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UK University Community

Got a question about going to uni in the UK? Want to find out more and speak to others about their course/uni? Not sure if you can eat something that's been loafing in your fridge for 3 weeks, and gone a dubious shade of purple-green? This is the place for you. If you want to post a survey for your dissertation, please make sure your post includes all information required by the rules linked in our wiki!

343k subscribers4,304 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)3,206 authors / mosince 2016

r/UniUK has 343k members (+28% over the last 12 months). It gets about 4,304 posts a month from 3,206 people. Top topics: Making Friends at Uni, Student Finances and UK Universities.

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Size and growth

How r/UniUK has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+28%in 12 months · +4.8% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 2026342k
Growing342k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/UniUK

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+3.6%vs Sep 2025 · +10.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20264.3k
BusierPeaked at 4.5k in Aug 2026
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/UniUK

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Making Friends at Uni8.1%
  2. Student Finances3.3%
  3. UK Universities3.1%
  4. Writing Challenges2.7%
  5. University Finances & Challenges2.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Qualtrics
  2. Microsoft 365 Copilot
  3. Monzo
  4. Jisc
  5. Chase UK

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research