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

 

This data does not include those users who block Google Analytics. If you wish to stop your web usage from being tracked by Google Analytics and other web bugs and trackers install Privacy Badger. If you are interested in making your browser as secure and untrackable as possible take a look at this guide.

This report is based on 96.82% of sessions.

 

Unique Visitors / Page Views

AY 2015/16 Pageviews Unique Visitors AY 2016/17 Pageviews Unique Visitors AY 2017/18 Pageviews Unique Visitors
Aug-15 908,2210 34,381 Aug-16 1,118,715 39,938 Aug-17 1,334,441 42,795
Sep-15 1,869,793 68,374 Sep-16 1,360,189 54,542 Sep-17 1,452,975 53,834
Oct-15 6,149,036 155,524 Oct-16 6,521,998 154,651 Oct-17 7,175,132 152,500
Nov-15 5,594,199( 144,724 Nov-16 6,272,166 159,587 Nov-17 6,570,628 147,321
Dec-15 3,296,209 92,243 Dec-16 3,894,788 112,740 Dec-17 3,894,281 96,321
Jan-16 5,409,387 116,719 Jan-17 5,871,879 115,784 Jan-18
Feb-16 3,679,304 107,707 Feb-17 4,924,927 132,587 Feb-18
Mar-16 3,631,786 112,531 Mar-17 4,510,635 120,837 Mar-18
Apr-16 3,627,533 105,747 Apr-17 2,905,829 84,454 Apr-18
May-16 4,899,246 109,310 May-17 6,097,974 124,097 May-18
Jun-16 941,705 50,548 Jun-17 1,330,411 54,780 Jun-18
Jul-16 889,209 43,021 Jul-17 1,129,327 40,381 Jul-18


“Back to Top”

Users per  hour of day heat map


“Back to Top”

Engagement (how much time visitors spend using Blackboard)


“Back to Top”

Browsers

Browser Number of Users
Chrome 38,977
Safari 22,755
Edge 16,235
Internet Explorer 11,511
Firefox 3,095
Safari (in-app) 2,019
Android Webview 608
Samsung Internet 507
Android Browser 350
Opera 206
Amazon Silk 96
UC Browser 31
SeaMonkey 23
Maxthon 17
Coc Coc 11
IE with Chrome Frame 8
Mozilla Compatible Agent 6
YaBrowser 3
Opera Mini 2
BlackBerry 1
Puffin 1

“Back to Top”

Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?

Type of Device Number of Sessions
Computer 447,732
Mobile 50,625
Tablet 16,751


“Back to Top”

Operating System

Operating System Number of Users
Windows 59,857
iOS 16,547
Macintosh 14,240
Android 5,086
Linux 381
Chrome OS 283
Windows Phone 18
Xbox 17
(not set) 13
BlackBerry 5
Tizen 3

“Back to Top”

Country/ Territory

Country/Territory Unique Visitors
United Kingdom 91,295
China 1,388
Malaysia 972
Germany 490
France 437
United States 409
Spain 392
Singapore 324
Italy 315
Cyprus 196
Ireland 169
Hong Kong 162
Greece 155
Romania 151
Netherlands 143
India 133
United Arab Emirates 126
Thailand 125
Bulgaria 117
Norway 105
Canada 93
Belgium 84
Saudi Arabia 84
Poland 78
Turkey 77
Switzerland 76
Australia 74
Austria 70
Portugal 68
Sweden 57
(not set) 48
Hungary 45
Taiwan 42
Lebanon 41
Morocco 39
Nigeria 39
Brazil 38
Jordan 35
Russia 35
Vietnam 35
Estonia 34
Guernsey 34
Mexico 34
Jersey 33
Kenya 33
Czechia 32
Indonesia 32
Japan 32
Denmark 31
Iceland 29
South Africa 29
Lithuania 28
Egypt 27
Slovakia 27
Colombia 26
Oman 25
South Korea 24
Bermuda 22
Finland 21
Ukraine 20
Ghana 19
Kuwait 19
Malta 18
New Zealand 17
Barbados 15
Bahrain 15
Latvia 15
Trinidad & Tobago 15
Gibraltar 14
Iran 14
Philippines 14
Azerbaijan 13
Croatia 12
Macau 12
Qatar 12
Sri Lanka 11
Mauritius 11
Pakistan 10
Brunei 9
Chile 9
Luxembourg 9
Myanmar (Burma) 9
Zambia 7
Bangladesh 6
Costa Rica 6
Kazakhstan 5
St. Lucia 5
Serbia 5
Andorra 4
Ecuador 4
Guinea-Bissau 4
Kiribati 4
Peru 4
Slovenia 4
Tanzania 4
Uganda 4
Israel 3
Moldova 3
Seychelles 3
Sudan 3
Tunisia 3
Afghanistan 2
Caribbean Netherlands 2
Botswana 2
Cameroon 2
Cape Verde 2
Dominican Republic 2
Algeria 2
Gabon 2
Jamaica 2
Nicaragua 2
Turks & Caicos Islands 2
Uzbekistan 2
Antigua & Barbuda 1
Angola 1
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1
Belarus 1
Cuba 1
Djibouti 1
Ethiopia 1
Grenada 1
Georgia 1
Guatemala 1
Iraq 1
Cayman Islands 1
Lesotho 1
Monaco 1
Montenegro 1
Mongolia 1
Maldives 1
Mozambique 1
Nepal 1
Panama 1
Paraguay 1
Rwanda 1
Svalbard & Jan Mayen 1
Senegal 1
El Salvador 1
Sint Maarten 1
Swaziland 1
Turkmenistan 1
Uruguay 1
Venezuela 1
Zimbabwe 1

“Back to Top”

Top 10 Screen Resolutions of devices used to access Blackboard

Top 10 Screen Resolutions Number of Sessions
1366×768 121,981
1440×900 74,116
1280×800 59,148
1920×1080 55,631
1536×864 36,672
1280×720 26,268
375×667 21,250
1680×1050 18,656
768×1024 11,396
360×640 11,355

Average Page Load Time

Those on the Southampton University network experienced a 1.09 second average page load time.
Those accessing from within the UK experienced a 1.56 second average page load time.
The worldwide average page load time was 1.77 seconds.

Country Avg. Page Load Time (sec)
Belgium 0.86
Jersey 1.12
Hungary 1.48
Lithuania 1.49
Finland 1.52
Russia 1.55
United Kingdom 1.56
Croatia 1.72
Gibraltar 1.72
Switzerland 1.79
Sweden 1.95
Austria 2.05
Guernsey 2.16
Norway 2.21
Slovakia 2.24
Poland 2.27
Netherlands 2.33
Bulgaria 2.33
Germany 2.38
Iraq 2.43
Luxembourg 2.45
United Arab Emirates 2.49
Italy 2.53
Malta 2.54
Jordan 2.63
Ireland 2.88
Uzbekistan 2.89
Canada 3.05
Portugal 3.06
Czechia 3.07
Greece 3.11
Bermuda 3.13
Cyprus 3.17
Israel 3.22
Spain 3.35
United States 3.47
Colombia 3.48
Azerbaijan 3.76
Turkey 3.78
Saudi Arabia 3.97
Iceland 4
Mozambique 4.1
France 4.38
Singapore 4.59
Ukraine 4.74
Maldives 4.74
Malaysia 4.85
Egypt 4.87
(not set) 4.89
Ecuador 5.02
Thailand 5.07
Romania 5.62
Hong Kong 5.69
South Africa 5.7
Oman 5.9
India 5.96
Taiwan 5.97
Nicaragua 6.07
Lebanon 6.14
Indonesia 6.47
Australia 7.34
Mexico 7.68
Morocco 7.76
Philippines 8.27
China 8.49
New Zealand 9.19
Vietnam 10.71
Cuba 11.45
Kuwait 11.63
Kenya 11.7
Bahrain 11.96
Denmark 12.36
Nigeria 13.63
Brazil 15.62
Ghana 18.22
Japan 19.22
Barbados 23.23
Chile 34.29
St. Lucia 130.06
Sudan 146.47

“Back to Top”