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What is Skillshare?

Skillshare is a learning community for creators. Enroll in classes and complete projects that unlock your creativity.

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Skillshare is a learning community for creators. Enroll in classes and complete projects that unlock your creativity.


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Year Founded
2010
HQ Location
New York, NY
Twitter
@skillshare
96,593 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
604 employees on LinkedIn®

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Recent Skillshare Reviews

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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"it is fine if you are looking for a specific quick fix of learning dose"
It is simple no pressure of spending hours of time and also quick fix solutions for problem.
Daniel F.
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Daniel F.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
0.0 out of 5
"Lost $174 because I forgot to cancel"
There's a good selection of learning resources. It's a simple and easy learning experience.
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
0.0 out of 5
"Cheated out of $168."
I haven't used SkillShare's service and don't have an interest in it.
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Skillshare Pros and Cons

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What do you like best about Skillshare?

It is simple no pressure of spending hours of time and also quick fix solutions for problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

It has narrow scope of products like financial courses are not there much of it and also a bunch of stuff from code to maybe marketing is missing from there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

Skillshare has made education easy and bit sized like 10 min classes or an hour long classes on topic like AI in small lectures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel F.
DF
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Skillshare?

There's a good selection of learning resources. It's a simple and easy learning experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

Don't forget to cancel. Most people don't plan on using this forever. If you're in this group, remember to cancel your membership.

It's easy to forget and of course ...

There's a zero refund policy on renewals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm learning how to write better cover letters, at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tamara L.
TL
Jewelry Designer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Skillshare?

Many of the classes were of a good quality and I used it for years, learning many new skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

After using Skillshare for several years under a monthly plan, they booted me out of the plan without any notice. Then, every time I logged in, I was pointed to a screen where I had no choice but to subscribe to a costly annual plan. When I contacted customer service they were incredibly unhelpful and pretended like I just suddenly wasn't a subscriber anymore and that there was no wrong on their end. I imagine that Skillshare must suddenly want to convert their earlier monthly members who were paying $9.99 a month to yearly members and this was a sneaky, incredibly unprofessional way to go about it. I can't imagine how many members they have upset with this bizarre move. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

They aren't solving any problems at this time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kevin H.
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Director, Strategic Business Innovation
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What do you like best about Skillshare?

I was initially attracted to the variety of creators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

The quality of the creators I viewed wasn't great. The customer service seemed helpful at the beginning, but they turned out not to be as Skillshare has some unusual policies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

If you do try it out and are not happy, make sure you cancel at least 2 days before your expiration date. If not, they will charge you and will absolutely not refund you under any circumstance. This is not the norm with subscription-based services, but it is with SkillShare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was trying to get better at video shooting and editing. I didn't really get a ton of benefit. I learned some things no doubt, but the quality wasn't what I expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Marketing and Advertising
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What do you like best about Skillshare?

I have used other online learning services like Masterclass in the past. Those can be entertaining since they are hosted by celebrities, but they can edge towards philosophical and storytelling rather than hands-on demonstrations. Skillshare's classes tend to be more demonstrative in nature and I think I have gotten more value out of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

The quality in Skillshare courses can vary. Most are very good, but sometimes you have to sift through a couple of courses on the same topic to find one that is a good fit and actually teaches what you are hoping to learn. As a result, sometimes combing through the catalog can get a little tedious. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

Get the free trial offered by many YouTubers and podcasters to watch a course and see if you get enough value to subscribe regularly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a freelance photographer, I have used Skillshare to level up my skills in all aspects of my business. This includes the creative aspects of photography like lighting, technique, etc., but also the business aspects of building a portfolio, how to negotiate with clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aditi M.
AM
SDE 3
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Skillshare?

The platform is focused more on the creative industry and self-help domain. Graphic designers, painters, and lifestyle artists will find the platform really helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

The platform doesn't have any quality content for the technical domain. Also, any particular course doesn't cover the full length and breadth of the topic. Short-length course leads to fragmented learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

If you want to explore a different domain and don't have too much time to invest, Skillshare is the platform for you. It covers a large number of domains with short-length courses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rishav R.
RR
Graphic Designer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Skillshare?

For years we needed a proper platform for the beginners and new creators to learn skills useful for their career and profession. I grew up in a country where education system don't let you explore your true intrests and talents, and focus majorly on learning old methods which could get you in a job to secure life. but many people today including me want to learn what they truly want and enjoy their life while earning good. And thats why someothing like skill share is doing great job in helping people find their true talents and push their limit by educating them what truly matters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

If there was only skillshare doing the job it does, there wouldn't have been a dislike, but there are many similar applications and there is Youtube, the biggest and most challenging competition of skillshare and likewise applications, which teaches everything for free, is in way better quality, have a community of millions and is up to date in every tutorial you need.

Taking about cons of skills share here are few:

1. Lack of certification to prove the complete learning. (Not necessary but can be provided)

2. Annoying ads popping up now and then.

3. Tutorials of many software are not up to date.

4. Poor video quality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

Okay, so what I'm going to say next will be from a designer's point of view. I don't know what skill you are going to learn at skillshare, but this is from my experience, which was neutral. I didn't find anyhting which I was missing from the largest video platform in the world - Youtube! and I will stick to it for now!

But maybe you want to learn something different, which people on youtube are not teaching efficiently, and for that you can give skillshare

a try. Happy Learning! Best Of Luck! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am a self-learned graphic designer and use over 10+ apps for my professional projects and artworks. , Most of them I learned from youtube, which never disappointed me. Everything I needed was right there at one click of a button, though the problem was everything seemed scattered. All bits and pieces of information were here and there.

I heard the name of skillshare in early 2020 by their youtube ads focusing on artists and designers, and I thought, let's give it a try! why not? Maybe i will find something helpful, and I was right. Everything was great, brilliant teachers, great set of courses, affordable prices, and even free trials.

But nothing was amazing, it was good but not mind-blowing. I was solving all these problems already with Youtube. The only benefit was that it was organized and separate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Swopon K.
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Graphic Designer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Skillshare?

The best thing is I can enroll in all the courses after subscription. That makes me free from buying the courses individually. I love its interactive courses for learning graphic design and going freelance. My homepage always comes with courses related to my interests. Also, their 60 days trial is really appreciable. However, it's a library of various types of courses that can take my skills to the next level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

I have no complaint against Skillshare's services. I'm really happy with whatever they're offering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a freelance graphic designer, I always need to update my design skills and Skillshare is providing a lot of tutorials that are really essential to sustain in the graphic design field. Also, it gives me a listing feature and I can simply look over my learning summary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Krittika M.
KM
Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Skillshare?

- The variety and quality of classes available

- The structure of classes, easy to follow through

- Website UI/UX

- The way they support teachers + payment systems

- Suscription Plan Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

- The mobile/Ipad app doesn't support certain features like class projects.

- They're very particular about bugs, I've accidentally had my account reported and occasionally my skillshare account disappears. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skillshare:

- I would recommend you get an yearly subscription and make the most of it! It's also cheaper in the long run... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

- When I was starting out as a designer, I picked up all software skills through Skillshare.

- Excellent website to understand how top designers are working and what they're doing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nishit C.
NC
Senior Software engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Skillshare?

1. Short courses with to the point content

2. Subscription-based platform, can access all the courses at once

3. We can create our own courses into the platform

4. Taking notes is a really easy feature Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skillshare?

1. Quality of courses are not so great and

2. Courses are generally created by some non-experts

3. Not so great community which shares their work or skills

4. Don't cover wide areas of skills and knowledge Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skillshare solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. Cover larger domains of skills and knowledge

2. Community is not great. Need to work on that.

3. A lot of courses are literally very short to provide relevant knowledge Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.