Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Racing Post Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Racing Post in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Racing Post has an estimated audience of 1,773,880 people in Ireland.

Racing Post has an estimated audience of 1,773,880 people in Ireland. 29.4% are female, 70.6% are male, average age 45.0. Top brand affinities: Boylesports, Paddy Power, At the Races, Racing UK, DoneDeal.

Top brand affinities include Boylesports, Paddy Power, At the Races, with strongest over-indexing on Boylesports (6.43× the country average).

Demographically, the Racing Post audience skews more male with an average age of 45.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Design Affinity.

The typical Racing Post fan in Ireland is more male, around 45.0 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Boylesports.

Category: Sports · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Newspaper

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 Racing Post profile in Ireland.

Audience size
1.8M
in Ireland
Gender
29.4%
70.6% male
Age
45.0
average years
Country rank
#109
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Racing Post

29.4% are female, 70.6% are male, average age 45.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

29.4%
Female
70.6%
Male
Demographic split for Racing Post audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female29.4%
Male70.6%
Average age45.0
Estimated audience size1,773,880
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.0
average years
Age distribution of the Racing Post audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-198%
20-2915%
30-3920%
40-4926%
50+32%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

12.2%

of the worldwide Racing Post audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Racing Post
CountryShare
United Kingdom72.9%
Ireland12.2%
Spain2.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Racing Post audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Aidan O'BrienSports11.53×
02Racing UKSports11.45×
03Cheltenham FestivalSports11.00×
04Grand NationalSports10.98×
05Cheltenham RacecourseSports9.87×
06Ascot RacecourseSports9.17×
07Thoroughbred horse racingSports8.12×
08At the RacesSports7.69×
09BoylesportsGames6.43×
10BetwayGames6.17×
11LadbrokesGames4.69×
12Bet365Games4.11×
13BetfairGames4.11×
14William Hill (bookmaker)Games4.07×
15Paddy PowerGames3.26×
16Shane LowrySports2.60×
17RTÉ SportSports2.53×
18Bus ÉireannCars & Mobility2.49×
19Allied Irish BanksBusiness & Career1.61×
20DoneDealShopping1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Racing Post 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 Racing Post audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.55×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.06×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.97×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Racing Post audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL0.87×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.95×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.97×
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 Racing Post. 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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