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An Updated Ranking on the Web Popularity of British Universities

From mid Apr 2018-mid Jul 2018



"Along with the official website a university’s page on Wikipedia is an important source of information. A high number of views of the university’s page show the university’s societal impact." - Moscow International University Ranking



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As before, this is a pre-selected list based on High Flier's Top 30 universities. If your university is not on the list, click this link.
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Surprising St Andrews is so high.
st andrews joining the 6-digit club :tongue:
It is a good measure for brand strength, popularity and reputation globally especially when one puts the potential student attendee population into context.

Bristol and Nottingham are slipping.
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Just checked Cranfield University and it’s on 23,095 views within that period.
Erm, why is it not there?
Interesting and important data tool I must say.
Original post by Cranfield University
Just checked Cranfield University and it’s on 23,095 views within that period.
Erm, why is it not there?
Interesting and important data tool I must say.


I feel sorry for Glyndwr University 163 page views. On 28th June there were 7 views on the same day!
Original post by Cranfield University
Just checked Cranfield University and it’s on 23,095 views within that period.
Erm, why is it not there?
Interesting and important data tool I must say.


He is keeping strictly to undergraduate focused universities.
Original post by nulli tertius
I feel sorry for Glyndwr University 163 page views. On 28th June there were 7 views on the same day!


Original post by RoyalBeams
He is keeping strictly to undergraduate focused universities.


Noticed that. Quite normal with postgraduate-only Universities anyway.
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This represents POPULARITY, and that may be different from qualitative outcomes eg teaching quality returns , research outcomes. Thus note how universities in the provinces are less searched than those in the Home Counties /capital where there will be a larger catchment area. For fear of being political Trump was/is popular but whether he is goid is a matter of opinion.
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Original post by rae0710
This represents POPULARITY, and that may be different from qualitative outcomes eg teaching quality returns , research outcomes. Thus note how universities in the provinces are less searched than those in the Home Counties /capital where there will be a larger catchment area. For fear of being political Trump was/is popular but whether he is goid is a matter of opinion.


There is actually a strong correlation between popularity and research outcomes.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/11299261/League-tables-the-top-universities-for-research.html

The best research universities are more likely to be the most searched for.
This is fun, I wonder what the table is like for Google searches? :holmes:
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Original post by Puddles the Monkey
This is fun, I wonder what the table is like for Google searches? :holmes:


http://www.webometrics.info/en/world


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Original post by Puddles the Monkey
This is fun, I wonder what the table is like for Google searches? :holmes:



http://www.webometrics.info/en/transparent
1. Cambridge
2. UCL
3. Oxford
4. Imperial
5. KCL
6. Queen Mary
7. Edinburgh
8. Bristol
9. Manchester
10. Exeter
11. Lancaster
12. Dundee
13. LSE
14. York
15. Brunel
16. Leeds
17. Nottingham
18. Sussex
19. Sheffield
20. Leicester

It is for Google Scholar though, not for Google general seaarch.
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Original post by RoyalBeams
http://www.webometrics.info/en/transparent
1. Cambridge
2. UCL
3. Oxford
4. Imperial
5. KCL
6. Queen Mary
7. Edinburgh
8. Bristol
9. Manchester
10. Exeter
11. Lancaster
12. Dundee
13. LSE
14. York
15. Brunel
16. Leeds
17. Nottingham
18. Sussex
19. Sheffield
20. Leicester

It is for Google Scholar though, not for Google general seaarch.


This version is overall web presence ranking not just Scholar
http://www.webometrics.info/en/world

UK Only: http://www.webometrics.info/en/Europe/United%20Kingdom
Original post by Cranfield University
Just checked Cranfield University and it’s on 23,095 views within that period.
Erm, why is it not there?
Interesting and important data tool I must say.


Apologies, kept the list to only include High Flier's definition of the top 30 universities in the UK for consistency's sake.

Original post by nulli tertius
I feel sorry for Glyndwr University 163 page views. On 28th June there were 7 views on the same day!


To be fair, the Wikipedia page is called 'Wrexham Glyndŵr University' so they actually had 4,029 views.
Original post by RoyalBeams
It is a good measure for brand strength, popularity and reputation globally especially when one puts the potential student attendee population into context.

Bristol and Nottingham are slipping.


with Bristol you can just feel it can't you? when i was applying 5 years ago Bristol had such a lure to it, now its increasingly being seen by applicants as just another good uni with a good nightlife
I like this! We come out quite well in this one (UCL).
I'm going to guess it's because Kate Middleton and Prince William are searched quite a lot, and St Andrews is one of the first things on the screen.
I suppose much of this interest is driven by international students from abroad like me who study in the UK

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