semanticscholar.org Statistics 2026: Traffic, Revenue & Rankings

Semantic Scholar is an AI powered research tool for searching and exploring scientific literature. People use it to find papers and authors, review citation and reference links, and navigate paper pages for key details. It also offers Semantic Reader, an augmented reading experience that provides citation information in context for researchers and students.

semanticscholar.org usage statistics

• Overall AI rank: #14 of 1270 tools
• Research and Science rank: #1 of 14
• Cisco Umbrella rank: 9,839
• Tranco rank: 3,317
• 30-day traffic growth: +4.4%
• Share of AI web traffic: 0.78%
• Revenue: $205.8M revenue (FY2024, Allen Institute for AI)
• Pricing: Free

Rankings use the independent Tranco domain-popularity list, with Cisco Umbrella as a fallback for domains not listed by Tranco. Updated daily.

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