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

Introduction

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

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

2025 Instagram University Ranking

Rank	University	Followers	Posts
1	The University of Melbourne	271,829	4,173
2	The University of Sydney	214,724	2,953
3	Monash University	177,305	2,639
4	University of New South Wales	160,031	2,964
5	The University of Queensland	116,443	2,117
6	Deakin University	108,996	3,525
7	RMIT University	94,096	2,033
8	Macquarie University	85,705	2,646
9	The University of Adelaide	84,162	2,252
10	Curtin University	82,273	3,146
11	The University of Western Australia	71,577	2,332
12	Griffith University	68,602	2,066
13	University of Wollongong	63,890	1,529
14	The University of Newcastle	56,392	1,505
15	University of South Australia	55,893	2,811
16	Western Sydney University	53,818	1,844
17	La Trobe University	53,526	3,045
18	Australian National University	52,916	2,126
19	Queensland University of Technology	47,483	3,005
20	University of Tasmania	47,323	2,270
21	Swinburne University of Technology	43,901	3,243
22	Flinders University	41,076	2,384
23	Victoria University	40,007	2,933
24	Edith Cowan University	39,325	1,212
25	University of Canberra	38,607	1,636
26	Bond University	38,139	2,976
27	University of Technology Sydney	38,052	2,516
28	James Cook University	34,695	1,491
29	Murdoch University	31,113	1,883
30	Torrens University Australia	30,679	3,024
31	Central Queensland University	29,429	3,329
32	Australian Catholic University	29,057	1,917
33	Charles Sturt University	22,275	2,616
34	Federation University Australia	22,087	2,785
35	University of the Sunshine Coast	22,032	2,261
36	Southern Cross University	21,512	3,497
37	Charles Darwin University	18,944	1,018
38	University of Southern Queensland	18,112	3,418
39	The University of Notre Dame Australia	13,410	1,742
40	University of New England, Australia	11,351	1,635

Notice: the total number of followers and posts of the above Instagram pages were extracted in November 2025.

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