Academia.edu has built and is expanding the premier distribution and peer review platform for academic research. Guided by our mission to democratize and accelerate the world’s research, Academia aims to make every academic paper ever published available for free online and accessible by anyone in the world. This is just the start of our long-term vision and we are growing fast! Academia’s platform has registered more than 210 million users (still growing at 2M monthly), and has many millions of unique visitors every month, including over 30M logged-in monthly active users (MAU). We have over 300,000 paying premium subscribers, which has contributed to us being profitable YOY the last five years in a row. Academia has attracted $62 million in investment from leading VC firms including Khosla Ventures, True Ventures, Spark Capital, and Tencent. Our work has garnered favorable attention from trade and mainstream media including UK Times, Fortune, Wired, EdTech, Venture Beat, San Francisco Business Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, TechCrunch, Scientific American, and Forbes. Academia is a proud equal-opportunity employer, and we are committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. *NOTE: LinkedIn is incorrect. As of January 2023, we are only ~72 employees and ~38 Engineers.
View Top Employees from Academia.eduWebsite | http://www.academia.edu |
Revenue | $12.5 million |
Funding | $52.2 million |
Employees | 434 (434 on RocketReach) |
Founded | 2008 |
Address | 580 CALIFORNIA STREET, San Francisco, California 94104, US |
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Industry | Internet Publishing, Search Engines & Internet Portals, Analytics, Media & Internet, Data and Analytics, Education, Higher Education, Information Technology, Internet, Internet Services, Social Media, Media and Entertainment |
Web Rank | 631 |
Web Visits | 89 Million |
Keywords | Academia, Academia.Edu, Academia Edu, Şevket Özcan Academia, Yelda Aydın Türk |
SIC | SIC Code 274 Companies, SIC Code 27 Companies |
NAICS | NAICS Code 61 Companies, NAICS Code 51 Companies, NAICS Code 611 Companies, NAICS Code 519 Companies, NAICS Code 5191 Companies |
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The Academia.edu annual revenue was $12.5 million in 2024.
Jason Kellerman is the Chief Product Officer and Chief Growth Officer of Academia.edu.
434 people are employed at Academia.edu.
Academia.edu is based in San Francisco, California.
The NAICS codes for Academia.edu are [61, 51, 611, 519, 5191].
The SIC codes for Academia.edu are [274, 27].