Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Social media Audience in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Social media in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Social media has an estimated audience of 1,689,290 people in Ireland.

Social media has an estimated audience of 1,689,290 people in Ireland. 57.5% are female, 42.5% are male, average age 41.2. Top brand affinities: Franz Ferdinand (band).

Top brand affinities include Franz Ferdinand (band), with strongest over-indexing on Franz Ferdinand (band) (1.84× the country average).

Demographically, the Social media audience skews more female with an average age of 41.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Need for Security.

The typical Social media fan in Ireland is more female, around 41.2 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Franz Ferdinand (band).

Category: Business & Career · 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 Social media profile in Ireland.

Audience size
1.7M
in Ireland
Gender
57.5%
42.5% male
Age
41.2
average years
Country rank
#124
Topic in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+79%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Social media fans

57.5% are female, 42.5% are male, average age 41.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.5%
Female
42.5%
Male
Demographic split for Social media audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female57.5%
Male42.5%
Average age41.2
Estimated audience size1,689,290
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.2
average years
Age distribution of the Social media audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2917%
30-3921%
40-4923%
50+23%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.3%

of the worldwide Social media audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Social media
CountryShare
United States19.1%
India5.9%
Brazil4.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Social media audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Franz Ferdinand (band)Music & Radio1.84×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Social media 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 Social media audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.94×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.82×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.78×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Social media audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.72×
TravellingTHRILL0.72×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.78×
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 Social media. 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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