Rascasse Audience Intelligence

American football Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about American football in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. American football has an estimated audience of 750,013 people in Ireland.

American football has an estimated audience of 750,013 people in Ireland. 38.9% are female, 61.1% are male, average age 38.9. Top brand affinities: Canadian football, Detroit Lions, Brian O'Driscoll, Off the ball, Chicago Bears.

Top brand affinities include Canadian football, Detroit Lions, Brian O'Driscoll, with strongest over-indexing on Canadian football (1.61× the country average).

Demographically, the American football audience skews more male with an average age of 38.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Design Affinity, Social Media Usage.

The typical American football fan in Ireland is more male, around 38.9 years old, with strong Design Affinity tendencies and a notable affinity for Canadian football.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-14.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the American football profile in Ireland.

Audience size
750K
in Ireland
Gender
38.9%
61.1% male
Age
38.9
average years
Country rank
#594
Topic in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-15%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of American football fans

38.9% are female, 61.1% are male, average age 38.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

38.9%
Female
61.1%
Male
Demographic split for American football audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female38.9%
Male61.1%
Average age38.9
Estimated audience size750,013
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.9
average years
Age distribution of the American football audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-1920%
20-2919%
30-3922%
40-4922%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.3%

of the worldwide American football audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for American football
CountryShare
United States34.4%
Japan4.5%
Italy4.4%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the American football audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for American football audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Detroit LionsSports1.75×
02Cleveland BrownsSports1.62×
03Canadian footballSports1.61×
04Chicago BearsSports1.61×
05Amon-Ra St. BrownSports1.58×
06Jeff OkudahSports1.58×
07NFL NetworkSports1.55×
08Off the ballSports1.53×
09Official Lions RugbySports1.51×
10Mitchell TrubiskySports1.51×
11Brian O'DriscollSports1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the American football audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by American football audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.95×
Social Media UsageJOY0.88×
TravellingTHRILL0.87×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by American football audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.81×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.81×
TravellingTHRILL0.87×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Ireland who actively search for American football. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Ireland. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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