{"id":21167,"date":"2018-03-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/blog\/most-popular-websites-by-grade-level\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:15:39","slug":"most-popular-websites-by-grade-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/en_au\/blog\/most-popular-websites-by-grade-level\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Popular Websites in Every Grade Level"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What’s popular may surprise you<\/h2>\n

Last year, we told you about most popular websites among K-12 students<\/a>: We learned Google dominates the K-12 device space \u2014 particularly due to the large number of Chromebooks in education \u2014 and that education sites are most-visited types of URLs.<\/p>\n

We wanted to take a closer look and learn how these browsing behaviors evolve as students age. In this new analysis, we determined the most popular websites for students at every grade level. What we found may surprise you.<\/p>\n

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Here are our biggest takeaways from the data. Have you experienced similar activity at your school, or noticed interesting device-use trends? Tell us in the comments section below!<\/p>\n

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1. K-12 students access similar content regardless of age<\/h3>\n

Digital literacy starts young: 39 percent of 3- to 4-year olds go online.<\/a> Today, most elementary students begin their K-12 careers armed with devices. We found that the domains students visit are pretty similar across grade levels, with a few exceptions.<\/p>\n

Among first and second graders, the most-visited website is Google Docs. Google.com becomes No. 1 as students enter third grade, possibly indicating these students are becoming more independent and seeking information via web search more frequently.<\/p>\n

Google Docs makes a resurgence as the No. 1 site for 10th graders. Google.com is a close second.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s safe to say Google dominates digital learning, but there is some variety in content consumption.<\/p>\n

We see that educational game sites, like StarFall.com and Coolmath-games.com, are used more frequently by young K-12 students. For sixth-graders, Kahoot, a gamified learning platform, makes the top 10.<\/p>\n

For ninth-graders, Wikipedia ranks highly, perhaps demonstrating an evolution in these students\u2019 research skills.<\/p>\n

It can be difficult for school personnel to identify trends across vast amounts of student data. Luckily, Threat Check in Relay<\/a> is here to help.<\/p>\n

Identifying disconcerting behavior and browsing activity is key to curbing violence, bullying and self-harm. Lightspeed Systems\u2019 No. 1 goal is to keep students safe with technology. With Threat Check, just announced last week, schools get the insights they need to help troubled students and keep schools safe.<\/p>\n

Combining online and offline student activity in powerful reports, Threat Check uses data and analytics to identify potential safety threats as well as provide indicators of high-risk students who are escalating toward violence.<\/p>\n

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2. YouTube popularity rises in second grade<\/h3>\n

YouTube dominates K-12 video content, and we see it enter the top 10 in the data for second-graders. For fifth-graders, it ranks No. 6 in popularity and ranks highly for upper grade levels, as well. With millions of student visits, YouTube is key to K-12 education in 2018.<\/p>\n

But managing appropriate YouTube access can be extremely difficult. Until recently, schools had limited choices:<\/p>\n