Academia
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.
According to our data, Academia is the 5th most popular science and research platform on the web.
It has 15.2% of the science and research market share and is detected on 0.02% of all websites.
It is especially popular in the United States, appearing on 0.03% of all websites in the country.
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Academia is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Science And Research
- Rank: 5
- Market share: 15.2%
- Social Media
- Rank: 45
- Market share: 0.05%
🏆 Academia Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Spain in the Science And Research category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Science And Research category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Science And Research category.
- ⬆️ 23rd most popular in Spain in the Social Media category.
- ⬆️ 34th most popular in the United States in the Social Media category.
- ⬆️ 36th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Social Media category.
⚡ Sites Using Academia
We have data on 1,000 websites that use the Academia science and research platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Academia is academia.edu.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | academia.edu |
#311 | United States | English |
| 2 | #5,887 | Italy | Italian | |
| 3 | #7,422 | Romania | Romanian | |
| 4 | #13,365 | Romania | Romanian | |
| 5 | #19,704 | Indonesia | Indonesian | |
| 6 | #27,478 | Turkey | Turkish | |
| 7 | #48,713 | Indonesia | Indonesian | |
| 8 | #65,478 | Singapore | English | |
| 9 | #70,037 | Algeria | Arabic | |
| 10 | #76,886 | English | ||
| 11 | #77,721 | India | English | |
| 12 | #86,240 | Greece | Greek | |
| 13 | #109,157 | Brazil | Portuguese | |
| 14 | #118,491 | Spain | English | |
| 15 | #119,122 | Italy | English | |
| 16 | #119,974 | English | ||
| 17 | #125,291 | Saudi Arabia | Arabic | |
| 18 | #126,633 | United States | American English | |
| 19 | #131,355 | Spain | Spanish | |
| 20 | #137,074 | India | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Academia:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Education/Reference category.
Most of the sites using Academia are from the United States, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 23.3%
- Spain 6.5%
- United Kingdom 6%
- Vietnam 5.7%
- Iran 5.4%
- Italy 5.4%
- Germany 4.9%
- India 4.2%
- France 3.6%
- Other 35%
Most Academia users speak English, Spanish, or Vietnamese.
- English 59.6%
- Spanish 8.2%
- Vietnamese 5.3%
- Italian 3.8%
- Persian 3.3%
- German 3%
- French 2.7%
- Portuguese 2.5%
- Turkish 2%
- Other 9.6%
The Academia science and research platform is especially popular on .com, .org, and .net top-level domains.
- .com 42.5%
- .org 14.3%
- .net 6.2%
- .ir 3.8%
- .de 2.7%
- .it 2.2%
- .eu 1.6%
- .edu 1.4%
- .es 1.4%
- Other 23.9%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Academia include education and reference, business, and blogs and wiki.
- Education/Reference 28.8%
- Business 13.5%
- Blogs/Wiki 10.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 6.7%
- Internet Services 2.5%
- Health 2.5%
- Entertainment 2.5%
- Major Global Religions 2.5%
- Religion/Ideology 2.5%
- Other 28.1%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Academia from?
Academia is from San Francisco, California, United States.
Can I use Academia for free?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
Which country uses Academia the most?
The majority of Academia users are from the United States.
Who uses Academia?
According to our data, Academia is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as treccani.it,
ubbcluj.ro, and
unibuc.ro.
Is Academia used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by icisleri.gov.tr.
Do academic institutions use Academia?
Yes. The most prominent of these are uii.ac.id,
unusa.ac.id, and
gulf.edu.sa. Overall, we know of 14 academic websites in the United States that use Academia.
How does Academia compare to its competitors?
Academia is a moderately popular science and research platform, ranking ahead of 6 other science and research platforms we track.
What are the alternatives to Academia?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Academia may include 
ResearchGate, 
Scribd, and 
Google Scholar.
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 4,001,723 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.