Why Spanish Never Falls from #2 Among Foreign Language Learners

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While trekking near Pikey Peak in Nepal, I found myself speaking Spanish for hours with a German woman and a Chilean man — even though we also shared German and English. That moment perfectly captured what statistics alone can’t explain.

For me, Spanish isn’t just an abstract global language.
It was my second language from childhood, growing up in South Florida among Cuban communities who had fled the revolution. At eighteen, I went on to study in Colombia at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, where I studied Latin American literature and began my wider polyglot journey.

In this video, I explore: why Spanish is almost always the #2 most studied foreign language in the world
how 580+ million speakers and over 20 countries shape its global reach
where Spanish is taught most in schools and universities
why Spanish functions as a global travel and diaspora language
how studying other languages through Spanish deepened my understanding of it and how Spanish compares with German, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in this series

Spanish doesn’t rely on hype, predictions, or institutions alone.
It keeps working — on the road, in daily life, and between people who’ve never met before.

This video is part of a series on how and why language learning changed between 2016 and 2026, grounded in real travel, lived experience, and long-term observation.

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Tim Keeley, a seasoned professor and language enthusiast, brings four decades of experience living in Japan and mastering multiple Asian languages as well as many European languages.

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