Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Local news Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Local news in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Local news has an estimated audience of 887,349 people in Ireland.

Local news has an estimated audience of 887,349 people in Ireland. 56.9% are female, 43.1% are male, average age 43.0. Top brand affinities: Breaking news, Online newspaper, Short story, Crime fiction, Electronic publishing.

Top brand affinities include Breaking news, Online newspaper, Short story, with strongest over-indexing on Breaking news (10.19× the country average).

Demographically, the Local news audience skews more female with an average age of 43.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Design Affinity, Patriotism.

The typical Local news fan in Ireland is more female, around 43.0 years old, with strong Design Affinity tendencies and a notable affinity for Breaking news.

Category: News · Type: Topic

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 Local news profile in Ireland.

Audience size
887K
in Ireland
Gender
56.9%
43.1% male
Age
43.0
average years
Country rank
#449
Topic in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-34%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Local news fans

56.9% are female, 43.1% are male, average age 43.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

56.9%
Female
43.1%
Male
Demographic split for Local news audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female56.9%
Male43.1%
Average age43.0
Estimated audience size887,349
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.0
average years
Age distribution of the Local news audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-1912%
20-2915%
30-3921%
40-4925%
50+27%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide Local news audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Local news
CountryShare
United States34.1%
India8.0%
United Kingdom6.4%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Local news audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Breaking newsMovies & TV10.19×
02WebcomicLiterature7.14×
03Short storyLiterature6.41×
04Crime fictionLiterature5.85×
05PowiatPolitics & Society5.36×
06Amazon KindleLiterature4.32×
07Detective fictionLiterature4.24×
08Online newspaperNews3.98×
09Electronic publishingNews3.57×
10Horror fictionMovies & TV3.51×
11Live televisionMovies & TV3.40×
12Central EuropeTravel & Leisure3.13×
13Plus-size clothingFashion & Accessoires2.76×
14News broadcastingBusiness & Career2.67×
15LibraryLiterature2.43×
16NovelLiterature2.11×
17Romance novelsLiterature1.94×
18Google FlightsTravel & Leisure1.92×
19Digital audioTechnology & Electronics1.71×
20LucanLiterature1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Local news 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 Local news audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.27×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.97×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Local news audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.97×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.27×
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 Local news. 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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