🆚 Academia vs. Google Scholar

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Google Scholar is three times more popular than Academia.
🌎 Google Scholar is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Vietnam.
🌍 Academia is more popular in Spain, Italy, and Belgium.

Academia

Google Scholar

Type

Science and research platform

About

Academia.edu is a social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide.

It hosts over 55 million papers and more than 300 million registered users, allows uploading and downloading articles, supports following researchers and topics, and offers premium features such as advanced analytics, personal website, and search alerts and filters.

Google Scholar is a free scholarly search engine that indexes articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court cases from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

academia.edu #360

scholar.google.com

Pricing

Free version ✔️

Academia PremiumVaries by country
USA$499/year

Free ✔️

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Google Scholar science and research platform is 2.7 times more popular than Academia.

Total websites

Market share

Science And Research

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Scholar is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Vietnam, while Academia is more popular in Spain, Italy, and Belgium.

United States

Germany

Vietnam

Indonesia

India

United Kingdom

Spain

France

Italy

Iran

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Science And Research category.
🥈 Second most popular in Vietnam in the Science And Research category.
🥈 Second most popular in India in the Science And Research category.
🥈 Second most popular in Iran in the Science And Research category.

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in India in the Science And Research category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Scholar is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, business, and blogs and wiki, while Academia is more commonly used on entertainment, online shopping, and politics and opinion sites.

Education/Reference

Business

Blogs/Wiki

Marketing/Merchandising

Health

Personal Pages

Software/Hardware

Technical/Business Forums

Internet Services

Sports