South African Universities on Instagram

2024 Instagram University Ranking

Introduction

What are the most popular South African Universities on Instagram? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2020 Instagram University Ranking of all South African higher-education institutions on Instagram meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate South African 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

2024 Instagram University Ranking

Rank	University	Followers	Posts
1	University of Pretoria	62,585	3,919
2	University of Johannesburg	53,764	452
3	University of the Witwatersrand	42,673	608
4	University of the Free State	32,232	746
5	University of KwaZulu-Natal	31,898	2,393
6	University of Venda	26,729	5,894
7	Nelson Mandela University	24,809	3,477
8	University of Cape Town	18,263	782
9	University of the Western Cape	14,902	1,042
10	University of Limpopo	9,636	730
11	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	8,727	1,359
12	Durban University of Technology	8,171	975
13	University of Fort Hare	6,215	929
14	Mangosuthu University of Technology	5,823	818
15	Vaal University of Technology	4,276	905
16	Walter Sisulu University	3,724	129
17	Sol Plaatje University	1,413	811
18	Central University of Technology	1,006	62

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

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