Site Statistics
140 million visits by 100 million visitors from virtually every country.
OCW is accessed by a broadly international population of educators and learners.
MIT OpenCourseWare averages 1 million visits each month; translations receive 500,000 more.
Visitors from all over the world use OpenCourseWare:
Our audience is divided among students, educators, and self-learners:
MIT OpenCourseWare is being successfully used for a wide range of purposes.
| Use Scenario | % of Use | |
|---|---|---|
| Educators | Improve personal knowledge | 31% |
| Learn new teaching methods | 23% | |
| Incorporate OCW materials into a course | 20% | |
| Find reference material for my students | 15% | |
| Develop curriculum for my department or school | 8% | |
| Students | Enhance personal knowledge | 46% |
| Complement a current course | 34% | |
| Plan a course of study | 16% | |
| Self Learners |
Explore areas outside my professional field | 40% |
| Review basic concepts in my professional field | 18% | |
| Prepare for future course of study | 18% | |
| Keep current with developments in my field | 17% | |
| Complete a work-related project or task | 4% | |
MIT OpenCourseWare has already had significant impact and visitors expect even greater impact in the future.
- 80% of visitors rate OCW's impact as extremely positive or positive; 91% expect that level of future impact.
- 96% of educators say the site has/will help improve courses.
- 96% of visitors would recommend the site.
Learn more about MIT OpenCourseWare's impact
2011 Report summary (PDF)
2009 Report summary (PDF)
2005 Report summary (PDF)
2005 Full evaluation report (PDF - 15MB)
Learn more about MIT OpenCourseWare's monthly statistics on publication, web traffic, and feedback.
Mirror Sites
The OCW Mirror Site Program provides free copies of the OCW website to educational organizations with limited or prohibitively costly internet access.
