⚡ Online Course Platforms

Online course platforms are software systems that enable the creation, delivery, and management of educational content online.

They generally fall into two classes: marketplace platforms, which aggregate courses from many instructors and provide access to a built-in audience, and cloud-based platforms, which permit creators to host courses using their own branding and custom domains.

Such platforms typically include tools for multimedia lesson delivery (video, text, quizzes), progress tracking and assessment, integrations with payment systems, forums and discussions, analytics on learner engagement, and course certificates.

According to our data, online course platforms are detected on 0.2% of all websites.
98.6% of these sites use only one online course platform, 1.2% use two, and 0.1% use three or more simultaneously.

Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading online course platforms in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Kajabi with a share of 27.6%, followed by Teachable with 17.7% and Thinkific with 16.2%.

Kajabi 27.6%
Teachable 17.7%
Thinkific 16.2%
Udemy 9.5%
Podia 4.5%
Hotmart 4.3%
LearnWorlds 3.8%
Skool 3.5%
Circle.so 3.4%
Uscreen 3.4%
Coursera 1.7%
LinkedIn Learning 1.6%
Skillshare 1.5%
Graphy 1.4%
edX 1.1%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of platforms that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Teachable is #1 in the United States ^(-1)

✨ Best Online Course Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 16 online course platforms we track, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Kajabi Newport Beach, California, United States An all-in-one platform for knowledge entrepreneurs to build, market, and sell educational content. $89+/month	27.6%
2	Teachable New York, United States An all-in-one cloud-based platform for creating, marketing, and selling online courses with a fully hosted environment and built-in payment processing. $39+/month	17.7%
3	Thinkific Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada A software platform that enables entrepreneurs to create, market, sell, and deliver their own online courses. Free$49+/month	16.2%
4	Udemy San Francisco, California, United States An online skills marketplace and learning platform where instructors can publish free or paid courses in video, text, and other formats and learners can access them on demand. $35+/month	9.5%
5	Podia New York, United States An all-in-one platform that enables creators and businesses to build websites and sell online courses, digital products, memberships, and webinars. $39+/month	4.5%
6	Hotmart Belo Horizonte, Brazil An all-in-one e-commerce platform for selling digital and physical products online, with a strong focus on e-learning and online course distribution. $$$	4.3%
7	LearnWorlds Limassol, Cyprus A cloud-based, AI-powered learning management system designed for course creators. $$$	3.8%
8	Skool El Segundo, California, United States An all-in-one online community platform that enables creators, coaches, and educators to build private or public groups, deliver structured courses, and monetize expertise through memberships. $9+/month	3.5%
9	Circle.so New York, United States A community-focused platform for creating and managing online spaces with discussions, events, and member-only content. $89+/month	3.4%
10	Uscreen North Bethesda, Maryland, United States An all-in-one membership platform designed for video creators to host, distribute, and monetize video content through subscriptions and on-demand access. $49+/month	3.4%
11	Coursera Mountain View, California, United States A global platform for online learning and career development offering learners access to courses, professional certificates, specializations, and fully online bachelor's and master's degrees from leading universities and companies. Free$239+/year	1.7%
12	LinkedIn Learning Mountain View, California, United States An online course platform that helps professionals learn relevant skills and achieve their goals. $29.99/month	1.6%
13	Skillshare New York, United States An online learning platform that provides educational videos. $13.99+/month	1.5%
14	Graphy San Francisco, California, United States A platform for creators and educators to sell online courses via white-labelled websites and mobile apps. Free$499+/year	1.4%
15	edX Lanham, Maryland, United States An online learning platform founded by Harvard and MIT in 2012 that offers massive open online courses, professional certificates, boot camps, and fully online degrees in collaboration with universities and organizations. Free$25+/user/month	1.1%
16	Udacity Mountain View, California, United States A global learning platform connecting education to jobs by offering online programs called Nanodegrees and standalone courses designed to teach tech and professional skills. $249/month	0.3%

👉 See Also

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 3,512,920 websites.
We currently track the presence of 16 online course platforms across the web.
Statistics were last calculated on May 16, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.