The EdTech Top 40:

K–12 edtech engagement

With a larger dataset and a new approach to the report, the Edtech Top 40 is back for the 2025-2026 school year. Technology remains a foundational part of modern teaching and learning, offering powerful tools to engage students and help them achieve more. Download the report to see what’s new, which tools are leading the way, and trends to watch around personalized learning, content and assessment tools, AI, and more.

What’s different this year?

This year, we changed how we look at the data. Instead of tracking general web traffic, the Edtech Top 40 now analyzes the most frequently launched Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) applications inside Canvas by Instructure. The new framework focuses on the student experience in the LMS and allows expanded research into lifelong learning and international perspectives for the first time.

Representative data to inform your edtech choices

This year's findings draw from over 12.6 million K–12 users accessing Canvas LMS LTI tools between September 2025 and April 2026, including:

11.1 million students
618,000 educators
1,000 LTIs

The LMS is a high-intent hub

Districts juggle dozens of tools at the institutional level, but individual students and teachers interact with just four LTIs on average. The LMS, then, helps districts keep digital teaching and learning focused.

Purpose-built for education

General consumer tools make up a small portion of LTIs in the LMS. The vast majority of the top tools are designed specifically to solve educational problems, and more than half the tools in this year's top 40 have documented proof of impact—13 points higher than the broader edtech market.