Name: 2026 Australian University Instagram Rankings
Creator: uniRank
Published: 2026-08-12

Introduction

What are the most popular Australian Universities on Instagram? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 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.

Australian Universities on Instagram

Rank	University	Followers	Posts
1	The University of Melbourne	347,011	4,391
2	The University of Sydney	336,275	3,182
3	Monash University	195,128	2,769
4	University of New South Wales	183,600	3,171
5	The University of Queensland	123,949	2,210
6	Deakin University	115,734	3,629
7	RMIT University	105,227	2,131
8	Macquarie University	92,772	2,861
9	Curtin University	84,307	3,368
10	The University of Newcastle	81,334	1,638
11	The University of Adelaide	79,607	2,258
12	The University of Western Australia	76,328	2,456
13	Griffith University	75,600	2,288
14	University of Wollongong	69,164	1,663
15	Western Sydney University	61,036	2,013
16	La Trobe University	57,170	3,211
17	Australian National University	53,948	2,263
18	Queensland University of Technology	52,254	3,146
19	University of Tasmania	50,443	2,456
20	Swinburne University of Technology	47,069	3,467
21	Flinders University	44,074	2,539
22	Victoria University	43,303	3,055
23	Edith Cowan University	42,181	1,367
24	Bond University	42,136	3,158
25	University of Technology Sydney	41,770	2,688
26	University of Canberra	40,272	1,709
27	James Cook University	37,505	1,549
28	Torrens University Australia	34,855	3,137
29	Federation University Australia	33,224	2,958
30	Murdoch University	31,705	1,978
31	University of the Sunshine Coast	30,578	2,354
32	Australian Catholic University	29,587	1,976
33	Central Queensland University	29,161	3,541
34	Charles Sturt University	24,219	2,854
35	Southern Cross University	22,652	3,722
36	Charles Darwin University	20,562	1,213
37	University of Southern Queensland	19,174	3,479
38	The University of Notre Dame Australia	14,914	1,868
39	University of New England, Australia	11,848	1,838

Notice: the total number of followers and posts of the above Instagram pages were extracted in August 2026.

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