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252Gauchos on Lagoon

  • 7 here today
  • 45 this week
  • 95 this month

About one in every 92 UCSB undergrads (Fall ’25 census). Real counts — nothing rounded up, nothing seeded.

since March 2026
88%already share a class with someone else on Lagoon
137students have added their schedule
432class seats mapped, across 201 courses
10friendships — accepted, not just requested

01The climb

The first 100 Gauchos took 6 months. The next 100 took 3 weeks.

Every Gaucho who has ever signed up, day by day. The strip underneath is new sign-ups each day.

02The daily pulse

7 people have opened Lagoon today.

People who opened Lagoon each day for the last 30 days; today counts so far. On an average day, about 1 in 4 of this month's users opens the app.

Average day
21
Best day
32Oct 11
Last 7 days vs the 7 before
+10%

03When campus checks in

Tuesdays are busiest. Fridays, everyone logs off.

Each ring is a weekday, Monday inside to Sunday outside; each slice is an hour. Darker means more people. Hover to read any hour.

04The class clock

Monday at 1:00 PM: peak class o'clock.

How many of the 137 students with a schedule are sitting in class at every moment of the week. Wednesday is in gold.

05Schedules, decoded

What a Gaucho week looks like.

38%have no class on Friday. Three-day weekend energy.
23%are in the 8 AM club — a class that starts before 9.
28%have class running past 6 PM at least once a week.
11:00 AMis the most common start time on campus.
Wednesdayis the busiest day. Hump day is real.
8.9 hrsa week in lecture and section, across 3.2 classes on average.

06Most-shared classes

THEA 1 is the biggest Lagoon class.

One dot per student on Lagoon. If you're in one of these, your classmates are already here.

  1. 1THEA 1Garcia-Cerver18
  2. 2CHEM 1AGen Chem17
  3. 3MATH 4ALin Alg w/Apps15
  4. 4MATH 3BCalc With Appli 211
  5. 5WRIT 2Academic Writing10
  6. 6MATH 4BDiff Equations9
  7. 7MATH 34ACalc For Social Sci8
  8. 8ECON 1Principl Econ Micro7
  9. 9CHEM 25Intro Chemistry6
  10. 10CLASS 40Greek Mythology6
  11. 11ENGL 22Intro To Enviro Lit6
  12. 12PSY 1Intro To Psych6

07Where class happens

Girvetz Hall wins.

Bubble size is how many Lagoon students have class in each building.

  1. 1Girvetz Hall57
  2. 2Phelps Hall42
  3. 3Buchanan Hall35
  4. 4Chemistry Building19
  5. 5South Hall13
  6. 6Instructional Development11
  7. 7North Hall11
  8. 8Arts Building10
  9. 9Psychology Building · not on the map yet10
  10. 10Music Building8

08Who's here

Every corner of campus, so far.

Top majors

  • Economics and Accounting B.A.20
  • Economics B.A.12
  • Communication B.A.11
  • Statistics and Data Science B.S.9
  • Computer Science B.S.8
  • Physics B.S.6
  • Psychological & Brain Sciences B.S.6
  • Undeclared (Letters and Science)6
  • Computer Engineering B.S.5
  • Asian Studies B.A.5

By year

  • First Year63%
  • Second Year11%
  • Third Year20%
  • Fourth Year6%

63% of the 142 students who set a year are first years.

FIND YOUR PEOPLE

88% already found a classmate here.

Add your schedule and see who's in your classes, compare weeks with friends, and never eat at a closed dining hall again.

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Lagoon users only, not university-wide figures. Internal test accounts are excluded, and a course, building or major appears only once three or more students share it; schedule facts appear only once twenty or more students have a schedule. “Today” and every time of day are Pacific time. A visit is one person opening Lagoon in a given hour on a given day. Updated every 30 seconds (last at 8:12 AM).