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When was duolingo.com built?

Analyzed 30 October 2026. Re-analyze

Estimated launch

October 2010

Medium confidenceLikely range: April–October 2010

There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.

BuiltWhen verified that duolingo.com launched in October 2010 (71% confidence), with domain registration recorded in January 2010.

Website age
~16 years
From estimated launch
Domain registered
January 2010
Not the launch date
First evidence
October 2010
Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
Current version
Between May and June 2018
Possible major redesign

History at a glance

The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.

Domain registeredLikely launch rangeWebsite onlineMajor change

Timeline

  1. January 2010

    Domain registered

    The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.

    Confirmed

  2. April–October 2010

    Estimated launch

    Based on: first archived copy of the website.

    Medium confidenceView evidence

  3. Between October 2010 and July 2012

    Possible major redesign

    The page layout changed a lot. Homepage title changed.

    Medium confidenceBeforeAfter

  4. Between May and June 2018

    Possible major redesign

    The page layout changed a lot. Homepage title changed.

    Medium confidenceBeforeAfter

  5. October 2026

    Current website

    “Duolingo”

    ConfirmedVisit

Built with today

Detected on the live homepage. Select a technology to see the evidence.

Hosting / CDN
AWS, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
  • Amazon CloudFront x-amz-cf-id header
  • 90% detection confidence
Tag manager
Google Tag Managersince 2019, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
  • GTM container script / ID
  • 90% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20106 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
  • First archived copy of the website: October 2010.
  • Domain registered: January 2010 (9 months earlier).
  1. January 2010

    Domain registered

    The domain's current registration began on this date. A website can only launch after this, but often launches much later.

    Sets the earliest possible dateRDAP registry dataView source

  2. October 2010

    First archived copy of the website

    The earliest successful snapshot of the homepage showing real website content in the Internet Archive.

    The estimate is based on thisInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source

  3. October 2010

    jQuery first seen

    jQuery appears in archived copies of the site from this date.

    Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)

  4. July 2012

    Google Analytics first seen

    Google Analytics appears in archived copies of the site from this date.

    Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)

  5. April 2017

    Meta Pixel first seen

    Meta Pixel appears in archived copies of the site from this date.

    Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)

  6. September 2019

    Google Tag Manager first seen

    Google Tag Manager appears in archived copies of the site from this date.

    Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)

What we checked

  • Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
  • Internet Archive indexChecked
  • Live websiteChecked
  • Archived page comparisonChecked

191 months of archived homepage copies; 15 compared in detail (sampling was cut short). BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work

Domain registrationRegistered January 2010 · Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Registered
26 January 2010
Registration expires
26 January 2027
Registry record updated
15 May 2026
Registrar
Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Nameservers
ns-1020.awsdns-63.net, ns-1117.awsdns-11.org, ns-1904.awsdns-46.co.uk, ns-247.awsdns-30.com

Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.

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