Top UK Universities on Instagram

Introduction

What are the most popular UK Universities on Instagram? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2020 Instagram University Ranking of all UK higher-education institutions on Instagram 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 Instagram University Ranking is to offer an approximate popularity index for each UK university on the Instagram 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.

2024 Instagram University Ranking

Rank	University	Followers	Posts
1	University of Oxford	1,493,746	3,290
2	University of Cambridge	1,278,179	4,005
3	The London School of Economics and Political Science	405,502	3,198
4	University College London	206,903	1,222
5	University of Edinburgh	153,471	1,865
6	University of the Arts London	145,962	2,797
7	Imperial College London	144,444	2,290
8	University of Glasgow	143,447	2,846
9	London Business School	133,409	980
10	Royal College of Art	131,649	1,835
11	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	130,612	2,131
12	University of Birmingham	128,461	2,095
13	University of Leeds	124,405	1,695
14	University of Manchester	116,803	1,779
15	University of Bristol	104,240	1,471
16	University of Nottingham	102,953	2,393
17	King's College London	102,177	1,040
18	University of Sheffield	93,542	3,615
19	University of Warwick	81,788	1,853
20	Durham University	80,140	1,282
21	University of Liverpool	76,192	1,373
22	Newcastle University	75,479	2,187
23	Cardiff University	72,926	1,661
24	University of Exeter	69,957	1,924
25	University of Sussex	67,701	3,040
26	Loughborough University	64,060	1,539
27	Nottingham Trent University	63,220	1,719
28	University of Bath	62,984	2,822
29	The University of York	60,737	1,988
30	Coventry University	59,647	2,872
31	University of St Andrews	57,163	3,441
32	University of Aberdeen	56,944	1,222
33	Queen Mary University of London	56,883	2,132
34	University of Surrey	54,275	1,523
35	University of Southampton	53,503	833
36	Queen's University Belfast	53,412	2,679
37	The University of Law	52,637	6,334
38	Lancaster University	52,634	2,354
39	University of East London	52,347	2,375
40	University of East Anglia	51,201	2,253
41	University of London	50,853	4,971
42	University of Hertfordshire	50,565	1,112
43	Northumbria University	49,338	2,143
44	University of Westminster	49,259	1,163
45	Brunel University London	48,056	3,267
46	City, University of London	47,098	1,072
47	University of Essex	46,968	1,720
48	University of Portsmouth	46,603	1,678
49	Manchester Metropolitan University	45,721	1,737
50	University of Dundee	45,236	1,160
51	University of Greenwich	45,098	705
52	University of Strathclyde	44,780	2,629
53	De Montfort University	44,339	5,772
54	Bournemouth University	43,664	1,083
55	University of Stirling	42,899	3,020
56	University of the West of England	42,675	2,652
57	University of Leicester	41,739	2,059
58	Goldsmiths, University of London	41,445	1,160
59	Kingston University	41,111	1,709
60	The Royal Academy of Music, University of London	40,922	731
61	Sheffield Hallam University	40,905	1,089
62	University of Lincoln	40,388	1,447
63	The Royal Veterinary College University of London	39,888	1,000
64	Middlesex University	39,335	402
65	University of Salford	39,155	1,803
66	Swansea University	38,607	1,586
67	Royal Holloway, University of London	37,940	1,406
68	University of Reading	37,240	2,018
69	Birmingham City University	37,155	1,655
70	University of Derby	36,900	3,001
71	University of Plymouth	35,625	2,214
72	University of Hull	35,610	3,438
73	Aston University	35,127	1,861
74	University of Bradford	34,306	2,001
75	SOAS, University of London	33,837	880
76	University of Kent	32,760	1,652
77	Oxford Brookes University	31,930	185
78	Royal College of Music	31,147	838
79	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	30,935	1,074
80	University for the Creative Arts	30,506	3,623
81	Teesside University	30,189	2,550
82	University of Central Lancashire	29,403	1,677
83	Bangor University	29,325	2,303
84	The Glasgow School of Art	29,302	2,611
85	Keele University	28,809	2,144
86	Anglia Ruskin University	28,358	1,962
87	University of South Wales	28,348	1,903
88	Heriot-Watt University	28,234	2,106
89	University of Roehampton	27,807	1,485
90	Falmouth University	27,620	2,462
91	Ulster University	27,412	1,730
92	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	27,286	3,360
93	University of Sunderland	27,281	1,723
94	Liverpool John Moores University	26,683	1,142
95	University of Chester	26,195	7,315
96	University of Huddersfield	25,634	1,809
97	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	25,509	1,644
98	University of Brighton	24,977	1,009
99	Cardiff Metropolitan University	24,249	1,299
100	University of West London	23,900	1,905
101	Hartpury University and Hartpury College	23,708	2,079
102	London South Bank University	23,625	734
103	University of Bedfordshire	23,392	2,234
104	Edge Hill University	22,943	2,600
105	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	22,620	1,503
106	Robert Gordon University	22,528	1,539
107	Glasgow Caledonian University	21,994	1,422
108	London Metropolitan University	21,709	1,160
109	Regent's University London	21,121	2,177
110	Edinburgh Napier University	21,078	1,093
111	Cranfield University	20,958	994
112	Staffordshire University	20,414	2,335
113	Norwich University of the Arts	19,875	1,643
114	Leeds Arts University	19,786	2,800
115	University of Wolverhampton	19,209	1,021
116	York St John University	18,095	1,431
117	University of Worcester	18,034	1,929
118	Arts University Bournemouth	17,722	1,169
119	Bath Spa University	16,882	1,513
120	Birkbeck, University of London	16,841	959
121	Solent University	16,823	1,731
122	Canterbury Christ Church University	15,875	1,133
123	University of Winchester	15,581	1,150
124	University of Chichester	15,580	1,519
125	The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	15,333	1,478
126	University of the West of Scotland	15,304	6,222
127	Arts University Plymouth	14,888	3,299
128	Royal Northern College of Music	14,668	1,603
129	University of Gloucestershire	14,553	1,621
130	Northern School of Contemporary Dance	14,344	688
131	Aberystwyth University	13,902	502
132	Leeds Beckett University	13,777	195
133	Ravensbourne University London	13,691	1,448
134	Rose Bruford College	13,268	1,491
135	University College Birmingham	13,236	1,525
136	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	13,140	282
137	University of Bolton	12,966	3,135
138	Harper Adams University	12,197	1,801
139	St Mary's University, Twickenham	10,753	745
140	Liverpool Hope University	10,579	1,175
141	University of Cumbria	9,339	2,324
142	The Royal Agricultural University	9,255	1,355
143	Leeds Conservatoire	9,131	1,628
144	University of Suffolk	8,977	2,644
145	The University of Northampton	8,879	332
146	Queen Margaret University	8,304	762
147	Wrexham University	7,879	4,576
148	Leeds Trinity University	7,580	1,037
149	The University of Buckingham	7,537	1,316
150	Abertay University	7,189	663
151	Richmond, The American International University in London	6,690	924
152	St George's, University of London	6,400	795
153	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	5,891	2,555
154	Bishop Grosseteste University	5,268	1,564
155	Plymouth Marjon University	5,134	1,329
156	University of the Highlands and Islands	4,514	2,464
157	Scotland's Rural College	3,541	697
158	Birmingham Newman University	3,225	1,498
159	European School of Economics	3,106	283
160	School of Advanced Study, University of London	1,447	561
161	The London Institute of Banking and Finance	1,428	500

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

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