To The Moon

Last week’s impressive buzz around Xiaohongshu couldn’t be ignored by the stock market. Xiaohongshu surged to the top spot on app rankings in multiple regions. Surprisingly, the Xiaohongshu concept stock turned out to be... $Duolingo, Inc.(DUOL)$?! Duolingo climb 10% as users flock to the app to learn Mandarin Duolingo has doubled its stock price in the past two years, riding the waves of post-pandemic growth and AI advancements: up 43% in 2024 and an astonishing 218% in 2023. The post-pandemic tourism rebound has also contributed to the growing interest in learning new languages. Duolingo has further benefited from AI innovations, partnering with OpenAI long before generative AI became a hot topic, and now it’s fully armed with cutting-edge AI tools. Apart from these external factors, Duolingo’s marketing is widely accepted online. Its “angry bird” style of nudging users to stay consistent in their language practice has won over many fans. Whether or not this trend can significantly boost Duolingo's monetization? WSB users joked that so many Americans are turning to a Chinese app and trying to tackle one of the world’s hardest languages instead of going back to Facebook—puts on $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$. However, Meta’s performance last week was relatively stable, neither benefiting from a potential influx of TikTok users nor facing additional downside. Some netizens commented that this trend might just be a passing craze—Mandarin is simply too difficult. If US users find it too hard, they might stop logging in and learning—puts on $Duolingo, Inc.(DUOL)$. Do you have any tips for Americans learning Mandarin? Singapore has long been a multilingual model nation, where many children grow up learning both English and Mandarin. Many Tigers in the community seamlessly switch between the two languages in their posts. Any tricks for mastering Mandarin? When traveling abroad, do you prepare by learning the local language, or do you rely on translation tools? I’m currently using Duolingo to learn Italian in hopes of having a smooth trip this year. But I do feel that some of the lesson structures are a bit lacking. For instance, my first lesson was “I am a woman” and “You eat an apple,” which doesn’t seem all that helpful for traveling. Some friends prefer not to learn a new language and instead buy translation devices, such as portable translators or earbuds from iFlytek, for real-time translations. Translation apps have also become incredibly convenient. When traveled to Japan, the iPhone’s built-in translation app allowed me to take pictures of text. It was more than sufficient for ordering food. Questions to discuss: Are you bullish on $Duolingo, Inc.(DUOL)$’s performance? Would you use Duolingo to learn languages? Any good advice to learn Mandarin? Do you prefer to learn new languages or use translation tools in travel? Rewards: Leave your comments and also post to win at least 5 tiger coins~ You can also post directly in this topic: Xiaohongshu + AI Concept? Would You Use or Trade Duolingo? As tiger coins for your comment or post will all be distributed in this topic~