+B Learning with Babbel About Us Careers Press Inside Babbel Tech Blog Investors Your shortest path to a real-life conversation Let's talk Babbel was the world’s first language-learning app and is also the best-selling. Its intuitive lessons, which have led to over 10 million subscriptions being sold, center on learning a language through real-life conversations. But before we get into why that works so well, let’s go back to how things started. In the beginning, there were none In 2007 Markus Witte, Thomas Holl, and two friends (later, the four co-founders), who met at a Berlin-based software company, were building an online collaboration platform for musicians. One day one of them expressed interest in learning Spanish. To his surprise he only found CD-ROMs and textbooks. There were almost no online options. They decided to refocus and create their own online language learning solution. And Babbel was born. Today, Babbel’s offices in Berlin and New York City create app-based lessons — as well as podcasts, games, videos, content about culture, and even live, online classes — to help everyone around the world learn languages. Meet the team Creating understanding through language The Babbel method uses the empirically-proven techniques created by curriculum experts. They’ve created 13,000 hours of content and more than 50,000 lessons across 14 languages. Babbel builds new language grammar and vocabulary on the foundation of the language you already know. In fact, no two Babbel courses are the same. They are all unique, taking into account the similarities and differences between “language pairs” – your native language and the one you are learning. The Babbel method trains your brain to learn constantly. It takes as few as 10 minutes a day, and you can continue to learn outside of the app “hands-free” through our 20+ podcasts. Like a local Babbel also utilizes audio dialogue examples recorded with native speakers, so the language you learn is more accurate and at times, even colloquial. In addition to speaking and reading your new language, you’ll also learn about that language’s history, discover recipes, songs, and even meet new people along the way. Subscriptions over distractions Babbel’s app uses a subscription-based model, because we want to work directly with each language learner — without interruption by a third party. Ads are distracting, and working on a subscription model means learning in a more focused and effective way. When learners win, Babbel wins. 73% of users indicated that they would be able to have a short, simple conversation in their new language within 5 hours of using Babbel. To go further, explore why Babbel works. Learn Live An app alone is not enough to make you fluent, which is why many users are turning to Babbel’s new live, virtual classes to accelerate their learning. There are hundreds of classes offered each week, making it easy to find a time and lesson topic that work best for you. Meet the Babbel Live teachers and find out more. Babbel in your feed If you love words and language-learning, you’ll want to follow Babbel: Facebook | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | Quora | Babbel Magazine Babbel is made up of a team of 750 people from more than 65 nations working in Berlin and New York. Join us Meet the Team Arne Schepker Chief Executive Officer Julie Hansen Chief Executive Officer US & Chief Revenue Officer Thomas Holl Founder & Chief Technology Officer Markus Witte Founder & Executive Chairman of the Board Geoff Stead Chief Product Officer Miriam Plieninger VP Educational Strategy Deepa Miglani VP Performance Marketing Björn Maack VP Corporate Strategy & Development Hermione McKee Chief Financial Officer Steven Meyers SVP Growth Marketing US The Babbel Method Babbel app Babbel Magazine Babbel for Business Careers Press Inside Babbel Tech Blog Help / FAQ Babbel as a Gift © 2021 Babbel GmbH Imprint Terms & Conditions Privacy Statement What do we use Cookies for? We use Cookies to personalize the content and ads you see, provide social media features, tell us which parts of our websites people have visited, and to help us measure the effectiveness of ads and web searches. To make individual choices about cookies and get details on the cookies in use, click “Manage settings” or go to the "Privacy Statement" link in the footer of any page.Privacy Statement Manage settings Accept cookies