Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Folks in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest folks in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 126 folks tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Christy Moore, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 434k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 8k, and the largest, Christy Moore, reaches around 194k people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each folk, 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 Christy Moore 194k 46.5 44.6% Folk
2 Bob Dylan 189k 39.7 52.5% Folk
3 Paul Simon 50k 41.8 53.7% Folk
4 The Mary Wallopers 50k 44.4 47.3% Folk
5 Cat Stevens 34k 47.5 52.9% Folk
6 Tiny Tim (musician) 28k 39.4 62.2% Folk
7 Clannad 28k 49.3 63.2% Folk
8 Jesse Welles 26k 54.5 50.9% Folk
9 Lankum 25k 46.6 44.3% Folk
10 Crosby, Stills & Nash 22k 53.8 52.3% Folk
11 Sufjan Stevens 20k 51.3 44.0% Folk
12 Heilung 15k 37.4 38.3% Folk
13 The Band 13k 47.4 52.6% Folk
14 Bear’s Den 7.7k 35.0 44.6% Folk
15 Fela Kuti 7.2k 43.3 54.3% Folk
16 John Francis Flynn 6.3k 46.6 42.2% Folk
17 Caamp 5k 44.1 57.1% Folk
18 Emilia (Bulgarian singer) 5k 37.4 69.9% Folk
19 Roy Harper 4.3k 0.0 0.0% Folk
20 Ocie Elliott 3.6k 46.1 54.7% Folk
21 Sam Amidon 3.6k 41.4 47.3% Folk
22 The Staves 3.5k 45.5 48.3% Folk
23 Bowerbirds 2.3k 47.4 46.2% Folk
24 Talisk 2.3k 40.2 54.5% Folk
25 Corvus Corax 2.3k 40.8 46.3% Folk

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular folks compiled?

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

Christy Moore currently leads with an estimated audience of 194k people in Ireland.

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