Free EdTech Platform Publishes Peer-Reviewed Research Showing Blooket Has Overtaken Kahoot in Educator Interest

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- BingWow (https://bingwow.com), a free AI-powered bingo card platform for classrooms and events, has published two peer-reviewed research papers on SSRN (Elsevier), revealing that Blooket surpassed Kahoot in Google search interest for the first time in January 2026 -- a finding with implications for the $340 billion global EdTech market.

The EdTech Engagement Report (SSRN Abstract 6566559, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6566559) analyzes seven years of Google Trends data across 20 educational technology tools, using Hedges' g effect sizes to measure engagement differences. Key findings include:

- Blooket's search interest grew 6,300% from 2019 to 2026, overtaking Kahoot in January 2026 for the first time since the platform launched
- Gimkit showed the highest year-over-year growth rate among classroom quiz tools, suggesting a fragmenting EdTech engagement market
- Virtual team building search interest remains 340% above pre-COVID baseline levels, indicating sustained demand for remote engagement tools

A companion HR Team Building Report (SSRN Abstract 6632200) examines bingo-based team building trends in the corporate workplace, finding a Hedges' g effect size of 0.822 for gamification interventions on employee engagement metrics. The HR report also documents that bingo-related search interest has increased 127% since 2020, driven by remote workforce demand for low-friction synchronous activities.

Both reports include interactive charts licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), available for download and embedding with attribution. The full datasets covering 20 EdTech tools and 12 team-building platforms are downloadable as CSV files for independent verification by researchers and journalists.

BingWow is completely free, requires no signup or account, and includes AI bingo card generation, live real-time multiplayer gameplay for up to 20 players per room, a bingo caller with voice announcer and visual flashboard, and printable bingo cards with validation codes. The platform is listed in the ISTE EdTech Index and cited in three Wikipedia articles.

Founded by Forrest Miller, a Brown University graduate, BingWow operates on a free-forever model with no advertising and no premium tiers.

Full reports: https://bingwow.com/blog/edtech-engagement-report-2026

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BingWow is a free AI-powered bingo platform serving classrooms, corporate teams, event planners, and senior activity directors. Founded in 2024 by Brown University graduate Forrest Miller, BingWow generates custom bingo cards from any topic in 10 seconds using AI, supports real-time multiplayer for up to 20 players per room, includes a complete digital bingo caller with voice announcement and visual flashboard, and produces printable 75-ball number cards with unique validation codes.

The platform is listed in the ISTE EdTech Index, cited in three Wikipedia articles (Kahoot!, Gamification of learning, Draft:Blooket), and has published two peer-reviewed studies on SSRN analyzing EdTech engagement trends and corporate team-building data. BingWow is completely free with no advertising, no signup required, and no premium tiers.

Website: https://bingwow.com

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