Japanese Language Still Very Popular, Says Duolingo

Duolingo is out with its most popular languages. Japan retained its fifth place position — but will one of its neighbors unseat it next year? Learn more, including what Japan thinks of its own English abilities.

By Jay Allen

Duolingo is out with its 2023 ranking of the languages people like to study and how much effort they devoted to picking up another language. The good news for Japan: its soft power remains firmly in place. But one country may knock it down the list in the next year or two.

We’re number 5 (and have some tough competition)!

This week, Duolingo Japan announced the report, which builds off of its parent company’s report and adds additional statistics related to in-country language studying habits.

The top line: Japanese remains one of the most popular languages for worldwide study in 2023. Japanese took fifth place behind English, Spanish, French, and German.