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:

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 100% of sessions. Unique Visitors / Page Views
“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“Back to Top”Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?
“Back to Top”Operating System“Back to Top”Country/ Territory“Back to Top”Top 10 Screen Resolutions of devices used to access BlackboardAverage Page Load TimeThose on the Southampton University network experienced a 1.20 second average page load time.
Those accessing from within the UK experienced a 1.70 second average page load time.
The worldwide average page load time was 1.80 seconds.“Back to Top”

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 5,928,671 130,958
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
Browser Number of Users
Chrome 54,124
Edge 24,794
Safari 24,734
Internet Explorer 19,341
Safari (in-app) 3,501
Firefox 2,760
Android Webview 1,129
Samsung Internet 462
Opera 243
Android Browser 155
Amazon Silk 66
UC Browser 22
Puffin 13
Mozilla Compatible Agent 11
‘Mozilla 9
Maxthon 9
YaBrowser 4
SeaMonkey 3
BlackBerry 2
Opera Mini 2
(not set) 1
Coc Coc 1
Type of Device Number of Sessions
Computer 668,379
Mobile 68,021
Tablet 21,610
Operating System Number of Users
Windows 89,042
iOS 18,964
Macintosh 16,120
Android 5,919
Linux 636
Chrome OS 386
(not set) 24
Windows Phone 9
BlackBerry 4
FreeBSD 2
Country/Territory Unique Visitors
United Kingdom 125,622
Malaysia 1,122
China 1,034
United States 652
Germany 321
Spain 222
Ecuador 216
France 173
Saudi Arabia 158
Singapore 125
India 104
Thailand 102
Mexico 96
Netherlands 96
Bahrain 94
Ireland 94
Italy 85
Hong Kong 81
(not set) 61
Greece 52
Norway 48
United Arab Emirates 47
Japan 47
Turkey 43
Sweden 41
Jersey 40
Canada 39
Australia 35
Nigeria 35
Taiwan 34
Portugal 31
Belgium 30
Cyprus 29
Switzerland 28
Indonesia 28
Ukraine 28
Poland 27
Romania 26
Austria 25
Denmark 25
Czechia 22
South Korea 22
Bulgaria 17
Ghana 17
Kenya 17
Brazil 16
Hungary 16
Vietnam 15
Guernsey 14
Qatar 14
Russia 14
Estonia 12
Chile 11
Botswana 10
Colombia 10
Myanmar (Burma) 9
Philippines 9
Pakistan 9
Egypt 8
Finland 8
Iceland 8
Jordan 8
Lebanon 8
Morocco 8
Oman 8
South Africa 8
New Zealand 7
Mauritius 6
Trinidad & Tobago 6
Croatia 5
Iran 5
Kazakhstan 5
Sri Lanka 5
Lithuania 5
Luxembourg 5
Zambia 5
Argentina 4
Brunei 4
Costa Rica 4
Israel 4
Slovenia 4
Slovakia 4
Uganda 4
Zimbabwe 4
Kuwait 3
Latvia 3
Uruguay 3
Azerbaijan 2
Barbados 2
Isle of Man 2
Iraq 2
Jamaica 2
Cambodia 2
Malta 2
Palestine 2
Serbia 2
Tunisia 2
Tanzania 2
Antigua & Barbuda 1
Bangladesh 1
Bermuda 1
Algeria 1
Ethiopia 1
Grenada 1
Georgia 1
St. Kitts & Nevis 1
Cayman Islands 1
St. Lucia 1
Lesotho 1
Macedonia (FYROM) 1
Montserrat 1
Malawi 1
Namibia 1
Nepal 1
Peru 1
Rwanda 1
Sudan 1
Kosovo 1
Top 10 Screen Resolutions Number of Sessions
1366×768 143,113
1440×900 133,582
1920×1080 96,002
1536×864 70,367
1280×800 64,406
1280×720 53,612
1680×1050 29,346
375×667 24,980
1280×1024 13,892
768×1024 12,125
Country Avg. Page Load Time (sec)
(not set) 1.06
Denmark 1.17
Switzerland 1.36
Sweden 1.38
United Kingdom 1.7
Jersey 1.73
Austria 1.83
Malta 2.1
Czechia 2.14
Germany 2.14
Bulgaria 2.35
Russia 2.38
Italy 2.48
Poland 2.48
Norway 2.56
Nepal 2.89
Qatar 2.93
France 3
Jordan 3.03
Japan 3.03
Philippines 3.2
Iceland 3.24
Ireland 3.24
Belgium 3.4
Pakistan 3.61
Cyprus 4.36
Netherlands 4.4
Finland 4.44
Canada 4.44
Ethiopia 4.45
Mexico 5.05
United Arab Emirates 5.27
Thailand 5.56
Spain 5.59
Nigeria 5.64
Ukraine 5.71
Turkey 5.91
Malaysia 5.94
Costa Rica 6
United States 6.01
Bahrain 6.09
Saudi Arabia 6.26
Taiwan 6.59
Uganda 6.76
India 7.38
South Korea 7.48
Indonesia 7.79
Singapore 8.31
Hong Kong 8.6
Chile 9.49
Romania 10.32
New Zealand 10.77
China 10.92
Myanmar (Burma) 11.5
Zambia 13.29
Portugal 16.24
Ecuador 16.99
Brazil 18.73
Algeria 18.78
Greece 20.29

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