Duolingo Inc. drawdown: 73.8% below the all-time high (price)
Duolingo Inc. is 73.8% below its all-time high, set May 14, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −73.8%
- 26.2% of ATH
- All-time high
- $540.68
- May 14, 2025
- Time below the high
- 17 mo
- since May 14, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −83.3%
- Apr 10, 2026
- Longest underwater
- 2.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 2, 2021
- 5.2 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −73.8% episode
% of all-time high since 2021: price#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2025 | Apr 10, 2026 | −83.3% | 11 mo | not yet | 17 mo+ |
| Sep 23, 2021 | May 11, 2022 | −68.9% | 8 mo | Nov 9, 2023 | 2.1 yrs |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Mar 13, 2025 | −38.3% | 23 days | May 2, 2025 | 2 mo |
| May 7, 2024 | Aug 5, 2024 | −36.2% | 3 mo | Sep 18, 2024 | 4 mo |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Feb 21, 2024 | −27.8% | 2 mo | May 6, 2024 | 5 mo |
| Aug 5, 2021 | Aug 26, 2021 | −17.8% | 21 days | Sep 2, 2021 | 28 days |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Jan 14, 2025 | −16.2% | 40 days | Feb 4, 2025 | 2 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2021: how far Duolingo Inc. stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is Duolingo Inc. from its all-time high?
- Duolingo Inc. is currently 73.8% below its all-time high, set May 14, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Duolingo Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2021) took Duolingo Inc. 83.3% below its prior high, bottoming Apr 10, 2026. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from DUOL; no free deep history exists for Duolingo Inc. — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.