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
76 Winter sport 503k 45.9 52.8%
77 Gymnastics 501k 37.0 55.8% Sport
78 Connacht Rugby 497k 46.4 42.6%
79 Arsenal F.C. 490k 37.0 24.9% Soccer
80 Skiing 489k 40.4 50.9% Sport
81 National Rugby League 474k 35.7 40.7% Rugby
82 Camogie 473k 42.4 52.2% Sport
83 CrossFit 468k 39.1 57.3% Sport
84 Shamrock Rovers F.C. 467k 40.6 42.3% Soccer
85 UEFA Europa League 456k 35.7 29.3% Soccer
86 Chelsea F.C. 451k 33.7 23.6% Soccer
87 Fishing 450k 41.4 44.8% Sport
88 Roy Keane 449k 44.3 21.0% Soccer
89 Al-Jazira 445k 35.5 63.4% Soccer
90 Boxing 440k 39.4 40.3% Sport
91 Gymshark 439k 37.1 64.8% Fitness
92 Kerry GAA 437k 39.9 52.7%
93 Carlos Alcaraz 430k 36.2 42.5% Tennis
94 Fishing reel 420k 43.7 25.1%
95 Wrestling 419k 36.3 30.6% Sport
96 Extreme sport 419k 43.0 50.9% Sport
97 BBC Sport 419k 41.2 27.1%
98 Irish Rugby Football Union 418k 40.2 48.0%
99 Jogging 412k 39.4 62.0% Sport
100 Self-defense 412k 44.4 42.2%

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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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