Duolingo Data Breach History

This page tracks the Duolingo data breach history and cybersecurity incidents affecting Duolingo (United States). BreachHistory currently indexes 3 publicly disclosed or catalogued incidents spanning 2023, with approximately 8.0 million records reported as exposed across all indexed events. These totals may include overlapping datasets or third-party estimates and should not be interpreted as unique affected users.

The Duolingo breach timeline includes major data breaches, cyber attacks, data leaks, credential exposures, API abuse, and other security incidents. Each incident provides details on the estimated records exposed, attack method, affected data types, and supporting public sources. Currently, 0 incidents are company-confirmed.

Largest Duolingo Data Breaches

The largest indexed incidents include the 2023 — Duolingo: Web scraping, 2,676,696 records, the 2023 Duolingo — 2.7M scraped, and the 2023 API scraping — 2.6M users. Record counts originating from threat actors or leak sites should be treated as estimates unless confirmed by Duolingo or a regulator. Below is the list of large data breaches:

• 2023 2023 — Duolingo: Web scraping, 2,676,696 records — about 2.7M records exposed · Catalogued incident
• 2023 2023 Duolingo — 2.7M scraped — about 2.7M records exposed · Catalogued incident
• 2023 2023 API scraping — 2.6M users — about 2.6M records exposed · Catalogued incident

What Information Was Exposed?

Depending on the incident, exposed data may include email addresses, names, health and medical (PHI) records, and other personal information (PII). The exact data varies between incidents, so review each breach page before assuming your information was affected.

Duolingo Data Breach 2026

At the time of this update, no Duolingo data breach has been catalogued for 2026. New incidents are added as official disclosures, regulatory filings, or credible cybersecurity reports become available.

What To Do If You Were Affected

If you believe your account may have been involved in a Duolingo data breach, change any reused passwords, enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), monitor your account for suspicious activity, and be cautious of phishing emails or fake breach notifications.

This Duolingo breach history is maintained by BreachHistory using public disclosures, regulatory filings, security research, and clearly labelled third-party claims. For the complete breach timeline, records exposed, incident details, and AI Breach Risk Score, explore the sections on this page.