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Fluency Academy describes itself as the largest online language academy in Latin America. It was co-founded in 2017 by Brazilian YouTuber Rhavi Carneiro and New Zealander Finn Puklowski. The platform started with an influencer-teacher model, now has more than 400,000 students, and expanded beyond language learning into areas such as design and programming after acquiring the professional-skills platform Awari in 2024.
Course Areas: Covers 8 major languages—English, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, French, and Italian—as well as skills courses in design, data, programming, marketing, and product management added through the Awari acquisition.
Teaching Format: Uses a hybrid model combining recorded lessons and live classes. Full courses include 100% online recorded and live lessons; a proprietary spaced-repetition memory app, Memhack, for reinforcement; and tutor-led live speaking classes. No 1-on-1 format is mentioned.
Teachers and Background: Its key moat is a large roster of influencer teachers, many of whom have millions of followers on TikTok/YouTube and bring strong traffic and relatability. The company also has solid institutional momentum: net revenue reached 500 million reais in 2025, and it won the Hotmart Cosmos II award.
Teaching Language: Highly localized, mainly targeting native Portuguese speakers in Brazil and native Spanish speakers in Latin America, with Portuguese used as the primary language of instruction.
The official website does not publicly disclose specific course pricing, and sales appear to rely on the Hotmart ecosystem. The materials also do not mention whether officially recognized certificates are issued after course completion.
Pros: a well-developed closed-loop learning ecosystem, with recorded lessons for knowledge acquisition, an app for memory reinforcement, and live sessions for speaking practice; highly influential celebrity-style teachers; and successful expansion from language learning into IT skills training. Cons: extremely localized, making it difficult for non-Portuguese/Spanish native speakers to adapt; lacks authoritative certification backing; and pricing information is not transparent.
Best suited for local users in Brazil and Latin America who want to improve their foreign-language skills, as well as companies with employee language-training needs. It offers limited value for users outside Latin America.
Access from mainland China is unknown. Given the teaching language and target audience limitations, there is little need for domestic Chinese users to use it. Chinese users can consider localized language-learning platforms such as Duolingo and Liulishuo instead.
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