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:
- Unique Visitors / Page Views
- Users per hour of day heat map
- Engagement
- Browsers
- Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?
- Operating System
- Location (Country)
- Top 10 Screen Resolutions
- 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 | 6,709,932 | 137,447 |
| 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 |
Users per hour of day heat map
Engagement (how much time visitors spend using Blackboard)
Browsers
| Browser | Number of Users |
| Chrome | 53,113 |
| Safari | 28,024 |
| Edge | 25,706 |
| Internet Explorer | 21,017 |
| Safari (in-app) | 3,999 |
| Firefox | 2,904 |
| Android Webview | 1,264 |
| Samsung Internet | 494 |
| Opera | 265 |
| Android Browser | 194 |
| Amazon Silk | 79 |
| UC Browser | 40 |
| Puffin | 17 |
| Mozilla Compatible Agent | 13 |
| ‘Mozilla | 10 |
| Maxthon | 6 |
| Opera Mini | 5 |
| (not set) | 4 |
| YaBrowser | 4 |
| SeaMonkey | 3 |
| BlackBerry | 2 |
| Coc Coc | 1 |
| IE with Chrome Frame | 1 |
| Sogou web spider | 1 |
Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?
| Type of Device | Number of Sessions |
| Computer | 656,947 |
| Mobile | 78,502 |
| Tablet | 27,382 |
Operating System
| Operating System | Number of Users |
| Windows | 90,559 |
| iOS | 22,516 |
| Macintosh | 16,307 |
| Android | 6,695 |
| Linux | 697 |
| Chrome OS | 407 |
| (not set) | 32 |
| Windows Phone | 10 |
| BlackBerry | 4 |
| UNIX | 3 |
| Xbox | 2 |
| FreeBSD | 1 |
Country/ Territory
| Country/Territory | Unique Visitors |
| United Kingdom | 133,151 |
| Malaysia | 1,211 |
| China | 1,090 |
| United States | 507 |
| Germany | 301 |
| Spain | 212 |
| France | 204 |
| Singapore | 122 |
| Mexico | 120 |
| India | 104 |
| Thailand | 104 |
| Ireland | 95 |
| United Arab Emirates | 89 |
| Italy | 81 |
| Hong Kong | 74 |
| Netherlands | 69 |
| (not set) | 68 |
| Australia | 60 |
| Greece | 60 |
| Saudi Arabia | 60 |
| Canada | 59 |
| Bahrain | 58 |
| Japan | 49 |
| Norway | 48 |
| Turkey | 45 |
| Romania | 41 |
| Nigeria | 38 |
| Portugal | 36 |
| Belgium | 34 |
| Sweden | 34 |
| Taiwan | 32 |
| Jersey | 31 |
| Poland | 29 |
| Switzerland | 28 |
| Ukraine | 27 |
| South Korea | 26 |
| Austria | 25 |
| Bulgaria | 25 |
| Botswana | 24 |
| Denmark | 23 |
| Brazil | 22 |
| Russia | 21 |
| Cyprus | 20 |
| Czechia | 19 |
| Ghana | 19 |
| Kenya | 19 |
| Indonesia | 16 |
| New Zealand | 16 |
| Qatar | 16 |
| Vietnam | 16 |
| South Africa | 16 |
| Hungary | 15 |
| Jordan | 15 |
| Colombia | 14 |
| Estonia | 14 |
| Latvia | 11 |
| Barbados | 10 |
| Lebanon | 10 |
| Finland | 9 |
| Pakistan | 9 |
| Croatia | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | 7 |
| Luxembourg | 7 |
| Oman | 7 |
| Philippines | 7 |
| Guernsey | 6 |
| Slovenia | 6 |
| Slovakia | 6 |
| Tanzania | 6 |
| Zambia | 6 |
| Brunei | 5 |
| Kuwait | 5 |
| Lithuania | 5 |
| Malta | 5 |
| Argentina | 4 |
| Chile | 4 |
| Egypt | 4 |
| Isle of Man | 4 |
| South Sudan | 4 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 3 |
| Ecuador | 3 |
| Ethiopia | 3 |
| Iraq | 3 |
| Iceland | 3 |
| Maldives | 3 |
| Malawi | 3 |
| Peru | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 |
| Cameroon | 2 |
| Jamaica | 2 |
| Morocco | 2 |
| Macedonia (FYROM) | 2 |
| Mauritius | 2 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 2 |
| Uganda | 2 |
| Uruguay | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Anguilla | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 1 |
| Bermuda | 1 |
| Belize | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 |
| Algeria | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 |
| Gibraltar | 1 |
| Guatemala | 1 |
| Israel | 1 |
| Iran | 1 |
| Cambodia | 1 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 |
| St. Lucia | 1 |
| Lesotho | 1 |
| Mali | 1 |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 1 |
| Macau | 1 |
| Palestine | 1 |
| Réunion | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 |
| Seychelles | 1 |
| Senegal | 1 |
| Somalia | 1 |
| Syria | 1 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | 1 |
Top 10 Screen Resolutions of devices used to access Blackboard
| Top 10 Screen Resolutions | Number of Sessions |
| 1366×768 | 142,936 |
| 1440×900 | 132,591 |
| 1920×1080 | 92,941 |
| 1536×864 | 66,513 |
| 1280×800 | 64,604 |
| 1280×720 | 52,050 |
| 1680×1050 | 29,519 |
| 375×667 | 28,734 |
| 768×1024 | 15,905 |
| 1280×1024 | 15,118 |
Average Page Load Time
Those on the Southampton University network experienced a 1.11 second average page load time.
Those accessing from within the UK experienced a 1.66 second average page load time.
The worldwide average page load time was 1.78 seconds.
| Country | Avg. Page Load Time (sec) |
| Israel | 0.89 |
| Switzerland | 1.12 |
| Serbia | 1.37 |
| Ukraine | 1.61 |
| United Kingdom | 1.66 |
| Belgium | 1.69 |
| Sweden | 1.76 |
| Latvia | 1.78 |
| Ireland | 2.13 |
| Austria | 2.15 |
| Luxembourg | 2.18 |
| Romania | 2.24 |
| Netherlands | 2.58 |
| Finland | 2.62 |
| Greece | 2.68 |
| Denmark | 2.69 |
| (not set) | 2.7 |
| Poland | 2.71 |
| Italy | 2.79 |
| Philippines | 2.95 |
| Norway | 2.96 |
| Germany | 3.2 |
| Czechia | 3.23 |
| Lebanon | 3.44 |
| Portugal | 3.63 |
| Cyprus | 3.93 |
| South Korea | 4.09 |
| Botswana | 4.09 |
| Canada | 4.26 |
| Spain | 4.43 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4.56 |
| France | 4.57 |
| Malaysia | 4.68 |
| Tanzania | 4.7 |
| Croatia | 4.76 |
| Jordan | 4.81 |
| Azerbaijan | 4.89 |
| Zambia | 5.3 |
| Turkey | 5.4 |
| Mexico | 5.46 |
| Bulgaria | 5.64 |
| Thailand | 5.69 |
| United States | 5.95 |
| Hong Kong | 6.21 |
| Russia | 6.46 |
| Bahrain | 6.72 |
| Australia | 6.77 |
| Japan | 7.2 |
| Algeria | 7.5 |
| India | 7.89 |
| Singapore | 8.64 |
| Nigeria | 8.85 |
| Taiwan | 8.93 |
| Vietnam | 10.27 |
| Kuwait | 11.11 |
| Qatar | 12.39 |
| China | 12.95 |
| Saudi Arabia | 13.24 |
| Ethiopia | 13.91 |
| Colombia | 18.29 |
| Indonesia | 18.93 |
| Iceland | 29.5 |
| Slovakia | 30.22 |
| New Zealand | 32.01 |