Top UK Universities on YouTube

Introduction

What are the most popular UK Universities on YouTube? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2025 YouTube University Ranking (June 2025 data) of all UK higher-education institutions on YouTube 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 YouTube University Ranking is to offer an approximate popularity index for each UK university on the YouTube social media platform, based on the total number of subscribers. Read also our article about the importance of Social Media for Universities and prospective students.

UK Universities on YouTube

Rank	University	Subscribers	Avg views per video
1	University of Cambridge	509,000	51,066
2	University of Oxford	417,000	45,495
3	London Business School	303,000	10,768
4	The London School of Economics and Political Science	265,000	5,888
5	Imperial College London	235,000	9,610
6	University of Edinburgh	165,000	25,314
7	University of East London	164,000	21,779
8	University of Nottingham	118,000	9,063
9	Solent University	104,000	24,554
10	University of Birmingham	99,700	4,429
11	University of Stirling	86,000	20,822
12	University of Leicester	84,000	27,152
13	SOAS, University of London	59,600	3,791
14	Royal College of Music	58,400	16,637
15	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	57,600	19,892
16	University of South Wales	54,900	28,030
17	King's College London	51,900	5,834
18	University of London	47,600	3,902
19	University of Manchester	45,600	7,185
20	University of Glasgow	42,000	10,077
21	University College London	41,000	9,899
22	University of Derby	35,600	8,434
23	University of Bristol	35,100	5,948
24	University of Surrey	31,800	6,467
25	University of the Arts London	31,800	2,705
26	Queen's University Belfast	28,200	4,358
27	University of Essex	28,100	3,744
28	The Royal Academy of Music, University of London	28,000	15,144
29	University of Aberdeen	27,300	3,141
30	University of Kent	26,100	2,664
31	University of Sheffield	25,800	10,530
32	Durham University	25,200	3,378
33	Birkbeck, University of London	24,800	1,875
34	University of Dundee	24,800	4,704
35	University of Bath	24,600	4,606
36	University of Westminster	23,400	5,890
37	University of Exeter	22,500	7,043
38	Birmingham City University	22,400	3,310
39	University of Leeds	22,200	2,733
40	Coventry University	22,000	5,930
41	Loughborough University	21,400	5,393
42	City St George's, University of London	21,000	6,186
43	Nottingham Trent University	20,700	2,026
44	Royal College of Art	20,600	2,445
45	Newcastle University	20,500	6,995
46	The University of Law	20,100	3,021
47	Queen Mary University of London	20,100	6,465
48	University of Greenwich	19,000	7,060
49	Liverpool John Moores University	18,900	2,554
50	Oxford Brookes University	18,500	13,227
51	University of Hertfordshire	18,100	2,292
52	The University of York	18,000	3,563
53	De Montfort University	17,600	39,282
54	Lancaster University	17,200	10,381
55	Brunel University London	17,000	2,062
56	Cardiff University	16,900	4,492
57	School of Advanced Study, University of London	16,700	686
58	Middlesex University	16,700	3,826
59	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	16,400	3,357
60	University of Warwick	15,700	2,710
61	Kingston University	15,400	3,298
62	University of Southampton	15,100	4,389
63	University of Worcester	14,600	10,680
64	Bournemouth University	13,800	2,499
65	Anglia Ruskin University	13,500	1,551
66	University of the West of England	13,400	10,278
67	University of West London	13,300	2,190
68	University of Wolverhampton	13,200	3,388
69	University of Central Lancashire	12,800	2,621
70	Teesside University	12,700	3,079
71	University of Reading	12,500	1,888
72	Bangor University	12,300	4,976
73	University of Portsmouth	11,800	2,249
74	University of Salford	11,500	3,291
75	Manchester Metropolitan University	11,400	8,127
76	University of Lincoln	11,000	3,691
77	Sheffield Hallam University	10,900	7,717
78	Keele University	10,800	3,497
79	Aston University	10,800	43,720
80	University of Staffordshire	10,700	1,594
81	University of Chester	10,500	2,970
82	University for the Creative Arts	10,500	6,349
83	University of Sunderland	10,300	2,241
84	Leeds Beckett University	10,100	1,220
85	University of Brighton	10,100	3,316
86	University of Bradford	10,000	2,152
87	Northumbria University	9,960	2,380
88	University of Sussex	9,920	6,001
89	University of St Andrews	9,860	8,999
90	University of East Anglia	9,730	6,492
91	University of Liverpool	9,730	3,408
92	University of Plymouth	9,630	4,516
93	Goldsmiths, University of London	9,530	11,729
94	London South Bank University	9,500	7,408
95	London Metropolitan University	9,350	6,936
96	University of Bedfordshire	9,330	7,542
97	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	9,230	4,197
98	University of the West of Scotland	8,900	973
99	Heriot-Watt University	8,300	10,005
100	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	8,230	2,401
101	Royal Holloway, University of London	7,950	2,174
102	Cardiff Metropolitan University	7,940	16,506
103	The University of Northampton	7,830	10,484
104	University of Strathclyde	7,590	2,102
105	Cranfield University	7,360	2,014
106	Robert Gordon University	7,350	3,341
107	The Royal Veterinary College University of London	7,090	2,601
108	University of Roehampton	6,990	3,484
109	University of Huddersfield	6,270	2,513
110	Glasgow Caledonian University	6,060	1,501
111	University of Hull	6,050	1,750
112	Canterbury Christ Church University	6,050	2,253
113	University College Birmingham	6,030	1,799
114	Edinburgh Napier University	5,950	13,560
115	Aberystwyth University	5,710	3,555
116	Edge Hill University	5,650	1,058
117	Swansea University	5,630	2,747
118	St Mary's University, Twickenham	5,520	3,424
119	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	5,500	5,793
120	University of Greater Manchester	5,150	2,804
121	Hartpury University and Hartpury College	4,870	3,493
122	Northern School of Contemporary Dance	4,600	6,049
123	Buckinghamshire New University	4,420	3,991
124	Walbrook Institute London	4,320	647
125	Norwich University of the Arts	4,280	1,522
126	Royal Northern College of Music	4,140	3,512
127	Ulster University	4,110	1,584
128	University of Gloucestershire	4,060	3,150
129	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	3,990	845
130	The University of Buckingham	3,980	2,236
131	Harper Adams University	3,950	4,669
132	York St John University	3,840	3,036
133	Falmouth University	3,750	8,295
134	Bath Spa University	3,450	2,035
135	Liverpool Hope University	3,170	721
136	University of Cumbria	3,100	2,046
137	Wrexham University	2,960	1,653
138	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	2,840	1,157
139	University of Winchester	2,700	1,492
140	Arts University Plymouth	2,540	2,140
141	Regent's University London	2,400	1,376
142	Leeds Conservatoire	2,370	1,084
143	University of Suffolk	2,350	5,095
144	University of Chichester	2,320	826
145	Leeds Arts University	2,220	1,719
146	Arts University Bournemouth	2,140	1,527
147	The Royal Agricultural University	2,110	1,886
148	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	2,090	771
149	European School of Economics	2,070	1,141
150	Abertay University	2,050	1,195
151	The Glasgow School of Art	1,990	1,940
152	University of the Highlands and Islands	1,900	3,525
153	Queen Margaret University	1,880	982
154	Leeds Trinity University	1,760	752
155	Ravensbourne University London	1,760	819
156	Rose Bruford College	1,730	2,871
157	The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	1,550	340
158	Richmond, The American International University in London	1,530	3,304
159	Scotland's Rural College	1,120	1,911
160	Plymouth Marjon University	924	1,175
161	Bishop Grosseteste University	737	225
162	Birmingham Newman University	699	4,447
163	University of Wales	39	4,827

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