Summary:
Udemy changes course pricing structure
Why It Matters:
Udemy changed how it shows prices for many courses. This could affect how many people buy courses.
What Changed:
- The initial offer for new learners changed from "courses from $14.99. Or, check out our subscription" with a 23h 59m 57s timer to "Courses from $14.99. Click button to see savings. Ends in 5h 59m 56s." with a "Click to redeem" button.
- The "24 hours only: 15% off your first year of Personal Plan" section was replaced with "Subscribe to the best of Udemy" and "Try it now" buttons, removing the specific discount and time limit.
- Many individual course prices changed from a discounted price with an original price shown (e.g., "$18.99 Original price: $89.99") to only showing a higher current price (e.g., "$79.99").
- A new course, "MS Office With AI - Word Excel PowerPoint with ChatGPT," was added.
- A new course, "ChatGPT & Generative AI: The ultimate AI course," was added.
- The "Full AI Course 2025" course was removed.
- The number of learners for "ChatGPT" increased from 4M+ to 5M+.
- The number of learners for "Natural Language Processing (NLP)" increased from 866,500+ to 869,300+.
- The rating for "Digital Marketer" career accelerator changed from 4.5 out of 5 to 4.4 out of 5.
- The number of ratings for "Full Stack Web Developer" career accelerator increased from 457K to 459K.
- The number of ratings for "The Complete AI Guide" course increased from 52,756 to 53,351.
- The number of ratings for "ChatGPT: Complete ChatGPT Course For Work 2025" increased from 119,253 to 120,276.
- The number of ratings for "ChatGPT & Generative AI - The Complete Guide" increased from 26,510 to 26,685.
- The number of ratings for "ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Grok and 30+ More AI Marketing Assistants" increased from 876 to 956.
- The total hours for "ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Grok and 30+ More AI Marketing Assistants" increased from 54.5 to 57.
- The number of lectures for "ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Grok and 30+ More AI Marketing Assistants" increased from 594 to 607.
- The number of ratings for "ChatGPT Masters: Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, Chat GPT" increased from 4,915 to 4,950.
- The "Full AI Course 2025" course was removed.
- The number of ratings for "The Complete Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT Course" increased from 5,844 to 6,020.
- The number of ratings for "ChatGPT Masterclass: The Guide to AI & Prompt Engineering" increased from 5,698 to 5,760.
- The number of ratings for "ChatGPT Masterclass - Build Solutions and Apps with ChatGPT" increased from 4,528 to 4,549.
- The number of ratings for "ChatGPT Masterclass: ChatGPT Guide for Beginners to Experts!" increased from 9,412 to 9,425.
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