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Top 200 Colleges and Universities on Instagram

Top 200 Universities on Instagram by Followers

2026 Instagram University Ranking

Introduction

What are the most popular and followed universities on Instagram worldwide? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 Instagram University Ranking, featuring the top 200 higher education institutions on Instagram worldwide that meet the following uniRank selection criteria:

  • being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in each country
  • 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 uniRank Instagram University Ranking aims to provide an approximate popularity index of the top 200 universities on the Instagram platform, based on the total number of followers of each university's official institutional Instagram page. Read also our article about the importance of Social Media for Universities and prospective students.

2026 Instagram University Ranking


Rank University Followers Posts Country
1 Harvard University 3,162,626 3,225 us United States
2 University of Oxford 2,305,730 4,075 gb United Kingdom
3 Universitas Gadjah Mada 1,709,867 3,607 id Indonesia
4 University of Cambridge 1,626,547 5,284 gb United Kingdom
5 Stanford University 1,437,007 2,576 us United States
6 Universitas Indonesia 1,344,574 4,998 id Indonesia
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1,076,806 3,204 us United States
8 Universidade Estácio de Sá 961,146 904 br Brazil
9 Institut Teknologi Bandung 926,974 5,411 id Indonesia
10 Universidade Anhanguera de São Paulo 916,550 1,209 br Brazil
11 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 910,443 5,501 mx Mexico
12 Yale University 896,009 4,667 us United States
13 Universitas Padjadjaran 744,952 8,116 id Indonesia
14 Universitas Brawijaya 743,643 4,765 id Indonesia
15 Universitas Airlangga 686,823 2,585 id Indonesia
16 New York University 670,307 2,952 us United States
17 The London School of Economics and Political Science 622,668 5,420 gb United Kingdom
18 Yonsei University 579,989 3,866 kr Korea
19 American Film Institute Conservatory 562,749 5,869 us United States
20 Universitas Diponegoro 561,533 3,314 id Indonesia
21 Universidade de São Paulo 529,936 2,428 br Brazil
22 University of Michigan 529,606 5,983 us United States
23 University of California, Los Angeles 527,171 2,624 us United States
24 Princeton University 511,721 5,065 us United States
25 Columbia University in the City of New York 508,380 3,862 us United States
26 The Ohio State University 493,114 4,507 us United States
27 Universidad Empresarial Siglo 21 476,074 1,540 ar Argentina
28 Texas A&M University 474,965 3,188 us United States
29 Universidad de Buenos Aires 466,941 2,424 ar Argentina
30 Institut Pertanian Bogor 463,785 3,202 id Indonesia
31 Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo 463,324 8,739 do Dominican Republic
32 Osmania University 446,067 748 in India
33 University of California, Berkeley 437,698 2,983 us United States
34 Cornell University 423,869 3,000 us United States
35 Penn State University 404,770 5,451 us United States
36 Louisiana State University 400,801 2,411 us United States
37 University of Pennsylvania 391,384 7,101 us United States
38 Universitas Sebelas Maret 390,561 3,734 id Indonesia
39 Lovely Professional University 389,256 7,149 in India
40 Berklee College of Music 383,437 1,702 us United States
41 University of Toronto 375,888 2,062 ca Canada
42 Universitas Negeri Semarang 375,771 1,956 id Indonesia
43 Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta 371,872 2,660 id Indonesia
44 University of Florida 369,866 2,189 us United States
45 The University of Texas at Austin 351,250 3,502 us United States
46 The University of Melbourne 347,011 4,391 au Australia
47 United States Military Academy 345,472 4,357 us United States
48 Brown University 342,991 3,402 us United States
49 Universidade Estadual de Campinas 340,880 4,812 br Brazil
50 University of Miami 339,824 3,039 us United States
51 The University of Sydney 336,275 3,182 au Australia
52 Universitas Negeri Malang 332,400 4,949 id Indonesia
53 Duke University 328,191 3,485 us United States
54 Clemson University 326,710 4,934 us United States
55 United States Air Force Academy 310,806 4,604 us United States
56 The Juilliard School 309,013 3,622 us United States
57 University College London 308,994 1,643 gb United Kingdom
58 United States Naval Academy 305,425 3,652 us United States
59 Parul University 304,493 8,251 in India
60 Anadolu Üniversitesi 301,645 9,616 tr Turkey
61 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 296,011 1,314 br Brazil
62 Universitas Telkom 295,146 7,072 id Indonesia
63 Michigan State University 292,451 2,891 us United States
64 University of Georgia 290,803 3,721 us United States
65 Universitas Negeri Surabaya 288,131 2,509 id Indonesia
66 Universidade Federal do Pará 287,006 5,199 br Brazil
67 The University of Alabama 284,371 4,198 us United States
68 Indiana University Bloomington 282,020 4,686 us United States
69 Universidade de Fortaleza 281,473 27,801 br Brazil
70 University of Washington 280,753 3,110 us United States
71 University of Southern California 278,698 2,208 us United States
72 Arizona State University 278,371 3,830 us United States
73 University of Notre Dame 274,607 2,172 us United States
74 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 274,186 3,915 br Brazil
75 University of Nottingham 271,480 3,121 gb United Kingdom
76 University of Chicago 270,299 2,626 us United States
77 Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember 268,912 7,821 id Indonesia
78 Al-Kunooze University College 268,290 2,615 iq Iraq
79 Universidade Estadual do Maranhão 264,127 554 br Brazil
80 Universidade Paulista 263,936 1,099 br Brazil
81 Johns Hopkins University 263,661 1,577 us United States
82 Seoul National University 260,520 1,506 kr Korea
83 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 260,469 3,418 us United States
84 Universidade Federal de Pernambuco 258,491 13,261 br Brazil
85 Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia 254,447 2,958 id Indonesia
86 Auburn University 251,154 3,399 us United States
87 Florida State University 250,559 2,325 us United States
88 Liberty University 250,427 5,037 us United States
89 Boston University 248,629 3,995 us United States
90 Korea University 247,762 1,800 kr Korea
91 Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 243,756 1,913 br Brazil
92 University of Edinburgh 243,251 3,062 gb United Kingdom
93 Texas Tech University 241,150 3,213 us United States
94 University of Petroleum and Energy Studies 240,823 3,817 in India
95 The American University in Cairo 235,060 3,478 eg Egypt
96 Instituto Politécnico Nacional 232,163 8,611 mx Mexico
97 Imperial College London 232,099 2,908 gb United Kingdom
98 Universitas Negeri Jakarta 228,790 3,591 id Indonesia
99 University of the Arts London 227,977 3,456 gb United Kingdom
100 Chandigarh University 227,299 7,986 in India
101 Universitas Sumatera Utara 225,938 2,799 id Indonesia
102 University of Wisconsin-Madison 225,742 3,947 us United States
103 Southern California Institute of Architecture 225,608 2,999 us United States
104 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 223,804 3,191 us United States
105 Universidade Cesumar 222,599 3,460 br Brazil
106 National University of Singapore 222,106 4,486 sg Singapore
107 Universitas Negeri Padang 222,018 8,678 id Indonesia
108 University of Oregon 220,674 3,701 us United States
109 Universitas Hasanuddin 220,649 6,945 id Indonesia
110 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 218,728 2,479 us United States
111 The University of British Columbia 218,149 3,666 ca Canada
112 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 218,017 2,860 us United States
113 Instituto Tecnológico de Las Américas 216,489 6,295 do Dominican Republic
114 Universidade Federal do Paraná 215,574 5,979 br Brazil
115 Howard University 215,395 4,457 us United States
116 University of South Carolina 215,087 1,670 us United States
117 Universidad de Antioquía 214,565 6,530 co Colombia
118 University of Mississippi 213,040 3,198 us United States
119 Universidad Argentina John F. Kennedy 212,238 1,486 ar Argentina
120 Universidade de Brasília 208,395 br Brazil
121 Universitas Bina Nusantara 208,018 7,212 id Indonesia
122 University of Colorado Boulder 207,302 3,264 us United States
123 Queen Mary University of London 207,135 2,539 gb United Kingdom
124 Universidade Federal do Ceará 206,968 41 br Brazil
125 Brigham Young University 206,651 1,692 us United States
126 Sapienza Università di Roma 205,718 17,445 it Italy
127 Universidade Estadual Paulista 205,445 2,984 br Brazil
128 Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna 204,731 1,780 it Italy
129 Universidad de Panamá 203,764 7,347 pa Panama
130 University of Virginia 203,633 3,608 us United States
131 Universitas Andalas 202,212 3,032 id Indonesia
132 University of Glasgow 202,211 3,526 gb United Kingdom
133 Tecnológico de Monterrey 202,132 2,318 mx Mexico
134 The University of Arizona 201,787 3,000 us United States
135 Purdue University 201,517 5,476 us United States
136 Kuwait University 200,689 9,803 kw Kuwait
137 University of Houston 199,525 4,904 us United States
138 Universidad Nacional de La Matanza 197,161 3,482 ar Argentina
139 Baylor University 196,193 5,544 us United States
140 Monash University 195,128 2,769 au Australia
141 The University of Oklahoma 193,104 4,051 us United States
142 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 190,783 13,775 br Brazil
143 University of Kentucky 190,640 3,750 us United States
144 Universitas Islam Indonesia 190,522 4,336 id Indonesia
145 Georgetown University 190,491 2,819 us United States
146 Northwestern University 190,402 2,625 us United States
147 Invertis University 190,228 4,603 in India
148 Universitas Lampung 190,022 3,765 id Indonesia
149 Universidade Federal de São Paulo 189,687 2,963 br Brazil
150 Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta 189,163 3,668 id Indonesia
151 Savannah College of Art and Design 188,868 4,478 us United States
152 IE University 188,793 1,708 es Spain
153 Politecnico di Milano 188,596 1,282 it Italy
154 Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie 188,067 1,784 br Brazil
155 Universidade Federal do Maranhão 188,061 4,236 br Brazil
156 North Carolina State University 187,963 3,252 us United States
157 The Culinary Institute of America 183,729 2,862 us United States
158 University of New South Wales 183,600 3,171 au Australia
159 Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 183,100 1,801 ar Argentina
160 University of Birmingham 182,857 2,783 gb United Kingdom
161 Universidade Federal de Goiás 182,529 2,733 br Brazil
162 Universidad Nacional de La Plata 182,354 2,896 ar Argentina
163 Universidade Federal da Paraíba 182,115 160 br Brazil
164 West Virginia University 181,378 3,844 us United States
165 Georgia Institute of Technology 181,239 4,129 us United States
166 Boston College 180,931 4,816 us United States
167 University of Connecticut 179,856 4,689 us United States
168 University of Iowa 179,180 2,466 us United States
169 Florida International University 178,565 4,813 us United States
170 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 178,501 2,266 br Brazil
171 Universidad César Vallejo 177,299 4,881 pe Peru
172 The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London 176,890 3,063 gb United Kingdom
173 Universitas Jenderal Soedirman 176,219 2,449 id Indonesia
174 Syracuse University 175,925 2,194 us United States
175 Royal College of Art 175,715 2,638 gb United Kingdom
176 King's College London 175,140 1,796 gb United Kingdom
177 Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná 174,261 1,930 br Brazil
178 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas 173,464 4,855 br Brazil
179 Universidad de Guayaquil 173,172 9,550 ec Ecuador
180 University of Manchester 172,769 2,351 gb United Kingdom
181 The University of Utah 172,325 7,977 us United States
182 Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi 171,307 3,568 tr Turkey
183 Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris 169,632 2,341 fr France
184 Northeastern University 169,500 4,600 us United States
185 Dayananda Sagar University 168,935 4,655 in India
186 Grand Canyon University 167,598 1,789 us United States
187 Universidade Nove de Julho 166,642 1,667 br Brazil
188 Mississippi State University 166,332 4,576 us United States
189 Universidad de los Andes, Colombia 165,711 4,269 co Colombia
190 Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang 164,605 5,121 id Indonesia
191 Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia 164,597 3,635 es Spain
192 Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla 164,172 4,381 mx Mexico
193 Universitas Pertamina 164,160 3,475 id Indonesia
194 Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 163,403 3,523 pe Peru
195 Al-Esraa University 162,782 5,545 iq Iraq
196 University of Central Florida 162,579 2,100 us United States
197 İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi 162,058 3,803 tr Turkey
198 University of California, San Diego 161,625 2,391 us United States
199 London Business School 161,228 1,313 gb United Kingdom
200 Qatar University 160,719 3,737 qa Qatar

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