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

 AY 2016/17 Pageviews Unique Visitors AY 2017/18 Pageviews Unique Visitors 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 3,607,204 89,529
Jan-17 5,871,879 115,784 Jan-18 6,154,315 103,474 Jan-19 5,761,723 103,181
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 44,759
Safari 23,887
Edge 14,245
Internet Explorer 12,248
Safari (in-app) 3,472
Firefox 2,684
Android Webview 1,057
Samsung Internet 810
Opera 273
Android Browser 140
Amazon Silk 76
UC Browser 21
‘Mozilla 20
Puffin 9
(not set) 6
YaBrowser 6
Mozilla Compatible Agent 5
BlackBerry 4
Maxthon 4
SeaMonkey 3
Playstation 4 2
Coc Coc 1
Opera Mini 1

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Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?

Type of Device Number of Sessions
Computer 654,236
Mobile 63,560
Tablet 20,814


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Operating System

Operating System Number of Users
Windows 61,958
iOS 18,847
Macintosh 15,617
Android 6,262
Linux 458
Chrome OS 373
(not set) 38
BlackBerry 7
Tizen 3
Xbox 3
Playstation 4 2
Windows Phone 2
FreeBSD 1

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Country/ Territory

Country/Territory Unique Visitors
United Kingdom 97,761
China 1,038
Malaysia 890
United States 704
Ecuador 408
Germany 406
Spain 358
France 333
(not set) 215
Italy 206
Singapore 181
Hong Kong 170
Greece 146
Netherlands 132
Cyprus 124
Ireland 120
Bulgaria 114
India 112
Romania 111
Thailand 111
Saudi Arabia 93
Mexico 91
Canada 89
Norway 80
United Arab Emirates 79
Switzerland 73
Poland 73
Austria 65
Japan 57
Belgium 54
Jersey 53
Portugal 53
Hungary 47
Nigeria 44
Sweden 44
Turkey 37
Australia 35
Indonesia 34
Morocco 34
Kenya 33
Estonia 30
Russia 30
Taiwan 30
South Korea 29
South Africa 29
Brazil 28
Ukraine 27
Czechia 26
Denmark 25
Vietnam 23
Cambodia 21
Lithuania 21
Guernsey 20
Lebanon 20
Pakistan 20
Bahrain 19
Ghana 19
Finland 17
Slovakia 17
Egypt 16
Oman 16
Barbados 15
Albania 13
Sri Lanka 13
Jordan 12
Croatia 11
Iceland 11
New Zealand 11
Philippines 11
Argentina 10
Kuwait 10
Trinidad & Tobago 10
Tanzania 10
Bermuda 9
Chile 9
Luxembourg 9
Mauritius 9
Bangladesh 8
Qatar 8
Uganda 8
Latvia 7
Zambia 7
Antigua & Barbuda 6
Botswana 6
Georgia 6
Cayman Islands 6
Slovenia 5
Kosovo 5
Belarus 4
Colombia 4
Dominican Republic 4
Iran 4
Liberia 4
Malta 4
Nepal 4
Panama 4
Brunei 3
Cape Verde 3
Gibraltar 3
Myanmar (Burma) 3
Serbia 3
Sierra Leone 3
Uruguay 3
Zimbabwe 3
Andorra 2
Azerbaijan 2
Ethiopia 2
Guam 2
Israel 2
Iraq 2
St. Lucia 2
Moldova 2
Macau 2
Northern Mariana Islands 2
Senegal 2
Tunisia 2
Uzbekistan 2
Angola 1
Bolivia 1
Belize 1
Costa Rica 1
Algeria 1
Faroe Islands 1
Kazakhstan 1
Macedonia (FYROM) 1
Maldives 1
Malawi 1
Nicaragua 1
Peru 1
Palestine 1
Réunion 1
Sudan 1
South Sudan 1
Turks & Caicos Islands 1
Tajikistan 1
St. Vincent & Grenadines 1
Venezuela 1
U.S. Virgin Islands 1

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Top 10 Screen Resolutions of devices used to access Blackboard

Top 10 Screen Resolutions Number of Sessions
1366×768 139,270
1440×900 132,385
1920×1080 87,533
1536×864 76,695
1280×800 65,691
1280×720 55,425
375×667 21,965
1680×1050 18,959
768×1024 12,029
1280×1024 10,424

Average Page Load Time

Those on the Southampton University network experienced a 1.07 second average page load time.
Those accessing from within the UK experienced a 1.62 second average page load time.
The worldwide average page load time was 1.73 seconds.

Country Avg. Page Load Time (sec)
Ukraine 0.67
Belgium 1.12
Georgia 1.28
Ireland 1.36
Portugal 1.43
Switzerland 1.51
Austria 1.59
United Kingdom 1.62
Norway 1.83
Denmark 1.87
Netherlands 1.88
Guernsey 1.91
Sweden 1.96
Qatar 2.07
Morocco 2.11
United Arab Emirates 2.33
Israel 2.33
Romania 2.34
Germany 2.37
Latvia 2.4
Bulgaria 2.54
Croatia 2.65
Finland 2.72
Iceland 2.9
France 2.95
Czechia 2.98
Saudi Arabia 3.09
Cyprus 3.1
Spain 3.28
Jordan 3.33
Barbados 3.39
Canada 3.46
Hungary 3.57
Japan 3.95
Italy 4.08
Nigeria 4.11
Tunisia 4.11
(not set) 4.26
Turkey 4.29
Vietnam 4.33
Bahrain 4.37
Jersey 4.41
South Africa 4.55
Serbia 4.69
South Korea 4.8
Mexico 4.92
Thailand 5.05
Slovenia 5.25
Brazil 5.31
Cambodia 5.32
Maldives 5.44
Trinidad & Tobago 5.52
United States 5.58
Ethiopia 5.68
Malaysia 5.77
Singapore 5.79
Russia 5.92
New Zealand 6.14
Poland 6.52
Pakistan 6.86
Slovakia 7.1
China 7.29
Kosovo 7.45
Kenya 7.45
Nepal 7.58
Hong Kong 7.75
Argentina 7.79
Bangladesh 7.84
Zambia 8.97
Estonia 9.38
Greece 9.43
Tanzania 9.6
India 9.8
Sri Lanka 10.29
Albania 10.7
Ecuador 10.75
Chile 11.1
Myanmar (Burma) 11.7
Taiwan 11.76
Kuwait 13.44
Oman 17.13
Algeria 22.96
Philippines 23.66

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