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

Introduction

What are the most popular UK Universities on Instagram? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2025 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 the United Kingdom
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.

2025 Instagram University Ranking

Rank	University	Followers	Posts
1	University of Oxford	2,088,095	3,823
2	University of Cambridge	1,544,506	4,901
3	The London School of Economics and Political Science	555,935	4,784
4	University College London	277,121	1,473
5	University of Edinburgh	214,383	2,730
6	Imperial College London	207,569	2,695
7	University of Glasgow	186,271	3,328
8	University of the Arts London	185,812	3,235
9	University of Birmingham	174,428	2,600
10	University of Manchester	159,263	2,146
11	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	158,503	2,846
12	Royal College of Art	157,098	2,411
13	University of Leeds	155,922	1,790
14	London Business School	149,599	1,219
15	King's College London	146,456	1,507
16	University of Bristol	143,576	1,671
17	University of Nottingham	129,011	2,914
18	Newcastle University	112,951	2,658
19	Newcastle University	112,951	2,658
20	University of Sheffield	111,781	3,959
21	University of Warwick	111,563	2,248
22	University of Liverpool	108,259	1,784
23	Durham University	105,108	1,393
24	University of Exeter	99,570	2,554
25	Cardiff University	97,146	2,079
26	University of Bath	87,298	4,045
27	Queen Mary University of London	87,126	2,345
28	The University of York	85,289	2,369
29	Loughborough University	84,841	1,960
30	Nottingham Trent University	80,650	2,198
31	Queen's University Belfast	80,066	3,427
32	University of St Andrews	80,004	3,640
33	University of Sussex	79,851	3,599
34	Coventry University	78,586	3,470
35	University of Southampton	76,306	1,227
36	University of Aberdeen	74,973	1,316
37	University of East London	69,903	2,795
38	City St George's, University of London	69,273	1,369
39	University of Surrey	68,361	1,834
40	University of East Anglia	67,328	2,637
41	The University of Law	67,035	6,829
42	Lancaster University	65,966	2,611
43	University of Stirling	65,456	4,095
44	University of Hertfordshire	65,001	1,755
45	University of Leicester	64,914	2,765
46	Brunel University London	64,842	3,580
47	University of Essex	64,427	2,183
48	Manchester Metropolitan University	64,011	1,962
49	University of London	63,383	6,072
50	University of Reading	62,959	2,796
51	University of Westminster	62,761	1,342
52	Northumbria University	61,835	2,684
53	University of Portsmouth	60,968	1,839
54	University of Greenwich	57,892	1,269
55	University of Strathclyde	57,256	2,898
56	University of Dundee	56,335	1,324
57	SOAS, University of London	56,185	1,080
58	The Royal Academy of Music, University of London	54,905	1,027
59	University of the West of England	54,404	3,100
60	Sheffield Hallam University	54,295	1,531
61	University of Lincoln	53,721	2,014
62	Kingston University	53,309	2,031
63	Middlesex University	51,774	510
64	University of Salford	51,036	2,109
65	Aston University	50,271	2,048
66	Royal Holloway, University of London	50,208	1,824
67	Goldsmiths, University of London	50,119	1,253
68	Bournemouth University	49,414	1,341
69	University of Kent	49,056	2,122
70	De Montfort University	48,806	6,105
71	Swansea University	47,774	1,789
72	The Royal Veterinary College University of London	47,621	1,277
73	University of Hull	47,253	3,688
74	University of Derby	46,832	3,392
75	University of Bradford	46,127	2,297
76	University of Plymouth	44,951	2,619
77	Royal College of Music	44,609	1,226
78	Birmingham City University	44,329	2,006
79	Oxford Brookes University	43,967	348
80	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	42,759	1,247
81	Ulster University	41,998	2,426
82	Falmouth University	40,525	2,804
83	University for the Creative Arts	40,034	3,833
84	Anglia Ruskin University	39,028	2,624
85	Liverpool John Moores University	39,012	1,334
86	Keele University	38,607	2,379
87	University of Central Lancashire	38,500	1,970
88	University of Roehampton	38,212	1,878
89	Hartpury University and Hartpury College	38,182	2,598
90	Heriot-Watt University	38,181	2,404
91	The Glasgow School of Art	38,146	3,431
92	Teesside University	36,603	3,782
93	Bangor University	36,527	2,670
94	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	35,294	1,969
95	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	35,044	3,872
96	University of Chester	35,023	7,980
97	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	34,808	1,805
98	University of South Wales	34,772	2,164
99	Cardiff Metropolitan University	33,160	1,771
100	University of Brighton	33,126	1,322
101	London Metropolitan University	32,828	1,442
102	University of Huddersfield	32,523	2,025
103	London South Bank University	31,994	1,019
104	Glasgow Caledonian University	31,915	2,359
105	University of West London	31,240	2,580
106	University of Sunderland	31,163	2,163
107	Edge Hill University	30,151	2,994
108	Edinburgh Napier University	29,595	1,343
109	University of Bedfordshire	29,203	2,834
110	Regent's University London	28,918	2,472
111	BPP University	27,694	2,313
112	Robert Gordon University	27,170	1,773
113	Leeds Beckett University	26,706	405
114	York St John University	26,365	1,902
115	Birkbeck, University of London	24,679	1,221
116	Cranfield University	24,236	1,130
117	Norwich University of the Arts	23,943	1,844
118	Bath Spa University	23,907	2,316
119	University of Wolverhampton	23,830	1,225
120	University of Worcester	23,294	2,354
121	University of Chichester	23,053	1,822
122	Leeds Arts University	22,900	3,315
123	The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	22,709	2,019
124	Solent University	21,918	2,060
125	University of Gloucestershire	21,258	2,114
126	Arts University Bournemouth	21,096	1,260
127	University of the West of Scotland	20,949	7,023
128	Royal Northern College of Music	19,758	1,926
129	Northern School of Contemporary Dance	19,181	963
130	University of Winchester	18,911	1,332
131	Aberystwyth University	18,696	622
132	The University of Northampton	18,568	897
133	Canterbury Christ Church University	18,287	1,343
134	University College Birmingham	18,043	1,851
135	Ravensbourne University London	17,659	1,653
136	Arts University Plymouth	17,500	3,810
137	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	17,029	410
138	St Mary's University, Twickenham	16,658	1,209
139	Rose Bruford College	16,036	1,667
140	University of Greater Manchester	15,635	4,092
141	Liverpool Hope University	14,870	1,682
142	Harper Adams University	14,571	1,838
143	The University of Buckingham	13,795	1,576
144	University of Suffolk	12,686	3,033
145	University of Cumbria	12,233	2,737
146	The Royal Agricultural University	11,937	1,808
147	Leeds Conservatoire	11,801	1,881
148	Queen Margaret University	11,546	991
149	Abertay University	10,704	819
150	Wrexham University	10,448	5,099
151	Leeds Trinity University	9,791	1,233
152	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	7,628	2,992
153	Richmond, The American International University in London	7,194	1,283
154	Lincoln Bishop University	6,605	2,571
155	Plymouth Marjon University	6,102	1,816
156	University of the Highlands and Islands	5,712	3,146
157	Birmingham Newman University	5,278	1,676
158	Buckinghamshire New University	4,628	485
159	Scotland's Rural College	4,565	893
160	European School of Economics	3,704	316
161	Walbrook Institute London	3,002	791
162	School of Advanced Study, University of London	2,381	795
163	University of Staffordshire	6	0

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

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