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
76 Paddy and the Rats 254 44.5 55.6% Folk
77 Michael Hirte 247 55.1 78.9% Folk
78 Nadia Reid 235 0.0 0.0% Folk
79 George Wassouf 232 32.4 29.4% Folk
80 Glenn Yarbrough 228 54.0 48.5% Folk
81 Luar na Lubre 221 51.5 60.9% Folk
82 Shawn Phillips 216 53.0 49.2% Folk
83 Okkervil River 209 30.6 63.4% Folk
84 Steve von Till 208 37.4 38.3% Folk
85 Fredl Fesl 193 46.7 49.4% Folk
86 Kadim Al Sahir كاظم الساهر 193 29.0 42.7% Folk
87 Jonathan Hultén 191 41.6 48.5% Folk
88 Johnnyswim 189 46.2 64.2% Folk
89 José González (singer) 186 31.6 46.9% Folk
90 Fanfarlo 180 37.9 60.8% Folk
91 The Tossers 169 44.4 45.6% Folk
92 King Dude 168 44.1 59.6% Folk
93 Darlingside 162 41.6 57.4% Folk
94 Axel Flóvent 158 36.3 50.6% Folk
95 :Of the Wand & the Moon: 155 44.1 59.6% Folk
96 Adia Victoria 155 48.1 54.9% Folk
97 Tall Heights 155 37.8 53.4% Folk
98 Matthew and the Atlas 154 31.1 41.4% Folk
99 Dimitris Mitropanos 153 46.3 64.1% Folk
100 Carbon Leaf 148 38.8 57.6% 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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