Top UK Universities on YouTube

Introduction

What are the most popular UK Universities on YouTube? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2023 YouTube University Ranking (April 2023 data) of all UK higher-education institutions on YouTube meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate UK 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

Some large Universities adopt multiple YouTube channels associated, for example, with each academic division (i.e. College, Faculty, Department, etc.) and each administrative area (i.e. Admissions, Marketing and Communications, Alumni, etc.). uniRank has chosen the most general institutional YouTube channel for each University.

UK Universities on YouTube

Rank	University	Subscribers	Avg views per video
1	University of Cambridge	429,000	55,089
2	University of Oxford	272,000	18,565
3	London Business School	233,000	9,581
4	The London School of Economics and Political Science	222,000	5,506
5	Imperial College London	216,000	9,160
6	University of East London	146,000	26,222
7	University of Edinburgh	136,000	23,581
8	Solent University	104,000	25,288
9	University of Nottingham	99,700	8,407
10	University of Birmingham	82,700	3,612
11	University of Leicester	70,300	25,403
12	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	55,400	22,727
13	SOAS, University of London	50,600	3,882
14	University of South Wales	50,500	35,319
15	Royal College of Music	42,800	14,081
16	King's College London	42,300	5,554
17	University of London	41,000	5,583
18	University College London	34,800	10,099
19	University of Manchester	34,700	7,115
20	University of Glasgow	31,100	4,759
21	University of Derby	28,700	9,345
22	University of Bristol	27,800	6,138
23	University of Surrey	26,300	6,250
24	The Royal Academy of Music, University of London	25,100	16,080
25	University of the Arts London	25,000	2,693
26	University of Essex	24,600	2,911
27	Durham University	22,900	5,295
28	University of Sheffield	22,900	12,502
29	University of Kent	22,300	3,286
30	University of Westminster	21,100	7,250
31	Birkbeck, University of London	20,800	1,748
32	University of Bath	19,000	3,571
33	Queen's University Belfast	18,900	4,089
34	University of Dundee	18,600	2,318
35	University of Leeds	18,400	2,670
36	University of Aberdeen	18,100	2,591
37	Birmingham City University	17,900	3,284
38	Coventry University	17,900	8,300
39	University of Exeter	16,900	5,879
40	Newcastle University	16,700	8,636
41	Loughborough University	16,500	5,493
42	Royal College of Art	16,000	4,351
43	Queen Mary University of London	15,600	5,835
44	City, University of London	15,600	3,217
45	Liverpool John Moores University	15,300	2,694
46	Brunel University London	14,700	1,841
47	Middlesex University	14,500	4,530
48	University of Greenwich	14,500	6,490
49	University of Hertfordshire	14,500	2,047
50	The University of York	14,200	3,641
51	School of Advanced Study, University of London	14,100	648
52	Cardiff University	14,000	5,041
53	Nottingham Trent University	13,900	2,122
54	De Montfort University	13,800	32,820
55	Oxford Brookes University	13,600	5,849
56	Kingston University	13,400	3,089
57	University of Warwick	13,300	2,958
58	University of Worcester	12,900	12,561
59	Lancaster University	12,600	3,662
60	The University of Law	12,500	4,214
61	University of Southampton	12,100	5,499
62	Bournemouth University	11,500	2,732
63	University of the West of England	10,800	15,642
64	Bangor University	10,500	4,026
65	Anglia Ruskin University	10,100	1,530
66	University of Reading	9,570	2,027
67	The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London	9,510	2,438
68	University of Wolverhampton	9,460	1,438
69	University of West London	9,370	4,286
70	Keele University	8,980	3,726
71	Sheffield Hallam University	8,920	10,198
72	Teesside University	8,730	3,472
73	University of Central Lancashire	8,690	2,637
74	University for the Creative Arts	8,340	3,080
75	University of Bedfordshire	8,110	7,243
76	University of Sussex	8,110	6,302
77	Goldsmiths, University of London	8,110	4,875
78	Leeds Beckett University	7,730	1,192
79	University of Brighton	7,700	2,959
80	University of East Anglia	7,650	7,516
81	Northumbria University	7,640	2,856
82	London South Bank University	7,630	2,987
83	University of Lincoln	7,550	5,785
84	Staffordshire University	7,530	912
85	University of Sunderland	7,370	3,508
86	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London	7,360	4,014
87	University of Liverpool	7,200	2,964
88	University of Chester	7,140	2,344
89	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	7,130	2,253
90	University of Salford	7,010	3,267
91	University of Plymouth	6,910	4,523
92	Aston University	6,760	10,874
93	London Metropolitan University	6,720	3,790
94	University of Portsmouth	6,670	1,849
95	University of Bradford	6,660	2,902
96	The University of Northampton	6,560	15,623
97	University of St Andrews	6,510	2,864
98	Manchester Metropolitan University	6,440	2,015
99	Heriot-Watt University	6,370	12,066
100	University of Strathclyde	6,180	2,067
101	Royal Holloway, University of London	6,120	1,285
102	University of the West of Scotland	6,070	1,150
103	University of Stirling	6,020	13,073
104	Robert Gordon University	5,860	2,268
105	Cranfield University	5,730	1,847
106	The Royal Veterinary College University of London	5,510	2,504
107	Cardiff Metropolitan University	5,380	5,262
108	University of Huddersfield	5,320	2,236
109	Aberystwyth University	4,830	3,675
110	University of Roehampton	4,780	4,395
111	Edge Hill University	4,630	884
112	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	4,580	5,311
113	University College Birmingham	4,370	1,493
114	St George's, University of London	4,300	2,778
115	St Mary's University, Twickenham	4,290	3,923
116	University of Hull	4,280	2,465
117	Northern School of Contemporary Dance	4,210	7,149
118	Canterbury Christ Church University	4,180	1,928
119	Hartpury University and Hartpury College	4,180	7,685
120	Edinburgh Napier University	4,080	1,050
121	Glasgow Caledonian University	4,030	1,383
122	Swansea University	4,000	2,566
123	Ulster University	3,880	1,204
124	University of Bolton	3,800	2,883
125	Royal Northern College of Music	3,570	3,853
126	Harper Adams University	3,540	2,667
127	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	3,480	1,015
128	Buckinghamshire New University	3,290	9,571
129	The London Institute of Banking and Finance	3,140	628
130	University of Buckingham	3,120	1,900
131	York St John University	2,760	2,516
132	Norwich University of the Arts	2,540	905
133	Bath Spa University	2,530	1,799
134	Falmouth University	2,420	16,497
135	University of Gloucestershire	2,360	1,620
136	University of Winchester	2,290	1,477
137	Liverpool Hope University	2,250	668
138	Wrexham Glyndwr University	2,150	1,600
139	University of Cumbria	2,100	2,505
140	Regent's University London	2,060	2,501
141	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	1,940	1,119
142	Leeds Arts University	1,900	2,505
143	Leeds Conservatoire	1,830	977
144	Arts University Bournemouth	1,760	4,779
145	The Glasgow School of Art	1,740	1,723
146	Arts University Plymouth	1,660	2,175
147	University of Chichester	1,650	800
148	European School of Economics	1,630	1,029
149	Abertay University	1,610	875
150	The Royal Agricultural University	1,610	2,530
151	University of Suffolk	1,560	4,223
152	University of the Highlands and Islands	1,550	2,563
153	Rose Bruford College	1,540	2,307
154	Queen Margaret University	1,390	543
155	The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	1,360	3,762
156	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	1,180	736
157	Leeds Trinity University	1,150	685
158	Ravensbourne University London	1,030	742
159	Richmond, The American International University in London	968	4,142
160	Plymouth Marjon University	741	1,188
161	Scotland's Rural College	699	1,782
162	Bishop Grosseteste University	499	263
163	Newman University, Birmingham	465	5,049
164	Writtle University College	458	5,138
165	University of Wales	39	4,769

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