Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular Universities in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest universities in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2k universities tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and Open University lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 356k, and the largest, University of Oxford, reaches around 1.9M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each university, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United Kingdom. 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 United Kingdom, 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 United Kingdom. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 University of Sussex 254k 40.4 58.6% University
52 Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education 253k 39.5 54.0% University
53 University of Baghdad 243k 36.8 55.6% University
54 University of Warwick 242k 37.2 61.9% University
55 Northwestern University 236k 44.0 69.3% University
56 Drake University 234k 34.5 61.3% University
57 Boston University 230k 41.2 51.9% University
58 University of Southern California 230k 39.5 51.1% University
59 University of Hull 218k 40.4 61.1% University
60 University of Georgia 217k 36.0 58.5% University
61 Eton College 216k 44.5 45.1% University
62 Middlesex University 216k 38.1 56.7% University
63 Durban University of Technology 211k 40.2 53.1% University
64 University of Aberdeen 211k 41.2 55.1% University
65 Manchester Metropolitan University 210k 33.7 59.4% University
66 Oxford University Press 209k 34.6 45.3% University
67 Coventry University 208k 33.3 58.0% University
68 University of Milan 201k 39.7 79.3% University
69 Loughborough University 201k 38.7 58.7% University
70 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 198k 42.5 41.5% University
71 Yale University 197k 38.0 54.0% University
72 De Montfort University 196k 34.2 54.7% University
73 University of California, Los Angeles 196k 40.5 41.8% University
74 Paris Dauphine University 194k 45.3 57.0% University
75 Texas A&M University 190k 36.8 55.6% 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom?

University of Oxford currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.9M people in United Kingdom.

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