Top South African Universities on Facebook

Introduction

What are the most popular South African Universities on Facebook? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2024 Facebook University Ranking of all South African 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 South African 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 Johannesburg	690,010	610,737
2	University of KwaZulu-Natal	327,629	246,382
3	University of the Witwatersrand	298,839	257,554
4	University of Cape Town	293,994	260,548
5	University of the Free State	272,000	228,000
6	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	231,669	198,300
7	University of Pretoria	215,777	192,772
8	Walter Sisulu University	206,041	152,189
9	Nelson Mandela University	183,756	150,405
10	Universiteit Stellenbosch	177,416	156,306
11	Tshwane University of Technology	171,883	132,152
12	Durban University of Technology	162,436	121,150
13	University of Limpopo	140,700	69,232
14	University of Fort Hare	128,626	96,641
15	University of Zululand	126,059	84,830
16	North-West University	115,333	98,160
17	Central University of Technology	98,224	82,847
18	Mangosuthu University of Technology	93,422	76,337
19	Vaal University of Technology	79,798	51,720
20	University of the Western Cape	77,057	63,330
21	University of Venda	53,347	35,247
22	Rhodes University	51,077	42,982
23	Sol Plaatje University	38,027	32,503
24	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	36,958	28,000
25	University of Mpumalanga	19,624	13,885

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

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