use of with a Fundamental account, whereas Professional members get limitless entry to the device.   

We expanded our course catalog 

Our catalog grew by over 220 new programs this 12 months. The brand new choices cowl in-demand languages and matters, like Study Subsequent.js, Study Immediate Engineering, and Intro to Angular. With our cutting-edge studying atmosphere, these new programs make it simpler than ever so that you can dive into rising tech matters at your personal tempo, no matter your earlier expertise stage. 

Our introductory (and just lately up to date!) Python course Study Python 3 continues to reign supreme as the preferred course began on Codecademy, and it’s simple to see why. Python is a perpetual fan favourite, particularly for folk studying to code, as a result of it has a concise, English-like syntax. Versatility is one other huge draw — Python can be utilized throughout domains, from net improvement to knowledge evaluation and, after all, machine studying and AI. Python’s significance in AI makes it important for anybody trying to enter or advance within the tech trade or perceive new AI instruments.  

We launched new domains 

One of many newest adjustments to our catalog is our growth into cybersecurity and cloud matters. We now have double the course choices in these areas, together with free introductory programs and over 20 complete talent paths that put together you to take in-demand certification exams.  

Business certifications validate your data of particular expertise and may improve job alternatives, salaries, and possibilities for bonuses and promotions. Our check prep programs put together you for a number of the most sought-after certifications, together with CompTIA A+ 220-1101 (Core 1), AWS Licensed Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02, and Cisco Licensed Community Affiliate 200-301.  

We’re additionally doubling down on skilled improvement with our new skilled expertise area. We all know that gentle expertise are an important dimension to technical coaching, and these expert-led video-based skilled expertise programs assist you fill in your expertise gaps in areas like communication, problem-solving, and demanding pondering. The free course Efficient Stakeholder Communications for Know-how Professionals has rapidly turn out to be a favourite.  

We hosted occasions and launched golf equipment 

Connecting with different learners is likely one of the greatest methods to search out motivation. Our Codecademy neighborhood members are 50% extra prone to meet their studying objectives. For those who’re not a part of our vibrant neighborhood but, remember to be a part of our neighborhood platform for entry to unique occasions, golf equipment, and alternatives.  

We hosted over 200 impactful occasions this 12 months that foster collaboration and skill-building throughout our neighborhood. From coding hangouts to month-to-month challenges, these digital occasions are open to everybody in our neighborhood and are nice alternatives for data sharing and networking. Need to see what’s arising? Take a look at the occasions web page. 

On our neighborhood platform, you’ll discover that we’ve launched over 16 golf equipment (with extra to come back), every masking a various vary of matters. There are career-focused golf equipment, just like the Future Founders and Freelancers Membership and Machine and Deep Studying Membership, in addition to location-based golf equipment in cities all over the world. Whether or not you’re trying to dive deep into a selected topic or just chat with like-minded tech lovers, our golf equipment present the right atmosphere to discover and develop.  

We had enjoyable whereas we’re at it 

Have you ever seen Codecademy come throughout your TikTok For You Web page? We joined TikTok this 12 months and have cherished sharing movies with sensible mission concepts, profession roadmap suggestions, and tech historical past classes with you. Our hottest video on TikTok was this roundup of summer-themed coding mission concepts. (BTW, preserve an eye fixed out for a brand new solution to brainstorm coding mission concepts coming quickly to our studying atmosphere.)