Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Popular music Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Popular music in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Popular music has an estimated audience of 965,926 people in Ireland.

Popular music has an estimated audience of 965,926 people in Ireland. 54.7% are female, 45.3% are male, average age 40.8. Top brand affinities: NCT (band), Piano, Livemusic, Electric guitar, Ozzy Osbourne.

Top brand affinities include NCT (band), Piano, Livemusic, with strongest over-indexing on NCT (band) (2.03× the country average).

Demographically, the Popular music audience skews balanced with an average age of 40.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Extroversion, Convenience Orientation.

The typical Popular music fan in Ireland is balanced, around 40.8 years old, with strong Extroversion tendencies and a notable affinity for NCT (band).

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

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 Popular music profile in Ireland.

Audience size
966K
in Ireland
Gender
54.7%
45.3% male
Age
40.8
average years
Country rank
#386
Topic in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Popular music fans

54.7% are female, 45.3% are male, average age 40.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.7%
Female
45.3%
Male
Demographic split for Popular music audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female54.7%
Male45.3%
Average age40.8
Estimated audience size965,926
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.8
average years
Age distribution of the Popular music audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2917%
30-3919%
40-4923%
50+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.3%

of the worldwide Popular music audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Popular music
CountryShare
United States20.9%
Japan6.5%
China6.1%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Popular music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01UkuleleMusic & Radio3.93×
02Ozzy OsbourneMusic & Radio2.70×
03PianoMusic & Radio2.45×
04NBA FinalsSports2.24×
05LivemusicMusic & Radio2.21×
06TwitchGames2.04×
07Maine CoonPets & Animals2.04×
08NCT (band)Music & Radio2.03×
09Electric guitarMusic & Radio2.03×
10Black catPets & Animals1.98×
11LuckHealth1.97×
12PridePolitics & Society1.87×
13British ShorthairPets & Animals1.84×
14Target CorporationShopping1.81×
15MangaLiterature1.71×
16ReggaetonMusic & Radio1.68×
17Curly HairBeauty & Wellness1.66×
18Digital cameraTechnology & Electronics1.58×
19Shih TzuPets & Animals1.56×
20Digital artArts & Culture1.55×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Popular music 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 Popular music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
ExtroversionTHRILL1.09×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.09×
Social Media UsageJOY1.08×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Popular music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.88×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.89×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.90×
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 Popular music. 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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