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QS World University Rankings, Events & Careers Advice | TopUniversitiesDiscover the best universities worldwide - study abroad guides, upcoming events, scholarships, careers advice & latest QS rankings at TopUniversities to find your perfect University.

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Business details

Sells
Digital services
Licensed trade
No licence normally needed
Domain age
24 years
Email address
Not found
Phone number
+44 20 7284 7200
Social media

Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints

SiteReviewsRating
SmartCustomer· Read 12 November 2026· 1 reviews· 2.0 out of 5 stars
Total13.3 out of 5 stars
Customer satisfactionInsufficient evidence· From 1 review on 1 independent review site
App experienceInsufficient evidence· No app ratings found

Summary

Is topuniversities.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 61 out of 100, mixed truth signals: 7 public checks clear, 1 to be cautious about, 1 not found, 1 for information. Legitimacy confidence: mixed. App experience: insufficient evidence. Customer satisfaction: insufficient evidence.

topuniversities.com's website address was registered 24 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. Be cautious: its 1 reviews on SmartCustomer average only 2.0 stars out of 5. We could not find a matching registered company or an email address.

Positives

  1. Its website address was registered 24 years ago.
  2. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

Be cautious

  1. A low number of independent reviews (1 on SmartCustomer), but it falls short with only 2.0 stars out of 5.

Not found

  1. Company details information was not found from our checks.
  2. Email address information was not found from our checks.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.

What they offer

Discover the best universities worldwide - study abroad guides, upcoming events, scholarships, careers advice & latest QS rankings at TopUniversities to find your perfect University.
— TopUniversities, in their own words

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How to check if topuniversities.com is legit

To check if topuniversities.com is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews (where buyers leave praise and complaints), visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about topuniversities.com; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.

Who they are

Company detailsNo data found from the sources checked.
Country
Where the company is based
Not stated with its address
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 24 years ago
  • Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else
Domain age
24 years
Domain transfer lock enabled
Yes
Website detailsWe read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy
HTTPS enabled
Yes
Contact phone number found
+44 20 7284 7200
Contact page found
Yes
Hosting company
Cloudflare, Inc.
What its pages say
In their own words
“QS TopUniversities is the student-facing university discovery and decision platform of QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a global higher education organisation known for its university rankings, research and insights. Through TopUniversities.com, prospective students can explore careers, discover subjects, compare universities, research study destinations, find scholarships, meet universities at events and access personalised application support. Bringing together the QS World University Rankings, university and programme information, QS Career Match, QS TopUniversities Events and QS TopUniversities Apply, we help students make informed decisions about their future education.”
Who you're buying from
“QS is registered in England and Wales under company number 02563879.”
Search engines and AILets in every search engine and AI tool

Which search engines and AI tools its robots.txt file lets read the website. Search engines list it in results; AI training tools learn from it; AI answer tools read it to answer someone’s question.

Search engines

All allowed

Google Search
Allowed by defaultGooglebot
Bing
Allowed by defaultBingbot
AI training

All allowed

OpenAI
Allowed by defaultGPTBot
Anthropic
Allowed by defaultClaudeBot
Google AI
Allowed by defaultGoogle-Extended
Apple AI
Allowed by defaultApplebot-Extended
Common Crawl
Allowed by defaultCCBot
Meta
Allowed by defaultmeta-externalagent
ByteDance (TikTok)
Allowed by defaultBytespider
AI answers

All allowed

ChatGPT search
Allowed by defaultOAI-SearchBot
ChatGPT
Allowed by defaultChatGPT-User
Claude search
Allowed by defaultClaude-SearchBot
Claude
Allowed by defaultClaude-User
Perplexity
Allowed by defaultPerplexityBot
Sourcesrobots.txt

Reputation and track record

Customer reviews, accreditations and complaintsRated 2.0 stars out of 5 from 1 reviews on SmartCustomer
PlatformRatingReviews
SmartCustomer2.0 out of 5 stars1
Total3.3 out of 5 stars1
Visitor trafficReal people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months
  • Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
  • It is among the 50,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)
Monthly visitor data
Popularity among Chrome users
top 50,000 sites
First known user traffic
Feb 2021 or earlier
Months with real traffic, of the last 24
24
Traffic pattern
sustained
Rank jump in the last 12 months
none
Rank drop in the last 12 months
none
Cloudflare Radar
Popularity across the internet
top 50,000 sites
Where its visitors are

Share of people looking up topuniversities.com, by country, over the last 2 days.

Argentina 1.6%Austria 2.3%Brazil 5.4%Canada 0.8%Colombia 0.8%Germany 4.7%Finland 0.8%France 0.8%United Kingdom 16.3%Guinea 0.8%Indonesia 1.6%India 1.6%Iraq 0.8%Iran 0.8%Japan 2.3%Kazakhstan 0.8%Myanmar 0.8%Mexico 0.8%Philippines 0.8%Poland 0.8%Portugal 0.8%Ukraine 0.8%United States 35.7%Venezuela 0.8%Vietnam 1.6%Singapore 14.0%Hong Kong 1.6%
  • Over 50%
  • 5 to 50%
  • 1 to 5%
  • 0.2 to 1%
  • Under 0.2%
  • None seen
  1. 1United States35.7%
  2. 2United Kingdom16.3%
  3. 3Singapore14.0%
  4. 4Brazil5.4%
  5. 5Germany4.7%
  6. 6Austria2.3%
  7. 7Japan2.3%
  8. 8Vietnam1.6%
  9. 9Hong Kong1.6%
  10. 10Indonesia1.6%

Top 10 of 27 countries.

Web history and authorityThe Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 26 years ago
Website archive history
26 years
Social presenceIt is on 5 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X.com and YouTube); the largest audience is 316,093 followers on Facebook
FoundPlatformAudience
Facebook316,093 followers
Instagram95,000 followers
X.comUnknown
LinkedInUnknown
YouTube36,900 subscribers
TikTok
447,993 followers total
YouTube channel
749 videos, 36,900 subscribers, last upload 10 Nov 2026
YouTube Data496 views a video, 74 views a day and a new video every 6.7 days
Top Universities@topuniversities
Views per video371,598 views ÷ 749 videos
496
Views a day371,598 views ÷ 5,026 days
74
Views per subscriber371,598 views ÷ 36,900 subscribers
10
New subscribers a day36,900 subscribers ÷ 5,026 days
7
Subscribers per 1,000 views36,900 subscribers ÷ 371,598 views × 1,000
99.3
Subscribers per video36,900 subscribers ÷ 749 videos
49
Days between videos5,026 days ÷ 749 videos
6.7
Channel age7 February 2013 to 12 November 2026
13 years 9 months
Subscribers
36,900
Views
371,598
Videos
749
Started
7 February 2013
Country
United Kingdom
Language
Not stated
Topics
Knowledge, Lifestyle
Made for children
No
Website in its description
Not stated
Trailer
Yes

What data this site collects about you

What its privacy policy saysWe found this business stores and uses your data
May make automated decisions or build a profile about you.
“We do use profiling, for example to personalise our marketing and to prioritise enquiries.”
Says how long it keeps your data.
“We keep sponsor attendee registration details for five years and delegate marketing details until you unsubscribe.”
Has a data protection officer you can contact.
“Our QS Group Privacy Office acts as our encarregado (data protection officer) and can be contacted at [email protected] .”privacy@qs.com
Tracking tools on its homepageGoogle Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Meta Pixel and TikTok Pixel

Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete.

Google Analytics
Counts your visits and what you look at.
Google Tag Manager
Loads other tracking tools, which may not be listed here.
Google Ads
Tracks what you do to show you Google adverts.
Meta Pixel
Tells Facebook and Instagram what you do on its site, for adverts.
TikTok Pixel
Tells TikTok what you do on its site, for adverts.

Safety

Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.
Malware or phishing threat status
None found
Data breach historyNo known data breach involving the company
Known data breaches found
0
Domain and email securityIts email is only partly protected: mail forged in its name is reported but not blocked
  • Its email identifies its real senders, but mail forged in its name is not blocked
Email
MX records
Yes
SPF record
Yes
DMARC record
Yes
DMARC policy
none
Certificate
Security certificate browsers warn about
No
Certificate issuer
Google Trust Services
Certificate type
DV
Certificate expires
9 Feb 2027
Hosting
Nameservers
dell.ns.cloudflare.com
max.ns.cloudflare.com
Address
104.19.164.15
104.19.165.15

Proof of ownership

What the business has done to prove it runs this website. Each proof adds points to its truth score, up to 5. A proof it has not added is never counted against it.

DNS recordNot added yet+3 possible
What we check
A record the business adds in its domain's settings. Only someone who runs the website can add one.
When we check
On every check. The points stay only while the record is there.
Points
0 of 3 added
Sourcetopuniversities.com's DNS records
Run topuniversities.com? Add the record and 3 points are added to its truth score.Prove you run this website
Email at its own domainNot added yet+1 possible
What we check
That someone at the business has confirmed an email address at its own website's domain.
When we check
When the address is confirmed. It counts from then on.
Points
0 of 1 added
SourceTruth Signal's own records
Run topuniversities.com? Confirm an email address at the domain and 1 point is added to its truth score.Prove you run this website
Lets our checker read itNot added yet+1 possible
What we check
That its robots.txt file names our checker, TruthSignal, and lets it read the whole website.
When we check
On every check. The point stays only while the file allows it.
Points
0 of 1 added
Sourcetopuniversities.com/robots.txt
Run topuniversities.com? Let our checker read the whole website and 1 point is added to its truth score.Prove you run this website
Points added to its truth score0 of 5
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