Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Languages in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest languages in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 147 languages tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Irish language, English language and Ancient Greek lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 58k, and the largest, Irish language, reaches around 1.3M people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each language, 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 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 Irish language 1.3M 44.2 58.3% Language
2 English language 468k 42.0 57.9% Language
3 Ancient Greek 288k 45.9 54.8% Language
4 Japanese language 226k 36.8 56.6% Language
5 Italian language 215k 39.9 62.3% Language
6 Urdu 194k 47.6 64.5% Language
7 Celtic languages 192k 47.3 69.5% Language
8 Spanish language 186k 40.3 60.6% Language
9 Turkish language 152k 43.2 57.0% Language
10 Germanic languages 136k 45.7 61.5% Language
11 Russian language 119k 39.7 46.9% Language
12 Polish language 118k 42.1 62.1% Language
13 Hindi 115k 41.3 53.7% Language
14 Thai language 109k 44.1 50.9% Language
15 Romanian language 94k 41.8 54.7% Language
16 Galician language 90k 46.6 60.3% Language
17 Ukrainian language 85k 43.9 53.4% Language
18 Korean language 81k 30.8 70.3% Language
19 German language 80k 37.3 61.7% Language
20 Portuguese language 80k 39.7 53.4% Language
21 Tamil language 78k 39.4 53.8% Language
22 French language 77k 35.5 61.6% Language
23 Greek language 73k 45.4 59.0% Language
24 Hungarian language 70k 42.4 65.2% Language
25 Chinese language 64k 35.6 61.5% Language

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular languages compiled?

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

Irish language currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.3M people in Ireland.

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