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 10M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 856k, and the largest, Sky Sport, reaches around 3.9M 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 3.9M 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 Rory McIlroy 2.3M 39.4 32.9% Golf
5 Shane Lowry 1.9M 46.5 35.4% Golf
6 Premier League 1.9M 37.6 34.6% Soccer
7 Racing Post 1.8M 45.0 29.4% Newspaper
8 Training 1.6M 43.5 57.3%
9 FIFA World Cup 1.6M 34.2 25.5% Soccer
10 Soccer 1.6M 40.3 48.2% Sport
11 Golf 1.4M 40.1 49.9% Sport
12 Team sport 1.3M
13 Rugby union 1.3M 40.5 46.7% Sport
14 RTÉ Sport 1.3M 43.6 45.0%
15 Munster Rugby 1.3M 44.4 55.3%
16 Aviva Stadium 1.3M 35.5 25.3% Stadium
17 DP World Tour 1.2M 37.5 44.5% Golf
18 Basketball 1.2M 39.5 45.7% Sport
19 Leinster Rugby 1.1M 44.8 44.0%
20 Rugby league 1.1M 40.4 43.9%
21 Liverpool F.C. 1.1M 36.8 33.2% Soccer
22 Gaelic football 1M 39.6 54.9%
23 UEFA Champions League 1M 37.8 29.3% Soccer
24 Hurling 986k 40.6 52.2% Sport
25 Swimming 983k 41.8 55.7% Sport

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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 3.9M people in Ireland.

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