Academia.edu

In-app purchases

4.6

106K reviews

1M+

Downloads

PEGI 3

About this app

Get the world’s largest open access library in your pocket with the Academia mobile app.

Use the app to:
- Discover and read new research
- Save papers in Library and read them later in-app or on desktop
- See who is reading your papers and profiles
- Search for scholarly research on thousands of topics
- Find and connect with like-minded scholars
- See what friends and colleagues are working on

Academia.edu has over 23 million academic papers to explore from by millions of researchers around the world. Download the app to access your Academia.edu account whenever and wherever your curiosity strikes.

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Academia.edu Terms of Use: https://www.academia.edu/terms

Updated on

Oct 8, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

This app may share these data types with third parties

App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs

This app may collect these data types

Personal info, App activity and 2 others

Data is encrypted in transit

You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7

102K reviews

S Drews

December 12, 2025

Easy to navigate research resource. Files don't take long to open. Allows users to save documents to their own online library or download. The only reason it's rated 4 stars is that it does not always have recent research available. Some studies on here are unable to be used for papers as they are too old (5-10 yrs).

8 people found this review helpful

John C. Algar

November 3, 2025

Although I installed Academia a long time ago, I have been most frustrated as an independent history researcher to seemingly not be able to gain access to any of the open-source "23 million" papers. Because of the latter, I've only given one star, although should a workaround solution that works for me, be suggested and found to be operational, I'm sure that more stars would then be awarded!

1 person found this review helpful

Lake Fett

September 20, 2023

Requires $100 for premium for the year with no monthly subscription model available. Makes this difficult to access for the average person who may have $10-15/month to spare to further their education but doesn't have $100 to throw at something 'non-essential'. Would have subscribed. Doesn't even offer a 7 day free trial at the very minimum before committing to $98 annual fee. Pass.

201 people found this review helpful