Social distancing and physical distancing policies to minimize the spread of Covid-19 encourage all elements of education to activate classes even though schools are closed. Research with this title has a formulation of the problem, namely how is online learning at SMAN 2 Takengon in 2020 and what are the difficulties experienced by students in learning online at SMAN 2 Takengon in 2020. The purpose of this research is to analyze the implementation of online learning at SMAN 2 Takengon in 2020, and find out the difficulties experienced by students in economics class XI in 2020. This study used a descriptive qualitative method. Based on the data analysis carried out, it was concluded that online learning at SMAN 2 Takengon uses media that makes it easier for students to take part in learning and to know the difficulties experienced by class XI students at SMAN 2 Takengon. The results of this study prove that there are difficulties in learning Economics in class XI SMAN 2 Takengon. Which consists of several factors, namely signal technical obstacles in the form of an unstable network and students' inability to learn online, students are less focused when the teacher explains, students are less prepared in terms of learning the material.