Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Online newspaper Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Online newspaper in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 933,740 people in Ireland.

Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 933,740 people in Ireland. 57.6% are female, 42.4% are male, average age 43.5. Top brand affinities: Breaking news, LinkedIn, Reddit, The Guardian, Electronic publishing.

Top brand affinities include Breaking news, LinkedIn, Reddit, with strongest over-indexing on Breaking news (2.93× the country average).

Demographically, the Online newspaper audience skews more female with an average age of 43.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Travelling, Design Affinity.

The typical Online newspaper fan in Ireland is more female, around 43.5 years old, with strong Travelling 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 Online newspaper profile in Ireland.

Audience size
934K
in Ireland
Gender
57.6%
42.4% male
Age
43.5
average years
Country rank
#413
Topic in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+14%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Online newspaper fans

57.6% are female, 42.4% are male, average age 43.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.6%
Female
42.4%
Male
Demographic split for Online newspaper audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female57.6%
Male42.4%
Average age43.5
Estimated audience size933,740
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.5
average years
Age distribution of the Online newspaper audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2914%
30-3922%
40-4926%
50+27%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide Online newspaper audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Online newspaper
CountryShare
United States15.3%
India8.0%
Italy6.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Online newspaper audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Wind turbineHome & Garden3.02×
02Breaking newsMovies & TV2.93×
03Short storyLiterature2.48×
04Electronic publishingNews2.45×
05Western AsiaTravel & Leisure2.39×
06CNNMovies & TV2.27×
07ObituaryLiterature2.21×
08ModernityArts & Culture2.19×
09News broadcastingBusiness & Career2.05×
10LinkedInInternet & Social Media1.85×
11Digital audioTechnology & Electronics1.85×
12ActivismPolitics & Society1.84×
13Marketing communicationsBusiness & Career1.84×
14OceaniaTravel & Leisure1.77×
15The GuardianNews1.70×
16RedditInternet & Social Media1.68×
17Digital mediaBusiness & Career1.67×
18MailBusiness & Career1.66×
19DatabaseTechnology & Electronics1.61×
20Subscription business modelShopping1.57×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Online newspaper 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 Online newspaper audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL1.46×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.13×
Social Media UsageJOY0.85×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Online newspaper audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.65×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.78×
Social Media UsageJOY0.85×
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 Online newspaper. 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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