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
26 Bruno Mars 73k 30.7 57.0% Band
27 RIVERSIDE 73k 45.8 58.7% Band
28 Pet Shop Boys 73k 35.1 53.6% Band
29 Marching band 72k 45.5 54.4% Band
30 The Beach Boys 69k 39.4 55.3% Band
31 Take That 66k 41.8 84.6% Band
32 Queen (band) 64k 36.5 58.2% Band
33 Sweet (band) 64k Band
34 Dire Straits 64k 47.6 46.5% Band
35 The Cure 62k 37.4 55.2% Band
36 One Direction 61k 32.1 75.2% Band
37 Cherryblossom 59k Band
38 The Prodigy 59k 42.1 48.1% Band
39 Black Sabbath 59k 35.8 52.6% Band
40 Radiohead 58k 30.7 58.3% Band
41 Guns N' Roses 57k 37.4 50.8% Band
42 Snow Patrol 57k 40.7 56.6% Band
43 AC/DC 57k 36.3 53.8% Band
44 Boyzone 57k 43.9 68.5% Band
45 Snap! 55k 41.7 62.8% Band
46 Florence and the Machine 53k 30.2 66.0% Band
47 Pink Floyd 53k 37.9 50.4% Band
48 The Dubliners 52k 46.6 48.4% Band
49 The Residents 52k 32.4 57.1% Band
50 The Church (band) 51k 50.2 23.0% 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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