Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Podcast Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Podcast in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Podcast has an estimated audience of 1,069,822 people in Ireland.

Podcast has an estimated audience of 1,069,822 people in Ireland. 52.6% are female, 47.4% are male, average age 41.3. Top brand affinities: Digital audio, Malt whisky, Scotch whisky, Folk music of Ireland, Single malt whisky.

Top brand affinities include Digital audio, Malt whisky, Scotch whisky, with strongest over-indexing on Digital audio (1.95× the country average).

Demographically, the Podcast audience skews balanced with an average age of 41.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Travelling.

The typical Podcast fan in Ireland is balanced, around 41.3 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Digital audio.

Category: Music & Radio · 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 Podcast profile in Ireland.

Audience size
1.1M
in Ireland
Gender
52.6%
47.4% male
Age
41.3
average years
Country rank
#323
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 Podcast fans

52.6% are female, 47.4% are male, average age 41.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.6%
Female
47.4%
Male
Demographic split for Podcast audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female52.6%
Male47.4%
Average age41.3
Estimated audience size1,069,822
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.3
average years
Age distribution of the Podcast audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2916%
30-3921%
40-4924%
50+23%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide Podcast audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Podcast
CountryShare
United States32.6%
United Kingdom6.1%
Germany5.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Podcast audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01American whiskeyFood & Beverages2.06×
02Malt whiskyFood & Beverages2.02×
03Digital audioTechnology & Electronics1.95×
04Johnnie WalkerFood & Beverages1.95×
05Blended whiskeyFood & Beverages1.88×
06Single malt whiskyFood & Beverages1.84×
07Small batch whiskeyFood & Beverages1.83×
08Straight whiskeyFood & Beverages1.77×
09Tennessee whiskeyFood & Beverages1.71×
10Joe RoganSports1.71×
11Scotch whiskyFood & Beverages1.68×
12AudiobookLiterature1.66×
13Folk music of IrelandMusic & Radio1.63×
14BarleyHome & Garden1.60×
15VimeoMovies & TV1.58×
16Bob DylanMusic & Radio1.55×
17The Washington PostNews1.54×
18MaltFood & Beverages1.53×
19The ObserverNews1.53×
20PlaylistMusic & Radio1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Podcast 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 Podcast audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY2.16×
TravellingTHRILL1.04×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.04×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Podcast audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.79×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.88×
TravellingTHRILL1.04×
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 Podcast. 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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