{"slug": "khan-academy", "name": "Khan Academy", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 7, "warners": 1, "score": 2.231, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2025-12-27", "latest": "2026-07-31", "why": "programs like flip the classroom or https://www.khanacademy.org/ really helped me", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 0, "compare": 4, "warn": 1}, "spark": [0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "programs like flip the classroom or https://www.khanacademy.org/ really helped me", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "khanacademy.org", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.khanacademy.org/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Khan Academy"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 783886592, "item_id": 48992912, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992912", "by": "timostrating", "date": "2026-07-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "programs like flip the classroom or https://www.khanacademy.org/ really helped me", "excerpt": "Hey first of all, Congratulations on the launch. I'm a teacher at a Dutch applied university where we use mastery learning to teach students software development, the code for our learning system is open source so feel free to take a look [1]. I personally always followed traditional schooling but programs like flip the classroom or https://www.khanacademy.org/ really helped me and I now also see the same value in my", "context": "teacher at a Dutch applied university", "use_case": "learning", "switched_from": "", "story": "Launch HN: Bloomy (YC S26) \u2013 AI-powered mastery learning for K-12"}, {"id": 749900657, "item_id": 46868791, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46868791", "by": "hiAndrewQuinn", "date": "2026-02-03", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Khan Academy actually does force feed you enough actual problems to learn some math.", "excerpt": "Yes. Absolutely. The biggest data point pushing the affirmative is less Anki itself but the success of products at the forefront of the second wave of spaced repetition apps [1] like Khan Academy. Duolingo, too, but Duolingo gets flak from people for being too Goodhearted by retention for its own good; Khan Academy actually does force feed you enough actual problems to learn some math. Writing the cards is engaging w", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ownership of open source flashcard app Anki transferred to for-profit AnkiHub"}, {"id": 742474448, "item_id": 46404653, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46404653", "by": "smj-edison", "date": "2025-12-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I think Khan Academy is a great example of moving in the right direction", "excerpt": "For now, in most cases, yes. I think Khan Academy is a great example of moving in the right direction. They have a lot of interactive lessons in early math, where you drag and drop for counting and grouping. Another good example is the DragonBox series of apps where they make math more intuitive by providing immediate feedback and a new representation. Dynamicland is pushing the state-of-the-art here too. 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Quizlet, Khan Academy, Notion, and Gizmo are all great, but each only handles one piece of the puzzle. That\u2019s why we created Reviscio\u2014a free, all-in-one study platform that brings notes, flashcards, quizzes, exam prep, personalized", "context": "", "use_case": "studying", "switched_from": "", "story": "We're 15-year-olds tired of switching study apps, so we built our own"}, {"id": 785518769, "item_id": 49094923, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49094923", "by": "zuzuleinen", "date": "2026-07-29", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "I never managed to keep that pace for Khan Academy when I tried it", "excerpt": "It is indeed expensive, especially considering my current location(Romania). I have a rule of doing 20 XP per day, and I kept that rule for more than half a year. Maybe the price is also a factor, but I never managed to keep that pace for Khan Academy when I tried it. You can check their current courses here: https://www.mathacademy.com/courses I think the topics and curriculum are more serious, and I would definitel", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "LearnVector \u2013 Andrew Ng's AI company building one\u2011to\u2011one learning experiences"}, {"id": 783886592, "item_id": 48992912, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992912", "by": "timostrating", "date": "2026-07-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "programs like flip the classroom or https://www.khanacademy.org/ really helped me", "excerpt": "Hey first of all, Congratulations on the launch. I'm a teacher at a Dutch applied university where we use mastery learning to teach students software development, the code for our learning system is open source so feel free to take a look [1]. I personally always followed traditional schooling but programs like flip the classroom or https://www.khanacademy.org/ really helped me and I now also see the same value in my", "context": "teacher at a Dutch applied university", "use_case": "learning", "switched_from": "", "story": "Launch HN: Bloomy (YC S26) \u2013 AI-powered mastery learning for K-12"}, {"id": 780023680, "item_id": 48751480, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751480", "by": "sudo_cowsay", "date": "2026-07-01", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "khan academy has been deleting old accounts", "excerpt": "unfortunately, khan academy has been deleting old accounts: https://kap-archive.bhavjit.com/view?p=6177161966469120", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "What to Learn to Be a Graphics Programmer"}, {"id": 763218193, "item_id": 47701137, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47701137", "by": "mchaver", "date": "2026-04-09", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "something between Khan Academy and Math Academy", "excerpt": "I am building a web application for learning math. I want it to be something between Khan Academy and Math Academy. Here is a demo of fourth grade https://demo.numerikos.com/ Currently the best part about it is one of my kids is using it. I have some more lessons ready, waiting to be released and I am currently working on Trigonometry.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"}, {"id": 756900514, "item_id": 47306282, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47306282", "by": "mchaver", "date": "2026-03-09", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "I am going for something in between Khan Academy and Math Academy.", "excerpt": "I am working on some math education tools. One is free and open-source, the other is paid. Free Math Sheets is a tool to generate math worksheet PDFs (and the answer keys if required). Currently it supports K-5 but I want to expand it to higher levels of math (Calculus, Physics, you name it!). You select a bunch of different options and then generate it. All in the front-end. No back-end or login in required. https:/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"}, {"id": 749900657, "item_id": 46868791, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46868791", "by": "hiAndrewQuinn", "date": "2026-02-03", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Khan Academy actually does force feed you enough actual problems to learn some math.", "excerpt": "Yes. Absolutely. The biggest data point pushing the affirmative is less Anki itself but the success of products at the forefront of the second wave of spaced repetition apps [1] like Khan Academy. Duolingo, too, but Duolingo gets flak from people for being too Goodhearted by retention for its own good; Khan Academy actually does force feed you enough actual problems to learn some math. 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