Most Followed UK Universities on Instagram | 2024 Instagram University Rankings by uniRank.org

Introduction

What are the most popular UK Universities on Instagram? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2024 Instagram University Ranking of all UK higher-education institutions on Instagram 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 Instagram University Ranking is to offer an approximate popularity index for each UK 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.

2024 Instagram University Ranking

Rank	University	Followers	Posts
1	University of Oxford	1,493,746	3,290
2	University of Cambridge	1,278,179	4,005
3	The London School of Economics and Political Science	405,502	3,198
4	University College London	206,903	1,222
5	University of Edinburgh	153,471	1,865
6	University of the Arts London	145,962	2,797
7	Imperial College London	144,444	2,290
8	University of Glasgow	143,447	2,846
9	London Business School	133,409	980
10	Royal College of Art	131,649	1,835
11	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	130,612	2,131
12	University of Birmingham	128,461	2,095
13	University of Leeds	124,405	1,695
14	University of Manchester	116,803	1,779
15	University of Bristol	104,240	1,471
16	University of Nottingham	102,953	2,393
17	King's College London	102,177	1,040
18	University of Sheffield	93,542	3,615
19	University of Warwick	81,788	1,853
20	Durham University	80,140	1,282
21	University of Liverpool	76,192	1,373
22	Newcastle University	75,479	2,187
23	Cardiff University	72,926	1,661
24	University of Exeter	69,957	1,924
25	University of Sussex	67,701	3,040
26	Loughborough University	64,060	1,539
27	Nottingham Trent University	63,220	1,719
28	University of Bath	62,984	2,822
29	The University of York	60,737	1,988
30	Coventry University	59,647	2,872
31	University of St Andrews	57,163	3,441
32	University of Aberdeen	56,944	1,222
33	Queen Mary University of London	56,883	2,132
34	University of Surrey	54,275	1,523
35	University of Southampton	53,503	833
36	Queen's University Belfast	53,412	2,679
37	The University of Law	52,637	6,334
38	Lancaster University	52,634	2,354
39	University of East London	52,347	2,375
40	University of East Anglia	51,201	2,253
41	University of London	50,853	4,971
42	University of Hertfordshire	50,565	1,112
43	Northumbria University	49,338	2,143
44	University of Westminster	49,259	1,163
45	Brunel University London	48,056	3,267
46	University of Essex	46,968	1,720
47	University of Portsmouth	46,603	1,678
48	Manchester Metropolitan University	45,721	1,737
49	University of Dundee	45,236	1,160
50	University of Greenwich	45,098	705
51	University of Strathclyde	44,780	2,629
52	De Montfort University	44,339	5,772
53	Bournemouth University	43,664	1,083
54	University of Stirling	42,899	3,020
55	University of the West of England	42,675	2,652
56	University of Leicester	41,739	2,059
57	Goldsmiths, University of London	41,445	1,160
58	Kingston University	41,111	1,709
59	The Royal Academy of Music, University of London	40,922	731
60	Sheffield Hallam University	40,905	1,089
61	University of Lincoln	40,388	1,447
62	The Royal Veterinary College University of London	39,888	1,000
63	Middlesex University	39,335	402
64	University of Salford	39,155	1,803
65	Swansea University	38,607	1,586
66	Royal Holloway, University of London	37,940	1,406
67	University of Reading	37,240	2,018
68	Birmingham City University	37,155	1,655
69	University of Derby	36,900	3,001
70	University of Plymouth	35,625	2,214
71	University of Hull	35,610	3,438
72	Aston University	35,127	1,861
73	University of Bradford	34,306	2,001
74	SOAS, University of London	33,837	880
75	University of Kent	32,760	1,652
76	Oxford Brookes University	31,930	185
77	Royal College of Music	31,147	838
78	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	30,935	1,074
79	University for the Creative Arts	30,506	3,623
80	Teesside University	30,189	2,550
81	University of Central Lancashire	29,403	1,677
82	Bangor University	29,325	2,303
83	The Glasgow School of Art	29,302	2,611
84	Keele University	28,809	2,144
85	Anglia Ruskin University	28,358	1,962
86	University of South Wales	28,348	1,903
87	Heriot-Watt University	28,234	2,106
88	University of Roehampton	27,807	1,485
89	Falmouth University	27,620	2,462
90	Ulster University	27,412	1,730
91	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	27,286	3,360
92	University of Sunderland	27,281	1,723
93	Liverpool John Moores University	26,683	1,142
94	University of Chester	26,195	7,315
95	University of Huddersfield	25,634	1,809
96	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	25,509	1,644
97	University of Brighton	24,977	1,009
98	Cardiff Metropolitan University	24,249	1,299
99	University of West London	23,900	1,905
100	Hartpury University and Hartpury College	23,708	2,079
101	London South Bank University	23,625	734
102	University of Bedfordshire	23,392	2,234
103	Edge Hill University	22,943	2,600
104	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	22,620	1,503
105	Robert Gordon University	22,528	1,539
106	Glasgow Caledonian University	21,994	1,422
107	London Metropolitan University	21,709	1,160
108	Regent's University London	21,121	2,177
109	Edinburgh Napier University	21,078	1,093
110	Cranfield University	20,958	994
111	University of Staffordshire	20,414	2,335
112	Norwich University of the Arts	19,875	1,643
113	Leeds Arts University	19,786	2,800
114	University of Wolverhampton	19,209	1,021
115	York St John University	18,095	1,431
116	University of Worcester	18,034	1,929
117	Arts University Bournemouth	17,722	1,169
118	Bath Spa University	16,882	1,513
119	Birkbeck, University of London	16,841	959
120	Solent University	16,823	1,731
121	Canterbury Christ Church University	15,875	1,133
122	University of Winchester	15,581	1,150
123	University of Chichester	15,580	1,519
124	The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	15,333	1,478
125	University of the West of Scotland	15,304	6,222
126	Arts University Plymouth	14,888	3,299
127	Royal Northern College of Music	14,668	1,603
128	University of Gloucestershire	14,553	1,621
129	Northern School of Contemporary Dance	14,344	688
130	Aberystwyth University	13,902	502
131	Leeds Beckett University	13,777	195
132	Ravensbourne University London	13,691	1,448
133	Rose Bruford College	13,268	1,491
134	University College Birmingham	13,236	1,525
135	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	13,140	282
136	University of Greater Manchester	12,966	3,135
137	Harper Adams University	12,197	1,801
138	St Mary's University, Twickenham	10,753	745
139	Liverpool Hope University	10,579	1,175
140	University of Cumbria	9,339	2,324
141	The Royal Agricultural University	9,255	1,355
142	Leeds Conservatoire	9,131	1,628
143	University of Suffolk	8,977	2,644
144	The University of Northampton	8,879	332
145	Queen Margaret University	8,304	762
146	Wrexham University	7,879	4,576
147	Leeds Trinity University	7,580	1,037
148	The University of Buckingham	7,537	1,316
149	Abertay University	7,189	663
150	Richmond, The American International University in London	6,690	924
151	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	5,891	2,555
152	Bishop Grosseteste University	5,268	1,564
153	Plymouth Marjon University	5,134	1,329
154	University of the Highlands and Islands	4,514	2,464
155	Scotland's Rural College	3,541	697
156	Birmingham Newman University	3,225	1,498
157	European School of Economics	3,106	283
158	School of Advanced Study, University of London	1,447	561

Notice: the total number of followers and posts of the above Instagram pages were extracted in February 2024.

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