Most Followed Australian Universities on Facebook | 2025 Facebook University Rankings by uniRank.org

Introduction

What are the most popular Australian Universities on Facebook? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2025 Facebook University Ranking of all Australian higher-education institutions on Facebook meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate Australian higher education-related organization
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 Australian 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.

Top Australian Universities on Facebook

Rank	University	Followers	Likes
1	Macquarie University	736,939	732,457
2	University of New South Wales	663,884	647,751
3	Deakin University	630,872	612,374
4	The University of Melbourne	555,480	517,706
5	The University of Sydney	479,423	450,837
6	University of Tasmania	461,676	446,787
7	Monash University	455,807	435,519
8	Curtin University	375,518	364,121
9	The University of Queensland	323,967	302,194
10	La Trobe University	308,719	296,322
11	Swinburne University of Technology	291,040	286,131
12	Australian National University	283,515	276,969
13	The University of Newcastle	269,998	260,644
14	RMIT University	254,715	246,879
15	University of Wollongong	244,283	233,196
16	Western Sydney University	226,293	215,874
17	Queensland University of Technology	223,197	214,212
18	The University of Western Australia	218,964	201,753
19	Edith Cowan University	204,097	196,394
20	The University of Adelaide	189,117	177,126
21	Victoria University	183,173	173,996
22	Central Queensland University	157,777	138,641
23	Griffith University	155,196	145,388
24	University of Technology Sydney	145,036	137,473
25	University of Canberra	143,760	136,518
26	University of Southern Queensland	133,959	128,035
27	Australian Catholic University	133,265	127,009
28	Flinders University	129,876	120,483
29	Bond University	94,796	86,299
30	Federation University Australia	92,835	89,020
31	James Cook University	92,707	86,695
32	Charles Sturt University	86,422	79,659
33	Charles Darwin University	74,069	70,730
34	University of the Sunshine Coast	67,140	64,017
35	Torrens University Australia	61,546	55,606
36	Murdoch University	59,687	53,628
37	University of New England, Australia	52,090	47,503
38	Southern Cross University	48,772	43,004
39	The University of Notre Dame Australia	23,866	20,412

Notice: the total number of followers and likes of the above Facebook pages were extracted in June 2025.

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