What are OPEN BADGES?
Badge Count Report 2025
The use of Open Badges is growing worldwide.
See the results of the 2025 survey conducted by 1EdTech and Credential Engine, presenting data on the number and types of badges offered to learners, highlighting an expanding marketplace shaped by millions of badges, tens of thousands of issuing organizations, and widespread adoption across education, workforce development, and lifelong learning.
Open Badges is the world's leading format for digital badges. Open Badges is not a specific product or platform, but a type of digital badge that is verifiable, portable, and packed with information about skills and achievements.
Open Badges can be issued, earned, and managed by using a certified Open Badges platform.
Want to build new technologies to issue, display, or host Open Badges? The Open Badges standard is a free and open specification available for adoption.
DISCOVER THE OPEN BADGES ECOSYSTEM
As an earner, you can…
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Demonstrate skills and accomplishments, often by submitting evidence, by earning Open Badges.
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Claim Open Badges when issued to you.
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Collect your Open Badges in a portfolio or backpack to tell your story.
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Share your Open Badges on social media and with your community.
As an issuer, you can…
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Break learning down into small chunks.
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Recognize learning based on proficiency.
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Award Open Badges for completion of microcredentials
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Gauge and retain talent.
As a developer, you can…
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Design verifiable recognition of learning.
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Track learner engagement and scale resources.
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Create tools to issue, display, and host Open Badges.
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Certify conformance to the Open Badges standard.