Udemy instructors face sudden drops in course ratings amid speculation that the platform’s GenAI rollout may be the cause.

Subscriber growth and revenue are accelerating even as revenue per user declines. Udemy built its empire on a simple idea: anyone could create a course, and anyone could buy one. That marketplace model made Udemy famous and made millionaires out of its top instructors. Now the company is deliberately killing it. In Q3 2025 earnings call, Udemy’s CFO admitted they are “intentionally reducing” single course sales to push users toward subscriptions. The logic is straightforward: Udemy keeps 82.5%

Coursera’s latest financial update under new CEO Greg Hart includes not just numbers, but a fundamental shift in how its degree business is presented.

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