Popularity ranking · Belgium

The 100 most popular Universities in Belgium

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest universities in Belgium, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 732 universities tracked in Belgium, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ghent University, university maryland and The New School lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 591k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 38k, and the largest, Ghent University, reaches around 263k people in Belgium. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with each university, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Belgium and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Belgium. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Belgium, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Belgium. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Ghent University 263k 37.8 62.3% University
2 university maryland 197k 50.5 87.5% University
3 The New School 131k 43.2 60.8% University
4 University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay 124k University
5 Technical University of Madrid 122k 43.3 45.2% University
6 University of Oxford 118k 39.4 58.9% University
7 Vrije Universiteit Brussel 117k 34.9 57.4% University
8 University of Antwerp 96k 37.9 58.4% University
9 University of Lagos 83k 37.7 45.0% University
10 ESCP Europe 81k 37.7 76.2% University
11 University of Liège 79k 40.5 54.0% University
12 Harvard University 76k 36.6 60.9% University
13 International Organization for Standardization 69k 42.3 51.5% University
14 Vocational university 64k 30.8 55.9% University
15 Far Eastern University 62k 41.4 62.1% University
16 Union College 62k 42.0 47.6% University
17 University of Milan 61k 33.6 76.4% University
18 University of Notre Dame 60k 39.2 59.8% University
19 University of Cambridge 57k 37.0 59.1% University
20 Durban University of Technology 56k 39.0 66.3% University
21 Complutense University of Madrid 53k 43.8 41.7% University
22 University of Baghdad 44k 37.1 57.4% University
23 Stockholm University 41k 36.5 56.9% University
24 American University in Cairo 40k 33.1 56.9% University
25 The Catholic University of America 40k 42.0 59.8% University

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular universities compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Belgium and ranks each university by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest university in Belgium?

Ghent University currently leads with an estimated audience of 263k people in Belgium.

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