Top UK Universities on YouTube

Introduction

What are the most popular UK Universities on YouTube? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2024 YouTube University Ranking (April 2024 data) of all UK higher-education institutions on YouTube 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 YouTube University Ranking is to offer an approximate popularity index for each UK university on the YouTube social media platform, based on the total number of subscribers. Read also our article about the importance of Social Media for Universities and prospective students.

UK Universities on YouTube

Rank	University	Subscribers	Avg views per video
1	University of Cambridge	457,000	53,035
2	University of Oxford	299,000	19,232
3	London Business School	277,000	10,371
4	The London School of Economics and Political Science	240,000	5,744
5	Imperial College London	225,000	9,235
6	University of East London	155,000	24,121
7	University of Edinburgh	153,000	26,319
8	University of Nottingham	108,000	8,578
9	Solent University	104,000	24,714
10	University of Birmingham	89,900	4,040
11	University of Leicester	75,300	25,261
12	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	57,000	20,729
13	SOAS, University of London	54,500	3,838
14	University of South Wales	52,400	30,579
15	Royal College of Music	50,200	15,066
16	King's College London	46,700	5,987
17	University of London	44,400	4,767
18	University of Manchester	40,000	7,753
19	University of Stirling	39,500	19,171
20	University College London	37,700	10,090
21	University of Glasgow	36,100	8,306
22	University of Derby	31,600	8,523
23	University of Bristol	30,700	6,256
24	University of Surrey	28,700	6,269
25	University of the Arts London	28,200	2,345
26	University of Essex	26,400	3,168
27	The Royal Academy of Music, University of London	26,400	15,735
28	University of Kent	24,500	2,604
29	University of Aberdeen	24,200	3,137
30	University of Sheffield	24,200	8,628
31	Durham University	23,900	3,597
32	Birkbeck, University of London	23,100	1,798
33	Queen's University Belfast	23,000	3,521
34	University of Dundee	22,400	4,897
35	University of Westminster	22,200	6,571
36	University of Bath	22,100	4,005
37	Birmingham City University	20,000	3,402
38	University of Leeds	20,000	2,526
39	University of Exeter	19,900	6,430
40	Coventry University	19,100	6,588
41	Loughborough University	18,800	5,293
42	Newcastle University	18,400	7,815
43	City, University of London	18,400	6,385
44	Royal College of Art	18,000	3,139
45	Nottingham Trent University	17,400	2,060
46	Queen Mary University of London	17,300	6,700
47	Oxford Brookes University	17,000	9,794
48	Liverpool John Moores University	16,700	2,633
49	University of Greenwich	16,500	9,348
50	University of Hertfordshire	16,100	2,128
51	The University of York	16,000	3,608
52	Brunel University London	15,900	2,128
53	De Montfort University	15,700	38,766
54	Middlesex University	15,600	4,030
55	Cardiff University	15,400	4,626
56	The University of Law	15,400	2,803
57	School of Advanced Study, University of London	15,200	673
58	Kingston University	14,400	3,211
59	Lancaster University	14,400	4,229
60	University of Warwick	14,400	2,323
61	University of Worcester	13,600	12,435
62	University of Southampton	13,400	5,281
63	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	12,800	2,744
64	Bournemouth University	12,400	2,604
65	University of the West of England	12,100	11,058
66	Anglia Ruskin University	11,500	1,591
67	Bangor University	11,400	4,266
68	University of West London	10,900	2,312
69	University of Reading	10,800	2,122
70	University of Wolverhampton	10,700	2,025
71	University of Central Lancashire	10,300	2,582
72	Teesside University	10,300	3,225
73	Sheffield Hallam University	9,820	6,589
74	Keele University	9,800	3,533
75	University of Portsmouth	9,270	1,640
76	University for the Creative Arts	9,270	2,376
77	University of Sussex	9,010	6,375
78	University of Salford	8,980	3,135
79	Goldsmiths, University of London	8,900	7,658
80	Leeds Beckett University	8,870	1,254
81	University of Lincoln	8,800	5,028
82	Staffordshire University	8,770	1,502
83	University of Chester	8,730	2,243
84	University of Brighton	8,720	3,316
85	Northumbria University	8,680	2,272
86	University of Bedfordshire	8,670	7,353
87	University of Sunderland	8,560	2,907
88	Aston University	8,540	41,197
89	University of East Anglia	8,530	7,312
90	London South Bank University	8,390	5,553
91	University of Plymouth	8,280	4,773
92	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	8,180	4,263
93	University of Bradford	8,150	2,830
94	University of Liverpool	8,100	1,974
95	London Metropolitan University	7,830	4,371
96	University of St Andrews	7,720	3,282
97	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	7,660	2,366
98	Manchester Metropolitan University	7,610	2,392
99	Heriot-Watt University	7,230	10,439
100	The University of Northampton	7,180	11,681
101	University of the West of Scotland	7,050	912
102	University of Strathclyde	6,980	1,893
103	Royal Holloway, University of London	6,910	2,146
104	Robert Gordon University	6,580	2,408
105	Cardiff Metropolitan University	6,550	4,536
106	Cranfield University	6,420	1,705
107	The Royal Veterinary College University of London	6,150	2,467
108	University of Huddersfield	5,830	2,328
109	University of Roehampton	5,690	3,838
110	University College Birmingham	5,200	1,648
111	Aberystwyth University	5,160	3,674
112	Edge Hill University	5,150	965
113	Canterbury Christ Church University	5,100	2,017
114	University of Hull	5,090	1,706
115	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	5,010	5,830
116	Glasgow Caledonian University	5,000	1,511
117	Swansea University	4,940	2,699
118	Edinburgh Napier University	4,930	2,650
119	St Mary's University, Twickenham	4,780	3,940
120	St George's, University of London	4,500	2,611
121	Hartpury University and Hartpury College	4,440	5,589
122	Northern School of Contemporary Dance	4,420	6,535
123	University of Bolton	4,370	2,415
124	The London Institute of Banking and Finance	3,950	686
125	Royal Northern College of Music	3,880	3,559
126	Buckinghamshire New University	3,840	7,681
127	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	3,720	1,039
128	Harper Adams University	3,720	4,602
129	The University of Buckingham	3,570	2,022
130	Norwich University of the Arts	3,530	1,301
131	York St John University	3,270	2,326
132	Ulster University	3,050	1,450
133	University of Gloucestershire	2,950	1,543
134	Falmouth University	2,950	13,263
135	Bath Spa University	2,930	1,938
136	Liverpool Hope University	2,730	686
137	University of Cumbria	2,590	2,595
138	University of Winchester	2,490	1,359
139	Wrexham University	2,350	1,728
140	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	2,250	1,156
141	Regent's University London	2,170	2,069
142	Arts University Plymouth	2,120	2,283
143	Leeds Conservatoire	2,090	1,062
144	Leeds Arts University	2,070	2,090
145	Arts University Bournemouth	1,960	4,753
146	University of Chichester	1,910	1,007
147	The Glasgow School of Art	1,870	1,841
148	European School of Economics	1,860	1,082
149	University of Suffolk	1,820	4,764
150	The Royal Agricultural University	1,820	1,915
151	Abertay University	1,790	914
152	University of the Highlands and Islands	1,710	2,976
153	Rose Bruford College	1,650	3,054
154	Queen Margaret University	1,610	651
155	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	1,560	885
156	The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	1,440	3,576
157	Ravensbourne University London	1,420	763
158	Leeds Trinity University	1,380	786
159	Richmond, The American International University in London	1,180	3,814
160	Scotland's Rural College	895	1,781
161	Plymouth Marjon University	840	1,199
162	Bishop Grosseteste University	615	294
163	Birmingham Newman University	550	4,967
164	University of Wales	39	4,799

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