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When was academia.edu built?

Analyzed 26 October 2026. Re-analyze

Estimated launch

January 2007

Medium confidenceLikely range: July 2006 – January 2007

There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.

Website age
~20 years
From estimated launch
Domain registered
Not found
First evidence
January 2007
Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
Current version
Between October and November 2025
Possible major redesign

History at a glance

The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.

Domain registeredLikely launch rangeWebsite onlineMajor change

Timeline

  1. July 2006 – January 2007

    Estimated launch

    Based on: first archived copy of the website.

    Medium confidenceView evidence

  2. Between January 2007 and March 2011

    Possible major redesign

    The page layout changed a lot. Homepage title changed.

    Medium confidenceBeforeAfter

  3. Between March 2011 and February 2015

    Possible major redesign

    The page layout changed a lot. Homepage title changed.

    Medium confidenceBeforeAfter

  4. Between January 2019 and December 2022

    Possible major redesign

    The page layout changed a lot.

    Not certainBeforeAfter

  5. Between October and November 2025

    Possible major redesign

    The page layout changed a lot. Homepage title changed.

    Medium confidenceBeforeAfter

Built with today

This website asks crawlers not to fetch its homepage, so we only used historical evidence.

Why we think it launched in 20074 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
  • First archived copy of the website: January 2007.

  1. January 2007

    First archived copy of the website

    The earliest successful snapshot of the homepage showing real website content in the Internet Archive.

    The estimate is based on thisInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source

  2. March 2011

    Google Analytics first seen

    Google Analytics appears in archived copies of the site from this date.

    Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)

  3. February 2015

    jQuery first seen

    jQuery appears in archived copies of the site from this date.

    Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)

  4. December 2022

    Google Tag Manager first seen

    Google Tag Manager appears in archived copies of the site from this date.

    Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)

What we checked

  • Domain registry (RDAP)Checked, nothing found
  • Internet Archive indexChecked
  • Live websiteUnavailable
  • Archived page comparisonChecked

233 months of archived homepage copies; 14 compared in detail (sampling was cut short). BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work

Domain registrationNo registration record

No public registration record was found.

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