Academia.edu

Summary

Academia.edu is a social networking service^[1]. Academia.edu draws 374 Wikipedia views per month (social_networking_service category, ranking #29 of 83).^[2]

Key Facts

• Academia.edu is in the country of United States^[3].
• Academia.edu's instance of is recorded as social networking service^[4].
• Academia.edu's instance of is recorded as document repository^[5].
• Academia.edu's instance of is recorded as website^[6].
• Academia.edu's instance of is recorded as academic publisher^[7].
• Academia.edu's founder is recorded as Richard Price^[8].
• Academia.edu's logo image is recorded as Academia.edu logo.svg^[9].
• Academia.edu's logo image is recorded as Academia.edu large brand.png^[10].
• Academia.edu's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco^[11].
• Academia.edu's collection is recorded as Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace^[12].
• Academia.edu's collection is recorded as Text Analysis Portal for Research^[13].
• Academia.edu's has use is recorded as digital capturing^[14].
• Academia.edu's has use is recorded as collaboration^[15].
• Academia.edu's has use is recorded as discovery^[16].
• Academia.edu's has use is recorded as publishing^[17].
• Academia.edu's has use is recorded as gathering^[18].
• Academia.edu's has use is recorded as communication^[19].
• Academia.edu's has use is recorded as disseminating^[20].
• Academia.edu's has use is recorded as sharing^[21].
• Academia.edu's Commons category is recorded as Academia.edu^[22].
• Academia.edu's industry is recorded as social networking service^[23].
• Academia.edu's industry is recorded as educational technology^[24].
• Academia.edu's industry is recorded as academic publishing^[25].
• +2008-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Academia.edu^[26].
• Academia.edu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b_zsbv^[27].

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Founding

Academia.edu's founder is recorded as Richard Price^[8]. +2008-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Academia.edu^[26].

Operations

Academia.edu's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco^[11].

Industry

Industries include social networking service^[23], educational technology^[24], and academic publishing^[25].

Why It Matters

Academia.edu draws 374 Wikipedia views per month (social_networking_service category, ranking #29 of 83).^[2] Academia.edu has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Academia.edu is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]