Growth Metrics

Duolingo (DUOL) Operating Margin (2020 - 2025)

Duolingo has reported Operating Margin over the past 6 years, most recently at 15.36% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 15.36% for Q4 2025, up 874.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 13.07% (up 470.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 13.07%, up 470.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 15.36% at Duolingo, up from 12.94% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for DUOL hit a ceiling of 15.36% in Q4 2025 and a floor of 45.13% in Q3 2021.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 2.1% (2021), compared with a mean of 4.49%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: plummeted -3836bps in 2021 and later soared 2414bps in 2022.
  • Duolingo's Operating Margin stood at 23.85% in 2021, then grew by 27bps to 17.48% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 118bps to 3.18% in 2023, then surged by 109bps to 6.62% in 2024, then soared by 132bps to 15.36% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 15.36% (Q4 2025), 12.94% (Q3 2025), and 13.23% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.