About The Student Room

As the world’s largest student community, The Student Room is THE place that 14-26 year olds meet to get support, socialise, discuss and proactively research their academic choices, career decisions and every other aspect of life.

Our knockout facts and figures

• The largest student site in the world*
• 4.5 million unique users per month provide the student insight you need**
• 830,000 registered members***
• 35,000+ forum posts per day***
• Members aged mainly 14-26 with a growing mature student market
• Fully moderated social media by a team of 50+ volunteers
• 17 career forums including a free CV helper service
• 30 academic forums covering GCSE, IB, A-Level, Degree and Postgrad
• 89 university specific forums
• 39 university course forums & dedicated UCAS application forum
• The perfect place to market to students

*Google Trends June 2011, **Google Analytics June 2011, *** Internal site stats June 2011

Why young people use The Student Room?

To be part of the large vibrant student network
“The Student Room is a very active forum covering most things a student would want to talk about”- TSR user, RihannaB

To get help with their studies
“A cool site with a lot of the smart kids from all over the country gathered in one place talking about how to do well in exams.”- TSR user, Anon

To get confidential help and support from others going through the same things
“Somewhere where you can get help from students in similar situations and where you can discuss all different aspects of life i.e academia, personal parts of life.”- TSR user, DiamondsAreForever

To decide what to study and at what university

“In the beginning I did not know much about Universities apart from their rankings in the league tables but TSR taught me to be aware of other important factors”- Wahidur Rahman, 17

To get help finding a job and wider career decisions
“A helpful friendly site with loads of information on not only universities but careers as well. As well as a useful section for school work/exam help and a great place to just relax.”- TSR user, duck412

“The best thing about TSR was the interactivity, I can ask questions and compare experiences and share opinions”- Rushda Khan, 22

To get advice on fashion, laptops and other popular student purchases
“I used to go through the fashion threads quite a lot, and if I saw a piece of clothing/pair of shoes that I liked I sometimes went out and tried it myself. Another thread influenced my choice of laptop.”- TSR user, whitepearlbaby

“I saw an advert for Endsleigh Insurance on TSR and used it for all 3 years of my undergraduate study, I probably recommended Endsleigh to about 30 people”- Daniel Williams, 21

To debate/argue/chat/flirt/procrastinate
“A good website to satisfy a variety of itches! Whether you want information on health, relationships, university courses, finance or just want to contribute to the community. It’s a website that manages to cater for everyone”- TSR user, Sakura-Chan