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The 92 most popular Literary Genres in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 92 largest literary genres in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Humour, Fiction books and Fairy tale lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.5M people. Across all 92 entries the average audience size is 101k, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 1.2M people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each literary genre, 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 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 Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Autobiographical novel 178 51.4 71.2% Literary genre
77 World literature 174 45.9 66.8% Literary genre
78 Military science fiction 158 41.6 46.0% Literary genre
79 Utopian and dystopian fiction 152 44.8 65.9% Literary genre
80 Nautical fiction 150 46.7 62.1% Literary genre
81 Medieval literature 145 37.6 52.2% Literary genre
82 Heroic fantasy 137 43.5 34.5% Literary genre
83 Chinese literature 135 45.5 59.0% Literary genre
84 Sufi poetry 133 31.8 19.4% Literary genre
85 Extended essay 126 42.4 62.0% Literary genre
86 African-American literature 112 48.8 64.5% Literary genre
87 American comic book 111 38.8 43.3% Literary genre
88 Political fiction 91 34.6 22.5% Literary genre
89 Arabic literature 89 30.9 13.5% Literary genre
90 Philosophical fiction 72 22.0 30.1% Literary genre
91 Tamil literature 68 28.7 39.0% Literary genre
92 Nepali literature 67 30.8 26.0% 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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