
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
ExplainPaper records 26,016 monthly visits with -39.3% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. ReadPaper Importer records 0 monthly visits with — growth and Free pricing.
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| Official Domain | explainpaper.com | chromewebstore.google.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Free |
| Monthly Visits | 26.02K (26,016) | 0 (0) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -16.81K (-39.3%) | 0 (—) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (28.1%) | 🌐 Global (—) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 9.69K | 0 |
| User Rating | 4 | 4.5 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Browser Extension |
Highlight dense research text and get plain-language explanations instantly
Select any confusing sentence or term and receive an immediate plain-language explanation that accounts for the rest of the paper.
Shift the reading level from beginner-friendly to expert-detail so the explanation matches your background.
Ask questions and get answers grounded in the document's actual content, with references back to the relevant sections.
Produce a smart outline, key-point extraction, and concept relationship views without reading the entire paper first.

Save academic PDFs to your ReadPaper library straight from the browser
The extension senses PDF files as you browse journals, preprint servers and course pages, and imports them to your ReadPaper account with a single click.
Every imported paper lands in a library you can sort into folders and tag, so related work stays grouped and easy to find again.
Read papers inside an AI-assisted reader that is designed to speed up comprehension of dense academic text.
Structured metadata and knowledge-graph search help you explore papers across fields and follow connections between them.

A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field

AI research platform for reading, understanding and writing scientific papers
AI research platform for reading, understanding and writing scientific papers
AI sidebar and browser agent for reading, writing and research
AI sidebar and browser agent for reading, writing and research
Chat with any PDF, video, or website and get cited answers in seconds
Highlight the web, learn in public, and build your AI clone
Highlight the web, learn in public, and build your AI clone

Map the literature around the papers you love—free
Map the literature around the papers you love—free
Explore the academic literature as a visual graph of related papers
Explore the academic literature as a visual graph of related papers

Screen thousands of papers down to the studies that matter
Screen thousands of papers down to the studies that matter
AI-powered platform to read, write, and stay current with research

One AI agent for finding, reading and writing with real research
One AI agent for finding, reading and writing with real research
AI summaries and study guides for scientific papers
AI summaries and study guides for scientific papers
AI research workspace for searching, reading and connecting papers
AI research workspace for searching, reading and connecting papers