Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Bands in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest bands in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.4k bands tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. NCT (band), Live scores and Fun lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 86k, and the largest, NCT (band), reaches around 970k people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each band, 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 NCT (band) 970k 38.7 33.4% Band
2 Live scores 903k 47.1 0.0% Band
3 Fun 498k 40.4 64.4% Band
4 MainStreet (boy band) 367k Band
5 Rachel's 206k 44.3 83.9% Band
6 The Wolfe Tones 180k 48.9 43.9% Band
7 Girl group 162k 37.1 79.0% Band
8 Love/Hate (band) 162k Band
9 ABBA 128k 46.9 66.4% Band
10 Death (metal band) 123k Band
11 Oasis (band) 113k 40.3 50.0% Band
12 Perfume (Japanese band) 107k Band
13 U2 107k 40.6 47.8% Band
14 Air (French band) 100k 43.7 48.3% Band
15 Thin Lizzy 95k 50.0 28.4% Band
16 Metallica 94k 37.0 51.5% Band
17 Spandau Ballet 91k 52.5 65.4% Band
18 The Beatles 88k 41.0 53.7% Band
19 Arrested Development (group) 87k 44.6 57.1% Band
20 Gorillaz 87k 34.7 36.8% Band
21 Coldplay 85k 33.7 64.6% Band
22 Fleetwood Mac 84k 34.4 47.4% Band
23 Duran Duran 82k 49.2 58.3% Band
24 Iron Maiden 77k 38.0 56.9% Band
25 Mumford & Sons 77k 34.2 55.8% Band

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular bands compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Ireland and ranks each band 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 band in Ireland?

NCT (band) currently leads with an estimated audience of 970k people in Ireland.

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