🆚 Google Scholar vs. Scribd

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Science and research platform
Social media platform

About

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.

Scribd is a digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents.

It offers offline reading and listening, highlights and personal notes, curated browsing with editorial and algorithmic recommendations, and custom lists of titles.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free version ✔️Ad supported, no downloads
Premium$9.99/month

Categories

Science And Research › Rank #1
Science And Research › Rank #6
Social Media › Rank #53
Ebooks › Rank #4

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Google Scholar science and research platform is 6 times more popular than Scribd.
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 Scribd is more popular in Greece, Romania, and Moldova.
United States
Germany
Vietnam
Indonesia
India
United Kingdom
Spain
Ukraine
Netherlands
Canada

Awards

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 Scribd is more commonly used on general news, entertainment, and real estate sites.
Education/Reference
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Personal Pages
Health
Internet Services
General News
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#21,777
#23,426
#27,309
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Rank
#14,189
#41,923
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See also

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