Academia

Social knowledge sharing platform for research scholars

placeSan Francisco, California, United States calendar_todayFounded 2008 groups87 employees language academia.edu

Registered entities

Reputation

Customer rating 1.2 / 5 across 840 reviews.

Web presence

Audience by country — top 5 markets by share of visits.

CountryShare
United States15.1%
Brazil6.8%
India5.9%
Turkey5.6%
Italy4.9%

Social engagement

Social engagement: 22.9K social following, 10 posts in the last 12 months — below the industry typical range.

Investor mix

18 investors on record; lead investors include Spark Capital, SPARK Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Tencent.

Investor typeCountShare
Venture capital950%
Private equity16%
Accelerator & incubator211%
Bank & private debt16%
Other / undisclosed528%

Share of voice

Share of voice in United States: 43.7% of web traffic across its competitive set; worldwide: 47.4%.

Hiring activity

Hires periodically

4 roles tracked across 4 of the last 12 months

7 Apr 2026 · Staff Product Designer

26 Mar 2026 · Senior Director of FP&A

5 Dec 2025 · Senior Business Analyst · San Francisco

Based on job postings tracked across public sources.

Recent activity

21 May 2026
Milestone
regulatory
19 Feb 2026
Milestone
regulatory
Coming soon