vs Comparison

Academia.edu vs YouTube

Who’s behind each, what their homepages track, what they cost and how often their policies changed, measured the same way for both. By what they offer, they’re very close.

Academia.edu

A commercial platform where researchers upload and share academic papers, build profiles, and follow others' work; reading is free, while downloads require registration and extra features (analytics, advanced search) require a paid premium subscription.

YouTube

A video-sharing service where users watch, upload and share videos, including short-form clips, live streams and music, with paid subscriptions for ad-free viewing.

Company
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Part of google.com
Registered in
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Online since
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Audience
Top 1K
Top 100
Trackers on the homepage
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  • Third-party embeds: Google Fonts
Ad trackers
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None
Cookie banner
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Prices
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Last price change
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Privacy policy changes
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Terms changes
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Open positions
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Trackers are what each homepage loads before cookie consent; changes count since we started checking each site weekly. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.