Rascasse Audience Intelligence

FIFA World Cup Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about FIFA World Cup in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. FIFA World Cup has an estimated audience of 1,588,990 people in Ireland.

FIFA World Cup has an estimated audience of 1,588,990 people in Ireland. 25.5% are female, 74.5% are male, average age 34.2. Top brand affinities: Boylesports, Paddy Power, Manchester City F.C., Manchester United F.C., Premier League.

Top brand affinities include Boylesports, Paddy Power, Manchester City F.C., with strongest over-indexing on Boylesports (1.81× the country average).

Demographically, the FIFA World Cup audience skews more male with an average age of 34.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Patriotism.

The typical FIFA World Cup fan in Ireland is more male, around 34.2 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Boylesports.

Category: Sports · Type: Event · Subtype: Soccer

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 FIFA World Cup profile in Ireland.

Audience size
1.6M
in Ireland
Gender
25.5%
74.5% male
Age
34.2
average years
Country rank
#136
Event in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+577%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of FIFA World Cup fans

25.5% are female, 74.5% are male, average age 34.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

25.5%
Female
74.5%
Male
Demographic split for FIFA World Cup audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female25.5%
Male74.5%
Average age34.2
Estimated audience size1,588,990
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.2
average years
Age distribution of the FIFA World Cup audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-1934%
20-2920%
30-3919%
40-4916%
50+11%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.4%

of the worldwide FIFA World Cup audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for FIFA World Cup
CountryShare
United States19.1%
India8.1%
United Kingdom7.9%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the FIFA World Cup audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for FIFA World Cup audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Manchester City F.C.Sports4.23×
02Juventus F.C.Sports3.78×
03Evan FergusonSports3.24×
04Serie ASports3.24×
05UEFA Champions LeagueSports3.03×
06Real Madrid C.F.Sports3.03×
07UEFA Europa LeagueSports2.97×
08Liverpool F.C.Sports2.65×
09Premier LeagueSports2.42×
10Arsenal F.C.Sports2.27×
11FC BarcelonaSports2.16×
12Manchester United F.C.Sports2.05×
13RTÉ SportSports1.97×
14Leinster RugbySports1.82×
15BoylesportsGames1.81×
16Rory McIlroySports1.78×
17Racing PostSports1.57×
18Aviva StadiumSports1.56×
19Paddy PowerGames1.53×
20Shane LowrySports1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the FIFA World Cup 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 FIFA World Cup audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.28×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.06×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.87×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by FIFA World Cup audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL0.67×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.68×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.87×
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 FIFA World Cup. 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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