Academia.edu is an online platform that enables academics and researchers to share their scholarly papers and research with a global audience. Founded in 2008, the website serves as a social networking site for academics, facilitating the dissemination of research and collaboration within the academic community. Users can upload papers, follow other researchers, track analytics for their work, and engage with a range of disciplines. Academia.edu aims to make academic research more accessible and to accelerate the world's research. The platform is widely used by scholars to increase the visibility and impact of their work.