Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago
Why Udemy is great? What makes Udemy stand out when compared to Coursera, Udacity, LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight, EdX, and some of the other platforms offering online courses? Which are Udemy's key competitive advantages moving forward?
The goal of this video is to provide a fair overview of the current state of the online courses industry. We will consider each platform's:
- course taking experience
- pricing structure
- access to educational materials
- instructor support
- updates frequency
- content library depth
The online course industry is expected to reach $300bn by 2025. This is a fast-growing market that attracts a lot of interest. Currently many platforms compete for market share and approach the market with different strategies. Udemy is the largest player in the field, but there are some important competitors who are catching up very fast.
Platforms mentioned in order of appearance:
Udemy - udemy.com
LinkedIn Learning - linkedin.com/learning
Udacity - udacity.com
Coursera - coursera.org
Pluralsight - pluralsight.com
EdX - edx.org
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Disclosure: I (Nedko Krastev, Founder of 365 Careers) am a Udemy instructor
Why Udemy is great? What makes Udemy stand out when compared to Coursera, Udacity, LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight, EdX, and some of the other platforms offering online courses? Which are Udemy's key competitive advantages moving forward?
The goal of this video is to provide a fair overview of the current state of the online courses industry. We will consider each platform's:
- course taking experience
- pricing structure
- access to educational materials
- instructor support
- updates frequency
- content library depth
The online course industry is expected to reach $300bn by 2025. This is a fast-growing market that attracts a lot of interest. Currently many platforms compete for market share and approach the market with different strategies. Udemy is the largest player in the field, but there are some important competitors who are catching up very fast.
Platforms mentioned in order of appearance:
Udemy - udemy.com
LinkedIn Learning - linkedin.com/learning
Udacity - udacity.com
Coursera - coursera.org
Pluralsight - pluralsight.com
EdX - edx.org
SUBSCRIBE to get more educational business and finance videoes:
youtube.com/channel/UC1KZthNKVq8I8feFK8Z1eIQ
Disclosure: I (Nedko Krastev, Founder of 365 Careers) am a Udemy instructor
