UMSL Institutional Repository Library November 2025 Monthly Statistics infographic. The top section shows a world map displaying download statistics by region. North America shows the highest activity with 23,288 downloads (centered on the US), 10,457 in Canada, and 5,704 in Mexico. Europe shows strong engagement with 3,358 downloads in Central Europe, 2,492 in Scandinavia, and smaller clusters across the continent. Asia displays widespread activity with 4,023 downloads in East Asia, 3,351 in South Asia, 3,190 in Central Asia, and 455 in Southeast Asia. South America shows 1,849 downloads in Brazil and smaller numbers in neighboring countries. Africa and Oceania show more modest engagement with scattered downloads across multiple countries. The bottom section displays key metrics: 0 new works added in November, 62,293 November downloads, 12,661 total works in the repository, and 1,591,395 all-time downloads. The UMSL Libraries logo appears at the bottom with the URL IRL.UMSL.EDU and tagline 'Find UMSL Research In Real Life'. Alt text generated by Claude AI and reviewed by a human with human eyes, experience, thoughts and feelings.
In November of 2025, the UMSL Institutional Repository added no new works, and downloads for the month was 62,293 bringing our total to 2.5 million! Since August ChatGPT went from being the 10th most frequent referrer to our repository to the 6th and perplexity took the 10th spot. Google is still #1