Top UK Universities on Facebook

Introduction

What are the most popular UK Universities on Facebook? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2024 Facebook University Ranking of all UK higher-education institutions on Facebook meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in [WM-Field: EnglishThe]
offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format

The aim of the uniRank Facebook University Ranking is to offer an approximate popularity index for each UK university on the Facebook social media platform, based on the total number of followers. Read also our article about the importance of Social Media for Universities and prospective students.

Rank	University	Followers	Likes
1	University of Oxford	4,816,111	4,524,671
2	University of Cambridge	2,604,411	2,417,757
3	The London School of Economics and Political Science	726,087	679,914
4	University of London	586,019	573,245
5	King's College London	378,006	354,774
6	London Metropolitan University	360,649	358,749
7	London Business School	356,118	345,006
8	University of Birmingham	348,552	326,748
9	University of Glasgow	331,868	306,100
10	University of Edinburgh	278,533	260,817
11	University of Manchester	271,604	244,553
12	University College London	269,505	247,509
13	City, University of London	231,199	213,313
14	University of Leeds	218,285	200,646
15	Imperial College London	218,246	198,129
16	Queen Mary University of London	208,817	193,525
17	Coventry University	205,351	194,820
18	University of Nottingham	201,998	186,450
19	University of Sheffield	188,455	174,388
20	Oxford Brookes University	183,520	169,094
21	University of Stirling	180,688	162,529
22	University of Kent	180,136	173,498
23	University of Surrey	178,232	171,435
24	London South Bank University	169,487	165,559
25	University of Aberdeen	168,079	155,952
26	University of Greenwich	167,088	159,627
27	Newcastle University	165,327	152,226
28	University of the West of England	158,546	153,276
29	The University of Law	155,668	142,039
30	University of Westminster	153,938	148,501
31	University of Bristol	150,252	133,203
32	University of Derby	149,525	145,052
33	University of Liverpool	147,045	97,973
34	Cardiff University	145,774	134,392
35	University of Warwick	145,539	133,918
36	University of Dundee	142,858	136,122
37	Queen's University Belfast	142,639	134,721
38	University of Southampton	138,268	130,066
39	Middlesex University	137,867	132,901
40	University of Roehampton	136,811	133,735
41	De Montfort University	131,996	116,085
42	University of Sussex	126,402	115,622
43	Birmingham City University	126,155	121,712
44	Lancaster University	124,423	117,588
45	University of Exeter	122,151	112,189
46	University of Hertfordshire	121,645	113,479
47	Anglia Ruskin University	121,211	115,593
48	University of East Anglia	117,077	112,197
49	Nottingham Trent University	115,253	107,043
50	Heriot-Watt University	113,115	104,432
51	University of Portsmouth	112,468	105,747
52	Northumbria University	111,089	107,041
53	Brunel University London	110,207	102,537
54	University of Strathclyde	110,101	103,501
55	University of Sunderland	109,884	103,206
56	Goldsmiths, University of London	109,055	104,000
57	Royal Holloway, University of London	108,472	101,824
58	Manchester Metropolitan University	108,002	103,134
59	University of the West of Scotland	105,853	103,540
60	Bangor University	103,894	98,783
61	SOAS, University of London	103,027	92,776
62	University of Bath	102,219	91,516
63	University of East London	100,493	94,641
64	University of the Arts London	98,143	92,000
65	University of Essex	97,443	92,750
66	The Royal Veterinary College University of London	96,986	88,932
67	Kingston University	93,978	87,463
68	Edinburgh Napier University	93,110	90,900
69	University of Central Lancashire	91,906	88,012
70	The Royal Academy of Music, University of London	90,153	74,544
71	Sheffield Hallam University	89,135	85,706
72	University of South Wales	87,883	81,390
73	The University of York	85,501	77,609
74	Glasgow Caledonian University	84,224	80,623
75	University of Reading	84,098	72,146
76	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	82,671	75,740
77	Robert Gordon University	82,537	79,470
78	Teesside University	81,548	77,504
79	Loughborough University	80,062	73,867
80	Leeds Beckett University	79,200	74,986
81	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	75,263	66,811
82	University of St Andrews	74,434	66,003
83	University of Leicester	73,506	66,000
84	University of Hull	73,427	69,823
85	Aston University	72,111	66,197
86	University of Wolverhampton	72,049	64,268
87	University of Lincoln	71,608	66,989
88	Swansea University	71,458	65,418
89	University of Plymouth	69,771	66,181
90	Staffordshire University	69,706	65,790
91	Cranfield University	69,279	66,874
92	The University of Northampton	68,874	65,581
93	University of Brighton	67,943	63,945
94	Canterbury Christ Church University	66,117	64,695
95	University of Bedfordshire	65,967	62,494
96	Royal College of Music	61,636	53,783
97	Keele University	61,416	58,264
98	Durham University	60,940	52,233
99	Birkbeck, University of London	60,620	56,684
100	Royal College of Art	59,242	54,773
101	Cardiff Metropolitan University	56,062	53,035
102	Bournemouth University	55,853	51,722
103	University of Bradford	55,675	52,053
104	University of Huddersfield	55,017	52,679
105	Liverpool John Moores University	52,270	49,907
106	University of Chester	49,976	48,028
107	The Glasgow School of Art	45,269	42,559
108	University of West London	43,837	39,113
109	Edge Hill University	42,719	41,689
110	University for the Creative Arts	42,703	40,882
111	Regent's University London	41,007	40,664
112	Solent University	39,518	38,101
113	Richmond, The American International University in London	39,495	39,165
114	University of Bolton	39,292	37,190
115	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	38,270	32,688
116	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	37,137	31,585
117	University of Gloucestershire	35,433	34,237
118	Royal Northern College of Music	33,944	30,756
119	York St John University	33,690	31,951
120	University of the Highlands and Islands	33,170	31,081
121	Aberystwyth University	32,656	31,296
122	University of Salford	31,211	28,237
123	Ulster University	30,633	29,428
124	Falmouth University	30,526	29,140
125	Hartpury University and Hartpury College	30,058	28,044
126	Harper Adams University	28,042	26,332
127	Bath Spa University	27,561	26,005
128	Wrexham University	27,233	26,205
129	University of Worcester	27,159	25,567
130	Leeds Arts University	26,848	25,857
131	Queen Margaret University	26,747	25,684
132	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	26,439	24,345
133	University of Winchester	25,780	24,366
134	University of Cumbria	25,571	23,680
135	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	24,634	23,544
136	Buckinghamshire New University	24,388	23,126
137	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	23,956	22,401
138	Arts University Bournemouth	22,943	22,041
139	Abertay University	22,851	21,838
140	University College Birmingham	22,471	20,706
141	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	21,635	19,946
142	Rose Bruford College	20,853	20,191
143	Liverpool Hope University	20,451	19,616
144	University of Suffolk	20,174	19,116
145	European School of Economics	19,905	19,850
146	Scotland's Rural College	18,462	17,088
147	University of Chichester	18,018	16,827
148	The University of Buckingham	17,466	16,610
149	St George's, University of London	16,976	16,097
150	Leeds Trinity University	16,632	15,820
151	Northern School of Contemporary Dance	15,412	13,663
152	The Royal Agricultural University	15,409	14,153
153	The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	14,192	13,252
154	Plymouth Marjon University	13,032	12,175
155	Bishop Grosseteste University	12,779	12,096
156	Norwich University of the Arts	11,789	10,691
157	Arts University Plymouth	11,781	10,865
158	Leeds Conservatoire	10,629	9,714
159	Ravensbourne University London	10,262	9,144
160	School of Advanced Study, University of London	9,314	9,034
161	Birmingham Newman University	7,883	7,572
162	The London Institute of Banking and Finance	5,493	4,667

Notice: the total number of followers and likes of the above Facebook pages were extracted in February 2024.

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