Meta
181 ads checked
181 active ads
in the Meta Ad Library · US, UK, Germany
- Started in last 30 days
- 151
- Longest running
- 266 days
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Coursera how it gets users: ads, search traffic and reviews
Coursera runs ads on Meta and Google, and gets an estimated 2,038,000 visits a month from US search. On November 9, 2026 we collected 181 active Meta ads and 80 Google ads. Data and links to the originals are below.
2.0Mestimated visits a month from US search
417,931keywords it ranks for in the US, 14,274 of them at #1
1.3 / 5on Trustpilot, from 1,449 reviews
What to take from CourseraOur read of the data
One Coursera article, about ChatGPT, brings about 982K visits a month, ten times its home page.
Try: one article on a topic everyone searches can outrun your home page. Coursera keeps 90% of the traffic of its top 20 in /articles/.
Meta is its main ad channel: 181 of the 261 ads we collected
Google (US)
80 ads checked
80 ads
from Coursera, Inc. in the Transparency Center
- Started in last 30 days
- 3
- Longest running
- 1841 days
Counts are the ads we collected from each library on November 9, 2026; a library can hold more. “Started” and “longest running” are measured from each ad’s start date to the snapshot. Search traffic is an estimate from DataForSEO for the United States, in English. How we count is in the methodology.
§ 01Search
Where its free traffic comes from.
Estimated monthly visits from Google search in the United States. The 20 biggest pages bring about 1.3M of the 2.0M total.
Content pages bring 91% of its top-page search traffic
Content 91%
- Home page 7%
- Content 91%
- Product pages 1%
- Account and company 1%
Biggest pages after the home pageVisits per monthVisits
Chatgpt
Content · /articles/chatgpt ↗ · 797 keywords
982KWhat is artificial intelligence
Content · /articles/what-is-artificial-intelligence ↗ · 453 keywords
27KHow many work weeks in a year
Content · /articles/how-many-work-weeks-in-a-year ↗ · 221 keywords
20KWhat does fafsa stand for
Content · /articles/what-does-fafsa-stand-for ↗ · 156 keywords
13K
§ 02Meta
The longest-running hooks, word for word.
The opening lines of the longest-running Meta ads we checked, each counted once. A long run often means a message keeps paying for itself.
Opening lineDays runningDays
“A Forbes 'New Ivy' School”
32 days“Learn in-demand skills using industry-standard accounting tools with the Intuit Academy Bookkeeping Professional Certificate.”
19 days“Learn from leading cybersecurity experts at Google. Gain skills trusted by top employers.”
17 days“Launch your career in social media marketing with training from Meta. Learn to plan campaigns, create content, and measure performance.”
17 days“Prepare for a career in data analytics with Google. Gain the foundational skills and credential employers seek for this role. Start today…”
17 days
181active ads, with 54 different texts among the 108 that have one
10ads share the most-used text: “Your next career step can fit around your current one. Learn data…”
181 of 181send people to coursera.org
Recent ads on Meta
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Dynamic · See details
Learn from leading cybersecurity experts at Google. Gain skills trusted by top employers.
Started Oct 23, 2026 · 17 days
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Launch your career in social media marketing with training from Meta. Learn to plan campaigns, create content, and measure performance.
Started Oct 23, 2026 · 17 days
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Want to learn practical design skills you can use immediately? In this flexible, beginner-friendly program, you’ll… 👉 Go hands-on: Create real design…
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Prepare for a career in data analytics with Google. Gain the foundational skills and credential employers seek for this role. Start today with a…
Started Oct 23, 2026 · 17 days
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Check out the Coursera data analytics course at my link in bio! #youraveragetechbro #coursera #ad #partnership
Started Oct 21, 2026 · 19 days
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Learn in-demand skills using industry-standard accounting tools with the Intuit Academy Bookkeeping Professional Certificate.
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Ready for a career building AI models? With the Microsoft Generative AI Engineering Professional Certificate, you’ll learn to: 👉 Fine-tune real…
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Open in Meta Ad Library ↗Ads on Google
Google Ads Transparency Center, United States · previews as Google shows them
Google shows previews, not landing pages. We collected 80 ads from Coursera, Inc.; the one that has run longest started 1841 days before this snapshot.
§ 03Reviews
What customers say about it.
Rating and count are Trustpilot’s own. The quotes and themes come from the 60 newest reviews we saved, written Sep 27, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026. This is a short, recent sample, not all 1,449.
Mostly negative: 55 of 60 recent reviews are 1–2 stars
Praise★★★★★
I have studied five science courses through Coursera with three top-notch universities, including two programs with the American Museum of Natural History. I had no…
Complaint★★★★★
Worst and they did not refund my money and they do not have a customer support executive to speak with to understand and ask for refund . Do not subscribe to coursera…
Complaint★★★★★
Charged me hundreds of dollars on an inactive account. Bad business, bad UX - designed to profit off deceptive billing practices. The worst of tech and the internet!…
Questions about Coursera’s ads and traffic
Does Coursera advertise on Meta and Google?
Yes. On November 9, 2026 we collected 181 active ads on Meta and 80 on Google.
Where does Coursera’s website traffic come from?
Search is a large source. DataForSEO estimates about 2,038,000 visits a month from US search, across 417,931 keywords. This is an estimate, not Coursera’s own analytics.
What is Coursera’s rating on Trustpilot?
1.3 out of 5 from 1,449 reviews on November 9, 2026.
How do I get an alert when Coursera launches a new ad?
Follow Coursera and choose Slack, Telegram or email. We send a message when a new ad appears or an ad stops.
Where does this data come from?
From the public ad libraries of Meta, Google and LinkedIn, from DataForSEO for search traffic, and from Trustpilot. See the methodology.
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