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# Our Readership and Reach
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/our-readership-and-reach/
- Published: 2007-12-05T17:12:42.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:43:59.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:49

openDemocracy’s Readership and Reach  
**Overview**  
  
openDemocracy has over 3.5 million unique views per year (that is, over 3.5 million different computers per year access openDemocracy), with 1 million repeat visitors per year.  
  
We have 230,000 links on the web pointing to the site, and 2,300 of those coming from a “.edu” (US academic) domain. We have 650 links from Wikipedia.  
  
SEOmoz, the web-site ranking service, give openDemocracy a “visibility” score of 8.5/10, corresponding to “one of the best-known websites in your field”.  
  
There is a loyal core of about 150,000 visitors who spend significant time on the site, reading multiple articles and returning weekly.   
  
**Email reach**

openDemocracy has an opt-in email list of about 45,000 members who have asked to be kept informed about openDemocracy and receive articles from us. We send 3 editorial emails per week and achieve a click-through rate of 15%, which is very high by email-list standards.   
  
**Geographical reach**

openDemocracy’s readership

USA - 25%  
UK - 25%  
Rest of Europe - 25%  
Asia, Africa, Latin America - 25%  
  
**Educated background**  
  
The readership is highly educated, with 96% having a university education, and 60% a postgraduate education. The age-range is balanced between students, professionals and retirees. Occupationally, there are a large number of lawyers, accountants, civil-servants, students and media professionals. Respondents cite “Independence” and “Belief in Mission” as the reason for supporting openDemocracy.  
  
**Influence**  
  
openDemocracy's readers are influential: 4% are in government, 4% involved in drafting legislation, 6% professionally involved in influencing policy making, 15% involved in media commentary and 29% regularly asked for their opinion on political topics. That is a total of 60% of readers are "influencers" at some level.