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		dogruck on Oct 24, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sci-Hub: Public access to research papers Interesting. Any way to get data on active new user numbers over time? Regardless, Sci-Hub launched in 2011 and has been frequently discussed in the media since then.

stevemclaugh on Oct 24, 2017 [–]

The only data we have are the 2015-16 download logs posted by Elbakyan and a reporter for 'Science.' At the time they had 28 million+ downloads over 6 months. I truly hope no more logs are released (at least not with that level of detail).

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