academia.edu
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Business details
- Founded
- 2008
- Places to visit
- 2 places
- Domain age
- 27 years
- Address
- 251 Kearny St, suite 520, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA
- Email address
- Not found
- Phone number
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- Website
- academia.edu
- Social media
- Not found
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Is academia.edu legit and trustworthy? Truth score 80 out of 100, high truth signals: 7 of 10 public checks clear, 2 not found, 1 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: no rating found yet.
academia.edu's website address ends .edu, which only accredited US colleges and universities can hold; Educause checks each one. Its website address was registered 27 years ago. It is among the 5,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar). It has 888 reviews on Trustpilot. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. We could not find what its website says, social media profiles, an email address or a phone number.
Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.
Positives
- Its website address ends .edu, which only accredited US colleges and universities can hold; Educause checks each one.
- Its website address was registered 27 years ago.
- It is among the 5,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar).
- 888 reviews on Trustpilot.
- No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.
Not found
- Website details information was not found from our checks.
- Social presence information was not found from our checks.
- Email address information was not found from our checks.
- Phone number information was not found from our checks.
What they offer
2 places
Numbers are places close together. Positions from OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Who they are
Company detailsFounded in 2008 (Wikipedia)
- Where the company is based
- Not stated with its address
- Industry
- social networking service
- Founded
- 2008
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 27 years ago
- Its website address ends .edu, which only accredited US colleges and universities can hold; Educause checks each one
- Domain age
- 27 years
- Domain ending only a vetted kind of organisation can hold
- .edu: only accredited US colleges and universities can hold one; Educause checks each one
- Registered to
- Academia
- Registered address
- 251 Kearny St, suite 520, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA
Website detailsWe could not check what its website says: the website asks automated checkers not to read it.
nothing recorded
Reputation and track record
Customer reviews888 reviews on Trustpilot
| Platform | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot | Unknown | 888 |
| SmartCustomer | Not found | |
| G2 | Not found | |
| Capterra | Not found | |
| Reviews.io | Not found | |
| Feefo | Not found | |
| Trustindex | Not found | |
| Not checked |
Visitor trafficIt is among the 5,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)
- Real people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months
- Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
- Popularity among Chrome users
- top 5,000 sites
- First known user traffic
- Feb 2021 or earlier
- Months with real traffic, of the last 24
- 24
- Traffic pattern
- sustained
- Rank jump in the last 12 months
- none
- Rank drop in the last 12 months
- none
- Popularity across the internet
- top 5,000 sites
Web history, truth checks and authorityFound: wikipedia page
- Wikipedia page
- yes
- First check80Nothing earlier to compare with
Social presenceWe could not check how big its social media following is.
nothing recorded
Safety
Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.
- Malware or phishing threat status
- None
Data breach historyNo known data breach involving the company
- Known data breaches found
- 0
Domain and email securityIts email is protected: mail forged in its name goes to spam
- MX records
- Yes
- SPF record
- Yes
- DKIM key
- Yes
- DMARC record
- Yes
- DMARC policy
- quarantine
- Security certificate browsers warn about
- No
- Certificate issuer
- Amazon
- Certificate type
- DV
- Certificate expires
- 29 Mar 2027
- Nameservers
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