Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Sports audiences in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports audiences in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 20k sports audiences tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Sky Sport, Manchester United F.C. and Sporting Life (British newspaper) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 15M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1M, and the largest, Sky Sport, reaches around 8.9M people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each sports audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Ireland and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Ireland. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Ireland, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Ireland. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Sky Sport 8.9M 48.9 18.8%
2 Manchester United F.C. 3.3M 37.1 30.1% Soccer
3 Sporting Life (British newspaper) 3.2M 49.1 7.7%
4 Fitness and wellness 2.6M Lifestyle cluster
5 Rory McIlroy 2.3M 39.4 32.9% Golf
6 Outdoor recreation 2.2M 39.7 54.4% Lifestyle cluster
7 Hobbies and activities 2M 39.3 55.8% Lifestyle cluster
8 Sports 2M 39.5 54.8% Lifestyle cluster
9 Physical fitness 2M 40.2 57.5% Lifestyle cluster
10 Physical exercise 1.9M 40.0 58.1% Lifestyle cluster
11 Shane Lowry 1.9M 46.5 35.4% Golf
12 Premier League 1.9M 37.6 34.6% Soccer
13 Racing Post 1.8M 45.0 29.4% Newspaper
14 Training 1.6M 43.5 57.3%
15 FIFA World Cup 1.6M 34.2 25.5% Soccer
16 Soccer 1.6M 40.3 48.2% Sport
17 Golf 1.4M 40.1 49.9% Sport
18 Team sport 1.3M
19 Rugby union 1.3M 40.5 46.7% Sport
20 RTÉ Sport 1.3M 43.6 45.0%
21 Munster Rugby 1.3M 44.4 55.3%
22 Aviva Stadium 1.3M 35.5 25.3% Stadium
23 DP World Tour 1.2M 37.5 44.5% Golf
24 Basketball 1.2M 39.5 45.7% Sport
25 Leinster Rugby 1.1M 44.8 44.0%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Ireland and ranks each sports audience by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest sports audience in Ireland?

Sky Sport currently leads with an estimated audience of 8.9M people in Ireland.

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