Worldwide Statistics: How Students and Educators Use Z-Library
It's no secret that the most active users of our library are students and staff from various universities. We wanted to learn more about this and have collected statistics showing which educational institutions use Z-Library and how they use it.
How did we separate one university user from another? For data collection and analysis, we decided to rely on the domain zone where users' email addresses are located. For example, an email like "*@utoronto.ca" allows us to assume with a high degree of confidence that this is an employee or student of the University of Toronto.
During the collection of statistics, we discovered that Z-Library is currently used by more than 600,000 students and teachers from over 30,000 educational institutions (universities, colleges, and schools) worldwide! These values, and the numbers in the graphs are a low estimate since not all users give their university email addresses when registering. However, the obtained statistics should be relatively accurate. Also, due to the large number of users from China, we decided to combine the largest universities of this country into one line. *We highlighted Taiwan due to the significant number of our users located there. There are no political reasons involved.
P.S. It should be noted that when compiling statistics, we excluded all data related to the United States due to illegal arrest of two Russian citizens on suspicion of involvement in Z-Library. However, despite the pressure exerted by the FBI, we strive to continue our work and hope that an increasing number of universities will continue to use Z-Library in their educational activities!
Unfortunately, one of our primary login domains was seized today. Therefore, we recommend using the domain singlelogin.re to log in to your account, as well as to register. Please share this domain with others.
You can also restore access to your account or create a new one using our magic email address. Just send any letter from your mailbox to this email blackbox@zlib.se, and you will receive your personal access to Z-Library in the auto-generated letter within 3–5 minutes.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your patience 🙏
P.S. TOR and I2P networks are still accessible.
After our story about plans to create an exchange service for paper versions of books, we received a huge number of responses and valuable comments regarding this idea. Thank you for such active feedback! Among the comments, there were a large number of questions and criticisms, which we have addressed and will try to answer now.
1. Why do we need Z-Point at all when you can arrange book exchanges directly between users?
The vast majority of book exchange services work so that the interaction between those who are willing to share a book and those who request it happens directly. This is easier in terms of implementation, but in many cases doesn't work. For example, you may move from one apartment to another and have nowhere to put your books. Or you have many books that you are willing to share, but you don't want to spend your time communicating with those who need them, and sending them one by one. Z-Point is convenient as it takes care of all the problems with processing, categorizing, storing, and sending books to those who need them. Nevertheless, we will also provide a tool for direct book exchange between users, bypassing Z-Points.
2. Is shipping books expensive?
As more Z-Points open, the cheaper book shipping will be. For example, instead of sending books one by one from Germany to Indonesia (which is very expensive), Z-Points can collect many books from Germany into one package and send them to a Z-Point in Indonesia, where they can be picked up by end users. This should significantly reduce delivery costs.
3. Is this legal?
Absolutely. The exchange of paper books between users is absolutely legal. It is important to emphasize that the entire process is transparent and legal.
4. The era of paper books has long passed. Why is this needed at all?
Despite the fact that we live in the digital age, little compares to the pleasure of reading a paper book. Moreover, many books are still not digitized and exist exclusively in paper form. And no one has canceled the zombie apocalypse, so who knows how long we will still have the internet and electricity? :)
5. Why not focus on digitizing and scanning books instead of sending them by mail?
You can digitize the received books at your own risk. However, we cannot scan and copy books at Z-Points, as this is illegal.
6. How is this scheme different from LittleFreeLibrary, BookMooch, or BookCrossing?
All of the above services are trying to solve the same problem. The main difference is how conveniently and effectively they do it. We believe that our approach will take book exchanging to a new level, making it more global and accessible.
7. Great! When will the service be available?
Believe us, we want to launch the project as soon as possible, but this is a big project, so please be patient. We hope that in the next 3 months we will be able to launch an application for bookkeeping, as well as organizing the first test Z-Points.
As you know, some of our domains remain blocked in several countries. To solve this problem, we have sent out unique personal domains to our users, which in theory are far less prone to blocking. But we didn't stop there! Today, we offer the possibility of creating an account or restoring access to an existing one through a special email address.
How does it work? Just send any letter from your mailbox to our magic email address blackbox@zlib.se, and you will receive your personal access to Z-Library in the auto-generated letter within 3–5 minutes. So simple!
This might be useful if:
● You haven't received or lost your personal domains.
● You forgot your account password and want to restore access.
● You want to create a new account.
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We also want to tell you that our spring fundraising is still active (ends April 1st), and if you wish to support us, we would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you so much for your attention and for using our library!
Dear Community,
Our Team continues work on restoring full access to the library. However, there may still be some problems with connection from 🇨🇳 China and 🇫🇷 France. For these users, we suggest using VPN or TOR browser.
Also, please note that Support response time may be increased up to 1–2 days due to the large number of emails. We work hard to make the library accessible to everyone!
Our recent updates (January):
🔹Personal Telegram bot
Bot is a fast and convenient way to download books. And now our users can get and configure their own personal bot. To do this visit our library website > Edit Profile or click on the bot icon at the bottom of the website page.
🔹New recommendations section
Now recommendations can be issued based on any booklist and your favorites list, which you are free to make on your own. This feature opens the potential for search of the appropriate books depending on your interests or area of expertise.
🔹Say “Thank you” option
New books appear in the library thanks to the efforts of our users - uploaders, moderators, and proof-readers. And now you have the option to thank them and send a "Thank you" message with your feedback right from the book page. They'll be delighted to get feedback from the community!
🔹New main menu
Meet the new main menu! We expect it to make the library structure clearer and the navigation easier. If you believe the old menu was better, you might just have been with us for a long time and got used to it. Give yourself a chance to get accustomed to the new menu, and we are sure you are going to love it.
🔹Comments to booklists
The new booklist commenting option is a bridge between readers and the booklist author. Readers can share their thoughts about a booklist and receive a feedback from the author in return. This will make the booklists even better!
Dear community,
We want to remind you to be cautious when searching for Z-Library on Google, as there are currently several unsafe and fraudulent websites appearing at the top of the search results. These websites may steal your personal information and compromise your security.
Please avoid the following websites:
⛔️ zlibrary[.]to
⛔️ z-lib[.]is
⛔️ z-lib[.]id
⛔️ z-lib[.]io
Be careful when clicking on links and make sure you are accessing Z-Library through our official domain — singlelogin.re and singlelogin.se (singlelogin.me was seized).
Thank you for your attention and please stay safe while browse the internet.
What inspires our Team the most? Our users sometimes send us very touching stories about how Z-Library has influenced their lives, helped them with their studies or work, changed their attitude toward reading books, and more. Such stories contain so much positive energy, and we want to share it with the community. So we are now developing a web page that will collect the best stories from our users.
And we invite you to share your story with us! If you have a story about how our library has helped you achieve success, find a new job, or even changed your life, please send it to our email support@z-lib.se
We would also be grateful if you could attach a photo, for example, with the wishes for Z-Library written on the paper. You could choose an interesting background for the photo: your book collection, the cover of your favorite book, or your beloved cat :) As mentioned earlier, the best stories will be published on our website.
Your stories motivate us to continue developing the project and moving forward. We appreciate every user and look forward to hearing your story!
We want to announce that we're starting work on a new service for exchanging paperback books between users. Books you have read should not gather dust on your shelf – instead, they can get a second life in the hands of new readers! This helps to preserve the literary heritage and spread the knowledge and ideas contained in books to more people.
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But how can we make the process of exchanging books between users from around the world as simple, safe, and efficient as possible? To solve this problem, we want to organize "Z-Points" – collection and storage points for books that will be the link between those who share their books and those who need them. Book owners who are willing to share them with other users can send books to the nearest Z-Point in their region. And those who need books stored in these points will be able to receive them for their use.
What is a "Z-Point" and what functions does it perform?
🔹Receiving books sent by contributors through postal delivery
🔹Keeping records of the books received. We will make this process as simple as possible – it will be enough to simply upload a photo of each received book or scan its bar code (ISBN code)
🔹Long-term storage of received books (some books may not be in demand for years, and that's okay)
🔹Sending books to those who requested them
Our goal is to organize dozens of "Z-Points" around the world, and we need your help to do this. If you are ready to perform the functions of a "Z-Point" or know how to organize their work, please contact us. What are we looking for?
🔸Public or university libraries that can perform the functions of a "Z-Point"
🔸Services (fulfillment, 3PL, etc.) that can take on the work of receiving, sorting, and sending books
🔸People who are ready to personally organize or carry out the activities of a "Z-Point"
Can you help or have any ideas? Write to us at support@z-lib.se with the subject line "Z-Point".
Dear Community,
We're happy to tell you that access to the library for 🇨🇳 China and 🇫🇷 France has been restored. You can log in to your account, as well as create a new one here singlelogin.re
After logging in, you will be redirected to your personal domain.
We have great news for you! After a long time, Z-Library is available on the Clearnet again! To access the library, follow this link https://singlelogin.re and use your regular login credentials.
After logging into your account, you will be redirected to your personal domain. Please keep your personal domain private! Don’t disclose your personal domain and don’t share the link to your domain, as it is protected with your own password and cannot be accessed by other users.
In case you can’t access your personal domain, please provide a screenshot/screencast with the issue to support@z-lib.se, and we will assist you. Thank you so much for staying with Z-Library!
Welcome to the official Z-Library channel 📚!
Here is what the channel is used for:
1. To cover the events related to the library.
2. To notify about lockdowns and technical malfunctions that affect the availability and operation of the library.
3. To notify about new ways of access to the library.
4. To tell about the new features and functions of the web-site, the app, and the chatbot.
5. To get feedback on important issues from the community.
⚠️ Not allowed: posting links, comments containing abuse and political views. Such comments will be removed by our moderators.
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Z-Library Official domains:
Clearnet: singlelogin.re, z-library.se, zlibrary-global.se
TOR: http://loginzlib2vrak5zzpcocc3ouizykn6k5qecgj2tzlnab5wcbqhembyd.onion
I2P: http://zlib24th6ptyb4ibzn3tj2cndqafs6rhm4ed4gruxztaaco35lka.b32.i2p
If you’ve lost access to the library, check the following resources for the relevant domains:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Library
https://www.reddit.com/r/zlibrary
Avoid scam websites:
⛔️ zlibrary[.]to
⛔️ z-lib[.]is
⛔️ z-lib[.]id
⛔️ z-lib[.]io
📧 Support service: support@z-lib.se
📣 This Telegram channel: t.me/zlibrary_official
🇨🇳 Official Chinese channel: t.me/zlib_china_official
