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
51 Hakim (Egyptian singer) 648 35.0 56.0% Folk
52 Lael Neale 640 41.5 46.2% Folk
53 The Men They Couldn’t Hang 595 41.3 50.6% Folk
54 The East Pointers 582 42.2 61.6% Folk
55 Ahmet Kaya 569 40.9 52.6% Folk
56 Steven Curtis Chapman 566 48.5 76.5% Folk
57 Vicente Fernández 559 21.6 46.0% Folk
58 Harrison Storm 551 46.1 55.6% Folk
59 The Longest Johns 533 39.9 46.3% Folk
60 Crosby & Nash 516 50.5 49.8% Folk
61 Dara Bubamara 448 36.4 58.7% Folk
62 The Incredible String Band 438 41.2 51.2% Folk
63 Wailin' Jennys 429 40.2 54.5% Folk
64 Elephant Sessions 395 40.2 54.5% Folk
65 Željko Joksimović 352 39.0 59.7% Folk
66 Two Gallants 336 36.1 53.1% Folk
67 Luke Jackson 335 0.0 0.0% Folk
68 Marissa Nadler 305 29.7 69.4% Folk
69 The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats 288 40.8 52.9% Folk
70 Alasdair Roberts 283 42.5 44.6% Folk
71 Ceca Raznatovic 283 29.1 54.2% Folk
72 Barbara Dane 281 50.5 57.2% Folk
73 Roddy Woomble 277 41.3 50.6% Folk
74 The Mahones 259 44.4 45.6% Folk
75 Paddy and the Rats 253 44.5 55.6% 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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