Academia.edu

Our mission is to accelerate and democratize the world's research because scientific discovery is based on it, and scientific discovery benefits everyone. With over 180M free registered users and nearly half of the world’s academics using our platform every month, we are in a unique position to disrupt the $25B academic publishing industry. Our users range from researchers, academics, industry professionals and college students, with over 300,000 paying premium subscribers, contributing to a doubling in revenue over the last four years.