Top UK Universities on Facebook

Introduction

What are the most popular UK Universities on Facebook? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2025 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	4,929,418	4,517,448
2	University of Cambridge	2,652,368	2,414,694
3	The London School of Economics and Political Science	762,775	706,477
4	University of London	597,804	575,619
5	King's College London	390,340	357,749
6	University of Birmingham	372,868	342,059
7	London Business School	363,403	347,152
8	London Metropolitan University	358,250	357,016
9	University of Glasgow	347,534	312,517
10	University of Edinburgh	293,807	269,002
11	University College London	285,690	253,406
12	University of Manchester	281,628	246,866
13	City, University of London	250,189	220,385
14	University of Stirling	242,019	222,705
15	University of Leeds	233,638	208,747
16	Imperial College London	228,552	202,455
17	Queen Mary University of London	224,097	202,499
18	Coventry University	223,158	202,205
19	University of Nottingham	212,912	191,330
20	Oxford Brookes University	194,104	173,500
21	University of Sheffield	192,558	176,307
22	University of Kent	182,024	173,433
23	University of Aberdeen	181,527	165,436
24	Newcastle University	179,297	158,345
25	University of Surrey	178,531	170,694
26	University of Greenwich	178,523	167,564
27	University of Bristol	171,386	143,355
28	London South Bank University	169,502	165,832
29	The University of Law	167,872	146,881
30	University of the West of England	163,354	155,261
31	University of Liverpool	158,046	101,483
32	Cardiff University	156,002	140,056
33	University of Warwick	155,113	138,682
34	University of Westminster	154,886	149,063
35	Queen's University Belfast	153,380	141,427
36	University of Dundee	152,910	146,608
37	University of Derby	151,794	146,338
38	Middlesex University	143,019	136,819
39	University of Southampton	142,948	131,916
40	University of Sussex	139,322	119,246
41	University of Sunderland	137,379	107,704
42	University of Roehampton	136,395	133,150
43	De Montfort University	134,431	117,317
44	University of Exeter	131,341	115,101
45	University of Hertfordshire	130,582	119,617
46	Birmingham City University	128,331	122,269
47	Lancaster University	126,962	118,051
48	Anglia Ruskin University	124,817	117,869
49	Northumbria University	124,302	108,522
50	University of East Anglia	123,113	115,457
51	Nottingham Trent University	121,884	110,845
52	Heriot-Watt University	119,628	107,606
53	Brunel University London	118,823	106,114
54	University of Portsmouth	117,048	108,758
55	University of Strathclyde	113,262	104,852
56	Royal Holloway, University of London	111,901	103,288
57	Goldsmiths, University of London	110,479	105,258
58	Manchester Metropolitan University	109,728	103,623
59	Bangor University	108,992	101,175
60	University of Bath	108,557	94,301
61	University of the West of Scotland	107,927	104,767
62	University of East London	107,042	96,813
63	SOAS, University of London	106,225	93,986
64	University of Essex	101,365	94,127
65	University of the Arts London	101,337	94,146
66	The Royal Veterinary College University of London	98,888	89,629
67	Kingston University	97,916	90,074
68	University of Central Lancashire	96,443	91,060
69	Edinburgh Napier University	94,943	91,724
70	University of South Wales	93,759	85,112
71	Sheffield Hallam University	92,722	87,127
72	The Royal Academy of Music, University of London	92,230	74,419
73	The University of York	89,914	79,960
74	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	88,486	79,747
75	University of Reading	88,444	73,809
76	Glasgow Caledonian University	86,287	82,015
77	Loughborough University	85,739	76,154
78	Robert Gordon University	85,627	81,549
79	Teesside University	84,586	78,708
80	Leeds Beckett University	82,659	76,786
81	Swansea University	81,227	67,362
82	University of Leicester	80,877	71,465
83	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	79,973	68,702
84	University of Wolverhampton	78,427	68,805
85	University of St Andrews	77,463	66,846
86	Aston University	77,241	69,908
87	University of Lincoln	76,946	68,686
88	University of Hull	75,832	70,488
89	University of Plymouth	73,023	67,726
90	Cranfield University	71,868	67,505
91	Staffordshire University	71,857	67,222
92	The University of Northampton	71,285	66,946
93	University of Brighton	70,358	65,394
94	University of Bedfordshire	68,182	63,911
95	Durham University	67,893	54,668
96	Canterbury Christ Church University	67,403	65,602
97	Keele University	66,969	60,327
98	Birkbeck, University of London	64,511	59,646
99	Royal College of Music	63,394	53,995
100	University of Bradford	61,463	56,808
101	Royal College of Art	60,890	55,321
102	Cardiff Metropolitan University	59,678	55,359
103	Bournemouth University	57,966	52,429
104	University of Huddersfield	56,651	53,316
105	Liverpool John Moores University	54,858	51,623
106	University of Chester	51,401	48,763
107	University for the Creative Arts	45,573	43,286
108	University of West London	45,341	40,244
109	The Glasgow School of Art	44,983	42,136
110	Edge Hill University	44,379	42,245
111	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	43,020	34,537
112	University of Greater Manchester	40,932	38,041
113	Regent's University London	40,560	40,300
114	Solent University	39,935	38,289
115	Richmond, The American International University in London	39,259	38,925
116	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	38,670	32,527
117	University of Gloucestershire	37,858	35,800
118	York St John University	36,551	33,514
119	Royal Northern College of Music	36,015	31,405
120	Ulster University	34,740	30,596
121	Aberystwyth University	34,094	31,687
122	Hartpury University and Hartpury College	33,980	29,806
123	University of the Highlands and Islands	33,959	32,002
124	University of Salford	33,145	29,631
125	Falmouth University	32,008	30,204
126	Bath Spa University	29,544	26,926
127	Wrexham University	29,439	27,735
128	Queen Margaret University	29,268	27,186
129	Harper Adams University	29,240	26,716
130	University of Worcester	29,083	26,239
131	University of Cumbria	26,954	24,327
132	Leeds Arts University	26,873	25,704
133	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	26,861	24,630
134	University of Winchester	26,488	24,634
135	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	25,656	23,394
136	Buckinghamshire New University	25,193	23,529
137	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	24,799	23,558
138	Abertay University	24,195	22,461
139	University College Birmingham	24,127	21,775
140	Arts University Bournemouth	23,240	22,090
141	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	21,925	20,044
142	University of Suffolk	21,750	19,889
143	Liverpool Hope University	20,913	19,846
144	Rose Bruford College	20,803	20,097
145	Scotland's Rural College	20,236	18,364
146	European School of Economics	19,703	19,650
147	University of Chichester	18,851	17,160
148	The University of Buckingham	18,021	16,884
149	Leeds Trinity University	17,515	16,321
150	St George's, University of London	17,119	16,179
151	The Royal Agricultural University	16,525	14,554
152	Northern School of Contemporary Dance	16,136	13,842
153	The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	14,684	13,405
154	Plymouth Marjon University	13,763	12,473
155	Bishop Grosseteste University	13,435	12,331
156	Norwich University of the Arts	12,025	10,727
157	Arts University Plymouth	11,896	10,869
158	Ravensbourne University London	11,383	9,985
159	Leeds Conservatoire	11,180	10,004
160	School of Advanced Study, University of London	9,602	9,204
161	Birmingham Newman University	8,537	7,985
162	Walbrook Institute London	6,008	5,128

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

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