Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Reading Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Reading in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Reading has an estimated audience of 2,469,917 people in Ireland.

Reading has an estimated audience of 2,469,917 people in Ireland. 57.6% are female, 42.4% are male, average age 40.4. Top brand affinities: Manga, Twitch, Bad Bunny, Nintendo, My Hero Academia.

Top brand affinities include Manga, Twitch, Bad Bunny, with strongest over-indexing on Manga (1.51× the country average).

Demographically, the Reading audience skews more female with an average age of 40.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Career Orientation, Extroversion.

The typical Reading fan in Ireland is more female, around 40.4 years old, with strong Career Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Manga.

Category: Literature · Type: Topic · Subtype: Lifestyle cluster

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 Reading profile in Ireland.

Audience size
2.5M
in Ireland
Gender
57.6%
42.4% male
Age
40.4
average years
Country rank
#54
Topic in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-16%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Reading fans

57.6% are female, 42.4% are male, average age 40.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.6%
Female
42.4%
Male
Demographic split for Reading audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female57.6%
Male42.4%
Average age40.4
Estimated audience size2,469,917
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.4
average years
Age distribution of the Reading audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2915%
30-3920%
40-4923%
50+23%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.3%

of the worldwide Reading audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Reading
CountryShare
United States22.3%
Japan8.3%
India5.8%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Reading audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01SanrioBusiness & Career2.13×
02WebtoonInternet & Social Media2.05×
03My Hero AcademiaLiterature2.01×
04Bad BunnyMusic & Radio1.76×
05colleen hooverLiterature1.69×
06UkuleleMusic & Radio1.63×
07NarutoLiterature1.62×
08TwitchGames1.61×
09Marvel StudiosMovies & TV1.61×
10NintendoGames1.56×
11NvidiaTechnology & Electronics1.54×
12Louis TomlinsonMusic & Radio1.54×
13El Corte InglésShopping1.53×
14Games WorkshopGames1.53×
15Aretha FranklinMusic & Radio1.53×
16MangaLiterature1.51×
17BTSMusic & Radio1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Reading 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 Reading audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Career OrientationPOWER1.17×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.16×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.13×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Reading audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
DIY MentalityTHRILL0.63×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.65×
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.78×
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 Reading. 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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