Traffic

Site Traffic Rank 3 Mo. Rank Change
Boundless Learning 13,870 +25,473
CK-12 42,509 -13,713
Connexions 65,175 +9,220
Gooru 197,419 +406,467
Khan Academy 1,705 +1,580
OER Commons 180,841 +204,508
PhET 5,152 +5.081
Red Hat 3,303 +470
Kahn Academy and PhET show how to build an audience with OER.

Notes

Let's take a quick look at the traffic rankings for some of the largest OER collections, with Red Hat, perhaps the preeminent open source company, included for comparison. The educational sites have respectable numbers with the more commercially oriented Boundless Learning leading the traffic race. Apparently marketing is effective for OER. After Khan Academy, Red Hat, and PhET there is a sharp drop off in traffic. There is still considerable room for growth, and no one organization has a commanding presence in the OER marketplace.