Google Analytics and University of Southampton Blackboard service

Google Analytics (GA) is turned on within a number of MLE sites including Blackboard and Panopto. In the interest of openness we will share a number of pieces of analytical data with the community. Note that some data is from a smaller sample size and may not reflect 100% of users.

For Blackboard these stats are:

  1. Unique Visitors / Page Views
  2. Users per hour of day heat map
  3. Engagement
  4. Browsers
  5. Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?
  6. Operating System
  7. Location (Country)
  8. Top 10 Screen Resolutions
  9. Average Page Load Time

 

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This report is based on 100% of sessions.

 

Unique Visitors / Page Views

Unique Visitors AY 2016/17 Pageviews Unique Visitors AY 2017/18 Pageviews AY 2018/19 Pageviews Unique Visitors
Aug-16 1,118,715 39,938 Aug-17 1,334,441 42,795 Aug-18 1,533,301 46,195
Sep-16 1,360,189 54,542 Sep-17 1,452,975 53,834 Sep-18 1,644,592 54,103
Oct-16 6,521,998 154,651 Oct-17 7,175,132 152,500 Oct-18
Nov-16 6,272,166 159,587 Nov-17 6,570,628 147,321 Nov-18
Dec-16 3,894,788 112,740 Dec-17 3,894,281 96,321 Dec-18
Jan-17 5,871,879 115,784 Jan-18 6,154,315 103,474 Jan-19
Feb-17 4,924,927 132,587 Feb-18 5,166,916 115,722 Feb-19
Mar-17 4,510,635 120,837 Mar-18 3,717,158 95,054 Mar-19
Apr-17 2,905,829 84,454 Apr-18 3,923,311 97,548 Apr-19
May-17 6,097,974 124,097 May-18 5,999,899 113,918 May-19
Jun-17 1,330,411 54,780 Jun-18 1,415,966 51,283 Jun-19
Jul-17 1,129,327 40,381 Jul-18 1,322,435 43,868 Jul-19


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Users per  hour of day heat map


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Engagement (how much time visitors spend using Blackboard)


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Browsers

Browser Number of Users
Chrome 22,889
Safari 14,508
Edge 6,359
Internet Explorer 5,891
Firefox 1,818
Safari (in-app) 1,377
Android Webview 409
Samsung Internet 271
Opera 147
Android Browser 64
Amazon Silk 33
UC Browser 18
Mozilla Compatible Agent 16
Maxthon 6
SeaMonkey 5
YaBrowser 5
Coc Coc 4
Opera Mini 4
(not set) 3
BlackBerry 3
U 1

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Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?

Type of Device Number of Sessions
Computer 138,212
Mobile 25,355
Tablet 5,749


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Operating System

Operating System Number of Users
Windows 29,752
iOS 10,117
Macintosh 10,041
Android 3,242
Chrome OS 238
Linux 224
(not set) 26
BlackBerry 3
FreeBSD 2
Windows Phone 2

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Country/ Territory

Country/Territory Unique Visitors
United Kingdom 49,424
China 1,553
United States 482
Germany 381
Malaysia 345
Spain 251
France 237
Italy 180
Singapore 165
Hong Kong 159
Greece 148
Saudi Arabia 128
Cyprus 120
Canada 114
India 113
Ireland 107
Mexico 100
Thailand 94
Japan 73
Netherlands 68
Romania 67
Bulgaria 64
Portugal 64
Turkey 62
Australia 61
Poland 61
Nigeria 60
Norway 60
United Arab Emirates 59
Jersey 58
Taiwan 37
Switzerland 34
Ecuador 34
Brazil 32
Austria 31
Russia 31
Sweden 29
Hungary 28
Belgium 27
Denmark 27
Czechia 26
Indonesia 26
Estonia 25
Lebanon 25
Ghana 23
South Korea 22
Kenya 21
Vietnam 21
Bahrain 20
Guernsey 19
Croatia 19
Qatar 18
(not set) 18
Botswana 17
Slovakia 17
South Africa 17
Lithuania 16
Ukraine 14
Egypt 13
Brunei 12
Kuwait 12
Latvia 12
Jordan 11
Morocco 11
Sri Lanka 10
Oman 10
Pakistan 10
Mauritius 9
Chile 7
Iran 7
Luxembourg 7
New Zealand 7
Trinidad & Tobago 7
Barbados 6
Colombia 6
Georgia 6
Macau 6
Uruguay 6
Zambia 6
Bangladesh 5
Iceland 5
Philippines 5
Bermuda 4
Finland 4
Gibraltar 4
Israel 4
Iraq 4
Kazakhstan 4
Myanmar (Burma) 4
Malta 4
Slovenia 4
Zimbabwe 4
Antigua & Barbuda 3
Argentina 3
Azerbaijan 3
Bosnia & Herzegovina 3
Costa Rica 3
Cambodia 3
St. Lucia 3
Nepal 3
Serbia 3
Tanzania 3
Uganda 3
Armenia 2
Cuba 2
Dominican Republic 2
Guatemala 2
Isle of Man 2
Lesotho 2
Montenegro 2
Macedonia (FYROM) 2
Peru 2
Puerto Rico 2
Palestine 2
Turks & Caicos Islands 2
Anguilla 1
Bolivia 1
Caribbean Netherlands 1
Bahamas 1
Belarus 1
Cook Islands 1
Cape Verde 1
Djibouti 1
Ethiopia 1
French Guiana 1
Guinea 1
Honduras 1
Jamaica 1
Cayman Islands 1
Maldives 1
Malawi 1
Namibia 1
Panama 1
French Polynesia 1
Papua New Guinea 1
Rwanda 1
Sudan 1
South Sudan 1
El Salvador 1
Tajikistan 1
Turkmenistan 1
Tonga 1

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Top 10 Screen Resolutions of devices used to access Blackboard

Top 10 Screen Resolutions Number of Sessions
1366×768 30,352
1440×900 25,918
1920×1080 19,264
1280×800 14,980
1536×864 11,834
375×667 10,093
1280×720 9,958
1280×1024 6,130
1680×1050 4,710
360×640 4,178

Average Page Load Time

Those on the Southampton University network experienced a 1.24 second average page load time.
Those accessing from within the UK experienced a 1.73 second average page load time.
The worldwide average page load time was 2.00 seconds.

Country Avg. Page Load Time (sec)
(not set) 0.94
Gibraltar 1.49
United Kingdom 1.73
Denmark 1.77
Guernsey 1.8
Belgium 1.81
Austria 1.88
Serbia 1.98
Jersey 1.99
France 2.11
Germany 2.2
Turkey 2.4
Croatia 2.44
Bulgaria 2.46
Ecuador 2.56
Estonia 2.87
Portugal 2.88
Czechia 3.09
Netherlands 3.11
Spain 3.28
Canada 3.38
Switzerland 3.43
Norway 3.47
Romania 3.5
Poland 3.57
Sweden 3.61
Israel 3.82
Italy 3.9
Cyprus 3.92
Greece 3.93
Lithuania 4.22
Ukraine 4.29
Jordan 4.36
Oman 4.5
Slovenia 4.6
Russia 4.63
South Korea 5.25
Malaysia 5.3
Ethiopia 5.45
Pakistan 5.46
United Arab Emirates 5.57
Mexico 5.58
Azerbaijan 5.59
Singapore 6.03
Chile 6.22
Barbados 6.22
Taiwan 6.53
Saudi Arabia 6.69
Iran 6.72
India 6.73
Zambia 6.81
United States 6.94
Lebanon 7.01
Japan 7.08
Finland 7.52
New Zealand 7.64
Ireland 7.73
Australia 8.14
Nigeria 8.17
Ghana 8.43
Uruguay 8.71
Egypt 9.07
Botswana 9.21
Thailand 9.24
Philippines 9.3
Brazil 9.61
Hong Kong 9.67
Colombia 11.09
Qatar 11.49
China 12.14
South Africa 14.72
Indonesia 16.63
Myanmar (Burma) 17.74
Macau 18.92
Mauritius 23.34
Latvia 28.02
Brunei 33.98

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