Top South African Universities on Twitter
2019 Twitter University Ranking
Introduction
What are the most popular South African Universities on Twitter? uniRank tries to answer this question by publishing the 2019 Twitter University Ranking of all South African higher-education institutions on Twitter meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:
- being chartered, licensed and/or accredited by the appropriate South African higher education-related organization
- offering at least four-year undergraduate degrees (bachelor degrees) or postgraduate degrees (master or doctoral degrees)
- delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format
South African Universities on Twitter
| Rank | Followers | University |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 337,010 | University of Pretoria  |
| 2 | 189,752 | University of Cape Town |
| 3 | 91,714 | University of the Witwatersrand |
| 4 | 64,694 | Universiteit Stellenbosch |
| 5 | 41,125 | University of Johannesburg |
| 6 | 26,239 | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| 7 | 22,805 | Nelson Mandela University |
| 8 | 20,913 | Universiteit van die Vrystaat |
| 9 | 18,814 | North-West University |
| 10 | 13,308 | Tshwane University of Technology |
| 11 | 13,125 | University of the Western Cape |
| 12 | 12,890 | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
| 13 | 12,511 | University of Limpopo |
| 14 | 12,490 | University of Venda |
| 15 | 10,172 | Durban University of Technology |
| 16 | 9,997 | Rhodes University |
| 17 | 5,985 | Vaal University of Technology |
| 18 | 5,696 | University of Fort Hare |
| 19 | 5,234 | Central University of Technology |
| 20 | 5,054 | University of Zululand |
| 21 | 3,465 | Mangosuthu University of Technology |
| 22 | 3,465 | Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University |
| 23 | 2,459 | Walter Sisulu University |
| 24 | 669 | Sol Plaatje University |
Notice: the total number of followers of the above Twitter pages have been extracted in March 2019.
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