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# topuniversities.com

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## Website

topuniversities.com

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

youtube.com

[The countdown is on for the QS Sustainability Rankings 2027!⁠](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XbO6YMAty1s)

The countdown is on for the QS Sustainability Rankings 2027!⁠ The latest video on its YouTube channel

Checked on 12 Nov 2026, 20:53 Unclaimed

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## Truth score

Truth score 61 out of 100, Mixed truth signals. Customer satisfaction: insufficient evidence

61 / 100

Mixed truth signals

## Business details

Sells: Digital services

Licensed trade: No licence normally needed

Domain age: 24 years

Address: [1 Tranley Mews, Fleet Road, London NW3 2DG](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=1%20Tranley%20Mews%2C%20Fleet%20Road%2C%20London%20NW3%202DG)

Email address: Not found

Phone number: [+44 20 7284 7200](tel:+44%2020%207284%207200)

Contact page: [topuniversities.com/contact-us](https://topuniversities.com/contact-us)

Website: [topuniversities.com](https://topuniversities.com/?utm_source=truthsignal.com&utm_medium=referral)

Social media: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/topuniversities) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/TopUnis/) [X.com](https://twitter.com/TopUnis) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/243103) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@topuniversities)

## Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints

Site Reviews Rating

[SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/topuniversities.com) · Read 12 November 2026 · 1 reviews · 2.0 out of 5 stars

Total 1 3.3 out of 5 stars

Customer satisfaction Insufficient evidence · From 1 review on 1 independent review site

App experience Insufficient 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

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

### Be cautious

- A low number of independent reviews (1 on [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/topuniversities.com) ), but it falls short with only 2.0 stars out of 5.

### Not found

- Company details information was not found from our checks.
- 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

Sources [Its homepage](https://www.topuniversities.com/)

### Latest YouTube video

[The countdown is on for the QS Sustainability Rankings 2027!⁠](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XbO6YMAty1s)

Correct as of 12 Nov 2026, 20:53

### 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](https://truthsignal.com/guides/how-to-know-if-a-shopping-site-is-legit).

### Who they are

Company details No data found from the sources checked.

Country

Where the company is based: Not stated with its address

Domain registration Its 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

Sources [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup?name=topuniversities.com)

Website details We read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy

HTTPS enabled: Yes

Contact phone number found: [+44 20 7284 7200](tel:+442072847200)

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.”

Sources [Homepage](https://topuniversities.com/) [Contact page](https://topuniversities.com/contact-us) [About page](https://topuniversities.com/about-qs) [Terms page](https://topuniversities.com/terms-conditions) [Privacy page](https://topuniversities.com/privacy-policy)

Search engines and AI Lets 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 default Googlebot

Bing: Allowed by default Bingbot

AI training

All allowed

OpenAI: Allowed by default GPTBot

Anthropic: Allowed by default ClaudeBot

Google AI: Allowed by default Google-Extended

Apple AI: Allowed by default Applebot-Extended

Common Crawl: Allowed by default CCBot

Meta: Allowed by default meta-externalagent

ByteDance (TikTok): Allowed by default Bytespider

AI answers

All allowed

ChatGPT search: Allowed by default OAI-SearchBot

ChatGPT: Allowed by default ChatGPT-User

Claude search: Allowed by default Claude-SearchBot

Claude: Allowed by default Claude-User

Perplexity: Allowed by default PerplexityBot

Sources [robots.txt](https://topuniversities.com/robots.txt)

### Reputation and track record

Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints Rated 2.0 stars out of 5 from 1 reviews on [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/topuniversities.com)

Platform · Rating · Reviews

[SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/topuniversities.com) · 2.0 out of 5 stars · 1

Total · 3.3 out of 5 stars · 1

Visitor traffic Real 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.

- Over 50%
- 5 to 50%
- 1 to 5%
- 0.2 to 1%
- Under 0.2%
- None seen

- 1 United States 35.7%
- 2 United Kingdom 16.3%
- 3 Singapore 14.0%
- 4 Brazil 5.4%
- 5 Germany 4.7%
- 6 Austria 2.3%
- 7 Japan 2.3%
- 8 Vietnam 1.6%
- 9 Hong Kong 1.6%
- 10 Indonesia 1.6%

Top 10 of 27 countries.

Sources [Chrome UX Report](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux) [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/domain/topuniversities.com)

Web history and authority The Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 26 years ago

Website archive history: 26 years

Sources [First archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/19991128/topuniversities.com)

Social presence It is on 5 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X.com and YouTube); the largest audience is 316,093 followers on Facebook

Found · Platform · Audience

Found by Truth Signal · [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/topuniversities) · 316,093 followers

Found by Truth Signal · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/TopUnis/) · 95,000 followers

Found by Truth Signal · [X.com](https://twitter.com/TopUnis) · Unknown

Found by Truth Signal · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/243103) · Unknown

Found by Truth Signal · [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@topuniversities) · 36,900 subscribers

Not found · TikTok

· · 447,993 followers total

YouTube channel: 749 videos, 36,900 subscribers, last upload 10 Nov 2026

YouTube Data 496 views a video, 74 views a day and a new video every 6.7 days

[Top Universities](https://www.youtube.com/@topuniversities) @topuniversities

Views per video 371,598 views ÷ 749 videos: 496

Views a day 371,598 views ÷ 5,026 days: 74

Views per subscriber 371,598 views ÷ 36,900 subscribers: 10

New subscribers a day 36,900 subscribers ÷ 5,026 days: 7

Subscribers per 1,000 views 36,900 subscribers ÷ 371,598 views × 1,000: 99.3

Subscribers per video 36,900 subscribers ÷ 749 videos: 49

Days between videos 5,026 days ÷ 749 videos: 6.7

Channel age 7 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

Sources [Its YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@topuniversities) [YouTube Terms of Service](https://www.youtube.com/t/terms) Read 12 November 2026

### What data this site collects about you

What its privacy policy says We 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 privacy@qs.com .” privacy@qs.com

Source [Its privacy policy](https://www.topuniversities.com/privacy-policy)

Tracking tools on its homepage Google 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.

Source [Its homepage](https://topuniversities.com/)

### Safety

Malware and phishing No malware or phishing warnings found for its website This 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

Sources [Google Web Risk](https://docs.cloud.google.com/web-risk/docs/advisory)

Data breach history No known data breach involving the company

Known data breaches found: 0

Sources [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/)

Domain and email security Its 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

Sources [Its DNS records](https://dns.google/query?name=topuniversities.com&rr_type=TXT)

### 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 record Not 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

Source topuniversities.com's DNS records

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Email at its own domain Not 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

Source Truth Signal's own records

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Lets our checker read it Not 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

Source topuniversities.com/robots.txt

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Points added to its truth score 0 of 5

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- Social Followers
- Data points

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## Past reports

The report as it read each month, newest first:

- 2026-11: truth score 61, Mixed: https://truthsignal.com/business/topuniversities.com/report/2026-11.md

## How the customers' Total rating is worked out

Bayesian average: 7 reviews at 3.5 stars added, so a few reviews move it less. The 7 added reviews at 3.5 stars are the weighting Trustpilot publishes for its TrustScore. With this business's figures:

(7 × 3.5 + 2 × 1 (SmartCustomer)) ÷ (7 + 1) = 3.3, to one decimal place

## Cite

Truth Signal, TopUniversities: truth score 61 out of 100, legitimacy confidence Mixed, assessed 2026-11-12, https://truthsignal.com/business/topuniversities.com. Licence Truth Signal terms: free to read and quote with a link back; bulk copying, data sets, resale, white-label and model training need the paid API plan (https://truthsignal.com/terms). The same report as JSON: https://truthsignal.com/business/topuniversities.com.json
