Top Universities and Colleges Trending Websites in South Africa

See the full list of South Africa Universities and Colleges trending websites for October 2025, and read the full analysis below

Last updated : November 1, 2025

Rank	Website	Monthly Change
54	commonapp.org	38
63	stellenboschbusiness.ac.za	36
59	gimmenotes.co.za	18
65	news.mandela.ac.za	18
77	feenix.org	16

Rank	Website	Monthly Change
99	ucsb.edu	31
92	nbt.ac.za	22
91	colorado.edu	18
96	sdmesa.edu	18
76	northlink.co.za	17

Rank	Website	Monthly Change
70	thebook.digital	New
82	uni-tuebingen.de	639
90	ifm.ac.tz	170
72	bluera.com	158
88	intelipos.com	52

Website	Monthly Change
pearsonhighered.com	1,033
unisaenterprise.ac.za	68
psu.edu	51
wbs.ac.za	49
open.ac.uk	44

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Universities and Colleges Website Trends in South Africa: Analysis for October 2025

Fastest Growing Universities and Colleges websites & Most Decreasing in South Africa

The top growing Universities and Colleges website in South Africa in October 2025 is commonapp.org, now ranked #54 in South Africa in the Universities and Colleges category, with 38 positions increase in ranking compared to September 2025. stellenboschbusiness.ac.za is the runner up this month, trending 36 positions up in the Universities and Colleges websites South Africa ranking to #63.
Closing our top trending Universities and Colleges sites in South Africa list are gimmenotes.co.za, news.mandela.ac.za and feenix.org with an increase of 18, 18 and 16 positions in ranking in South Africa, respectfully.

The fastest declining website in South Africa in October 2025 is ucsb.edu, dropping -31 positions in ranking to #99 compared to September 2025. ucsb.edu is followed by nbt.ac.za which takes the 2nd top declining award after its ranking in South Africa decreased by -22 positions in ranking over the past month and is now ranked #92. Closing the list is northlink.co.za with a decline of -17 positions to #76 in South Africa

New Universities and Colleges websites & Out of the Top 100 in South Africa

thebook.digital shoots up to the Top 100 Universities and Colleges websites in South Africa with positions increase in ranking to #70 since September 2025. The 2nd new Universities and Colleges website in the list is uni-tuebingen.de with 639 positions increase in ranking to #82 in South Africa.
Heading out of the list are pearsonhighered.com and unisaenterprise.ac.za with a loss of -1033 and -68 in rankings in South Africa in the Universities and Colleges category respectively.

FAQs About Websites Trends in South Africa

Question: Which is the top trending Universities and Colleges website in South Africa?
Answer: commonapp.org is the fastest growing website in South Africa in October 2025.

Question: Which is the fastest declining Universities and Colleges website in South Africa?
Answer: ucsb.edu is the top declining website in South Africa in October 2025.

Question: Who is the newest trending Universities and Colleges website in South Africa?
Answer: thebook.digital is the highest ranking new website in the Top 100 in South Africa for October 2025