92 Most Popular Literary Genres in Ireland 2026 — by Audience Size

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Rank

Position in the Top 92, 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	Country share	Avg age	Female share	Subtype
51	SSeinen manga	16k	0.1%	23.0	50.1%	Literary genre
52	AAmerican literature	16k	0.5%	50.9	59.5%	Literary genre
53	RRomantic poetry	13k	0.2%	32.0	69.6%	Literary genre
54	SSpy fiction	10k	0.4%	41.6	60.5%	Literary genre
55	FFan fiction	10k	0.2%	31.6	74.3%	Literary genre
56	AAlternate history	8.5k	1.0%	45.7	33.2%	Literary genre
57	AAphorism	8.2k	0.1%	44.5	65.7%	Literary genre
58	AAncient Greek philosophy	7.4k	0.3%	47.1	48.6%	Literary genre
59	JJapanese literature	6.6k	0.1%	30.6	33.1%	Literary genre
60	DDōjinshi	5k	0.1%	35.2	56.7%	Literary genre
61	BBildungsroman	3k	0.1%	34.3	72.9%	Literary genre
62	YYoung Adult Books	2.5k	0.2%	32.2	66.0%	Literary genre
63	FFlash fiction	1.1k	0.5%	41.0	66.6%	Literary genre
64	JJapanese mythology	959	0.0%	30.2	43.8%	Literary genre
65	CChinese philosophy	667	0.0%	38.8	64.3%	Literary genre
66	HHard science fiction	419	0.0%	46.4	33.3%	Literary genre
67	RRussian literature	381	0.0%	39.8	71.9%	Literary genre
68	MMedieval fantasy	355	0.0%	39.3	56.3%	Literary genre
69	FFrench literature	333	0.0%	49.5	66.6%	Literary genre
70	LLegal thriller	266	0.0%	54.3	100.0%	Literary genre
71	CContinental philosophy	217	0.0%	33.4	58.9%	Literary genre
72	CContemporary fantasy	210	0.2%	43.0	82.7%	Literary genre
73	CChristian novel	199	0.0%	53.2	88.6%	Literary genre
74	BBelgian comics	198	0.2%	40.1	50.8%	Literary genre
75	CChristian literature	191	0.1%	52.4	81.1%	Literary genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular literary genres compiled?

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

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.2M people in Ireland.

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