Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 91 most popular Dog Breeds in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 91 largest dog breeds in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Yorkshire Terrier, French Bulldog and Dachshund lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.1M people. Across all 91 entries the average audience size is 73k, and the largest, Yorkshire Terrier, reaches around 404k people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each dog breed, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Ireland and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 91, 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 Chow Chow 58k 38.0 44.2% Dog breed
27 Basset Hound 56k 49.0 100.0% Dog breed
28 Bull Terrier 48k 46.5 76.0% Dog breed
29 Whippet 43k 43.0 78.7% Dog breed
30 English Mastiff 40k 44.1 82.7% Dog breed
31 Rhodesian Ridgeback 39k 40.7 86.0% Dog breed
32 Shar Pei 39k 46.0 82.5% Dog breed
33 Miniature Dachshund 38k 37.3 72.3% Dog breed
34 Leonberger 37k 52.5 68.9% Dog breed
35 Irish Terrier 35k 49.4 74.3% Dog breed
36 Jack Russell Terrier 33k 51.7 88.1% Dog breed
37 Caucasian Shepherd Dog 33k 42.4 73.5% Dog breed
38 Tibetan Mastiff 32k 38.7 66.1% Dog breed
39 Dogo Argentino 28k 33.0 76.4% Dog breed
40 Saluki 23k 40.4 69.9% Dog breed
41 Old English Sheepdog 23k 44.0 63.2% Dog breed
42 Great Pyrenees 22k 49.1 77.2% Dog breed
43 Australian Cattle Dog 22k 51.7 84.1% Dog breed
44 Lhasa Apso 21k 46.6 79.5% Dog breed
45 Glen of Imaal Terrier 19k 47.7 83.8% Dog breed
46 American Bulldog 18k 45.8 65.7% Dog breed
47 Irish Water Spaniel 18k 43.2 75.9% Dog breed
48 Boerboel 17k 43.0 48.6% Dog breed
49 King Charles Spaniel 17k 37.9 76.1% Dog breed
50 Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier 17k 38.4 65.3% Dog breed

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular dog breeds compiled?

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

Yorkshire Terrier currently leads with an estimated audience of 404k people in Ireland.

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